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Leghorn21

(13,526 posts)
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 04:53 PM Jul 2020

Badda bing, badda boom: the "I FEEL THREATENED" guy has been summarily FIRED

”Thank you to everyone for their comments and messages raising awareness about a former employee at Ted Todd Insurance. Their behavior in the video is in direct conflict with our company values and their employment has been terminated.”



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Badda bing, badda boom: the "I FEEL THREATENED" guy has been summarily FIRED (Original Post) Leghorn21 Jul 2020 OP
In case he slipped by you: Leghorn21 Jul 2020 #1
What a loser. PufPuf23 Jul 2020 #5
He needs a mask at both ends Dukkha Jul 2020 #35
+1 uponit7771 Jul 2020 #56
Perfect choice of words. FM123 Jul 2020 #36
+1 2naSalit Jul 2020 #41
He also needs to be permanently banned from all Costcos. The only way these 🤡s will learn. TheBlackAdder Jul 2020 #43
Flushed away his career because he could not control his REPUBLICAN FREEDUMBS KS Toronado Jul 2020 #54
Wow.. oh it slipped by me alright! TY for this backstory, Leghorn! Cha Jul 2020 #10
Clearly packing a pistol at his waste. NutmegYankee Jul 2020 #22
slipped by me, but dang... stillcool Jul 2020 #24
What an asshole! paleotn Jul 2020 #38
that's an angry bdamomma Jul 2020 #46
Fatal Stroke or Coronary within Five Years Senor Insomne Jul 2020 #48
Wow...thats a lot of rage Squidly Jul 2020 #57
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2020 #2
Why? Horse with no Name Jul 2020 #4
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2020 #7
That dude ain't poor Docreed2003 Jul 2020 #14
Costco will give you a mask MontanaMama Jul 2020 #16
My daughter is in Italy (for past 2 years for school) and the Italian stores provide the masks free iluvtennis Jul 2020 #23
So a friend of my husband's came into our business this morning... MontanaMama Jul 2020 #26
I hear you MontanaMama, it's shaemful, the selfishneess/entitlement of some Americans. nt iluvtennis Jul 2020 #51
There are a number of countries bdamomma Jul 2020 #47
Here in the Great White North luvtheGWN Jul 2020 #28
Costco was one of first stores to require masks and add plexiglass and 6ft social distancing at the iluvtennis Jul 2020 #52
Same goes for pants. johnp3907 Jul 2020 #8
Some do Kaiserguy Jul 2020 #21
I believe Costco does have them for customers who enter without them nt yellowdogintexas Jul 2020 #29
Yes, I forgot mine mama Jul 2020 #59
I totally disagree with you. sheshe2 Jul 2020 #31
Nope. Hekate Jul 2020 #32
It should be a national policy and why should a business have to foot that bill? brush Jul 2020 #45
Disagree. It's appropriate for different areas to have different policies FBaggins Jul 2020 #58
Excellent. I still wonder about his background... That agressive screaming that he felt "threatened hlthe2b Jul 2020 #3
Maybe to setup a stand your ground defense drray23 Jul 2020 #6
Thats what I thought. Florida is "stand your ground' country... winstars Jul 2020 #13
Reminds me of that guy in Texas a number of years ago who recorded himself threatening Aristus Jul 2020 #18
"raising awareness" what a nice way of putting it Phoenix61 Jul 2020 #9
Sometimes, Karma is instant... ashredux Jul 2020 #11
lol.. Blame trump.. he would be fired by any employer.. Let's FIRE Cha Jul 2020 #12
When will these a&&h**es realize that they are on the wrong side of things? God, and an SWBTATTReg Jul 2020 #15
Its going to be especially hard to get employment Ahpook Jul 2020 #50
I bet he'll start wearing a mask now....so nobody will recognize him. lol n/t Captain Stern Jul 2020 #17
This is staged aggression to capture the spotlight. It's working. erronis Jul 2020 #19
Spot on: "staged aggression" Hekate Jul 2020 #34
Lets make it Simple .. yuiyoshida Jul 2020 #20
Karma knows everyone's home address. TeamPooka Jul 2020 #25
You'd think these people would start to get a clue PatSeg Jul 2020 #27
Look for Dan to get an "analyst" slot at OAN NewJeffCT Jul 2020 #30
The KKK will find him a job. C Moon Jul 2020 #33
And I'll ask this guy, too. Was it worth it? louis-t Jul 2020 #37
We need to see how he handled his minority customers Miigwech Jul 2020 #39
Bootstraps, Big Boy! czarjak Jul 2020 #40
I thought insurance salesmen were supposed to charge premiums and not pay. This guy drives claims. TheBlackAdder Jul 2020 #42
"These people" will be dead soon, warmfeet Jul 2020 #44
No they won't. Mariana Jul 2020 #55
He's a real tough guy with the elderly ladies I guess. hadEnuf Jul 2020 #49
Idiots are sad Gothmog Jul 2020 #53

