Burger King employee who went viral for \u2018goodie bag\u2019 buys first home with donations TikTok: @thekeep777The viral Burger King employee who became an internet sensation with his \u2018goodie bag\u2019 reward is making headlines again. A January 2023, a Burger King employee named Kevin Ford went viral after he shared what he\u2019d received from the popular chain after working there for over 27 years, without any days off. However, instead of a pay rise or promotion in lieu of his hard work, Kevin received a goodie bag that contained a movie ticket, a bag of Reese\u2019s Pieces, a Starbucks Tumbler, a lanyard, two pens, keychains, two packs of Lifesavers, and nothing more. This caused a viral outrage, with people calling for justice. Viral Burger King employee buys first house with GoFundMe donations As a result of Kevin\u2019s internet fame, his daughter decided that it was a good idea to set up a GoFundMe page so that people could show their love. The initial goal was only 200 dollars, but Kevin accumulated a staggering $452,375. This meant that he was able to buy a new home. After the post was shared by ABC news, people were overjoyed to hear that Kevin was celebrating a new milestone: \u201cHow embarrassing for the business owner. They should be ashamed of themselves. I\u2019m happy to see that this man was rewarded by others.\u201d \u201cThe fact that the employer gave such junk shows how much they appreciate their employees\u2026 glad he went viral! Well deserved,\u201d another wrote. There were a few naysayers however, who weren\u2019t too happy about Kevin\u2019s success, writing: \u201cSo we giving awards to grown men sandbagging themselves to make others feel sorry? He could\u2019ve had multiple homes if he swung a hammer since 18.\u201d Kevin isn\u2019t the first fast food worker who shot to viral fame. In December, former Walmart employee Gail Lewis\u2019 vest sold for over 10K.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Burger King employee who went viral for \u2018goodie bag\u2019 buys first home with donations TikTok: @thekeep777The viral Burger King employee who became an internet sensation with his \u2018goodie bag\u2019 reward is making headlines again. A January 2023, a Burger King employee named Kevin Ford went viral after he shared what he\u2019d received from the popular […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}