It’s funny to me that the blue tick has gone from meaning ‘oh good, this is at least coming from a verified source’ to ‘this is almost certain to be alt right bullshit’.
Alt right supports retirement? What’s next? Alt right supporting communism?
Lol imagine being so socially innocuous. I hope your children (if not you) are all infertile. Fuck you and fuck the image you purport of the American average.
I genuinely hope you die of COVID because that would be the only moral desire to witness your martyrdom (if you can even reach that stage) , being the cultrumpist you’re spouting.
Get back to your Russian dictocracy, you unintelligible fucking geode.
Fuck you and fuck the image you purport of the American average.
You are doing it better than me
You need to take a few steps back and look inwards. You are wishing death on another human being. Not because they did anything particularly heinous, you just got upset at them. Is this something you regularly do, or are you just having a bad day? Either way, that’s not okay and you need to find a better outlet for your anger than wishing death upon random strangers on the internet.
I was more getting at the headline being worded to imply the corporation is doing the ‘gifting’ here.
Yeah, I get it. Couldn’t resist to make a joke.
Sadly, I won’t be eating there much anymore, as they have discontinued the 2 for 1 deal they used to have on whoppers. It was pretty much the only reason I went there anymore.
I tried their Impossible Whopper once hoping it would entice me to go there, but it was so ridiculously salty that I never went back. Also, their fries have always sucked.
Yeah they’re hit or miss, but you gotta trust me when it’s good it’s GOOD. Those things are a godsend
Looks like they’re over $6 today. Way too much for a hit-or-miss item. It sucks because I really want fast food places to offer more plant-based options. The Subway veggie patty used to be pretty good, but I haven’t had it in quite some time.
Ugh tell me about it, it’s like $12 for the combo. Don’t get it nearly as much as I used to.
That veggie patty is absolutely incredible but this is the first time I’ve ever seen anyone else mention it! No matter which subway I order it from it seems like there’s a 50/50 shot of them actually having it, I guess it’s not popular enough for anyone to notice :( Always gives me a post lunch crash for the ages tho hahaha
Yeah, most people don’t know it exists and sometimes Subway employees get confused if you ask for it, but it’s surprisingly good for a veggie patty. Better than stuff like Morningstar Farms or Boca burgers.
fuck, who can i trust in this world if not a twitter account with a blue checkmark?
Why would you distrust someone who has $8?
Never missed a day in 27 years? So he either worked around food while sick or he’s Unbreakable.
Guaranteed the former. Don’t blame him though, the system is designed to force that.
I know. It must be hell working a low pay job in the US.
He should have used his available sick days, what’s the point of fighting for rights if no one uses them?
His foolish stoicism did nothing but benefit a corporation, endanger the public, and make it less acceptable for his colleges to take sickdays when required.
Mcdonalds doesn’t have paid sick leave.
You think burger King gave him sick days? You must be fron Europe, bet its nice.
Wall Street: I don’t see the issue?
Maybe try stepping around the money pile?
The issue is that BK wasted money on a gift basket.
Don’t worry, they’re gonna write it off on their taxes so it didn’t actually cost them anything
I mean…there’s a LOT to take in here. First off, I see no evidence that Burger King ever claimed to have given him 400K. I see no reason why Burger King WOULD give an employee 400K for not missing work. Yes, it’s a crazy thing that he didn’t miss 27 years, but what would make people expect a min wage job to give a 400K bonus. The guy in the picture doesn’t look like a manager. He looks like a regular employee.
The person claiming this is @TheBestFigen. And who is that? Why are they reporting this? You don’t trust random sources on twitter for news.
Not that traditional news outlets are much better at verifying their sources, but still.
Good on the daughter for raising 400K, but I suspect theres even more to this story. What was the gofundme for?
“Hey, my dad is a very reliable Burger King worker. Give us money please!”. I don’t think anyone would donate to that. Instead, I suspect he has a medical issue. And people see a Burger King employee who’s unable to pay medical bills, and THEN I could see people donating. That I would understand. That makes sense. Well, it doesn’t make sense that our medical system is set up in a way that makes it come to this, but once you accept it IS this way, it makes sense that people have empathy.
But none of what I just said is whats being presented. This is being presented as “BOO BURGER KING!!! CORPORATE BADDIES!!! WON’T EVEN GIVE A GUY 400K!!!” when in reality…why would they?
Yes 400k would be surprising. But if the claim is true and he never missed a day in 27 years of working there, and Burger King gave him a goodie bag? That’s on the other end of surprising, like that’s an incredible feat and seriously impressive loyalty to the company. It should be rewarded with something a little more substantial imo
From the GoFundMe (not hard to find):
Hi, My name is Seryna. The man in that video is my father. He has worked at his job for 27 years and yes, he has never missed a day of work. He originally began working at this job as a single father when he gained custody of me and my older sister 27 years ago. Then as our family grew and he remarried, he continued to work there because of the amazing health insurance that was provided through this employer because it was unionized. This got all four of his daughters through high school and college with full healthcare coverage.
