Posted on 08/03/2012 12:54:47 PM PDT by Houmatt
Should someone be fired from their job and threatened with violence, torture, even death because they have an opinion different than yours? Of course not. And yet, that is what Adam M. Smith of Arizona says happened to him.
Adam Smith’s life has been turned upside-down in the 36 hours that followed his posting the video of his protest at Chick-fil-A, which involved letting a young, female employee at the drive-thru know what he thinks about the company.
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
She speaks well but is as batty as an outhouse rat.
Amen to that !
And don't you know she heard a lot more, before and after TubeGuy.
She's been trained well, and/or has COMMON SENSE.
Agreed. Here’s a thought. You are upper management at Adam’s employer...and you see the video. Next question that leaps to mind....how is Adam going to treat co-workers that have differing opinions from his? That would certainly give me pause. This guy has “harassment” lawsuit stamped all over him. I say this was a wise preemptive strike.
Almaty is in Kazakhstan
There would be some kind of caller ID recorded on his phone, even if the calls were blocked, his phone would show the number of times he got blocked calls. No blocked calls, Mr. Smith? What would that tell us?
We are Graced with your Apollonian Vox Similitude
"I don't believe him that he has been threatened."
Considering Homeland Security's moral equivalence characterizations and the msm mischaracterizations of tea party violence, he may believe the negative propaganda and feel threatened.
Here's a quote from the Blaze:
Because his home address was made public, he cannot live in his house. (And Mr. Smith is a married father of four – two of his children are adopted, special needs kids.)tThis is the contrived world the left created and now has to figure out how to deal with and live in. Clearly, this individual is experiencing quite a bit of difficulty navigating his imagined utopia where everyone can freely express their opinions (so long as they are all in agreement). LOL!
"I don't believe him that he has been threatened."
Considering Homeland Security's moral equivalence characterizations and the msm mischaracterizations of tea party violence, he may believe the negative propaganda and feel threatened.
Here's a quote from the Blaze:
Because his home address was made public, he cannot live in his house. (And Mr. Smith is a married father of four – two of his children are adopted, special needs kids.)tThis is the contrived world the left created and now has to figure out how to deal with and live in. Clearly, this individual is experiencing quite a bit of difficulty navigating his imagined utopia where everyone can freely express their opinions (so long as they are all in agreement). LOL!
Now HE was the victim.
Our media is indomitable...
I'm sure there were a few Vante employees who celebrated this a-hole's departure.
It seems he paid $597,781 for his house in 2006 which is now valued at $352,000 which is probably pushing it.
Should someone be fired from their job and threatened with violence, torture, even death because they have an opinion different than yours? Of course not.
I actually disagree. I am a firm believer in if you act like an asshole you will be treated like an asshole. If you berate people, threaten them and basically act like an insane person you should EXPECT people to react negatively. If you are not willing to accept those consequences then maybe you should keep your mouth shut.
Alright, I finally watched this faggot’s video and truthfully, I didn’t see Smith coming off as threatening or anything. Just stupid. The guy is a hateful moron. Now that he’s lost his job I hope he loses his house, his savings, and his family. For the damage he wishes upon America through his support of the militant homosexual lobby and its radical agenda he deserves nothing less.
Typical liberal. Not his fault for starting the fight but it’s other people’s fault for ending it.
I wouldn't go quite that far, LOL!
Obummer and his TOTUS do their share of bullying and badgering (albeit to a larger captive audience than his little acolyte, Adam Smith was able to pick on).
I suspect his wife is currently rethinking the atheist stance her husband talked her into as she watches his video contrasting the CFA employee’s demonstration of Christian values to her husband’s all the while listening to him whine about how unfair it all is in the background. I’ll bet that within months she’ll divorce him and rejoin the church bringing her kids along with her.
Those poor kids. I hope Tucson CPS is looking into these two creeps and their victims (er...I mean...their adopted children).
As it turned out, you are correct. But think of it from the young lady's point of view while the event is in progress. An obviously unbalanced, angry gentleman drives up with the excuse of asking for water at the window, and angrily berates her while filming himself. She's trapped there by training and good breeding. She may be wondering--what is he going to do next? End his tirade or shoot me? When someone is in your face for no reason, you never know how unbalanced he is. It's not just free speech or stupid speech.
I could only stand a couple of minutes of her video. She’s the kind of girl who spouts all of that spew then wonders where all of the good men are.
He can post all the opinion pieces he wants on YouTube and no one would care, but when he went out of his way to verbally berate and threaten an innocent person at her place of business, he crossed a line. Bad behavior has consequences.
I'm 5'-11" with no tatoos.
I'm also 280# of construction worker, with a 52" chest.
Will I do???
[have a real man clean his clock]
Good thing you aren’t prone to spelling errors. ;)
Ya think he can hold on long enough for a Marxist eminent domain government seizure so he and the city can cheat the lender out of about four hundred grand and split a hundred grand between themselves?
