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Ex CFO who Harassed Chick-fil-A Minimum Wage Employee Now On Foodstamps
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:30 pm
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:30 pm
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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!"[
This article originally appeared on Newser: Ex-CFO Who Slammed Chick-fil-A Lives on Food Stamps
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A pretty good example of how Karma can be vengeful as frick and a big bitch that will smother the hell out of you. This dude went from a high profile job making 200K dollars a year to being a complete poor and broke dick living on food stamps.
Highlights:
• 37 year old CFO worked for Vante, a Tuscon based company
• Never worked for Chick-fil-A
• Recorded angry exchange at drive thru window with female worker who made minimum wage.
• Told her, "Chick-fil-A is a hateful corporation. I don't know how you live with yourself and work here. I don't understand it."
• Went back to work at Vante
• Receptionist: voicemail full of bomb threats
• Big boss: you're fired
• Next job: you're hired ...oops. No you're not.
• Living in RV in Portland
• Shares small space of RV with wife and 4 kids
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:31 pm to Sentrius
So much effort in this for a fail
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:31 pm to Sentrius
Most well done thread on this
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:32 pm to Sentrius
Good. a-hole deserves to be poor. I hate it for his kids though.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:33 pm to cattus
I thought his name was Adam Schmidt.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:33 pm to Sentrius
here comes annoying Germans remarks
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:34 pm to Sentrius
My grandfather told me about this on the phone a couple of hours ago. He has an AOL account.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:35 pm to foshizzle
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My grandfather told me about this on the phone a couple of hours ago. He has an AOL account.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:36 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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Good. a-hole deserves to be poor. I hate it for his kids though.
I hope you've never made one bad decision in your life. The guy doesn't deserve all this.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:37 pm to DelU249
Ger...
Aw, frick it
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here comes annoying Germans remarks
Aw, frick it
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:37 pm to Sentrius
You're the last person I'd expect this to happen to.
Well second to last after iAmBatman.
Well second to last after iAmBatman.
This post was edited on 4/1/15 at 8:38 pm
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:39 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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a-hole deserves to be poor.
He has to be pretty damn smart to be qualified to be a CFO and he obviously has some skill sets that can make a decent amount of money but not what he's used to.
But he wants another job like his old one and refuses to get the best job he can for himself because its not as good as his old one. He's an entitled idiot.
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I hate it for his kids though.
I can't imagine what it's like having a narcissist for a parent as mine are great and nearly all my morals come from them.
This guy is a narcissist.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:41 pm to Sentrius
He should look for work in Germany.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:41 pm to Sentrius
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• Told her, "Chick-fil-A is a hateful corporation. I don't know how you live with yourself and work here. I don't understand it."
He needs to #checkhisprivilege
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:41 pm to Sentrius
Fyi there was a thread on this that stayed on the first page for several days.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:41 pm to Sentrius
Once again, the public goes overboard.
We are our own worst enemies.
We are our own worst enemies.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:43 pm to CaptainsWafer
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You're the last person I'd expect this to happen to.
It's not a big deal.
If its Germans, it's Germans and life goes on.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:43 pm to chRxis
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My grandfather told me about this on the phone a couple of hours ago. He has an AOL account.
Believe it or not, that's actually true.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:44 pm to Sentrius
Not sure what he was trying to accomplish by recording that video and posting it on YouTube. The lady at the window was very nice and handled it very well IMO.
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