# Ugh, Embarrassed this Douche is on "My side" (Chik-fil-a) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 3, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-embarrassed-this-douche-is-on-my-side-chik-fil-a/630329 "2012-08-03T18:15:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-embarrassed-this-douche-is-on-my-side-chik-fil-a/630329/21 "2012-08-03T20:35:14Z")
I love it when Instant Karma bites people in the ass. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-embarrassed-this-douche-is-on-my-side-chik-fil-a/630329/22 "2012-08-03T20:37:04Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > What I don’t understand is why he felt the need to say “I’m heterosexual” after he was such an ass. 😕 I haven’t seen the video, but from the comments I can guess pretty well what happened. Some folks get a major chubby from being self-righteous assholes. This guy is really proud of the fact that not only is he on “the right side,” but that he doesn’t have any personal motive to be. He supports gay rights, but OMG he’s also straight! Mind. Blown. It’s like men who prance around shoving their support for feminism in your face. What, we’re supposed to be especially impressed at your support because you don’t have a personal stake in it? Whaddya want, a fuckin’ cookie? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-embarrassed-this-douche-is-on-my-side-chik-fil-a/630329/23 "2012-08-03T20:37:11Z")
I found this little bit on net about Mr. Smith. \*TheBlaze’s Mike Opelka reports: We had an exclusive conversation with Smith where he shared his side of the story. Here’s a taste of what he said (we’ll be releasing more later): 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. \* > **[UPDATEx2: Fired liberal bully who berated Chick-Fil-A employee talks to TheBlaze](https://www.glennbeck.com/2012/08/02/watch-liberal-bully-berates-chick-fil-a-employee/)** > > Update 2: > TheBlaze has reached out to Adam Smith, who who terminated from his CFO job at Vante after the video above went viral. What did he have to say? > TheBlaze's Mike Opelka reports: > We had an exclusive conversation with Smith where he shared his... Threatening his family with violence and death is asinine. I guess it’s fair to say there are assholes on both sides of the fence. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-embarrassed-this-douche-is-on-my-side-chik-fil-a/630329/24 "2012-08-03T20:49:25Z")
Wonder how soon until we find out who the girl is? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-embarrassed-this-douche-is-on-my-side-chik-fil-a/630329/25 "2012-08-03T20:54:21Z")
But, hey… Free water! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-embarrassed-this-douche-is-on-my-side-chik-fil-a/630329/26 "2012-08-03T20:57:16Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > But, hey… Free water! Didn’t see the video – did he ask for only free water at the drive-thru? I did that once myself at Chick-Fil-A, but that’s only because they had discontinued a special on their ridiculously overpriced sandwiches and I didn’t know this till I hit the drive thru, and I didn’t feel like paying full price, and the drive thru had one of those concrete barriers so I couldn’t back out of the queue and I thought I may as well get something out of the experience. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-embarrassed-this-douche-is-on-my-side-chik-fil-a/630329/27 "2012-08-03T20:58:43Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > It’s like men who prance around shoving their support for feminism in your face. What, we’re supposed to be especially impressed at your support because you don’t have a personal stake in it? Whaddya want, **a fuckin’ cookie**? Is that the new slang term for putang? Because that would explain a lot right there. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-embarrassed-this-douche-is-on-my-side-chik-fil-a/630329/28 "2012-08-03T20:59:31Z")
Also, one disadvantage to this whole thing is that I can no longer flip off the Chick Fil A cow suit people who stand by the side of the road and create a danger to traffic with their cavorting without someone thinking I’m making a statement. No, I just really hate flamboyant roadside advertisers. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-embarrassed-this-douche-is-on-my-side-chik-fil-a/630329/29 "2012-08-03T20:59:58Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Didn’t see the video – did he ask for only free water at the drive-thru? I did that once myself at Chick-Fil-A, but that’s only because they had discontinued a special on their ridiculously overpriced sandwiches and I didn’t know this till I hit the drive thru, and I didn’t feel like paying full price, and the drive thru had one of those concrete barriers so I couldn’t back out of the queue and I thought I may as well get something out of the experience. Yes, he kept mentioning the fact it was free, in a snarky way. Not sure if he poured it out, or drank deep of the now anti-gay imbued fluid. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-embarrassed-this-douche-is-on-my-side-chik-fil-a/630329/30 "2012-08-03T21:00:40Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Is that the new slang term for putang? Because that would explain a lot right there. The “cleaned up” version of the 2 Live Crew song _was_ “hey, we want a cookie”. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-embarrassed-this-douche-is-on-my-side-chik-fil-a/630329/31 "2012-08-03T21:11:49Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Yes, he kept mentioning the fact it was free, in a snarky way. Not sure if he poured it out, or drank deep of the now anti-gay imbued fluid. Perhaps his master plan was to steal some of the precious corporate bodily fluids? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-embarrassed-this-douche-is-on-my-side-chik-fil-a/630329/32 "2012-08-03T21:13:39Z")
Maybe she, the newly unemployed guy and Obama can have a beer together. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-embarrassed-this-douche-is-on-my-side-chik-fil-a/630329/33 "2012-08-03T21:25:23Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Perhaps his master plan was to steal some of the precious corporate bodily fluids? It would be a brilliant plan if corporate bodily fluids were water-based. They’re actually greased by lard and high-fructose cornsyrup. Oh yeh, and the blood of unmarried homosexuals. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-embarrassed-this-douche-is-on-my-side-chik-fil-a/630329/34 "2012-08-03T21:40:07Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Oh yeh, and the blood of unmarried homosexuals. Thats not gonna work. The FDA doesn’t allow adulterated materials in food products. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-embarrassed-this-douche-is-on-my-side-chik-fil-a/630329/35 "2012-08-03T21:55:22Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Thats not gonna work. The FDA doesn’t allow adulterated materials in food products. _golf clap_ ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-embarrassed-this-douche-is-on-my-side-chik-fil-a/630329/36 "2012-08-03T21:57:37Z")
What a tool. Glad he got fired. Hopefully he’s so radioactive he winds up slinging burgers somewhere in the ass-end of nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-embarrassed-this-douche-is-on-my-side-chik-fil-a/630329/37 "2012-08-03T22:00:14Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Threatening his family with violence and death is asinine. I guess it’s fair to say there are assholes on both sides of the fence. Yeah, quickest solution is probably for him to climb over the fence so they’re all on that side. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-embarrassed-this-douche-is-on-my-side-chik-fil-a/630329/38 "2012-08-03T22:07:08Z")
I’m still sometimes amazed at the speed with which the internet can change someone’s life. A couple of days ago, this guy had what i assume was a pretty high-paying job as the CFO of a medical manufacturing firm, as well as a part-time gig lecturing in the MBA program at the University of Arizona. He didn’t break any laws; he didn’t hurt anyone in any really tangible way. But, after his douchebag public performance, he has lost his main job, is probably in some danger of not being asked to teach any more classes at the university, is being threatened with death by people he’s never met, and has generally had his life turned upside-down. It’s a salutary lesson for anyone who is inclined to make a dick of themselves on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-embarrassed-this-douche-is-on-my-side-chik-fil-a/630329/39 "2012-08-03T22:09:28Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > It’s always classy to belittle those with incorrect beliefs. It explains why that bastion of leftism, the SDMB, is full of posters cheering this guy on. And yet on this board belittling religious people and people on the right is practically celebrated. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-embarrassed-this-douche-is-on-my-side-chik-fil-a/630329/40 "2012-08-03T22:10:17Z")
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