Leghorn21

(13,526 posts)
1. In case he slipped by you:
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 04:56 PM
Jul 2020
Florida man at Fort Myers Costco in "Running the World Since 1776" shirt flips out on elderly woman who asked him to wear a mask and man who defended her.


NutmegYankee

(16,201 posts)
22. Clearly packing a pistol at his waste.
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 05:33 PM
Jul 2020

Fucker was setting up to shoot an elderly lady. He belongs in jail with a felony ban on gun ownership.

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
24. slipped by me, but dang...
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 05:36 PM
Jul 2020

going off on complete strangers is effed up. Roid-rage-ish. I don't get it.

Squidly

(783 posts)
57. Wow...thats a lot of rage
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 10:45 PM
Jul 2020

Roids? Too much testosterone? tRump overdose?
So many angry people out there

Response to Leghorn21 (Original post)

Response to Horse with no Name (Reply #4)

MontanaMama

(23,334 posts)
16. Costco will give you a mask
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 05:24 PM
Jul 2020

if you don’t have one upon entering the store. I think it should be a choice for the business to offer them if they want to do that and can afford it. I co-own a small business. We require masks be worn by anyone coming in our place. I certainly can’t afford to provide masks to customers.

iluvtennis

(19,868 posts)
23. My daughter is in Italy (for past 2 years for school) and the Italian stores provide the masks free
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 05:34 PM
Jul 2020

if you don't have one. But, the great thing is that most Italians (unlike Americans) don't even leave their homes without a mask on.

MontanaMama

(23,334 posts)
26. So a friend of my husband's came into our business this morning...
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 05:38 PM
Jul 2020

He’s an emergency room physician at one of our local hospitals. He was saying that if every American would wear a damned mask, we could conceivably shut the virus down. I guess I shouldn’t be shocked at the selfishness of Americans...but I am...and so disappointed.

bdamomma

(63,917 posts)
47. There are a number of countries
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 07:45 PM
Jul 2020

where their citizens are wearing masks. You protect me, I'll protect you. No all this hate and division.

luvtheGWN

(1,336 posts)
28. Here in the Great White North
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 05:40 PM
Jul 2020

(and White stands for what we experience falling from the sky in winter!) Costco demands that we wear masks. Hand sanitizer at the entrance and a free mask if you're not wearing one.

As a private business, Costco has every right to refuse entry to (and eject) the idiots who won't follow Costco's rules.

iluvtennis

(19,868 posts)
52. Costco was one of first stores to require masks and add plexiglass and 6ft social distancing at the
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 08:33 PM
Jul 2020

cashier stands. Costco also sanitizes all of the baskets. It's been great experience with them.

Kaiserguy

(740 posts)
21. Some do
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 05:31 PM
Jul 2020

Tops market will give you one if you ask and a Lowes I was in had boxes of them open when you went in with a sign saying to please use if you didn't have one.

mama

(164 posts)
59. Yes, I forgot mine
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 09:19 AM
Jul 2020

Rather than drive back home, I went up to the door to see if I could purchase one there. They gave me a paper mask, no problem.

sheshe2

(83,850 posts)
31. I totally disagree with you.
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 05:47 PM
Jul 2020

No caring citizen of the US should ever leave their house without a mask. If they cared one bit about themselves their family, friends and all others they would do so.

