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Viral Burger King Worker Snubbed By Company After Not Missing A Day of Work in 27 Years Receives $200k In GoFundMe Donations

<p>A <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;and-another-one-burger-king-enters-the-chickensandwichwars-with-the-chking-sandwich&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Burger King employee<&sol;a> in Las Vegas who hadn&&num;8217&semi;t missed a single day of work in nearly 30 years has received over &dollar;200&comma;000 in donations after being snubbed by the fast food giant&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kevin Ford&comma; 54&comma; went viral on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;reel&sol;Cd-JQvvu2tu&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&amp&semi;ig&lowbar;rid&equals;5a1e757e-73df-4ea9-96f6-65700fd5bf59"><strong>Instagram<&sol;strong><&sol;a> last week upon revealing a measly goody bag he received from his longtime employer after marking 27 years of perfect attendance&comma; and while he expressed his gratitude for the gift&comma; the internet saw fit to reward him beyond a bag of candy and keychains&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The goody bag for Ford&&num;8217&semi;s stellar service reportedly contained a movie ticket&comma; a bag of Reese’s&comma; two packs of Lifesavers&comma; a Starbucks cup&comma; a lanyard&comma; some keychains and two pens&comma; according to <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;today&period;com&sol;food&sol;people&sol;burger-king-employee-27-years-goodie-bag-rcna34968">Today<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cd-JQvvu2tu" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Donations For Burger King Worker Exceed &dollar;200K<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Ford told <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;23&sol;viral-burger-king-employee-hope-more-goodie-bag&sol;">TMZ<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>that prior to COVID-19&comma; employees would typically receive a check for certain work anniversaries&comma; however he told the outlet that &&num;8220&semi;HMS Host&comma; the company from which Burger King hires&comma; sent him what felt like stuff they had lying around the office&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ford&&num;8217&semi;s daughter&comma; Seryna&comma; set up the GoFundMe account following her father&&num;8217&semi;s viral video&period; She had originally set the fundraiser&&num;8217&semi;s goal at &dollar;2&comma;700 for his 27th anniversary at the location&period; But within a day of posting&comma; she had to move the goal after the GoFundMe raised over &dollar;27&comma;000&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Within two days of posting&comma; she had to move the goal once again&comma; this time to &dollar;100&comma;000&period; As of Tuesday&comma; the GoFundMe has raised &dollar;214&comma;643 from a total of 6&comma;500 donations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>GOOD GRAVY Y’ALL&excl;&excl;&excl; He’s only been at work for a few hours and I’ve already moved the goal twice&excl;&excl;&excl; You are all so freaking great&excl; I haven’t stopped smiling all day&excl; I’m going To give it a big jump&excl;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-92457" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;Screen-Shot-2022-06-28-at-3&period;56&period;06-PM&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1140" height&equals;"639" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Actor David Spade was among those who donated&period; The star gave &dollar;5&comma;000 to the fundraiser while telling Ford to &&num;8220&semi;keep up the good work&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Kevin Ford Has An Emotional Moment On TV<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The father-of-four even appeared on <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;today&period;com&sol;food&sol;people&sol;burger-king-employee-reunites-daughter-grandchildren-4-years-rcna35676">Today<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>with Savannah Guthrie on Tuesday after word spread about his hard work and good fortune&comma; with an emotional moment being caught on camera after Ford reunited with his daughter&comma; Seryna&comma; and his three grandchildren&comma; who he hadn&&num;8217&semi;t seen in four years due to his tireless work schedule&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ford&&num;8217&semi;s appearance on the television program was the first time he had taken a day off since starting the job back in 1995&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s like a dream&comma; a dream come true&comma; that nobody can think of this&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s just overwhelming&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he told Guthrie&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Especially all of the support I&&num;8217&semi;m receiving every day&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s awesome&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"XGFdz4kO&lowbar;R8" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ford said he can now can contribute to his grandchildren&&num;8217&semi;s college fund&comma; 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