Ooopsies. Maybe filming yourself being a complete jerk to a poor innocent young woman is not the best idea.
Adam Smith, the jerk from the video we posted earlier today, has been fired from his job as CFO of Vante.
TUCSON, AZ–(Marketwire – Aug 2, 2012) – The following is a statement from Vante:
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.
August 3, 2012 at 3:58 pm
Prithee, tell, Renee. What is the relationship between Cardinal O'Malley and the mayor of Boston? Certainly the Cardinal upholds Catholic values which would trump any dubious political loyalties, no?
August 3, 2012 at 4:26 pm
There are no political loyalities. In a world of social media, everyone expects an immediate response, sometimes it is not needed. The local media actually confonted the Mayor and asked him should the Catholic Church leave Boston. The Mayor is already suffering the fallout, why make a statement
August 3, 2012 at 4:59 pm
As a Smith by birth, I'd like to kick him out of the family! (were any other Smiths here ever told a family legend that Adam and Eve were named Smith and as 'the family' became more and more sinful they lost the right to the name Smith? I thought my dad made that up and then I met a man named Smith and in the course of the conversation he told me he had been told the same thing. Though we're probably distant cousins. My paternal grandparents were both named Smith and I figure I'm probably related to just about every Smith in the Chicago area…)
August 3, 2012 at 7:40 pm
ATTN: Mary De Voe:
Earlier, in another post at CMR, I posted the below comment which was a joke referring to the Police/Henry Louis Gates/Beer Summit incident in 2009. I do not believe Obama actually commented on the Adam Smith/Classy Chik-Fil-A employee incident. I noticed you've been sort of referring to this as if it happened and I just wanted to set the record straight.
"I think I just heard that Obama has responded to the video. He said "the young lady acted stupidly", but he is going to host a Peach Shake Summit with the two of them."