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Exec Bullies Chick-Fil-A Worker, Then Promptly Gets Fired For It
Business Insider ^ | August 2, 2012 | Kim Bhasin

Posted on 08/02/2012 3:24:21 PM PDT by 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:

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: adamsmith; bully; bullying; chickfila; fail; fired; liberalhatespeech; liberalhypocrisy; mua; notagayinme; tucson; vante
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To: tumblindice

” If you go Chick-a-Filing tomorrow, make sure you take your cell phone camera. “

The best tactic would be to treat the offending couple to pointing and snickering - even open giggling, if you can work yourself up to it...

Libs of all stripes are adept at turning our outrage against us, but ridicule at, say, the 5th grade level, is Kryptonite to them....


81 posted on 08/02/2012 4:09:44 PM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: RightGeek
That resume has a lot of gratuitous self promotion

a puffery list

82 posted on 08/02/2012 4:13:15 PM PDT by BlatherNaut
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To: Tench_Coxe
"Bullying the employee shows lack of character... Posting the video shows lack of common sense... How did this guy even get Peter Principled into a responsible position with a profit-making firm???" Probably by "sucking up and kicking down". It's more prevalent, IMHO, in American business than you think.

Probably thought his academic awards put him on a higher and more privileged plane than ordinary mortals. Instead what it shows is a narcissistic bully who believes his higher intellectual position negates the necessity of keeping the mores of civil behavior.

83 posted on 08/02/2012 4:13:52 PM PDT by CedarDave
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To: TASMANIANRED
15 minutes of fame has consequences.

15 minutes of fame and a lifetime of shame.

84 posted on 08/02/2012 4:14:55 PM PDT by Boston Blackie
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To: Ann Archy
But on his YouTube he said he wasn't gay didn't he? I suppose he could have turned gay last night while watching Anderson Cooper 973.
85 posted on 08/02/2012 4:15:55 PM PDT by funfan
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To: SandyInSeattle
Karma.

INSTANT Karma

86 posted on 08/02/2012 4:17:49 PM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes everything)
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To: TigerClaws

Is this an example of “free speech” protected by the First Amendment? Even bad ideas may be expressed legally. But there is more than just a bad idea the man’s video.

He may well have violated several laws and statutes when he entered someone else’s property to berate and bully a young employee who did him no harm (she deserves a medal for her patience and poise). His employers certainly have the right to question his good judgment and his suitability for employment. I would pity the poor students that would have him as an instructor in their finance classes.


87 posted on 08/02/2012 4:17:49 PM PDT by manforallseasons
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To: Brown Deer

If Obama (his white half) had a son, he would probably look like this guy.


88 posted on 08/02/2012 4:19:28 PM PDT by The Citizen Soldier (When you accept the invite into the scorpionÂ’s home donÂ’t bother looking for the exit.)
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To: UCANSEE2

Don’t forget Rock Hudson I love watching him and Doris Dayin movies together.


89 posted on 08/02/2012 4:20:03 PM PDT by funfan
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To: Iron Munro
”I’m a nice guy, by the way … totally heterosexual," he says to the worker. "Not a gay in me


90 posted on 08/02/2012 4:22:06 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("If you're not fiscally AND socially conservative, you're not conservative!" - Jim Robinson, 9-1-10)
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To: funfan

He said “I don;t have a gay in me”. HUH????? That would hve been REALLY UGLY for Rachel to see.......YUK.


91 posted on 08/02/2012 4:25:28 PM PDT by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: generally

Not to mention being an obnoxious, bullying asshat.


92 posted on 08/02/2012 4:27:03 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Buying Drain-O requires photo I.D... yet voting doesn't???)
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To: Iron Munro

You’re too kind, IM. This Smith character really has my dander up! Oh how I wish he’d get in my face for patronizing them and try that bullying act...but somehow I don’t reckon he is up to the task.


93 posted on 08/02/2012 4:27:36 PM PDT by Dysart (You didn't post that. Someone else made that happen.)
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To: funfan

He said “I don;t have a gay in me”. HUH????? That would hve been REALLY UGLY for Rachel to see.......YUK.


94 posted on 08/02/2012 4:28:49 PM PDT by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: RummyChick

What is that?


95 posted on 08/02/2012 4:28:59 PM PDT by Afterguard
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To: TigerClaws
...unless there’s some other interest at stake.

Uh, there was... What a horrible reflection on the company, Vante, to have it's CFO making a jackass out himself by publicly supporting the militant faggot agenda. The company acted properly to protect its own self interests.

96 posted on 08/02/2012 4:30:47 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: sunshine state

I feel sorry for his 4 kids. Hopefully, they have a stable mother, but if she’s married to that idiot, I wouldn’t wager too much on her common sense level.

There were reports of another removed video from his Youtube where he harassed a person carrying a cross for charity.


97 posted on 08/02/2012 4:31:51 PM PDT by RabidBartender (No one died in Watergate...)
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To: Iron Munro

Poor Mr Smith. If he were at room temperature he might at least be eligible for the Darwin Award competition. As it is, he just plain loses.


98 posted on 08/02/2012 4:32:31 PM PDT by rod1 (CTLY)
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To: Brown Deer
AZ State Contact Info:

520.621.7554 office
520.621.1261 fax
adammba@email.arizona.edu
McClelland 315R
Adam SmithAdam Smith
Adjunct Lecturer
Director of Finance, Vante

Areas of Expertise

99 posted on 08/02/2012 4:32:46 PM PDT by Rio (Tempis fugit.)
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To: atc23

“He was being an asshole to an innocent young lady.”

Amen!


100 posted on 08/02/2012 4:33:00 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now.)
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