Sending fake quotes to companies whose employees are on strike

[@id10t98]

I still remember after someone complained about the meat, the CEO of Taco Bell saying they use 90% beef for their tacos and thought that was going to quell the issue. He never thought people would question what the other 10% was 🤣

[@id10t98]

@@ShainAndrews You dont think admitting to10% mystery meat/filler is a funny gaff by the CEO?

[@GameyRaccoon]

I would imagine the other 10% was tortillas and cheese. Or alternatively some other kind of meat if we're just talking the meat. Or perhaps beans?

[@kaylee3933]

@@id10t98 ​ Ground/Minced beef is typically displayed in percentages of meat vs fat. So 90% beef would then be 10% fat (or often written as 90/10 beef), which is fairly lean. Funny gaff out of context, but it being 90% beef is completely correct.

[@bigmike9108]

And the sad part is while all of that was going on, I was a little bit concerned but never stop eating Taco Bell😂😂😂😂

[@bigmike9108]

As stupid as it sounds and you can look this up the remaining 10% is sand. They don’t actually use the word sand there’s a fancy name for it but it is essentially sand that they use for filler weight

[@jaccuster8258]

Frito lays really thought they had a good rebuttal saying employees only die every 2.5 years

[@1stdragon123]

I recently worked at cemetery and can confirm, in the last 20 years only one person died, and it was cancer. We did have had someone drive a digger with broken glass on the seat but that was his own choice, even the boss called him an idiot. I loved that job

[@johnshite4656]

@@1stdragon123 I heard cemetery workers get paid good money. Is that true? I may need a career change at some point and that's a job I could do. I would have to make sure no one overhears my casual dark humor though, maybe I'd wear a face mask. Cemetery jobs should be hot as life expectancy in the US decreases.

[@TheRockinDonkey]

@@johnshite4656 Yeah, but they're still dead-end jobs.

[@johnshite4656]

@@TheRockinDonkey Eh, I've got one foot in the grave already. 😄

[@TheRockinDonkey]

@@johnshite4656 "Do you dig graves" "They're all right."

[@joshuablade3829]

I'm still thinking 'bout those goddamn cookies.

[@terywetherlow7970]

Keebler elves still making those thin mints??? I could use a job in a tree. Hopefully I am short enough.

[@joshuablade3829]

@@terywetherlow7970 Lol so true 😂

[@obviousness8113]

I about fell out when he broke out the crumpled-up paper from the bottom of the cereal box 🤣🤣😂😂

[@johnshite4656]

I was expecting it to be hand written, honestly, or made of cut up magazines and glue.

[@Geeksmithing]

I remember finding notes such as there in the bottom of my cereal boxes when I was a kid. They dont make em like that anymore./

[@trevorc3063]

I'm cracking up about their official response, "only 2 people every 5 years die watching machines pack potato chips, and the other employees get until the ambulance gets there to pay their respects"

[@manguito598]

Tragic yes, but the chips don't pack themselves. Or rather, the machines don't watch themselves. I mean they do self monitor to some extent but you know what I'm getting at.

[@ProleDaddy]

As long as they keep working while paying their respects.

[@GeddyRC]

It’s of course tragic but it’s completely unrealistic to think that tens of thousands of employees working around dangerous equipment will result in zero injuries whatsoever. Humans are imperfect - unless of course you want robots replacing all of them, and then you would bitch and complain that there aren’t any jobs anymore.

[@plants_before_people5329]

@@manguito598 my god, is that really your response? Chip packing should be halted for a bit so that employees can process the fact that a colleague just died on the job. People are not machines and the company can easily handle a day of less profits

[@alxjones]

What do you expect them to do, slow down production? I need my god damn chips.

[@Autumn_Blessings]

"Well I guess CBS Akron and a day off for Hershey employees have something in common then." Lmfao

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

It's just crazy to me that there is no federal code protecting workers' rights like overtime pay, sick leave and paid days off.

[@mE-zx7pt]

Because of who is paying the people who pass the laws.

[@JJGeneral1]

we used to... until unions were busted and dissolved. people think unions mean paying higher prices... they mean fair labor practices and wages.

[@moto_rad]

Pinko

[@mE-zx7pt]

@@moto_rad Yep, only the corporate owners should have rights. Workers having rights is communism. Ignoramus.

[@MrAngryLawnGnome]

Yes there are, at least OT.

