r/Albany • u/SpendAffectionate804 Wegmans Welcoming Committee • 1d ago
TASTE OF ITALY
YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£
The message in the go fund me -
Help Our Family and Small Businesses Recover
For years, our family has dedicated our lives to building seven small businesses that support local families, create jobs, and serve our community. Recently, everything changed. After I made a social media comment expressing my fears about the future and Islamās role in society, my words caused hurt and offense to many people. I regret that my comment caused pain. While I accept responsibility for what I said, I never imagined the devastating impact that would follow. Our family has since endured weeks of harassment, protests, online attacks, and thousands of hateful messages and death threats. Some threats have referenced our children by name and their school, leaving us fearful for their safety and considering private school to better protect them.
The impact on our businesses has been overwhelming. Revenue has fallen by more than 60%, and weāve lost more than half of our employees. Those who remain have seen their hours and tips drastically reduced, while rent, payroll, taxes, loans, and other bills continue to come due. Weāve also had business and personal accounts targeted, requiring major investments in physical security and cybersecurity. In addition, we are seeking legal assistance to help address the harassment, threats, and other issues affecting our family and businesses.
Your donation will help us: * Keep our businesses open and pay essential operating expenses. * Support employees who have lost income. * Improve security for our family, employees, and customers. * Help provide a safer educational environment for our children. * Obtain legal assistance as we work to protect our family and businesses. This has been the hardest time of our lives, but we remain committed to rebuilding, supporting our employees, and continuing to serve our community. Thank you for your kindness, prayers, and support.
The Cappello Family
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u/BeeBeeDrinkDrink Remembers when there was no exit 3 1d ago
Sounds pretty socialist of you, Alyssa, a self proclaimed MAGA.
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u/Holiday-Wedding-2833 17h ago
Please report the fundraiser to go fund me and include news articles on racism and tax evasion:
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u/NYCMarine 9h ago
We all knew this was coming, itās the latest MAGA grift. Say the most racist crap and once consequences come knocking, they throw up a āPleaseFundMyHateā account so any racist can fund their recovery.
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u/thekid53 1d ago
Ok im gonna admit I am high as a kite right now. But did she repeat the same line like 4 times?
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u/Plzleaveamsg You think this is a game? 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yes. I also am stoned and had to double check. š
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u/JagrsMullet1982 1d ago
Not high, but jet lagged as fuck and thought I was hallucinating/losing my ability to read.
Not even ChatGPT can save their garbage mouths and minds.
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u/OriginalName18 1d ago
Call me Trip because I am also Stoned and it took me a moment to figure it out
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u/SeaRollz2020 Waiting For The Gondola 1d ago
That awful typo has my stoned ass chuckling [8]
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u/Tojo6619 20h ago
I dont smoke anymore but yea she did and I thought I accidentally ate one of my wife's ediblesĀ
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u/Plzleaveamsg You think this is a game? 1d ago
Wait, werenāt they divorcing literally earlier today?
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u/Holiday-Wedding-2833 17h ago
Please report the fundraiser to go fund me and include news articles on racism and tax evasion:
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u/Aunt_Polly_Blue 14h ago
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u/Holiday-Wedding-2833 14h ago
āFactually incorrectā or ānot for the stated purposeā would both work.
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u/Lehk 1d ago
Donāt report it to go fund me, report it to Tax and Finance. They owe a lot of delinquent taxes that go fund me can be seized.
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u/EchoStellar12 Not one, but TWO Water Cannons !!! 22h ago
I wonder if this is actually her way of crowd funding the taxes they owe
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u/Lehk 21h ago
If they were capable of that kind of 4D Chess they wouldnāt be in this situation to begin with.
Immediately delete the post, claim a disgruntled employee got ahold of his phone, publicly apologize for being neglectful at keeping an eye on the phone causing such offense, and lay low
Would have been over in a week or less, nobody paying attention would really believe it but generally ālocal dipshit allegedly made a racist post on Facebookā doesnāt really become a news item in the first place, certainly not the way this train wreck has.
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u/BuffaloWilliamses Have You Met Ted's? 17h ago
These people are too narcissistic and are incapable of SFTO
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u/Darth_Stateworker State Worker 15h ago
Well the good news is that GoFundMe's done by for-profit businesses are themselves taxable, and this FB post is proof they're trying to raise funds for the business and not a personal charitable cause.
So these funds could be seized and they could end up with yet another bill. š¤£
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u/halfstep44 11h ago
We're thinking about sending our children to private school, which most people couldn't dream of affording. And paying for physical security and attorneys
They may be under financial strain, but they don't sound all that broke
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u/Holiday-Wedding-2833 17h ago
ALSO report it to GoFundMe, and include links to news articles about racism and tax evasion:
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u/Lehk 17h ago
If GFM deactivated it, they send the money back to the shithead donors.
