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Burger King cook who received measly gift after never missing a day of work in 27 years buys first home after fundraising campaign
New York Post ^ | Jan. 2, 2024 | Nicholas McEntyre

Posted on 01/05/2024 12:33:06 AM PST by nickcarraway

The Burger King cook who never missed a day of work for nearly 30 years and received a measly gift for his dedication has bought his first home with the more than $400K raised from the now-viral clip, saying it was a Christmas miracle.

Kevin Ford closed on his new Pahrump, Nevada, home on Dec. 13, paying $177,000 for the 846-square-foot, three-bedroom, two-bath house, sharing the news with his followers on social media, according to TMZ. “I wanted to show you something, something you made possible, you did for me, just a hardworking guy,” Ford said in a video posted to Instagram on Dec. 29. “Now I know it needs some work, gonna cut off the haters already, I know it’s not a mansion but it’s mine.”

Ford had celebrated his 27th anniversary with the fast-food franchise without missing a single day of work. The chain, however, gifted him a backpack with a movie ticket, a Starbucks cup and a mix of candy and chocolate.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food
KEYWORDS: burgerking; nevada
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To: antceecee

It’s $17,000.00 now.


41 posted on 01/05/2024 5:53:52 AM PST by yldstrk
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To: Jonty30

Agree.


42 posted on 01/05/2024 5:56:49 AM PST by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
“All work is noble”

True dat.

43 posted on 01/05/2024 5:57:41 AM PST by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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To: nickcarraway

This act by Burger King does not surprise me, companies no longer want people to stay with them. The company I worked for was sold 3 times and each time they promised us all kinds of things and then took them away. I was supposed to get 4 weeks vacation because how long I was with the company and 6 months later they decided to take away 1 week. They promised us paid medical insurance for the family and that never happened. When I hit 30 years, I got nothing. They were after young engineers that would work for peanuts and then leave.


44 posted on 01/05/2024 6:05:27 AM PST by wbslws
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To: wbslws

Loyalty is worth nothing in the New America.


45 posted on 01/05/2024 6:17:49 AM PST by stevio (Fight until you die.)
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To: nickcarraway

Jobs at chain restaurants are not supposed to be lifetime careers. No one over 25 should consider it as such.


46 posted on 01/05/2024 6:22:10 AM PST by Wdempsey (Democrats and slinkys.. Both useless but fun to push down stairs.v v ely)
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To: Wdempsey
Jobs at chain restaurants are not supposed to be lifetime careers. No one over 25 should consider it as such.

Exactly, what they are is simply a "quick" way to get a job and get paid. Serious jobs have multiple interviews, some take many months to get hired. These are just the opposite, interview and start the next day, as they are designed. So a HS or college kid can literally get a job for Summer and interview on his last day of school and start the next day to earn cash, it's NOT a career.

47 posted on 01/05/2024 6:25:23 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Wdempsey

I wouldn’t say that entirely. But one should be moving up the chain. Shift manager, store manager, regional manager. 27 years in the grill is just not a way to go through life. And of course never missing a shift means working sick, and spreading whatever illness. But at least he’s dedicated I guess.


48 posted on 01/05/2024 6:33:33 AM PST by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: cyclotic

“...I lost my job and moved from Michigan to Maryland for a new one.”

I hope it was a very good one. As a refugee from Maryland, I cannot help but cringe at the memory.


49 posted on 01/05/2024 6:54:36 AM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: PLMerite

I cringe every day. I work for a great company and have a good job. I’m seeing the light at the end of the tunnel to retire so I’m stuck here for another few years.

I live in a reddish area but have to deal with leftist clowns and idiots too often.


50 posted on 01/05/2024 7:28:00 AM PST by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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To: nickcarraway
Yo Kevin.

Congratulations, you have made your own good fortune.

It's OK to turn the page, man. There are a lot of people out there who would like to hire you.

51 posted on 01/05/2024 7:31:46 AM PST by OKSooner ("You won't like what comes after America." - Leonard Cohen.)
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To: cyclotic

I lived in PG County all my life and worked for the gov’t. It was getting seriously crazy by the time I bailed a few years ago.

I do miss the pizza, though.


52 posted on 01/05/2024 8:14:16 AM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: metmom
The chain, however, gifted him a backpack with a movie ticket, a Starbucks cup and a mix of candy and chocolate.

"Maybe I'll go to the movies......by myself!"

53 posted on 01/05/2024 8:19:53 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Dandy
The only thing your employer owes you is a days pay for a days work.

No, your employer also owes you the simple respect and common courtesy that any human person owes to another.

54 posted on 01/05/2024 8:28:39 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: antceecee

As long as no one person gave more then the max gift rate, it’s all his.


55 posted on 01/05/2024 9:15:30 AM PST by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: maddog55

It’s certainly pathetic Burger King doesn’t pay enough for anyone to actually live after 27 years. Pathetic story indeed. Burger King needs to get its act together.


56 posted on 01/05/2024 9:19:02 AM PST by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: Wdempsey

The under 25 crowd doesn’t have an interest in working.


57 posted on 01/05/2024 9:20:59 AM PST by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: maddog55

“It’s not a feel good story it’s pathetic.”

I agree. His life aspiration was menial, minimum-wage work, and then he gets a new 3BR home in his lap for free, because “Awww, he got snubbed when he ‘retired’.”

I wonder what all the folks who worked their butts off in far more challenging jobs, for more years, think of that, while they’re STILL trying to pay off their homes.


58 posted on 01/05/2024 11:03:26 AM PST by simpson96
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To: nickcarraway

846 sq ft

Three bedroom?

That’s some tiny bedrooms


59 posted on 01/05/2024 11:04:56 AM PST by wardaddy (I have seen true anti semitism is more common in USA than I imagined. A disease in the public mind)
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To: Husker24

My first thought too


60 posted on 01/05/2024 11:06:21 AM PST by wardaddy (I have seen true anti semitism is more common in USA than I imagined. A disease in the public mind)
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