My dad continues to work there, because though he does look young, he is coming up on retirement age and leaving would cost him his retirement. In no way are we asking for money or is he expecting any money but if anyone feels like blessing him he would love to visit his grandchildren.
Wait, Burger King was unionized 27 years ago? Health insurance? What! How come I never heard of this? How come nobody asked me to join. WTF, I feel jipped.
I don’t understand. Leaving would “cost” his retirement? Why would he lose it by retiring? Is there a milestone like X years he needs to hit? If so why not stay (if it’s only 3 years, for example). It doesn’t mention him being sick or unable other than age. Why does retiring not use his retirement??
I think they are saying he can’t afford to retire, but your guess is as good as mine here.
The person claiming this is @TheBestFigen. And who is that? Why are they reporting this? You don’t trust random sources on twitter for news.
Idk but they have more than a million followers. If someone with that reach posts misleading information it’s good to correct it.
How many people did he get sick because he refused to stay home when he should’ve?
I won’t encourage this kind of dedication
Yeah this is a shit take.
He could also have had the weekend sickness. Happened a couple times with me now that I get sick Friday eve and am recovered 80-90% for Monday. Swear my body holds out on purpose so that I don’t get a day off.
Everybody loves Typhoid Mary.
ITS APART OF THE FLAVOR MARRY!!
How many people did burger king get sick because they refused to pay him to stay home when he should’ve
Ftfy
He had paid time off, not a lot I’m sure even after 30 years the cap is probably low. Either way he still should have utilized those days while sick.
Having paid time off on paper doesn’t mean you have it in practice, as anyone who’s worked food service can tell you. Blaming the guy who had to stay in a low wage job for decades for his kids’ health insurance instead of the corporation that fosters an environment where people are discouraged from or punished for calling out is missing the forest for the trees.
This is usually how PTO in minimum wage jobs works. “Hey boss can I use a PTO day? I’m sick.” “Just find someone to cover your shift.” Of course nobody volunteers so you go in sick or get fired.
As a european i think its fucking disgusting that sick days in america are substracted from vacation days. Don’t you deserve any vacation because you happen to be sick more often then someone else?
Here in germany, if I geht sick during a vacation, i’ll call work and get back all the vacation days that I happened to be sick, because everyone should use his vacation days to regenerate and relax, not to lie in bed being sick.
Sometimes they are separate allotments. My work combined them at one point, which means they would get more vacation time than before as long as they don’t get sick.
Of course that’s still encouraging people to work while sick.
I’ve gone 5 years I’m a row without getting sick. I met this electrician that claimed he didn’t get sick for the last 30 years. We don’t actually know how many times this dude was sick.
Maybe he was Unbreakable
I don’t think Burger King offers PTO, unless you’re a full-time manager.
It depends which state, many have a legal requirement to give sickpay
That’s great!
In my state you get paid sick days, it’s the law
That is a great law!
That’s possible too.
One of my coworkers just retired and they said she’d never missed a day in 47 years and I had the same reaction. Like, sorry, unless she’s secretly immortal, no fucking way did she go her entire adult life without getting sick even once, so thanks for bringing all your germs in, I guess. Hope the single sentence in the employee newsletter most people don’t read was worth it.
I’ve taken several mental health days in my lifetime of work. I cannot imagine not having that as an option especially when you know you cannot mentally work.
I was with my wife for 12 years before I ever saw her get sick. She would go “I don’t feel good, I’m going to go lay down” and an hour later she’d be all better. She has a crazy good immune system. Granted 12 < 47.
400k would be nice, I always wanted to pull off some crowdfunding scheme and buy a sports car
Oh man yeah let’s celebrate someone that has been completely absorbed by the lie of corporate slavery
As if it was about thr worker, it’s about the great gift from Burger King (that never happened)
Even if it was true, would it be worth it? Guy must have had to miss out on so many milestones in his and his loved ones lives.
Some people don’t miss a day of work in 27 years, specifically to avoid those milestones and their family. Who’s to say this guy hasn’t been playing the long game? LOL
Maybe he only worked the Wednesday afternoon shift.
I’ve started always believing the hype about everything and I have to tell you, my mood has really improved.
Hows the Segway?
It feels like I’ve rolled into the future before everyone else. I finally understand the “ivory tower” and man do you all look foolish from up here.
Hey, my Segway brought me a lot of joy through 2020. That’s the truth.
