The Burger King employee who went viral last week when he made a video of the goodie bag he received at the end of his 27-year service now says that he cannot stop crying for the last three days.
Kevin Ford became viral on social media as his video started doing rounds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok.
In the video, he showed a bag of gifts he received from the company HMS Host, through which the fast-food chain hires its staff.
He opened the gift bag containing a pack of Reese’s, a Starbucks cup, two pens, and a movie ticket.
The 54-year-old was still grateful and thanked the chain for at least sending him ‘something.’
“I’m happy about anything; I’m thankful for anything I get. I’m not that type of person, believe me. I’ve been through a lot. He said.
“It’s a great company, you know, I’ve been there 27 years.
“But like most big corporations, they’ve kind of lost touch with their workers, and through covid and whatever, they started cutting out programs.”
“We used to get cheques for 20 years, and that’s what I thought that movie ticket was.” He continued. “I was like, ‘hey, they finally gave me my card,’ and then I saw it was not even two movie tickets – it was one.
“So I was like ‘this is just too much,’ and [it seemed] it was just stuff they had laying around that they put together.”
After his video went viral, Kevin’s daughter created a GoFundMe in his name to raise money so that he could celebrate his end-of-service.
“He originally began working at this job as a single father when he gain custody of me and my older sister 27 years ago. Then as our family grew and he remarried, he continue [sic] to work here because of the amazing health insurance that was provided through this employer because it was unionized,” Reported by People.
On the fundraiser’s page, Ford’s daughter, Seryna, wrote, “Which got all four of his daughters through high school and college with full healthcare coverage.”
“My dad continues to work here, because though he does look young, he is coming up on retirement age and leaving would cost him his retirement,” she continued. “In no way are we asking for money or is he expecting any money but if anyone feels like blessing him he would love to visit his grandchildren.”
The GoFundMe has raised more than 130,000 dollars which is way more money than they expected.
Speaking to NewsNation , Ford said that he didn’t expect people to react like this, and it is overwhelming for him to process all that has been happening lately.
‘The generosity of these people is just overwhelming. I’ve been crying for three days now. I can’t believe it. I really can’t.”
He also told the outlet that he could not explain how he managed to never miss a single day at work during the last 27 years.
“I don’t know myself. I don’t know how I did that! Maybe I’m a robot? I just never thought about taking a day off. I just try to work as hard as I can, whatever I do.”
Ford’s daughter Seryna who started the GoFundMe in her father’s name, stated that he stayed at his job at Burger King because of the family health insurance.
“My dad continues to work here, because though he does look young, he is coming up on retirement age and leaving would cost him his retirement.”
“In no way are we asking for money or is he expecting any money, but if anyone feels like blessing him, he would love to visit his grandchildren.”
The outburst of love and support from all the people who donated the money has made the family emotional.
“I’m here trying to get through dinner without crying! You are such remarkable people,” Seryna wrote in her Friday Update.
“I seriously can’t believe this. Y’all are changing his life! Thank y’all! A million times over, THANK YOU!!!!”
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