[@iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053]

There's a book that came out back in about '95 or '96. Jerry Seinfeld wrote the foreword to it. It's called "Letters from a nut". It's a compilation of letters that this guy has written to different companies over the years, and the responses he got back from them. The dude is obviously deranged and if you guys think this video is funny, you might want to check out the book. I actually got it for a Christmas present one year and I absolutely loved it.

[@katherinebrilowski]

Do you know the title?

[@johnshite4656]

@@katherinebrilowski No, he couldn't be bothered to check his bookshelf.

[@iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053]

@@johnshite4656 ????? I don't understand your comment. I put the name of the goddamn book in my comment. It's called letters from a nut.

[@iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053]

@@katherinebrilowski yes. I put the name of the book in my comment. It's called letters from a nut

[@johnshite4656]

@@iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053 Okay, you did. My bad! 👍

[@ToomanyFrancis]

While your fake quotes are hilarious, none of them top Frito-Lay's very real official statement saying that only two people have died in their factory in the last 5 years.

[@SekayeK]

I mean, I worked at a little Red Robin and two people died while I was there.

[@tonytramel3118]

Ben, this is some fantastic help to these causes and it brings humor and attention to the situations. I appreciate it and I’m sure others do too. Thank you.

[@SandraLily2]

🤣🤣

[@christoff124]

He harasses only right wing causes. Not subbing.

[@Meppolep7]

Right wing caused like people dropping dead in potato chip factories.

[@JH-pt6ih]

@@christoff124 So it's a right wing cause that employees should have to work long hours for little pay and almost no time off? What about corporal punishment on the job?

[@christoff124]

@@JH-pt6ih its their fault. they should have studied something useful and learned a skill before they graduated college/high school. the entirety of human knowledge is in the palm of their hand, they could learn a useful skill in less than 3 months. they just dont want to learn. they want to turn their brain off and do monotonous things. i feel no sympathy for them. besides i need people to make coffee and pump gas.

[@OxuStudio]

This is the most wholesome empowering trolling I've seen. Way to support a great cause with comedy. You're killing it man

[@thelemurofmadagascar9183]

I mean, the only people being harassed by these pranks are random, poorly paid interns. The actual CEO's or powerful higher ups of the companies aren't the ones dealing with this stuff, so idk how helpful it actually is.

[@OxuStudio]

@@thelemurofmadagascar9183 Most elevate the problem to the CEO or are management themselves. Usually the interns are only involved for a little bit before they hand it over to someone higher up, that, plus the fact that corporate no matter their pay is still an enemy to the working class employees on strike

[@thelemurofmadagascar9183]

​@@OxuStudio So a random marketing intern who barely makes any more than the other employees on strike and has their own kids to feed is the enemy? Got it. Way to stick it to the big man. Also, I'm pretty sure no CEO or a giant corporation is dealing with petty journalist emails. Literally none of this trolling will end up reaching their ears, much less affecting their pocket's or decision to mistreat their employees. But sure, harass the single mother of 2 who's stuck working a crappy marketing job because it makes you feel self righteous. I can't see anything wrong with that /s

[@OxuStudio]

@@thelemurofmadagascar9183 Aiding in corporate workflow during a strike is much different than any other worker continuing to work because they need it. Corporate always acts against the best interests of general workers. Many of his clips include the fact that the higher ups know about him. Many have threatened legal action against him lol. You're creating a strawman argument by assigning a fan fiction you wrote to a random corporate worker. Congratulations. You deepthroated the boot.

[@brentoncarter4275]

@@thelemurofmadagascar9183 so get a new job

[@danawrigleywalkingstickand5677]

You've nearly covered my work history for the last 22 years. Two former employers and my current one.

[@ScootsMcPoot]

dude, move. If thats what your area has, leave. I moved from shit illinois to texas and make almost twice the money at the same job

[@danawrigleywalkingstickand5677]

@@ScootsMcPoot I'm good here in Maine, thanks.

[@darksu6947]

Where are my damn cookies woman?

[@mE-zx7pt]

Work harder. Signed, Fox News

[@Bramswarr]

My last bag of fritos smelled like a fart in a bag, was that you?

[@Dethneko]

Sounds like at Frito-Lay, once every two and a half years an employee sacrifices himself so his co-workers can get a 15 minute break.

