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13. Yep, venting at a poorly paid employee who is powerless and then posting it to youtube
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:12 PM
Aug 2012

is pathetic. Had he grabbed a picket sign and protested out front without confronting employees who are no way involved with the company policy and then got fired I might have some sympathy for him.

This message was self-deleted by its author tomm2thumbs Aug 2012 #1
I hope he sues his former employer. He was only exercising his right to free speech Tx4obama Aug 2012 #2
Free speech doesn't apply Peregrine Aug 2012 #6
Even in right-to-work states . . . MrModerate Aug 2012 #36
It's not a wrongful termination twizzler Aug 2012 #37
Hear! Hear! BadtotheboneBob Aug 2012 #75
He broke rules 1 & 3 rDigital Aug 2012 #119
I don't disagree with anything you said . . . MrModerate Aug 2012 #128
I'm sorry and I call bullshit..... Swede Atlanta Aug 2012 #55
if you agree MrDiaz Aug 2012 #101
People keep saying a hateful company twizzler Aug 2012 #106
Didn't you get the memo? PavePusher Aug 2012 #154
Just trying to keep them honest. twizzler Aug 2012 #155
So let's say a RW asshole went through a drive through onenote Aug 2012 #112
Example of why GOP wants more privatization... Evasporque Aug 2012 #105
Good luck with that in a "right to work" state. nt Greg K Aug 2012 #15
Does he work for the Government? No, then no freedom of speech issue. nt kelly1mm Aug 2012 #19
People niceguy Aug 2012 #78
Like that thread about a boss saying he'd fire Democrats treestar Aug 2012 #147
He did not deserve to be terminated, but... RandySF Aug 2012 #3
He berated an employee making minimum wage. ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2012 #4
+1 freshwest Aug 2012 #26
Chances are this is just a "final straw" thing Warpy Aug 2012 #34
My thoughts exactly. emilyg Aug 2012 #70
Having worked in service - including drive up windows - I try to make their jobs as easy as I can... SomeGuyInEagan Aug 2012 #110
Very poor judgement Celebrate2012Victory Aug 2012 #5
Could be. Smells bagger, like to kick the poor. But who knows? freshwest Aug 2012 #28
This Vante Corporation apparently thinks they litterally own their employees DaveJ Aug 2012 #7
The company didn't tell him what he could or could not say or do on his own time slackmaster Aug 2012 #14
I get it... I just don't agree with this aspect of our laws/culture. DaveJ Aug 2012 #22
Actions should not have consequences? FrodosPet Aug 2012 #73
Freedom of speech is a restriction on the GOVERNMENT, not private entities kelly1mm Aug 2012 #18
Arizona...What more can I say zorro1 Aug 2012 #60
One of the first things I remember from newblewtoo Aug 2012 #23
Law can be enlightening -- RTW is about mind control basically DaveJ Aug 2012 #33
"for good cause, or bad cause, or no cause at all," but not an illegal cause. Ash_F Aug 2012 #80
I don't know that his rant can be defended as political activism. Thor_MN Aug 2012 #148
Most companies have a code of conduct. Beacool Aug 2012 #64
Epic fail Mr. Smith...../nt think Aug 2012 #8
why fire him? Enrique Aug 2012 #9
No he wasn't. ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2012 #10
Yep, venting at a poorly paid employee who is powerless and then posting it to youtube think Aug 2012 #13
+1 freshwest Aug 2012 #29
The best stating of the situation on this pages series of good stating of the issue. Thankyou ... marble falls Aug 2012 #74
What an ass. Since he went to the trouble of very publicly being an ass... JHB Aug 2012 #11
Creating sympathy for the chicken joint? This doesn't sound right to me. But I tend to be: freshwest Aug 2012 #32
A CFO and he didn't realize this could happen to him? A Simple Game Aug 2012 #12
Yep that's being overlooked. ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2012 #17
Makes you wonder how he treated the people working for him, huh? freshwest Aug 2012 #30
Similar thread a few before yours kelly1mm Aug 2012 #16
I am pro-gay, but if I were that employee, I would say ejbr Aug 2012 #20
watching the video is important Enrique Aug 2012 #21
If thats normal to you. ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2012 #24
He said.... ejbr Aug 2012 #25
he sounds like a fucking annoying jackass , she made clear she is just working there JI7 Aug 2012 #57
"I don't know how you live with yourself". Beacool Aug 2012 #68
He also told her she deserved better - why isn't anyone finishing what he said? Hestia Aug 2012 #72
Easy to say that as a jackass Broderick Aug 2012 #121
I found that curious also twizzler Aug 2012 #122
I'm okay with people facing consequences for being dicks to service-industry workers. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #27
What an asshole. -..__... Aug 2012 #31
Wow, that got him fired? Arctic Dave Aug 2012 #35
If he hadn't recorded it and posted it on youtube twizzler Aug 2012 #39
+ 1 n/t ejbr Aug 2012 #40
She could have easily said she agreed with him. Arctic Dave Aug 2012 #42
Has nothing to do with free speech. ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2012 #46
Wow, that's a lot you know about her. Arctic Dave Aug 2012 #56
she was on the fucking job, what the fuck is she supposed to do, she isn't in charge JI7 Aug 2012 #58
Really? Arctic Dave Aug 2012 #59
why should she ? for her it's just about doing the job while there , the whole thing is just so JI7 Aug 2012 #61
The First Amendment doesn't apply to your employer. ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2012 #62
She would have probably lost her job. Beacool Aug 2012 #66
Would she have lost her job if she high fived a bigot? Arctic Dave Aug 2012 #69
I am sure all the employees were briefed by their managers on how to act hack89 Aug 2012 #83
Speculation. Arctic Dave Aug 2012 #136