PRENTICE RITTER / “BROKEN TRAIL”
“A man like that ain’t worth the food he eats much less the price of a decent rope.”
Yeah I’ve watched the video many times now and you can certainly see Rachel’s breathing speed up as the venom is being spit at her. That was the last thing she needed on the busiest day she’s ever had! Looks like the other good natured girl seen at the end of the video was there to help her laugh it off though.
Adam Smith, seems like you have a case of being a little bitch. I suggest a heavy dose of MAN THE F*** UP!
With this new information about the Smith family atheism, I am thinking Adam Smith may be expressing his anger at Chick-fil-A being a Christian business.
The devil can lead people astray.
Didn’t read it. I’m sure it’s easily summarized as “I’m a victim boo hoo.”
Only a government-funded entity would be foolish enough to hire a finance guy with his record.
Maybe he can get hired by Amtrak. They've launched a gay ad campaign to exploit that enormous potential market (1% - 3% of the population).
He did deserve to be fired. He supposedly held a corporate C-Level position and should have acted as such. His public behavior reflected poorly on the company.
Adam Smith is a chickensh!t coward. And I’ll say it to his face if he likes.
He’s a coward for abusing that kid, and he’s a coward for trying to play the victim now. Mister, you did it, now grow a pair and take responsibility for what you did.
Actually her biggest struggle was probably not laughing. When I worked in fastfood I’d get the occasional drive thru customer (don’t know why they’re always drive thru, never in the store) who felt the need to tell me all about various things McDonald’s was doing wrong, politically, socially, environmentally, or just in business. Every time I’m tuning them out and thinking “dude, I’m a crew person, not even a manager, the business model assumes I’m not even going to be here in 4 months, yeah I’m gonna change everything”, just waiting for them to shut up so I can close the window and move to the next customer. We called them lecturers, you get used to it, there’s not many people in the world fastfood workers get to look down on.
I would suggest this. Chick-Fil-A should walk up and quietly offer this guy a regular job (not CFO position)...maybe with some budget authority,etc...and simply say that we forgive your tirade and show Christian compassion over the event. I think that would generally shock everyone, and this event within forty-eight hours would totally fall off the screen because the media would not want to show such a side of a truly Christian business. The good book suggests that you bend over backwards and forgive as much as possible....so maybe this guys deserves a moment where he sees exactly that compassion.
He is a coward for "facing off" with a young drive-thru window employee.
As a CFO, he should have had the gonads to deal with his issues at a more adult level.
he's a coward and is paying for his cowardice.
(as my kids would say, "sucks to suck")
What happens at the drive-thru should stay at the drive-thru
They don't understand that it's not their difference of opinion, it's the way that opinion is delivered.
This guy will be working for a labor union in no time flat. Thug is as thug does.
Eggsackly....!
Actions have consequences, Adam. People do stupid stuff all the time, you’re just the temporary president of that club. Get over it.
And next time, maybe think twice about messing with us racist homophobe Hitler-worshiping right wing gun clinger nuts /sarc
Or at least have the common sense not to video yourself making an ass of yourself.
In the first video, she makes reference to the Bible, and specific verses. In the follow-up, however, she says this is not about the Bible. Then why mention it, goofball?
Or her Father. But none of them were there at the time. If I were her Father, he should be looking behind him all the time.
While I don’t normally condone firing someone for their actions off work. This tool Adam was a CFO or Chief Financial Officer of a company. He violated several common sense things.
He filmed himself and let everyone know who he was (really stupid, pal)
He berated and badgered a low level employee who was simply doing her job and harming no one. (This is unacceptable for someone in his job status. As a boss himself, he should know that treating lower level employees this way is not acceptable PEIOD! As a boss, I would get rid of any Manager dumb enough to treat an employee like this. It is not acceptable for my employees or anyone elses either).
Also, this tosser was dumb enough to not only film himself but he was the one to post it on Youtube. (as a boss, I would question his judgement alone on that call).
Any boss worth his salt would can this turd for those things alone even if he AGREED with what the fool was saying. Senior management does not have the right to embarass the company and stay employed.
Next place he applies will find out his antics as part of their screening process. One of the first things HR does is to search social media sites to find out if an applicant will reflect poorly on the corporate values. I’m sure Adam Simth will lead the hit parade for quite a while. He might have a chance if he can change his name and his a/k/a isn’t discovered.
The Chik-Fil-A employee was just a girl who was happy to have a job working for good people. Adam Smith was a jackass who evidently wanted to become an overnight celebrity. - Well, Mr. Smith, looks like you got your fifteen minutes of fame and paid the price for the “cause”. So, maybe now you’ll get your name in the history books of the future to replace the likes of Washington, Jefferson, Adams and Martin Luther King.
Even if he was, I don’t give a damn.
Long gone are the days when bullies were put in their place with a black eye.
Honey Badger don’t give a damn...LOL
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