[@crunch.dot.73]

Nah they don't even get a break since they move the body out of the way to keep working

[@mrowlsss]

How thoughtful of them!

[@maxptah]

As a former Mondelez employee who worked in a in another warehouse during the strike, I applaud you for taking them through that.

[@obamallama4104]

It's so cute to see even Twitch's marketing team to be as insecure and angry in their emails as their own Twitch streamers are

[@bakinbit]

Your delivery is perfect, thanks for the laughs about disgusting corporate greed. keep up the hilarious work.

[@RyanLynch1]

the twitch one was very funny to see how them refusing to address the fake quote was easily twisted against them

[@wojtekpolska1013]

what i learned from this is that you can sign your email as from the news, to get companies to respond to you, lol

[@hitthestreetsphoto1253]

Oh man I nearly pissed myself with him taking out that crumpled paper response from the Kellogg’s box. 😂

[@lordsmorgasbord2646]

"So how many people have died in your factories" FritoLays: "oh you know just the normal amount" "the normal amount is zero"

[@UndergroundLookingUp]

Someone hasn't stepped foot in an industial area in their lifetime if they think the answer is 0.

[@lordsmorgasbord2646]

@UndergroundLookingUp normal is not the same thing as average

[@UndergroundLookingUp]

@lordsmorgasbord2646 Really? Look up either the word Normal or Average in a thesaurus and reflect on what you commented.

[@lordsmorgasbord2646]

@@UndergroundLookingUp imagine a normal person. now imagine the average person. you shouldn't have thought about the same person both times

[@beesnquackers]

@@UndergroundLookingUp the average number of arms for a person to have is below 2

[@d.c.1059]

I think this is some of the funniest and most subversive shit I have seen in awhile and the deadpan delivery seals the deal.

[@iansullivan9738]

I feel almost sorry for the marketing interns that had to deal with this. Almost.

[@brentoncarter4275]

Why? They knew what they signed up for

[@polocatfan]

nah they were complicit

[@johnshite4656]

This guy has more fun with EMAIL than I ever thought was possible........ I approve. This is obviously why email was invented. 👍👍👍

[@whitewolf262]

You should check out Atomic Shrimp, he screws with email scammers

[@blindbrad4719]

Joe Lycett a British comedian does some as well

[@davidtaylor142]

Frito Lay really thought saying "we only killed 2 people in only five years" was some kind of PR win

[@xdn22]

fr

[@There...Chicago12]

I heard the Frito-Lay slave driver made the workers keep the line moving after that woman died. Then I heard the entire plant walked out. Then I heard it took the entire summer to recover and they still meet the demands like those damn cookies can.

[@michaelbenoit248]

Where’s OHSA in all of this. 16hr shifts 7 days a week is almost considered a harsh work environment. Sleep deprived, & breaking the law for no overtime pay.

[@donxx1206]

Not if you don't do it in the us 😉

[@michaelbenoit248]

@@donxx1206, yeah lol. There’s a ton of jobs where employees are working in an unsafe work environment. It’s almost as if you could start a channel from it. Managers that don’t care, & or they’re too short staff to loose labor.

[@brentoncarter4275]

@@michaelbenoit248 r/antiwork

[@Odd_Bin]

The Frito Lays one was REALLY good. Hats off man.

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[@contraryquite]

Please come to North FL, we're not all crazy down here... well, a good amt of us anyway.

[@jamesmcfarland6754]

"Only 2 people have died while packing potato chips" 🤣

[@eternalmiasma5586]

The idea of Kellogg sending their statement in the cereal boxes is some welcome to Nightvale stuff

[@10RRASK]

5:28 I hate when a job posting says ‘Flexible Hours’ it means YOU are flexible, not the employer

[@markevans9188]

this helps.

[@mariahello5472]

Mondelez is also the brand that added milk powder to the ingredients previously milk free LU Timeout chocolate chip cookies, the other milk free but not vegan advertised(+priced) cookie alongside oreos. Apparentky there's so much cross contamination in production that they had to add it in ingredients list instead of just "may contain", even though its still not part of the recipe... So idk I imagine they also don't have clean factories, idk. Lowkey worried they're coming for oreod nexr. I'm not even vegan btw, I just liked having one milk free cookie to share with my milk intolerant and vegan friends and to feel less guilty about purchasing sustainability wise . Funnily enougg they also added a sustainability label, even though adding milk to ingredients increases the carbon footprint. Bet the price will go up too.

