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struggle4progress

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15. CEO fired by company he founded

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 03:15 PM

Feb 2020

... Berglund .. said: 'I deeply regret and apologize for the hurtful and derogatory language I used during the altercation with Mr Clarke. I firmly believe that there is no excuse for the use of racial slurs under any circumstance, so I will not offer any ... ' ...

Clarke said: 'I do not accept Mr Berglund's digital apology. It is wrapped in insincerity and so is AgroPlasma's statement on his alleged firing.

'Suspension and firing are two different things ... ' ...

Clarke said he assumed Berglund read the statement on his driver profile telling passengers about his policy that states the 'front seat is reserved to parties of three or more' ...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7977281/CEO-fired-company-founded-apologizes-Uber-driver.html

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Trump supporting CEO says life is "ruined" after caught on tape calling UBER driver N word [View all] Demovictory9 Feb 2020 OP

Excellent kimbutgar Feb 2020 #1

Can't add to what you said perfectly! Ditto! SWBTATTReg Feb 2020 #2

Great! McKim Feb 2020 #37

So the question is ... has he learned anything? FakeNoose Feb 2020 #48

Like the repair kit I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2020 #61

He hasn't learned shit hangaleft Feb 2020 #64

Then he shouldn't have been a racist asshole. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #3

+1 crickets Feb 2020 #6

But being a racist jerk has been rewarded so far in his life, so he can't understand why tblue37 Feb 2020 #12

Yep. volstork Feb 2020 #36

Poor baby.. poor poor Hans Berglund, trump supporter & racist CEO...actually solara Feb 2020 #4

A rich CEO claiming victimhood Leith Feb 2020 #5

Besides, who insists on sitting in the front seat of a cab? MineralMan Feb 2020 #7

not me! Demovictory9 Feb 2020 #9

I won't sit in the front unless there is no other seat available Jake Stern Feb 2020 #20

Yeah, me too. MineralMan Feb 2020 #21

When I drove Uber/Lyft... mwooldri Feb 2020 #25

No excuse for how he handled it Cosmocat Feb 2020 #43

Gee, Hans, your life was ruined by something you said. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #8

Womp womp. nt tblue37 Feb 2020 #10

Hire yourself a chauffeur, cheapskate. I'm sure there's some skinhead available. Hekate Feb 2020 #11

WTF is wrong with these people? Vinnie From Indy Feb 2020 #13

it seems like they cannot help themselves Skittles Feb 2020 #66

If per chance this Trump humper is also a bible thumper... Zambero Feb 2020 #14

Trump Humping Bible Thumper... Wounded Bear Feb 2020 #18

CEO fired by company he founded struggle4progress Feb 2020 #15

If Bergland firmly believed that there was no excuse to use racial slurs, he wouldn't have used one Clash City Rocker Feb 2020 #56

Not just a racist, but an entitled asshole Downtown Hound Feb 2020 #16

... Berglund has posted .. attacks on .. Obama and Rep. Ilhan Omar ... struggle4progress Feb 2020 #17

he is former undocumented Demovictory9 Feb 2020 #23

That part of the story doesn't interest me much struggle4progress Feb 2020 #39

the hypocrisy is the point. Trump supporter now, no concern for other undocumented Demovictory9 Feb 2020 #57

Just jumped the gun exboyfil Feb 2020 #55

Of all the fields that a guy like that could be in, Crunchy Frog Feb 2020 #19

CEO of an organic fertilizer company, from Sweden Jake Stern Feb 2020 #22

Confusing... Grins Feb 2020 #34

You'd be surprised. paleotn Feb 2020 #40

Let me get out my Planck-scale violin sakabatou Feb 2020 #24

Are the strings.... Literally strings? Haha blugbox Feb 2020 #59

Trump will probably give him a job Johnny2X2X Feb 2020 #26

Pres. MF-#45: "Hans, contact Miller (WH, WDC). Mention I asked you to do so. Keep NCjack Feb 2020 #27

You deserve it shitneck. 2naSalit Feb 2020 #28

Acting like a racist asshole in public may be hazardous to your career dalton99a Feb 2020 #29

I don't really care, do you? onecaliberal Feb 2020 #30

So if we're going to profile... doesn't it make sense that an uber-white dude name Hans infullview Feb 2020 #31

He needs to stop using the passive voice gollygee Feb 2020 #32

I'll be 62 years old this year. I'm white. phylny Feb 2020 #33

Exactly. And maybe rebuilding his life nilram Feb 2020 #44

You did it to yourself. TNNurse Feb 2020 #35

Boo-fucking-hoo! 3catwoman3 Feb 2020 #38

From the article. irisblue Feb 2020 #41

Cry me a river dude! nt. Akacia Feb 2020 #42

Yay! pandr32 Feb 2020 #45

Good ibegurpard Feb 2020 #46

It's just a perfect day, a-hole. denem Feb 2020 #47

Bigot Man says what? MontanaMama Feb 2020 #49

Too bad. So sad. Thoughts and prayers Roland99 Feb 2020 #50

White supremacist. 58Sunliner Feb 2020 #51

Does anybody have a hankie I can borrow? catbyte Feb 2020 #52

Hahaha haaa! That's one tiny violin I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2020 #63

LOL! Great graphic. Maru Kitteh Feb 2020 #68

Aw, the widdle CEO got in trouble Ohioboy Feb 2020 #53

Good nt Flaleftist Feb 2020 #54

Where is my violin? It's so small I cannot find it. AllyCat Feb 2020 #58

Imagine that, a Donnie Dollhands supporter named Hans n/t maxrandb Feb 2020 #60

Fuck you, Mr. Berglund Goodheart Feb 2020 #62

I speak Swedish well. Let me translate his "regrets" for you into proper English: DFW Feb 2020 #65

As the cops and cop humpers like to say greenjar_01 Feb 2020 #67

With all the new technology, one never knows when they're being filmed or recorded. You'd think... Tarheel_Dem Feb 2020 #69