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"Y'all remember the CFO who got fired for criticizing Chick-fil-a? (swip..."
Mon Mar-30-15 04:26 PM by PimpTrickGangstaClik

          

LOOK AT GOD!!!
He's been unemployed ever since. Went from getting $200k a year to living of food stamps in an RV.

I think the lesson here is never do anything that ends up being a big deal on the internet.

But I don't understand his case. His name is Adam Smith. His name is so generic that if he didn't tell people, there'd be no way to like the story back to him.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/03/29/adam-smith-chick-fil-a-video-memoir/70629290/

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 he 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.

The 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!"

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god dont like ugly
Mar 30th 2015
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He's a bully.
Mar 30th 2015
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He really thought he was fighting the power.
Mar 30th 2015
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sad story. but to a certain extent, "oh well"
Mar 30th 2015
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the best part is that HE posted the YT video himself.
Mar 30th 2015
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He snitched on himself.
Mar 30th 2015
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im surprised no overt gay company is showing him love
Mar 30th 2015
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i'm glad none have.
Mar 30th 2015
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oh fk that. he had a legit beef.
Mar 30th 2015
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      truth to cashiers?
Mar 30th 2015
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      his poor decision making as displayed in that video
Mar 30th 2015
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      Agreed
Mar 30th 2015
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      he was more about himself than anything else
Mar 30th 2015
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^^^ This here all day.
Mar 30th 2015
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why? he didn't help their cause
Mar 30th 2015
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Yup. He was down for the cause of being an asshole, not gay marriage
Mar 30th 2015
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I'm not. He got treated like the useful idiot he was.
Mar 30th 2015
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That guy was a douche. No sympathy
Mar 30th 2015
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Dude lost his job because of his judgement.
Mar 30th 2015
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just re-watched that video
Mar 30th 2015
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i just felt sorry for the CFA employee.
Mar 30th 2015
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I am surprised that po white woman forced to work fast food
Mar 30th 2015
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online narcissism at its highest level
Mar 30th 2015
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He learned from Michael Moore
Mar 30th 2015
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how the fuck you go from 200K to foodstamps? Like he just tapped out on ...
Mar 30th 2015
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Chick-fil-A never called him back for an interview. Go figure.
Mar 30th 2015
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There's more to this story. No one will hire him, not even a startup?
Mar 30th 2015
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I think he wants a GoFundMe
Mar 30th 2015
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this^^^
Mar 31st 2015
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Someone did hire him but they let him go once they realized...
Mar 30th 2015
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his name is tainted.
Mar 30th 2015
32
How in the fuck is this possible?
Mar 30th 2015
30
I think there are some huge holes in this story.
Mar 31st 2015
35
Check out this video segment with ABC News
Mar 30th 2015
31
now that's a cautionary tale for that ass. fuck!
Mar 31st 2015
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Binlahab
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1. "god dont like ugly"
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you cant fight hate with hate

dont work that way

unfortunate for his fam, that has to take this L with him


does it really matter?

wonder what bin's doing?
http://i.imgur.com/phECCMp.jpg

  

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John Forte
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2. "He's a bully. "
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There is never a reason to go in on low wage earners working a subsistence job to make ends meet, unless they themselves are doing people wrong.

  

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Shaun Tha Don
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3. "He really thought he was fighting the power."
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Mon Mar-30-15 04:31 PM by Shaun Tha Don

          

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Rest In Peace, Bad News Brown

  

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4. "sad story. but to a certain extent, "oh well""
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i dont entirely believe that incident is why he cant find steady work anywhere

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5. "the best part is that HE posted the YT video himself."
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idiot.

fuck you.

  

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Shaun Tha Don
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7. "He snitched on himself."
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Rest In Peace, Bad News Brown

  

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6. "im surprised no overt gay company is showing him love "
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like Out Magazine cant find SOMETHING for this fool


does it really matter?

wonder what bin's doing?
http://i.imgur.com/phECCMp.jpg

  

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SoWhat
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8. "i'm glad none have."
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fuck you.