I don't understand why you are so worked up about this. hack89 Aug 2012 #140
Worked up? Arctic Dave Aug 2012 #152
Because he displayed incredibly poor judgement by recording it hack89 Aug 2012 #153
He wasn't representig his employer. eilen Aug 2012 #96
It doesn't matter twizzler Aug 2012 #102
Unless you are privy to his contract, that is conjecture eilen Aug 2012 #143
But it is their business when you bring shame to the company twizzler Aug 2012 #145
I bet his CEO is a bigger dick to his waitress, he just hasn't filmed it eilen Aug 2012 #97
He also went out of his way to humiliate her on a personal basis marshall Aug 2012 #79
I believe that when you get that high up in a company twizzler Aug 2012 #82
No I wouldn't if some jerk goes after the gas attendant. Beacool Aug 2012 #65
LOL, you call that "going off"? Arctic Dave Aug 2012 #67
I wonder if he still considers that water "free"... Serve The Servants Aug 2012 #38
that was dumb - a worker making min. wage can't do anything about what's done at the top in most wordpix Aug 2012 #41
Totally agree. zellie Aug 2012 #146
doesn't help who exactly? fascisthunter Aug 2012 #43
Anyone ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2012 #44
you must belong to another side then fascisthunter Aug 2012 #45
What? ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2012 #47
awww.... bully people? Sounds like I hit a nerve.... I am not on the side of corporations fascisthunter Aug 2012 #48
What are you talking about? ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2012 #49
oooops. I stand CORRECTED fascisthunter Aug 2012 #50
This post was alerted on. The jury voted 6/0 to let it stand. ohiosmith Aug 2012 #76
What a stupid distraction. sofa king Aug 2012 #51
I would have fired that jerk too. Immediately. n/t SylviaD Aug 2012 #52
I smell James O'Keefe Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #53
huh? onenote Aug 2012 #114
What a jackass... Earth_First Aug 2012 #54
I can't understand how anyone can't understand that he deserved to be fired Broderick Aug 2012 #123
So this guy felt validated after verbally attacking a young girl in a low wage job? Beacool Aug 2012 #63
Stupid man. emilyg Aug 2012 #71
CFOs work under contract. The first amendment does not exempt anyone from the terms of a contract CBGLuthier Aug 2012 #77
His employer firing him is its own issue, but his action was wrong. WE are better than that! themaguffin Aug 2012 #81
If Chick-fil-A's CEO has free speech rights, then why doesn't this guy? sinkingfeeling Aug 2012 #84
Because when you get that far up in a company twizzler Aug 2012 #86
No one in their right mind signs away their right to free speech. sinkingfeeling Aug 2012 #87
It's not a matter of free speech twizzler Aug 2012 #90
You have absolutely no proof that he ever signed a code of conduct. And I have sinkingfeeling Aug 2012 #104
You're right, I don't have any proof twizzler Aug 2012 #107
He is free to say whatever he wants Broderick Aug 2012 #124
Did you make a total ass of yourself during your protest? Thor_MN Aug 2012 #150
Who is going to fire CFA's CEO? slackmaster Aug 2012 #88
Apparently CEOs can say what they want; CFOs can't... KansDem Aug 2012 #91
The difference here is twizzler Aug 2012 #93
He does. Notice that neither are going to jail 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #118
They both have free speech... LanternWaste Aug 2012 #131
Being rude to a low level employee who has nothing to do with the owner is yellowcanine Aug 2012 #85
Nor I Broderick Aug 2012 #125
I'm not a lawyer, but I think that termination would be actionable in court. closeupready Aug 2012 #89
No it won't twizzler Aug 2012 #92
If he takes them to court, they are likely to try to settle. closeupready Aug 2012 #94
I highly doubt it twizzler Aug 2012 #95
Doubt away. I'm not trying to convince you of anything. closeupready Aug 2012 #98
Of course your entitled to your opinion twizzler Aug 2012 #100
Absolutely. Major Hogwash Aug 2012 #103
I doubt it. twizzler Aug 2012 #109
Care to illuminate for us lawyers what the "various grounds" on which he could base a suit onenote Aug 2012 #116
snicker Broderick Aug 2012 #126
It's very easy for the rest of us to see. Major Hogwash Aug 2012 #127
I guess I'm having a hard time with the part of the law onenote Aug 2012 #129
So make it very easy for us to see twizzler Aug 2012 #130
I don't eat at Chick-Fil-A Major Hogwash Aug 2012 #132
We don't have Chick-Fil_A here twizzler Aug 2012 #134
Worst avoidance of a question ever. onenote Aug 2012 #137
You'll be waiting a long time for a response. COLGATE4 Aug 2012 #151
Do you have any intention of pointing out the obvious to us? twizzler Aug 2012 #144
Who's the rest of us?? Serve The Servants Aug 2012 #141
I don't think she was bullied nor threatened. eilen Aug 2012 #99
not just to you... sweetapogee Aug 2012 #135
He did however post her image on Youtube after she expressed her discomfort marshall Aug 2012 #138
Perhaps she and other workers could sue the CEO for creating a "hostile work environment" KansDem Aug 2012 #108
Interesting theory twizzler Aug 2012 #115
A gay CFA worker speaks: mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2012 #111
Thank you for that wonderful post twizzler Aug 2012 #113
I'm sure the 18 year old working for minimum wage totally has sway over this multinational company 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #117
The thing is that's not Chick Fil A's stance twizzler Aug 2012 #120
He played right into Fox News hands... Green_Lantern Aug 2012 #133
My guess is that he was just as big an asshole at his job Nye Bevan Aug 2012 #139
He should have left their employees alone Ter Aug 2012 #142
The young lady showed great class and restraint. NCTraveler Aug 2012 #149
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