Re:Krispy Kreme strikes deal with kid who drives 250 miles t...
by webwielder2 on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @03:18PM
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Another indictment of our bizarre, inequitable society masquerading as a feel-good story.
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Re:Krispy Kreme strikes deal with kid who drives 250 miles t...
by mikepurvis on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @03:33PM
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Yeah seriously. Drop this garbage in the same file with all those stories about communities who came together to cover someone's insane medical bills or outrageous legal defense.
Re:Krispy Kreme strikes deal with kid who drives 250 miles t...
by chrisseaton on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @03:47PM
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Are you being sarcastic? Or are you saying that not having local access to a particular brand of doughnuts is the same hardship and moral travesty as having to pay a crippling medical bill?
Re:Krispy Kreme strikes deal with kid who drives 250 miles t...
by cannonedhamster on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @03:56PM
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He's saying these feel good stories only exist because of terrible situations to begin with. The company C&Ded him but after public backlash changed that heart. The hospital gave a patient an $800k medical bill after the insurance company refused to put her baby on the insurance but they magically could after publicity. The ability to get publicity and bad press should not be the arbiter of fair treatment, fair treatment should be the norm not the outlier.
Re:Krispy Kreme strikes deal with kid who drives 250 miles t...
by chrisseaton on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @03:57PM
(#21467170)
> terrible situations
Not being able to get your preferred doughnut?
Re:Krispy Kreme strikes deal with kid who drives 250 miles t...
by frandroid on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @04:02PM
(#21467234)
No, cutting that guy's source of income.
Re:Krispy Kreme strikes deal with kid who drives 250 miles t...
by etrautmann on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @03:53PM
(#21467118)
what? The parent wasn't claiming equivalency of the severity of the issue - instead the brokenness of a society that resorts to this flavor of solution or response.
Re:Krispy Kreme strikes deal with kid who drives 250 miles t...
by chrisseaton on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @03:56PM
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So what is this file that contains complaints both about doughnut preferences, and also sickness and financial ruin? Must be a pretty broad file.
Re:Krispy Kreme strikes deal with kid who drives 250 miles t...
by mikepurvis on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @04:03PM
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The file is "heartwarming stories celebrating Americans solving uniquely American problems."
Re:Krispy Kreme strikes deal with kid who drives 250 miles t...
by asdfman123 on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @03:34PM
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Nah, this is an instance of someone seeing a business opportunity and exploiting it.
Although that kid should try out renting a bigger car.
Re:Krispy Kreme strikes deal with kid who drives 250 miles t...
by gremlinsinc on Friday November 08, 2019 @02:03AM
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He should rent a truck, and hire some friends to distribute.