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Is It Generosity, Or Have People Gone Overboard For Las Vegas Employee?

Author Carla Rea
Burger King restaurant (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A  grateful Burger King employee at the Las Vegas airport received a gift bag for 27 years on the job without missing a day.  It included things like a lanyard, some pens, and two rolls of Lifesavers. A lot of people said “THAT’S ALL???”

Since he’s in the airport, he actually works for the company HMS Host, which contracts him out to Burger King.  And even though HE was grateful, people online thought he deserved more.  So someone started a GoFundMe for him.  As of this posting, it is up to $237,000!

Burger King worker Kevin Ford is 60 years old. Ford thanked people for their generosity and said that he would be using the money to visit his grandkids and to help pay for some of their college.

A video of Ford went viral earlier this week as he received gifts including a movie ticket, bag of Reese’s Pieces and some pens for his 27 years of dedication. His daughter started a GoFundMe for anyone who would like to donate to help him raise enough money to visit his grandkids. She said he never missed a day and started at the company to gain custody of her and her sister and all his kids through college on the salary.

More than 7,400 have donated. Comedian David Spade surprised the hardworking Burger King employee with a $5,000 donation on Thursday.

All of this is amazing, and he definitely deserved a lot more than movie tickets, and Reese’s, but what are your thoughts? I’m sure I’ll be criticized for asking, but is the generosity well deserved or have people gone overboard? Has GoFundMe just turned into a way for strangers to feel good about contributing to something? Or was GoFundMe a long time coming for people who really need help?

Congratulations to Kevin Ford, and I hope the world is as good to all of you!

-Carla Rea

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Carla Rea is the morning show co-host on “The Mike and Carla Morning Show" on 96.3 KKLZ, in Las Vegas. She has been working with her partner and friend Mike O'Brian for the past 25 plus years. At KKLZ for 12 years. Carla Rea is a Gracie Award winner. She started out in talk radio, "when talk radio was still fun" Rea says. Prior to, and along with doing the morning show, Carla is also a comedian. You may have seen her on Conan O'Brien, Evening at The Improv, Showtime, or several comedy clubs across the country. Carla also worked as a light feature reporter at KSNV/NBC Las Vegas, going behind the scenes at various shows, and restaurants on the Las Vegas strip. As a content creator 96.3 KKLZ, Carla writes in a sarcastic, cheeky, unapologetic way on Las Vegas, movies, TV, celebrities, and this thing we call life.

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