News · moment 7 of 14
The Viral Beer Tribute News Clip and "The New GI Bill"
from Protestant Blood Burger · #11
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
7 minNews
Tim plays and savages a CNN-style news segment where a Bennigan's waitress and CEO Paul Mangemile discuss a viral photo honoring a fallen soldier, turning into Tim's outraged rant about the company using veterans as a franchise-fee-waived recruitment pool he calls "the new GI Bill."
- 18:10Tim imagines a waitress at Bennigan's coming down from cocaine when the story begins.
- 19:08Bennigan's social media post features a sandwich photo with visibly disgusting residue on the sauce cup rim.
- 20:12Hannah left the tribute beer sitting for an hour and a half after her shift ended before pouring it out.
- 20:45The Facebook post about the beer tribute reached 20,000 likes overnight instead of the 40 she expected.
- 21:42Tim argues that if the military asks soldiers to give their lives, the government should provide them houses and healthcare.
- 22:15Bennigan's CEO announces Operation Enduring Opportunity, offering veterans financing to open their own Bennigan's franchises.
- 23:30Tim attacks the program as a Ponzi scheme designed to trap veterans into opening failing restaurant chains instead of actually supporting them.
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