# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 31, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945 "2021-01-31T21:25:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 198
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3950 "2022-07-27T17:39:49Z")
From the annals of … “She seems nice:” > **[Cincinnati police officer caught on video using n-word after cars at school...](https://news.yahoo.com/cincinnati-police-officer-caught-video-164719735.html)** > > A police officer in Cincinnati who also appeared on a 2011 TLC reality show has been pulled off the Ohio \[…\] The post Cincinnati police officer caught on video using n-word after cars at school didn’t respond to siren appeared first on TheGrio. The video links to twitter. The profanity was bleeped, at least for me. Still … just in case … **NSFW - LANGUAGE** I’ve long said that cops need serious upfront psychological screening and regular, ongoing psychological screening for as long as they wield power or authority, and particularly if they carry a firearm. I imagine Ron DeSantis will be recruiting this lovely lady anon. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3951 "2022-07-28T00:18:00Z")
> Valentino said she plans to seek treatment to relieve her stress and claimed she doesn’t regularly use racial slurs. I don’t regularly torture puppies. I don’t regularly urinate on apples in the produce section. I don’t regularly swap babies in the maternity ward when nobody is watching. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3952 "2022-07-29T03:49:21Z")
A Chick-fil-a in North Carolina advertised that they were looking for volunteers who would be paid in food. They backed down after massive criticism. Just so happens that Madison Cawthorn used to work there. I assume he got paid in money. > **[Hendersonville Chick-fil-A faces backlash after asking for volunteers to work...](https://www.blueridgenow.com/story/news/2022/07/27/hendersonville-chick-fil-faces-backlash-after-asking-volunteers-work-drive-thru/10166905002/)** > > Hendersonville Chick-fil-A faces online criticism after issuing a call on social media for volunteers to work the restaurant’s new drive-thru express. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3953 "2022-07-29T08:55:26Z")
I would think that would be illegal. It would be interesting to see how he puts all these “volunteer meals” on his books. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3954 "2022-07-29T09:33:03Z")
Just because there are homeless people by the side of the road with “Will Work For Food” scrawled on a bit of cardboard doesn’t mean it’s a good business model. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3955 "2022-07-29T14:43:32Z")
“volunteers would earn five free entrees per shift (one hour) worked”- I thought a shift was more than an hour? So they’d earn, say, five entrees per hour, and if your shift was three hours you’d go home with 15 entrees? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3956 "2022-07-29T17:15:48Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > So they’d earn, say, five entrees per hour, and if your shift was three hours you’d go home with 15 entrees? My guess is that they were paid in coupons or gift certificates they could redeem later. But yeah, this is very much not legal. I remember many years ago (around 2000) that the online game EverQuest was offering “guide” positions to players. You had to apply and go through a sort of “interview” process, and if picked you basically worked as a volunteer customer service person for set times. You were compensated with a free subscription. The problem was that by definition, if you are offering compensation to a person for their time, they are considered an employee. You then have to pay them a minimum wage. The $15 a month subscription doesn’t even come close to satisfying that. So they had to either start paying guides a legal wage or pay them nothing. They dropped the free subscription perk. I imagine this is the same thing. If you’re paying someone anything for their work, then you have to pay minimum wage. Free meals aren’t enough. They’re either volunteers or they aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3957 "2022-07-29T20:24:43Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > But yeah, this is very much not legal. I work for a Worker’s Comp Insurance Company. We would call in insurance fraud. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3958 "2022-07-29T20:47:55Z")
I hope that Chick-fil-a corporate is reviewing its process for selecting franchise owners, because that person clearly doesn’t know how to run a business. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3959 "2022-07-29T21:09:48Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I hope that Chick-fil-a corporate is **reviewing its process** for selecting franchise owners, because that person clearly doesn’t know how to run a business. - Is that code for “marathon prayer session”? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3960 "2022-07-29T21:34:39Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Is that code for “marathon prayer session”? You (and I) may not like their positions on various social policies, but they are successful as heck (sanitized to match corporate policy) out of the business side. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3961 "2022-07-29T23:30:47Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > My guess is that they were paid in coupons or gift certificates they could redeem later. And (istm) likely redeemable at ANY Chik-Fil-A. 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3962 "2022-07-29T23:34:17Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I hope that Chick-fil-a corporate is reviewing its process for selecting franchise owners, because that person clearly doesn’t know how to run a business. I wonder if **JohnT** might do us the honor of evaluating their franchising processes for the purposes of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3963 "2022-07-30T02:36:43Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Here’s the proposed [logo](https://media.11alive.com/assets/WXIA/images/b94a4f57-1f4d-434e-be23-ed1bd681f471/b94a4f57-1f4d-434e-be23-ed1bd681f471_1920x1080.jpg) I was forced to follow that link: there was a little gray circle with “88” next to it, and that just could not stand. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3964 "2022-07-30T02:58:11Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > it does make me wonder where the expression, “Keep fucking that chicken” originated As far as I know, this is the first attested occurence of that statement [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/X7XbukdoGmM/hqdefault.jpg "Keep Fucking That Chicken by Ernie Anastos on Fox 5 WNYW") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7XbukdoGmM) Its appeal appears to be the total _non sequitir_ishness of it. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3965 "2022-07-30T03:35:08Z")
[Surveillance video appears to show New Jersey councilwoman drive away after hitting cyclist | Watch (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/surveillance-video-appears-to-show-new-jersey-councilwoman-drive-away-after-hitting-cyclist/vi-AA1073bn?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=5a5dc8611c1a41108840ba0701aa96c8&category=foryou) Running away was the worst option. An everyday traffic accident is one thing. A boring thing. A hit and run has legs. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3966 "2022-07-30T03:46:21Z")
[Man Who Left Dog In Sweltering Car With Mouth Taped Shut Arrested: Video | Watch (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/animals/man-who-left-dog-in-sweltering-car-with-mouth-taped-shut-arrested-video/vi-AA106O8u?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=322c35e3cd0c4c82b7091b1bfb658cb4&category=foryou) I applaud the cop for keeping his cool. I don’t think I would have been able to. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3967 "2022-07-30T04:03:57Z")
I think the police officer did give a bit of vent to his feeling when he shut the back and front doors of the police car. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3968 "2022-07-30T04:21:12Z")
He made sure his feet were in. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3969 "2022-07-30T05:04:40Z")
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