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Title: Adam Smith of infamous Chick-Fil-A viral video now homeless
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Washington Times
URL Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news ... viral-video-homeless-food-sta/
Published: Mar 27, 2015
Author: Douglas Ernst
Post Date: 2015-03-27 20:10:16 by Tooconservative
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Views: 3039
Comments: 19
Mr. Smith, 37, who was the CFO of an Arizona-based catheter manufacturer, told ABC’s “20/20” he was fired after recording an exchange between himself and a drive-thru cashier in June 2012, as the fast-food chain was embroiled in a national controversy over company President Dan Cathy’s public opposition to gay marriage. “I don’t know how you live with yourself,” he told the cashier in the video, adding that the company was a “hateful corporation.” Mr. Smith said that since losing his job in Arizona, his wife and their four children were forced to sell their home and live in an RV. Employers have been reluctant to hire him because of his past, he said. “I don’t regret the stand I took, but I regret … the way I talked to her. … I think people are scared,” Mr. Smith said. “I think people are scared that it could happen again.” Mr. Smith said that he was paid $200,000 a year at the job before being fired. He also lost $1 million in stock options. Poster Comment: The original vid:
Adam Smith, the former medical-device executive whose career was ruined when a video of him berating a Chick-Fil-A employee for the company’s anti-gay stance went viral, said his family is now homeless and living on food stamps.
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#3. To: TooConservative (#0)
If this guy was making 200 grand a year and had a million bucks in stock options just a few years ago is now broke and living in a RV,he was fired as a CFO because he sucks at handling money.
#6. To: sneakypete (#3)
He's not living in that RV with a wife and 4 sons for fun. He's saying he can't get work because those gay-hatin' chicken-goblin' rednecks might boycott any company that might hire him. And there is little doubt some people out there are definitely keeping track of him. I'm not one of them because I'd forgotten this story like everyone else but I stumbled over it in a sidebar while reading some other news story so I decided to post it. You know how I like these follow-up "Rest Of The Story" articles.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestMr. Smith said that he was paid $200,000 a year at the job before being fired. He also lost $1 million in stock options.
Replies to Comment # 3. If this guy was making 200 grand a year and had a million bucks in stock options just a few years ago is now broke and living in a RV,he was fired as a CFO because he sucks at handling money.
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