  

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Binlahab
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10. "oh fk that. he had a legit beef."
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went abt it in a dickhead way but. truth to power & all that.


does it really matter?

wonder what bin's doing?
http://i.imgur.com/phECCMp.jpg

  

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17. "truth to cashiers?"
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18. "his poor decision making as displayed in that video"
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is a great reason to decline hiring him for any position. i'm glad my ppl are wise enough to see that shit.

fuck you.

  

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24. "Agreed"
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He was a bully
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22. "he was more about himself than anything else"
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what did he think he was gonna accomplish by lecturing a fast food worker? other than, he thought this video would go viral and the world will see what an awesome hero he is.

  

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11. "^^^ This here all day."
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Duke was taking a stand and got fucked over. At the very least show him some kinda appreciation with a mail room job or something.

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13. "why? he didn't help their cause"
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if anything he fed into that fox news narrative that liberals are the true intolerant bullies.

  

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15. "Yup. He was down for the cause of being an asshole, not gay marriage"
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>if anything he fed into that fox news narrative that liberals
>are the true intolerant bullies.

  

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14. "I'm not. He got treated like the useful idiot he was."
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Rest In Peace, Bad News Brown

  

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9. "That guy was a douche. No sympathy"
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That was one of the most cringeworthy videos ever.

  

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12. "Dude lost his job because of his judgement. "
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He made this video, then watched it and thought "You know what, I am going to upload this for the world to see and cheer me on!"

If that was his thought process no way I could trust his judgement managing the finances of my company.

I am generally sympathetic to people's lives being ruined by social media mistakes but this doesn't sound like what exactly happened here.


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16. "just re-watched that video"
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it's even worse the second time around, a couple years later
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xdyzb6lBzI

  

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20. "i just felt sorry for the CFA employee."
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i wasn't mad @ CFA or its CEO - i was mad at the douche who yelled at her.

fuck you.

  

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21. "I am surprised that po white woman forced to work fast food"
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didn't get a gofundme that ended up producing $789,000 so she never has to work fast food again.


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19. "online narcissism at its highest level"
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he cared less about gay rights than he did about being a star activist in his self-centered universe.

ugly mistake, but he deserves to make a living. perhaps at Chick-fil-A.

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23. "He learned from Michael Moore"
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Picking on GM security guards in "Roger & ME"

  

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25. "how the fuck you go from 200K to foodstamps? Like he just tapped out on ..."
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26. "Chick-fil-A never called him back for an interview. Go figure. "
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idk.

seems like dude is holding out for cfo type jobs. he couldn't have found some 30-40k hustle?


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27. "There's more to this story. No one will hire him, not even a startup?"
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He's probably unhinged.

  

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28. "I think he wants a GoFundMe"
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Ain't no way you can't disappear into the ether with a name like Adam Smith.

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34. "this^^^ "
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29. "Someone did hire him but they let him go once they realized..."
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...who he was.




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32. "his name is tainted."
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he's better off moving to another country or changing his name.


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30. "How in the fuck is this possible? "
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If he stacked half that money he'd be good for at least four to five years. It's people raising families (no shots AT ALL) on 20K a year. How many years did he receive the 260K? Call me a fiscally responsible dude but I'm looking at this with the side eye. Allegedly his wife is making $14 an hour as a veterinary assistant so this makes even less sense.

  

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35. "I think there are some huge holes in this story. "
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he on that Zimmerman woe is me bullshit.

  

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31. "Check out this video segment with ABC News"
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So dude was offered the chance to resign and he didn't. So they fired him. Maybe he should have resigned with dignity. But I don't know how in 3 short years he went from a $200,000/year job to food stamps. Dude obviously isn't looking for a job less than CFO. He could have gotten some kind of job that would keep his family off of food stamps; just not a CFO level job.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/cfo-food-stamps-controversial-viral-video/story?id=29533695

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33. "now that's a cautionary tale for that ass. fuck!"
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