Custy Apologizes to Chick Fil-A Drive Thru Slave

  

 What do you think about his apology RHU?

From Hiedi: Here's info on what his employer did to him upon learning how he treated the poor fast food slave: Glad to know Karma is alive and well.

From Adam Smiths former employer:

Vante regrets the unfortunate events that transpired yesterday in Tucson between our former CFO/Treasurer Adam Smith and an employee at Chick-fil-A. Effective immediately, Mr. Smith is no longer an employee of our company.

The actions of Mr. Smith do not reflect our corporate values in any manner. Vante is an equal opportunity company with a diverse workforce, which holds diverse opinions. We respect the right of our employees and all Americans to hold and express their personal opinions, however, we also expect our company officers to behave in a manner commensurate with their position and in a respectful fashion that conveys these values of civility with others.

We hope that the general population does not hold Mr. Smith’s actions against Vante and its employees.

SOURCE: Vante, Inc.

From Eller College, University of Arizona:

Adam Smith held an appointment as an Adjunct Lecturer, Finance (non-tenure eligible) in the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona from January 2, 2012, to May 20, 2012. He presently holds no appointment with the University.

The University of Arizona strives to provide an environment where a free and respectful exchange of ideas is valued and encouraged. We strive to have a workforce that is diverse and respectful of different viewpoints and where opinions are respected.

Other losses he has had to endure:

• He has lost his job as Chief Financial Officer at Vante. (Smith claims that he was not given a chance to really explain himself before being terminated)

• His family has been threatened with violence and death. (At one point, his email account was getting 3 messages a minute, mostly vulgar and threatening)

• 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.)
• Smith said that his original intent was to follow guidelines laid out in an online video, which included quoting a scripture.

 

 

 

Comments

[Skittles]

It is wrong for his com0pany to terminate his employment over this. No company should have the ability to fire an employee for anything done in their time off. They do not own their employees and this comes dangerously close to that line. with the acception of committing a phelony that would prevent him from working due to jail time of course. Frankly I think what he did was unnaceptable as well as stupid, that doesn't change how wrong it is for him to get fired. This is just as wrong as someone being fired for belonging to an LGBT rights group. What you do on your personal time is your choice entirely. If you want to sit naked in your living room painted blue eating a kiddy pool full of jello on your time off, go right ahead, and god bless you so long as the curtains are closed.

[Hiedi]

Maybe there were some "other" issues at his job that we don't know about.

I believe the state he lives in is an "at will" state meaning that as long as you aren't a member of a protected class-meaning as long as they don't fire you specifically over gender, pregnancy, religious beliefs, race or age.

Basically if the boss finds out you like to wannk off to My Little Pony while eating ice cream dressed as batman, in an at will state he/she can fire you for that. Don't like the color of your shirt that day? They can fire you. Act like a douche and post it on youtube? They can fire you. If you are in an at will state and don't have an employment contract you can be fired for anything.

I could be wrong here but I think what it came down to was he was on company time-between clients, lunch, something when he did this and that was the deal breaker.

For all we know he could have pulled similar douche bag moments but well withing tolerable range. Maybe this came out of nowhere. I'm sorry he got fired but I don't blame the company for firing him. You just don't bully someone and then post it on youtube for the world to see.

Surprising, I don't feel bad for this guy. I feel bad for the slave though.

[Anon]

What he did was stupid but it shouldn't get to the point where he doesn't feel safe in his own home, especially since now the rest of his family will now be affected. People out there always take things too far when responding to stuff like this. It was a very juvenile thing to do but not bad enough to make much of what has happened to him entirely fair. For his and his family's sakes I hope his part of this whole thing blows over quickly. ):

[Queer Geek]

Here's the reality. His company is a corporation. They have a certain way of doing business if the employees don't agree with it. Now what he does on his own time is his business. However, he filmed himself being an ass to a slave and broadcasted it over the internet. What do you think was going to happen? The public is going to be savvy and find out where you work and send hate mail and harrass your place of business. It could also impact future business contacts. What company is going to want to work with a business that has no control over their reckless employees?

Sorry I don't feel sympathy for this guy. I may understand his frustation but how he went about it was completely wrong and in the end it bit him in the ass. Good luck finding work in his troubled economy. Now that your face is plastered all over the web, hopefully the next company will disregard you actions and hire you...Maybe.

[Lamer]

To me, for the job, that's fair. I'm not allowed to talk to the media or be fired because I represent my company.

Threatening his family? Not okay.

[frozenterror]

Your beef with making his information public and with threatening him and his family is with the white supremacist clowns at stormfront.org, not with anyone possessing more than three working brain cells.

[Chicajojobe]

Damn, this crap is getting ugly!
Death threats, publishing his address?
He was a douche bag, no doubt, and I can see why his company fired him. It's 2012, everyone should know that if they put stuff online their bosses will see it and react!

However, I don't feel that someone should lose all the privacy and sense of safety just for being an asshole.
Who here can say that they've never been an asshole? Never gotten overzealous and failed to think about what they were really doing when it came to standing up for a cause?
Did you deserve to have your entire life ruined for it?
Will ruining this one guys' life make working conditions so much better for retail slaves? I highly doubt it.

He bullied someone who did nothing more than work for a paycheck. Which was deplorable.
But calling his home and making death threats is just as bad.
This guy has received his lashes. He lost his job and the entire world has made it clear they disapprove of his actions.
It's done. There's no need to keep pouring salt in the wounds.

[Hellbound Alleee]

Of course, he is the one who suffers.

Chick fil-A and the CEO suffer no consequences for how they cause every gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning person, as well as the people who love them, feel every day at work. Especially on gay appreciation day, where their closeted asses were worked to the bone while they listened to patrons sing the praises of the company. It's so great they lower themselves to hire gay people who get to work closeted, holding back expletives and tears every time someone remarks that gays should go live on an island somewhere.

I'm sure many would say "that's the reality for many retail and food workers, especially in the south." Sure, but luckily for them, their company made it an issue when Mr. Cathy decided to tell the world that they support "the biblical definition of the family unit."

You know. One man, a hundred wives, several slaves and the kidnapped girls from the tribe he helped slaughter. It sure empowered the Duluth owner to fire women workers so he could supposedly force them to become stay-at-home moms. Screw the kids and their need to eat and have school clothes, right?

[AmysAuntie]

He did it to himself. He was stupid and now his family pays the price. Were it an employee of the store I owned, he would have been gone based on the image his behavior put forth of MY business. If he had simply stated his opinions in a private, rather than public, forum (how nuts do you have to be to put this out over the internet?), it wouldn't have been an issue. Oh, and the only person who screwed the kids over was Daddy himself.

[TechTiger]

Lesson 1 in 'why not to take directions from the internet'. He was a douche. If he was just a douche to the poor slave, then fucked off, it'd have been over. But he filmed it and posted it on the internet, which shows he was PROUD to be said douche, and I'd have booted him too.

Much like that one kid that taunted Anonymous, you don't go into a yard labeled 'Beware of dog' wearing a bacon suit then whine when you get bitten. Yeah, it's bad of the people posting his information and stuff... but if he hadn't started shit, there wouldn't be shit.

[register troll]

i agree he was a total douche hose and his family shouldnt have to suffer because of him. Truthfully i wouldnt want someone like that working for me. I feel he gave his company a bad name because whether youre on the clock or not you need to behave like a decent member of society. Hopefully he learned from all of this, and that apology was sincere

[Sabina]

I like it a lot. =) The only thing I have to mention is the line where it says "When evtyrehing your doing feels so right": "your" needs to be changed to "you're."