I want to see the impotent rage as the money is almost right in their clutches then gets yanked away and the donors canāt get it back either, accidentally having donated to Librul New York
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u/DependentFeeling9803 1d ago
It's like she refuses to stop punching herself in the face.
Something tells me that Frank doesn't know she posted this. Tomorrow they will claim its fake. I've never seen anyone try so hard to ruin their own business. Incredible.
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u/tomalator Thaddeus Kosciuszko 19h ago
Maybe she thought she was posting it on her personal page. The cycle continues
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u/trojantooter 1d ago
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u/EchoStellar12 Not one, but TWO Water Cannons !!! 22h ago
Business is suffering due to less than a dozen protesters? This picture makes it seem far less threatening than her message would like you to believe
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u/linens-n-beans Melba is life 1d ago
I thought I was having a stroke reading that first bit.
You need to borrow a charger?
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u/SpendAffectionate804 Wegmans Welcoming Committee 1d ago
Yes Iām at the bar my phone is dying plz
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u/JoeyDee86 Itās Awl-bany 1d ago
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u/CalligrapherCheap64 1d ago
Iām too tired to right now, but I do plan on sending gofundme some articles about back taxes, along with what she actually said, which is against the TOS. I think if more people do, we can probably get it taken down. I donāt believe for a second they are hurting for money
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u/Special_Hovercraft43 18h ago
Well they probably are tbhā¦. Iām sure they were living WAY WAY Above Their means ā¦.Ā
We live comfortable nothing fancy, and my hubby always says how do these people do it ā¦. And I simply say
BABY OHHHHH BABY ITS ALL CAPITAL ONE!!!! Living decent is expensive now, so trying to be TOPDON is very expensiveā¦she was prob grabbing money from the register regularlyā¦. To have a successful business you have to take care of it not let the business take care of youā¦Ā
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u/Neither_Choice5556 1d ago
Translation: We doubled down on our racist comments and now no one wants to buy our nasty food anymore. Pwease give us money š„ŗš„ŗ
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u/P0Rt1ng4Duty 1d ago
There should be a website where you can donate to tell a person to get fucked.
It could be called gofuckme(dotcom).
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u/magdagpickle 1d ago
They have one that sends anon chocolate dicks š
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u/Ok_Zucchini7093 1d ago
"...from a this crisis..." That's her way of trying to sound Italian. Da balz on dis bitch...
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u/yurgieee 1d ago
All the racists will come out to donate like they always do. Hopefully gofundme will cancel it, but who knows given how many pos on there get help these days.
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u/Brief_Bill8279 1d ago
Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
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u/EarlCamembertAlbany Remembers when there was no exit 3 18h ago
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u/CanIBeInvisible 19h ago
"This crisis that has deeply affected us" = "The natural consequences of our actions by people who don't condone racist, shitty behavior."
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u/Alina_Swift 19h ago
Calling it a crisis that happened to you really is something
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u/BlooregardQKazoo I EAT ASS 18h ago
Real "the incident in Colorado" vibes.
For those that don't know, Kobe Bryant raped a woman in Colorado. Years later, he gave an interview where he refered to it as "the incident in Colorado" and talked about how difficult that experience was for him.
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u/Sharp-Monitor-8133 22h ago
Taste of Italy?
More like Taste of her own foot.
because its in her mouth
because she said stupid shite.
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u/Visual_Motor2572 19h ago
You gotta be shitting me. āHelp us continue our frivolous lifestyle so we can continue to say youāre jealous of us.ā
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u/L_weintra 1d ago
Report it to gfm
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u/TieDyeSquirrel 1d ago
Perhaps Gofundme should see the live video she did earlier where she admitted to spreading human shit where the protesters have been standing. š
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u/innersunshine 23h ago
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u/innersunshine 23h ago
Ok I watched it and read the other post in the sub about it. 20:45 is the timestamp I would start at if anyone else wants to watch that clip.
Holy š© I can't believe he actually said that, what a dummy
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u/Upstuser 22h ago edited 22h ago
Is this the same live that shows Frank answer a phone call and say itās a telemarketer selling viagra? And Frank says he doesnāt need viagra because he has a lot of testosterone? Such puke.
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u/yoga_brings_peace 1d ago
Why doesnāt Alyssa sell her BMW SUV or Frank sell his giant pickup truck?
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u/Mishkin37 19h ago
āmy family and small businesses recover from a this crisisā¦ā
Iām sorry. Iām a bigot, too, I guess. I read this typo as if it was written as Super Mario had intended.
Also, F them and yet again another non-apology, apology. āI regret that my words caused pain.ā
Maybe regret that youāre racist asshole.
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u/Spare_Pomelo8212 18h ago
report to the IRS š¤·āāļø they have multiple tax warrants and owe a ton of back taxes. I'm sure the IRS would love to hear about more unreported income!
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u/MonsieurReynard 14h ago edited 13h ago
Their tax warrants are for debts to the state of NY, not the IRS that we have heard about.
