Posted on 03/29/2015 9:18:22 PM PDT by sickoflibs
(Newser) – Things haven't gone too well for the former CFO who criticized Chick-fil-A in a video he posted on YouTube. Unable to find lasting work, 37-year-old Adam Smith is living on food stamps with his wife and four kids in the RV they call home, he tells ABC News. "I think people are scared," Smith says of potential employers. "I think people are scared that it could happen again." Back in the summer of 2012, as thousands of people were opposing Chick-fil-A's stance on gays, Smith rolled into a Chick-fil-A drive-thru for a free glass of water and slammed the female attendant: "Chick-fil-A is a hateful corporation," Smith told her as the filmed the exchange. "I don’t know how you live with yourself and work here. I don’t understand it." Smith posted the video before returning to work at Vante, a Tucson-based medical manufacturer—and the proverbial you-know-what had hit the fan by the time he got there.
The receptionist told him "the voicemail is completely full, and it’s full of bomb threats," he says. Fired that day, Smith lost his $200,000 salary and more than $1 million in stock options. He and his family moved to Portland, where he got a CFO job, but lost it two weeks later when they realized who he was. He says he has since been honest in interviews, but companies have been too wary of fallout to hire him. "I don’t regret the stand I took, but I regret… the way I talked to her," an emotional Smith says of the worker. He interview coincides with his recent digital release of a memoir, A Million Dollar Cup of Water (a paperback version is out April 21), which chronicles his professional collapse and years of soul-searching. It's not faring so well on Amazon, which Smith addressed on the site on Friday. "Regarding the many 1-star ratings my book has received today and yesterday, I would like to note that I have only sold 17 digital copies thus far, yet there are 23 1-star ratings on my book. This fascinates me! LOL!"
Rachel Elizabeth who was attacked at Chick-fil-A Speaks out (Your World w Cavuto - Fox News)
I think he’s abusing the system to get his food stamps. How could he not have lots of assets/savings with $200k salary
win stupid prizes...
Adam Smith has published much to be digested. Going against his observations is fraught with danger...?
How can someone be making $200,000 a year, for what I assume is at least several years, and then be broke 3 years later? That’s what I want to know.
Heck, if I made $200,000 in just one year, I’d be set for at least 5 years.
Jerk, meet instant karma?
This is not just a fellow who went into a tirade on some principle. BOMB THREATS... and public to boot.
If I had made 200k a year I would have so much money from just savings let alone investing in stocks.
Living at his means.
That’s a shame.
God’s way of telling him to quit being a jerk
A free water diet for thus lefttard bozo would be instructive. Walmart needs greeters.
Bloody hell. Don’t we have enough threads about this already?
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3273572/posts
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3273180/posts
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3272962/posts
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3272825/posts
You would think some liberal would hire him . But that would violate the prime liberal dictum. “With my guilt and your gelt, we can do anything!”
Posted entire article from ‘newer’
You must know the answer to that one.
Maybe because we rarely see Liberals receive any justice, that we’re trying to comfort ourselves with this story. Liberals tend to be rewarded for their bad behaviour
Lots of people playing "Liar's Poker" with their income.
They look like they're "living well", but they're living paycheck-to-paycheck, even if they're older, and close to retirement age.
No one has posted one in the last minute or two... LOL! :)
First won I saw. Threads blow by fast here most times..
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