{"id":1528464,"date":"2022-06-25T11:04:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T15:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1528464"},"modified":"2022-06-25T11:04:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T15:04:19","slug":"watch-donations-pour-in-for-humble-burger-king-cook-after-viral-loyalty-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-donations-pour-in-for-humble-burger-king-cook-after-viral-loyalty-video\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Donations Pour In For Humble Burger King Cook After Viral \u2018Loyalty\u2019 Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-donations-pour-in-for-humble-burger-king-cook-after-viral-loyalty-video%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1528464&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Money is pouring into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/kevin-27-years?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&#038;utm_medium=copy_link_all&#038;utm_source=customer\">GoFundMe account<\/a> set up for a humble <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/burger-king\">Burger King<\/a> worker seen in a viral video receiving a movie ticket, pens, and candy for putting in 27 years apparently without ever taking a sick day.<\/p>\n<p>Donors include comic actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/david-spade-says-the-invisible-barrier-between-audience-and-stage-has-been-broken-after-oscars-slap-chappelle-attack\">David Spade<\/a>, who chipped in $5,000 after seeing a report on Ford, who has been a cook and cashier at the chain\u2019s Las Vegas McCarran International Airport location since the 1990s and reportedly has never called in sick. As of Saturday, the account set up by Ford\u2019s daughter, Seryna, was closing in on six figures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTHANK YOU SO MUCH!!! For even watching the video! I love you my brother!!! Much love and God Bless\u2026 I think might be able to take a day off,\u201d Ford wrote to the comic after Spade dropped his generous donation.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Burger King employee trends after video shows that he was gifted a goodie bag for his 27 years of work dedicated to the company <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MLJiW21yKE\">pic.twitter.com\/MLJiW21yKE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 My Mixtapez (@mymixtapez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mymixtapez\/status\/1539043147669331968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ford started working at the restaurant nearly three decades ago after he gained custody of his children, Seryna Ford wrote on the GoFundMe page. He succeeded, and needed the health insurance the job provided to raise them when he remarried and his family grew.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[It] got all four of his daughters through high school and college with full healthcare coverage,\u201d she wrote. \u201cMy dad continues to work here, 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The story blew up when Ford posted a video online showing him receiving plastic bag containing a movie ticket, some Lifesavers and Reese\u2019s Pieces candy, a Starbucks travel mug, a lanyard, and some pens from his employer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLoyalty pays off,\u201d he wrote in a note accompanying the video.<\/p>\n<p>But when the clip went viral, most viewers didn\u2019t see the reward as fitting for Ford\u2019s years of service and mocked the company on social media. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/food\/people\/burger-king-employee-27-years-goodie-bag-rcna34968\">According<\/a> to Today, the gift bag was not from Burger King, but from the food service company that Ford works for Burger King through.<\/p>\n<p>Seryna Ford said the outpouring of generosity for her dad has touched the family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here trying to get through dinner without crying! You are such remarkable people,\u2019 Seryna Ford wrote in a GoFundMe update. \u201cI seriously can\u2019t believe this. Y\u2019all are changing his life!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spade, in a private exchange <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/06\/24\/david-spade-viral-burger-king-employee-27-years-donates-gofundme-instagram-dm-joke\/?adid=social-twa\">obtained by TMZ<\/a>, joked to Ford that he should wait until he reaches 30 years\u2019 of service before requesting time off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDamn, are you one of my managers???\u201d Ford quipped in a reply. \u201cThank you again, Sir\u2026 Have a great day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Money is pouring into a GoFundMe account set up for a humble Burger King worker seen in a viral video receiving a movie ticket, pens, and candy for putting in 27 years apparently without ever taking a sick day. Donors include comic actor David Spade, who chipped in $5,000 after seeing a report on Ford, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":729,"featured_media":1528480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1528464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1528464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/729"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1528464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1528464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1528480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1528464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1528464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1528464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}