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Carl's Jr.'s New Labor Secretary and His Terrible Twitter Complaints

from We Are The News · #23

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6 min

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Tim connects Jimmy John's and Quiznos disgust to news that Carl's Jr.'s CEO (who bragged that machines don't discriminate or get sick) is becoming Labor Secretary, then reads a long string of absurd customer complaint tweets sent to Carl's Jr.'s guest services account.

In this bit11 moments
  • 11:17The head of Carl's Jr. is now going to be the Labor Secretary.
  • 11:47Carl's Jr. CEO's quote about replacing workers with machines: they're always polite, never take vacations, never show up late, no discrimination cases.
  • 12:36Tim riffs on machines not being able to upsell meals with lesions.
  • 13:22Reading Carl's Jr. Twitter posts, which are mostly customer complaints.
  • 13:33Carl's Jr. tweeted about beer cheese burgers affecting blood alcohol content.
  • 14:15Customer complained about Carl's Jr. in Santee, California having terrible food and racial bigotry from employees.
  • 14:36Tim imagines what Carl's Jr. guest services would sound like handling complaints.
  • 15:11Carl's Jr. burger topped with bacon, bacon jam, and bacon crumbles — multiple layers of bacon.
  • 16:03Tim finds Twitter complaints about Carl's Jr. food being disgusting.
  • 16:20Customer tweet describes fries looking like one is defiling a dead fry.
  • 16:45Carl's Jr. Twitter account is essentially a complaint feed, and this CEO will be Labor Secretary.
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