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Ex-CFO Who Slammed Chick-fil-A Lives on Food Stamps (Does Chik-fil-A Accept foodstamps?)
Newser.com ^ | 3/28/2015 | Neal Colgras

Posted on 03/29/2015 3:15:13 PM PDT by raybbr

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.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: adamsmith; cfa; irony; karma
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To: Naplm

14 to go


41 posted on 03/29/2015 3:58:55 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: Admin Moderator

Reflections of The Repentant Pinata; a bellowing Ode, with Greek Chorus, accompanied by the tiniest violin ever seen.


42 posted on 03/29/2015 4:02:59 PM PDT by lee martell (The sa)
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To: Admin Moderator

Thank you, never would have known ...


43 posted on 03/29/2015 4:03:10 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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To: Gamecock

I don’t believe in multiple posts. But if I did it would look a whole lot like this.

...like this.

...like this.

...like this.


44 posted on 03/29/2015 4:03:29 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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To: Rashputin
They were probably already looking for a way to get rid of the guy.

I suspect that you are correct. He didn't just suddenly become a bully, and probably treated co-workers and those that worked for him in a similar manner.

45 posted on 03/29/2015 4:03:38 PM PDT by RedWhiteBlue (Mama tried)
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To: raybbr

LOL!! I had NO idea the gay went into the drive-thru for a FREE GLASS OF WTER!!!! Man......God has a great sense of humor called KARMA!!!


46 posted on 03/29/2015 4:06:39 PM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Or maybe even that!


47 posted on 03/29/2015 4:09:37 PM PDT by Gamecock ("The Christian who has stopped repenting has stopped growing." A.W. Pink)
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To: raybbr

If this guy can’t get a job, the problem is more than just his response to ChickFil-A. It is so convenient for him to blame his professional failure on the alleged prejudice of conservatives.


48 posted on 03/29/2015 4:15:43 PM PDT by djpg
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
> I hope this is a growing experience for him and he comes out the other side more humble.

Apparently not. The reason this is "news" now is that he's self-published a memoir about all the terrible repression and discrimination he's faced since taking this heroic stand for gay rights by haranguing some poor clerk at the drive-up window of a Chick-fil-A and then posting the video of his awesome heroic action on YouTube -- really, that's how this douchebag views himself and what he did --

What a stunning exercise in arrogant narcissism. Truly, the man is a legend in his own mind.

49 posted on 03/29/2015 4:22:08 PM PDT by Flatus I. Maximus (Obstruct. Oppose. Overthrow. Obama.)
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To: raybbr
Smith rolled into a Chick-fil-A drive-thru for a free glass of water and slammed the female attendant...he filmed the exchange [and] 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.

I'm sure he blames Chick-Fil-A for what happened to him, but no company wants to pay someone 200 grand a year and have that person end up being a PR nightmare for the company. Figures he would move to Portland, and funny that even they don't want him there!

50 posted on 03/29/2015 4:23:35 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: raybbr
This guy has basically made himself unemployable for life.

Hope the 15 minutes of "viral" fame was worth it.

51 posted on 03/29/2015 4:25:15 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: Admin Moderator

Haha. I saw it before, but now I can really sit back and ponder and cherish this posting.


52 posted on 03/29/2015 4:26:07 PM PDT by MNDude
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To: raybbr

Can I get the “Ha-Ha” gif please? TIA!


53 posted on 03/29/2015 4:27:36 PM PDT by piytar (If you don't know what the doctrines of taqiyya and abrogation are, you are a fool!)
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I was one of those 15. LOL.


54 posted on 03/29/2015 4:31:24 PM PDT by piytar (If you don't know what the doctrines of taqiyya and abrogation are, you are a fool!)
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To: raybbr

No, Chick-fil-A does not accept food stamps. But all the Chick-fil-A operators I have met would give a sandwich to someone who was starving.


55 posted on 03/29/2015 4:40:45 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

They would??

But Adam Smith told Rachel that Chick Fill A was a horrible company with horrible values. Apparently companies and people are worthless in the liberal mind unless they support homosexual marriage.


56 posted on 03/29/2015 4:45:15 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: raybbr

It’s not Karma, it’s his attitude, which he still clings to. Who would want a jerk in their firm. Other than that, many would give him a chance. Rough row to hoe. He needs to humble himself and try to get a job at fast food, like Chic-fil-a, but he’s holding out for 150K+, which was his original problem...pride and gall.


57 posted on 03/29/2015 4:47:08 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: Fiji Hill

Sounds like Griswald’s brother in law, doesn’t it..


58 posted on 03/29/2015 5:17:27 PM PDT by richardtavor
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To: piytar; Admin Moderator

So was (am) I.


59 posted on 03/29/2015 5:53:41 PM PDT by Dartman (Canadian, eh. And proud of it.)
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To: Dartman

Saw the 48 hours show. I would never hire him for anything.


60 posted on 03/29/2015 5:57:05 PM PDT by Kozy
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