[@silkroad1201]

This man is taking trolling to a whole new level. Respect.

[@JM-tj5qm]

Dude, I'm watching this at work and having to contain my laughter was extremely hard, this is hilarious

[@Rena152]

Meanwhile the PR department workers having to professionally respond to these troll emails or else they'll get fired: You do know these aren't read by the CEO's, right?

[@HadalStreetlights]

Who cares? Palmer is doing god's work making these disgusting corporate fucks look stupid. CEOs dont do any work anyway, why would you expect them to READ?

[@ordinarytree4678]

as long as someone has to examine the corporation they work for, this is effective.

[@king_kal_el2063]

bro you legit are too funny every video like this is a gem thank you !

[@vistry2036]

Oh only two people've died in your chip factory? Wow! If I had a nickel for every time someone died in the Lays chip factory, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice

[@davidtaylor142]

They didn't say 2 people died. They said 2 people died in the last 5 years. This implies that a lot more people died.

[@mariannesouza8326]

You’re a real ball buster - don’t ever change. 😂😀👍🏼

[@becamicusack3598]

I love this. This is good. Thank you for doing stuff like this.

[@skidmark6348]

Love this humor, but it is sad to see our so called American companies trying to work America to death.

[@ethancole9168]

Your raises for frito lays is way off. It goes down, not up My dad used to work their selling chips to stores. Once he hit 40 they began cutting his pay every year as much as they legally could, dispite him selling more chips per store than he had before. Then they began giving him routes that were extremely far from his home, and very large. He would leave home at 3am some days only to come home at 6pm if he was lucky. They tried to remove his vaction time, and still cut his pay every year They did this for one reason. They knew that the work he did would wear out his joints in his shoulders and arms, and would require treatment downt the road. So rather than running the risk of having to pay for the damage they cause, the moment you turn 40 they simply make the job impossible to do, and pay very little until you quit

[@xdn22]

thats awful 😢

[@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket]

"for losing their overtime pay" That's even possible? In my state Overtime is regulated by the state, it's 1.5x your normal pay.

[@chickenmonger123]

You are a nightmare for public relations. That’s probably a good thing. If public relations was up to the companies, it would likely be untrue. If not, then likely misleading. The mark of good public relations is not to be untested, nor to say only what executives want the public to think. It is to convince customers that the company gives a damn. Funny though, the best way to do that, is if it does.

[@alexbluebelt2]

Love the support to people striking. Union forever

[@Zipxa_Raya142]

"We won't be responding to this quote as it's obviously falsified." *Proceeds to respond to it*

[@Rno352]

“Saw it at the bottom of their Frosted Flakes is hilarious!!!!!

[@evanbarnes9984]

This is fucking amazing! Especially you're deadpan delivery, I love it. I wish I had some good damn cookies

[@solution777]

Oh stop, i can't breathe!! 🤣🤣🤣Just amazing, thanks for making my day.

[@Jeremy-vf7su]

As a resident of Akron, I’m grateful to finally get some representation from an unbiased journalist.

[@Kugrox]

This man is doing Gods work you cant tell me any differently sub'd

[@johnathonlay5302]

I worked for Frito Lay here in Topeka KS for 12 years only saw one raise after about 2 years and then nothing from then on before i left there. And yes the body was moved and the work was continued. It's sad because the union really did try to negotiate fairly every 3 years and it only got worse until they f#@ked around and found out. I currently work at Goodyear with former union chief Brent Hall who organized the recent strike at Frito Lay. Crazy how things can turn around if workers stand up together!!!

[@museves]

That would not be grrrrreat 😂

[@uknowbass]

Bro, you are savage. Keep doing “good” journalism

[@hugh_jasso]

This is masterclass trolling activism. Love it!!

[@PerryCuda]

Those fake quotes by Mondelez' CEO could pass for Elon's Twitter account.

[@InnaVitamina777]

I love your blank emotionless face.As a USSR-born realist, It's comforting to see other people not smiling all the time , unless there is a reason to smile. in the dystopian reality time we live,it's both hilarious and sad to admit you are actually the best journalist of our time.

[@GameyRaccoon]

Where do you live now?

[@jamisonsaltsman7707]

People are faced a choice, when they awaken to their superpower, of whether to use said power for good or for awesome. I am glad to see you have chosen 'both.'

