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jamzrockz

(1,333 posts)
90. Burger King gave me my first job
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 04:31 PM
Aug 2014

They started this immigrant boy off at $7.60 in 2003 when nobody wanted to hire me, plus they gave me a 50c raise after 6 month on the job. They also have the only cookers that used fire to cook their burgers instead of a hot table and I really like their burgers. I really had a lot of fun working there.

This one is going to be hard one cos of my history with them and the fact that they are the only fast food joint I still go to

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already done leftyohiolib Aug 2014 #1
we need an "app for that" . so we know who dodges taxes Herself Aug 2014 #2
that is a really good idea. Hope someone picks it up. rurallib Aug 2014 #17
Already done: Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2014 #40
thank you! rurallib Aug 2014 #46
You're welcome! Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2014 #50
nice! wordpix Aug 2014 #88
Let's Make The App Positive And Identify Those Companies That Are Truly American...... global1 Aug 2014 #24
"You've got to... ReRe Aug 2014 #32
Done: Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2014 #42
Something close: Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2014 #41
There is an app (Android) ... Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2014 #39
Have I told you lately that I love you? ReRe Aug 2014 #54
It can never be enough ... Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2014 #60
love you too! irisblue Aug 2014 #74
I love you, too! :) Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2014 #79
Also important to let the store manager know what you are boycotting. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #59
Good point! Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2014 #61
Welfare Burger Kings father founding Aug 2014 #3
I would boycott them yellowwoodII Aug 2014 #4
I regret to inform Sen. Brown Cirque du So-What Aug 2014 #5
Same here, but will now start boycotting Tim Horton's also, which I use to enjoy. nt Snotcicles Aug 2014 #16
I've been to Tim Horton's a couple of times Cirque du So-What Aug 2014 #21
+1 me too. nt Snotcicles Aug 2014 #80
This is meat and potato issue. Protalker Aug 2014 #6
Welcome to DU, Protalker! calimary Aug 2014 #73
Is it really a boycott if I haven't eaten there in ~25 years? IDemo Aug 2014 #7
Sorry Sentator Brown but can't help you out there with that boycott.... LynneSin Aug 2014 #8
I couldn't care less about Burger King. knightmaar Aug 2014 #9
"American grease".. haha. What's a Tim Hortons? Cha Aug 2014 #27
A chain of Doughnut/Coffee stores knightmaar Aug 2014 #78
Thanks, knightmaar.. the last time I was in Canada in 2005 in the Novia Scotia area Cha Aug 2014 #83
McDs must be loving this! Sunlei Aug 2014 #10
Lol.nt littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #18
My digestive system has already boycotted them. tridim Aug 2014 #11
I occasionally eat a Whopper but those days are over. BlueJazz Aug 2014 #12
reveal of pinkslime use, hardly any muscle meat in cheap'beef' ended my fastfood days. Sunlei Aug 2014 #29
Good point. Ah sir...would you like your burger with or without neurodegenerative disorders? BlueJazz Aug 2014 #43
BurgerKing? Thespian2 Aug 2014 #13
Burger King, the real Welfare Queen Dont call me Shirley Aug 2014 #14
You will be boycotting franchise owners who pay taxes regardless laureloak Aug 2014 #15
The franchise owners can always take down the Burger King sign Omaha Steve Aug 2014 #25
Point is TAXES WILL STILL BE PAID IN US laureloak Aug 2014 #44
You are trying to conflate local sales tax with corporate tax. This is called tax inversion FSogol Aug 2014 #51
How is the poster "trying to prevent DUers from talking about a boycott" ? former9thward Aug 2014 #65
Here you go from a thread yesterday: FSogol Aug 2014 #66
BK Headquarters to remain in Miami laureloak Aug 2014 #19
I am such a fan of Sherrod that I have, in fact, retroactively joined Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #20
Sorry, Sen. Brown I cannot do that. muntrv Aug 2014 #22
Remember The Rutles record boycott and burning? Omaha Steve Aug 2014 #28
Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #23
Good for him! gopiscrap Aug 2014 #26
I like TImmie Hortons d_r Aug 2014 #30
That's my Senator! riqster Aug 2014 #31
Mine too... JohnnyRingo Aug 2014 #47
Compared with the state government, yeah. riqster Aug 2014 #56
Huge K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2014 #33
K&R.. and even if this turns out to be an idle threat Peacetrain Aug 2014 #34
There have been many reasons to not give Burger King our money prior to this. stillwaiting Aug 2014 #35
These corporations all want to avoid paying U.S. taxes, bulloney Aug 2014 #36
Should we boycott Toyota and Honda Too? They're foreign owned. evilDonkey Aug 2014 #37
Are they dodging paying their fair share of taxes? If so, I'm with you. bulloney Aug 2014 #38
Toyota and Honda were never American companies in the first place. SoapBox Aug 2014 #57
^^^^^This^^^^ Jazzgirl Aug 2014 #62
CPAs evilDonkey Aug 2014 #85
Boycott Warren Buffet owned businesess also highmindedhavi Aug 2014 #45
NOT TO WORRY! Taxes will continue to be paid laureloak Aug 2014 #48
State and Local Sales Tax does not equal Corporate Tax paid to the Federal Government. FSogol Aug 2014 #53
"BKC will continue to pay all of our federal, state and local U.S. taxes." -Burger King FB page laureloak Aug 2014 #63
Do you not understand what tax inversion is about? FSogol Aug 2014 #67
That sounds like a "weasel" post. Vinca Aug 2014 #68
Of course they'll pay all the ones they LEGALLY owe. Which will be a LOT less. NYC Liberal Aug 2014 #75
Already hit their FB page and left a comment -- Hell Hath No Fury Aug 2014 #49
"Burger King 'eh" Not Me Aug 2014 #52
BK just posted on their FB page laureloak Aug 2014 #55
Bravo Sherrod...finally a Dem with a spine. SoapBox Aug 2014 #58
Canada's corporate taxes are lower than the US's? n/t hughee99 Aug 2014 #64
Yes they are Omaha Steve Aug 2014 #69
So their corporate taxes are lower AND their corporations don't have to worry hughee99 Aug 2014 #70
We have a winner Omaha Steve Aug 2014 #71
A Brazilian company owns 2/3 of Burger King. candelista Aug 2014 #72
Focus is on taxes rather than profits. LanternWaste Aug 2014 #76
"Have Taxes Your Way" KansDem Aug 2014 #77
Burger King needs a Burger Robespierre. True Blue Door Aug 2014 #81
I know I take every christx30 Aug 2014 #82
Wish we had a few hundred congress critters like Sen. Brown madokie Aug 2014 #84
Foreign owned companies move to America every day evilDonkey Aug 2014 #86
Why not tax the same rate Omaha Steve Aug 2014 #87
I like the sentiment but wish he had pushed farmers' markets, organic food wordpix Aug 2014 #89
Burger King gave me my first job jamzrockz Aug 2014 #90
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