Exec Bullies Chick-Fil-A Worker, Then Promptly Gets Fired For It

Business Insider ^ | August 2, 2012 | Kim Bhasin

[Iron Munro]

Adam Smith, former CFO and treasurer of medical supplies manufacturer Vante, riled people up today when he put up a video of himself bullying a Chick-fil-A drive-thru employee in Tucson on YouTube.

Smith unsympathetically berates the worker in the video, which was initially titled ”Reduce $’s to Chick-Fil-A’s Hate Groups.” It has since been taken down (though other have uploaded it too).

”I’m a nice guy, by the way … totally heterosexual," he says to the worker. "Not a gay in me, I just can’t stand the hate.”

Smith has now been fired from his job at Vante. Here's the press release from Vante announcing that Smith is "no longer an employee of our company," effective immediately:

[FamiliarFace]

Your comment is spot-on accurate.

[Voter62vb]

Ya know, he teaches “valuation”. Now that’s purposeful!

[Voter62vb]

Ya know, he teaches “valuation”. Now that’s purposeful!

[PA Engineer]

I was thinking who could possibly want to higher the sadist now. Then I remembered Obama’s death panels.

[crusadersoldier]

Looks like that profile was created a few hours ago. Its probably fake.

[Voter62vb]

Also, the young lady states in the video that she is uncomfortable being videotaped. I believe there was a “valuation” that was not made in continuing from there and then posting. I mean, the guy isn’t Google.

[Chaguito]

Re: “free speech” for all. You need to take a peek at the wording of the First Amendment.

[Lancey Howard]

[tired&retired]

“I just can’t stand the hate”

“Man needs a big old mirror with a spotlight attached to it. He lives in bizarro world if he sees hate in CFA but thinks he is full of love.”

We tend to dislike in others that which we most dislike in ourselves!

[FamiliarFace]

We respect the right of our employees and all Americans to hold and express their personal opinions, however, we also expect our company officers to behave in a manner commensurate with their position and in a respectful fashion that conveys these values of civility with others.

Seems to me that Mr. Smith could learn a thing or two (or three) from Miss Rachel about respect and civility. I guess some people have to learn the hard way.

[RummyChick]

Antoine Dodson is a infamous gay in his town and is known on the networks.

Google Bedside Intruder
Someone took the interview and turned it into a song

[RummyChick]

104 million hits on Antoine Dodson’s song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMtZfW2z9dw

[chooseascreennamepat]

Wrongful termination don’t fly in AZ.

[jonascord]

If stupidity were a capital crime, there would be very few Democrats alive...

[JediJones]

[Mike Darancette]

Was hostile and not properly done but don’t feel someone should be fired to expressing political views unless there’s some other interest at stake.

Guy wasn't fired for talking to the girl, the moron was fired for posting it and holding his company up to ridicule.

[Lysandru]

The first time I saw the story, the punk was not described as an exeutive. So I thought, "He's a jerk, but firing him is too much."

Of course, I assumed this guy was just an employee. But since he was a major executive, then firing is the right answer. He is held to a higher standard as an executive. And no company wants this kind of bad press.

[Atticus]

What this guy did may have been free speech as far as constitutional protection from government interference is concerned, but it was rude, uncivil and downright creepy. He deserved to lose his job. Hey, Adam Smith, how does that free water taste now???

[musicman]

[InvisibleChurch]

"Not a gay in me.”

Well, no, not at the time.