[@todayswordoftheday]

Excellent reportage, Courtney Lee

[@2beJT]

Just Incredible. You get the deepest laughs out of us.

[@TheKorbi]

This needs to be more public. Not just in emails. I love this man hahaha :D

[@iamkhnumaa]

I'm literally in tears

[@binxthekitty54]

Dude. You should have millions of views on your videos. You are underrated.

[@Kev621]

You are the perfect example of someone I would not want to argue with...lmao

[@decentpotatoes]

I swear, one day the real CBS station Akron is gonna hear about this. Also make the Colaradoan Times a thing, man.

[@vgamemaster99]

I can’t remember the last time I laughed this hard.

[@p.rofessionalidiot]

"Well I guess CBS Akron and a day off for Hershey employees have something in common then."

[@sallybalkin8507]

We should all give huge businesses this type of hell. Like they give their employees hell.

[@spookyteal]

this man is doing the lords work

[@rhsound3027]

This is what chaotic good looks like...

[@klissattack]

Corporate America sucks.... That's for doing this Edit: that should have been "thanks for doing this "

[@elchamber]

My emotions are everywhere on this. I laugh and frustrated.😂🤨😂🤨

[@gpt-d]

1:30 is that a computer voice? where can i get it?

[@chfig8658]

Should do this for staffing companies

[@darkithnamgedrf9495]

I like how the one email he sent to Hershey that was just 100% factual, not even trolling, is the one that caused them to panic enough to look into “CBS Akron” lmao

[@gerryfegan3608]

Bro I was watching this video while I was smoking and I literally coughed out 3 whole smoking Bowl hits because I couldn't hold in the fucking laugh. Bro keep it up your absolutely hilarious. And If you ever come to NYC let me know I'll come to whatever club your at

[@Alaskan-Armadillo]

This is honestly hilarious but super telling as well.

[@loganthepartschanger]

Dude, you are, my spirit animal! Lol

[@tonysudano778]

For some reason I'm really craving some god damned cookies right now..

[@LuminousWhispers11]

I don't use Twitch and don't really care about hate raids (best they can do is a chat filter and banning) but, 2:40 was a horrible response to the media. 😂

[@colonel1003]

sensitive just like their users

[@LuminousWhispers11]

@@colonel1003 😂

[@mattban4136]

BRO! I just found your channel. Amazing. Please don't stop.

[@Larsgman]

This guy is a genius. Little does he know that this video is more damaging than even if CBS Akron was real.

[@Terranova339]

Twitch's response is as immature and unprofessional as one would expect. The company is run by teenagers

[@bobroberts2581]

Should’ve sent them one saying “These people know they don’t get jobs via lottery and can quit for new work whenever they want to, right?”

[@KrazzyKlown]

>$380 million dollars profit in a quarter >refuses to negotiate salaries with striking employees Corporations. Corporations never change.

[@CarlosAlejandro.-ke6gr]

CBS Akron has been busy AF 🤣

[@HappyFunTimeMedia]

Ben is a contemporary folk hero. All companies with over 20 employees should be required to hire from a Union.

[@adamwaynearts314]

This is why KZbin is the best s*** ever

[@TruthHrtz413]

We need to put you in the capitol building to interview politicians. It would be EPIC

[@benkonopetski2894]

Dude, You're at genius level comedy.

[@anthonygumbo2977]

Some of your best work

[@sarag1158]

only 2 people have died in the past 5 years at the Frito-Lay packing warehouse. holy shit

[@warchela]

“The Lazlo Letters” by Don Novello( the guy who played Father Guido Sarducci on SNL in the 70’s ) wrote letters and trolled all sorts of people like Fidel Castro, Gerald Ford, Nixon and others. Hilarious

[@captaindishman9126]

Dude your videos are absolutely hilarious!

[@Scyth3934]

I love how you're able to keep a straight face lol

[@notmeowth]

i was so confused when i was the thumbnail because “dirk van de put” is one if the most dutch names ive ever seen 😭😭

[@restoredrepublic5838]

You're doing great work. Keep it up

[@Chriskinda96]

Just gotta say ur the fuckin best dude

[@jeykiesalt]

"well i guess cbs akron and a day off for hershey employees have something in common" 😂

[@thedarwinist672]

I hope there are a million more videos like this