Off topic, but I feel like I hopped timelines to where people started using, “gifted” instead of “gave.” When did that start?
It’s weird, but also more specific. You can give someone a haircut, give someone guff, give someone herpes, but you wouldn’t say “gifted” in those contexts.
My ex wife gifted me some herpes.
Not really, it’s just laziness.
“He was given 50 bananas as a gift” is the correct way to say it
The “gifted” bit is just the magical English language and its ability to verbify anything into a verb
Gift has been used as a verb for the entire history of Modern English. Unless you are speaking Middle English, gift is equally correct.
Yes it’s been around for ages, but not colloquially or informally used until about 20 years ago, just about the time where people started typing a lot!
Even if that were true, I fail to see how that would make it incorrect. And I don’t think it is. I’ve heard gift used that way my entire life, which I wish was only twenty years long so far. Perhaps it was regional until more recently.
upgifted
Upgaved.
About 400 years ago. Is this a really sly way of revealing you’re a vampire?
I’m probably going to delete this but to whomever reads this…
If you live in the corporate world, the window you’re jumping through as you grow in your career gets smaller and smaller. Forget the political ideals for a second. I cannot think of any political structure that operates differently. Opportunity narrows the higher you go.
The challenges we face in this environment is that the more you succeed, the more you get shot in the leg in a foot race with your competition. I am a real life example. I am very successful relative to where I came from. My parents had only high school educations. They didn’t know anyone of influence. They didn’t teach me how to conduct myself in a professional dinner setting, let alone balance my check book.
What I learned is the higher you go, the more your competition is positioned against you. How did I get where I am? I exploited their advantages. What did those employing the next role want? How did I improve their situation relative to my competition? What gaps did those who sleepwalked into success get that I lacked? How can I use that to my advantage?
A lot of folks in social media want to toss out this whole structure. That’s fair. I appreciate that. We could probably do better. Until then though, I’d like to share what I’ve learned in how to succeed within it, and maybe, how to slowly change it. I believe we don’t have to break down society. I believe we can win from within.
Congrats, your actions have slightly made the world worse for everyone to better yourself. Hope you’re proud.
Verbose sucker.
Hey that’s fair, but why? I’m notoriously long winded. I don’t like it. I wish I was more succinct about anything. No argument, just help me figure it out. I am open minded. Why do you feel this way?
To explain in case you are serious, IMO I think they’re meaning you can obviously articulate the point to which you came from where you originated class-wise, and explain in detail at that.
But the “sucker” aspect is to point out how, even if we can find a way, the “game” itself seems to lead many to devolve into an existential thought-process of ‘what is the point,’ when it’s much harder now-a-days to get to ANY point of success like a couple of previous generations were able to (those in their 50s+). If a person still believes that “winning” at the game is still important, then they already lost. Or they’re just a bit bitter and using a mocking tone… hard to interpret tone in text.
Yeah I suppose that is fair. I applaud the enthusiasm of folks with new ideas. I don’t, nor have I ever, seen political discourse as “winning” or losing. I just want representation. I want my trans sister to feel safe. I want my gay friends to have a voice in government. I also want to promote the free market economic concepts that folks like Adam Smith actually introduced. What makes me a sucker, I think, is I just don’t know how to get there.
It isn’t in me to play that game. I’m not out here pretending success matters in any permanent way. They’re gonna scatter my ashes the same as anyone else’s and I’m not playing the game.
Now, if I could keep it all for eternity, I’d eat you guys alive to get it. I can’t though, so I’m just gonna ride the rock until I die and help any fellow sufferer I can who feels like I do about it.
My millionaire uncle is 500 times as miserable as me and he’s on vacation every weekend. I’m not running a race to nowhere.
But hey, you do you. If success means something to you, who am I to knock it just because I don’t get it? You don’t step on my nuts and I won’t step on yours. That’s how I roll.
I’d eat you guys alive to get it.
Who guys? Me? Why?
who am I to knock it just because I don’t get it?
Can you help me understand why you hate me so I can actually have a conversation with you?
All guys. Everyone. I made that clear. I’d be immortal. The resources I collect would actually matter then. How much success I have would matter then. I’d get to keep it, because I wouldn’t jusy turn around and die after playing the social vampire game to get it.
I don’t hate you. I made my position pretty clear. We aren’t immortal and I’m not gonna be out here in a constant battle for success or resources just to collect it and die.
Thanks for the best 27 years of your life. Here’s a Bic pen, some Burger King coupons, and a fancy eraser to show our gratitude.
Damn, a fancy eraser? I hope they still have those in 30 years when I retire (j/k either I’ll be dead by then or the concept of retirement will)
Better ask for your fancy eraser now then! Negotiate a bonus instead of a raise.