He works/ worked for an insurance company, I doubt he is poor. Fact is masks are easy to make, washable to reuse. In case you did not know, we have a huge PPE shortage and you want a store to provide them to idiots that refuse to have any decency to protect themselves and others.

FBaggins

(26,756 posts)
58. Disagree. It's appropriate for different areas to have different policies
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 07:30 AM
Jul 2020

There are still counties that have had virtually no cases at all. There are other counties that need to lock up tight.

As for why businesses should have to foot the bill. I'm guessing that you're talking about Costco's practice of providing a mask if you don't have one. There isn't any legal or moral reason why they should... but it isn't unreasonable for a company to facilitate shoppers doing business with them. They spend enough on advertising to get you to enter the store.

hlthe2b

(102,331 posts)
3. Excellent. I still wonder about his background... That agressive screaming that he felt "threatened
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 04:57 PM
Jul 2020

seems very much like something he's been "trained in" to cover for bad behavior. Hmm, now who would do that?

Aristus

(66,436 posts)
18. Reminds me of that guy in Texas a number of years ago who recorded himself threatening
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 05:31 PM
Jul 2020

his neighbors with a gun for playing music too loudly. He sounded like he was reading from a list of NRA-approved things you can say in order to commit murder and get off on a stand-your-ground defense.

He was on record saying things like:

"I'm standing my ground!"

and

"I'm in fear for my life!"

IIRC, he shot (and maybe killed) his neighbor, and then got sentenced to life in prison, convicted by his own recording.

Phoenix61

(17,011 posts)
9. "raising awareness" what a nice way of putting it
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 05:18 PM
Jul 2020

Also, that didn’t take long. How much you want to bet everyone he worked with is happy to see him gone.

Cha

(297,503 posts)
12. lol.. Blame trump.. he would be fired by any employer.. Let's FIRE
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 05:22 PM
Jul 2020

him in November at the polls! GOTV!!

SWBTATTReg

(22,156 posts)
15. When will these a&&h**es realize that they are on the wrong side of things? God, and an
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 05:23 PM
Jul 2020

elderly lady was the one yelled at. My heart goes out to her to have to put up w/ such an ignorant bully.

How pathetic does one have to be to yell at one of our elderly citizens like he did?

I got a feeling that this POS is going to find it hard to find any job now being that they all know what a pathetic LOSER he is, as well as a big loudmouth.

Ahpook

(2,750 posts)
50. Its going to be especially hard to get employment
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 07:47 PM
Jul 2020

with corona ravaging the country. I'd say his insurance licensing will stay intact, but with a reference like this I can't see any agency touching him.

erronis

(15,326 posts)
19. This is staged aggression to capture the spotlight. It's working.
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 05:31 PM
Jul 2020

These people have been told to be intimidating and get their actions recorded and spread on the media. Just ways to energize their base.

I'm not sure its working but it may be only one of the plays in the trumputin book.

PatSeg

(47,560 posts)
27. You'd think these people would start to get a clue
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 05:38 PM
Jul 2020

Companies are showing no tolerance for this kind of crap and many people are being fired without hesitation. Good for Ted Todd Insurance. So many people seem to think there are no consequences for their words, behavior, or social media posts and so many people are wrong.

 

Miigwech

(3,741 posts)
39. We need to see how he handled his minority customers
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 06:36 PM
Jul 2020

As we all know, insurance companies never want to pay out any monies to their clients. I want an investigation of the Ted Todd Insurance, it is not enough to just fire him. It's not like they just learned about the kind of person he is. I bet he discriminated against poor and minorities with policy payouts. Pay out to the white rich folks, screw the black family, the poor guy/gal.

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
44. "These people" will be dead soon,
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 07:16 PM
Jul 2020

from the Sars-CoV-2 virus.

Fuck their feelings. Fuck their lives. Harsh? Damn right it's harsh.

hadEnuf

(2,208 posts)
49. He's a real tough guy with the elderly ladies I guess.
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 07:46 PM
Jul 2020

It would have been amusing to watch somebody step in and fuck him up.

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