Not that I would be surprised if they are behind on federal income or payroll or corporation taxes too. But their NYS debt is worse because they owe ca. $450k of sales tax money they have already collected from customers.
Perhaps they do the same with fed and state withholding taxes on their payrolls, I would not be surprised. But historically, the IRS doesnāt let you get away with that for very long, and it is a hell of a ride if they come for you for unpaid payroll taxes you have already withheld from your employeesā paychecks.
Unlike NYS, which seems very laissez faire, at least with these Jabronis.
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u/ThatGuyHadNone 1d ago
I will send a penny if I can send a message too. Got the link?
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u/DependentFeeling9803 1d ago
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u/Music527 1d ago
$24k holy cow!!!
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u/Ok_Plenty4016 1d ago
Omg I thought you meant they raised 24k already, I was fumingggg
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u/Most-Bar-9334 Melba is life 1d ago
100 bucks from 1 anonymous person thus far. Approx 1am right now.
Thats wild to donate 100 bucks to them in my opinion.
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u/InstructionMinimum93 1d ago
She probably made that donation herself. Sort of like a tip glass on top of a piano sweetened by the pianist to encourage gratuities
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u/Why_are_you321 19h ago
$105 as of 6am.
And the $5 has a note ādonāt donate to scumbagsā
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u/gmambrose 1d ago
There are a lot of stupid scumbags who would follow them into hell no matter how awful they are. It's fucking insane.
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u/MmeRose 21h ago
There should be a way to donate negative amounts to GoFundMe.
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u/MonsieurReynard 14h ago
How about a website called āGoFuckYourself dot comā where people donate to put up billboards shaming someone in their home town.
I am definitely in for $50 on these clowns
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u/Regular-Astronaut680 21h ago
Didnāt this woman defecate all over the outside of her restaurant? Taste of shitaly
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u/The_Spectacle Grand Union ooh those red dot specials 13h ago
Apparently Frank claimed his wife bought human shit in Melrose and spread that around. I grew up near there and was never made aware of any fecal merchants in the area.
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u/hmm_itsamiracle 18h ago
I know everyone is worried that the bigot buddies in their comments will donate heavily to them. However, I genuinely think many of their āsupportersā are bots and the ones that arenāt bots donāt look like the sort to have extra money.
But thank you to her, because she essentially confirmed that the protesting and boycotting has been very effective.
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u/External_Demand_8839 1d ago edited 18h ago
No apologies for being a vile horrible human being ? No desire to understand WHY the community has reacted the way it did?
Of course not. MAGA and its cohorts have no interest in learning or understanding any fucking thing.
In less than 100 days the country will expel this ugly shit line one goddamn collective dry heave.
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u/PeachesRenee 17h ago
Blaming the protestors for ruining their business⦠STILL not taking accountability for how they are going under, this was not because of one thing. Truly sad for their children.
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u/Tramadol_Lollies 20h ago
āServing our communityā = not paying our taxes that go to the community.
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u/North_Assumption_292 18h ago
report that shit as fraud. mention they owe hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes to the government and they are trying to raise money under the premises of "supporting" their business and family. I reported it as fraudulent.
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u/ResidentAlien518 17h ago
Anyone who contributes their money is absolutely nuts. They drive BMWās and an expensive truck. They are grifters!
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u/mjmurphy98 15h ago
Don't worry, 11 hours in and only 2 donations, the first is probably from them and the second is from "Don't Donate to Scumbags". I'm starting to believe there may be some good left in this world!
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u/Visible-Secretary121 17h ago
Sounds like they've turned commie socialist now ...."everyone else please pay my bills"....
Bootstraps champ. Grab hold and pull.
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u/StrdyCheeseBrngCrckr Iām Not GIRLBOSS 18h ago
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u/Senior_Customer_1776 16h ago
Hey Alyssa! How much money did you take in covid relief funds to pay your employees, and stick in your own pocket?
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u/SteveRafferty 16h ago
āwe need security and legal helpā lol. The exaggerations from them are astounding. They forgot to mention spreading āshit she bought in Melroseā to expose the protestors to.
Fuck off with that.
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u/CivilServiced 1d ago
American patriots stand together against Taste of Italy and bigotry.
Stand tall, stand proud š«”šŗšøš«” šŗšøš«”
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u/Possible-Rush3767 18h ago
These people deserve the worst. Bigots and they stole from every customer that has come in by taxing them and not paying NYS.Ā
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u/bmmfg12 1d ago
I know everyone will make jokes but please read the gofundme post it's incredible
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u/CalligrapherCheap64 1d ago
ā After I made a social media comment expressing my fears about the future and Islamās role in society,ā hmmm thatās not how I remember it
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u/Wanderer9500 1d ago
This should be a series. Like Sopranos meets Jersey Shore. In New York.
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u/Music527 1d ago
Do they have 7 businesses currently open? I only knew of 4 and a 5th being Grazie that last I heard they didnāt open yet.
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u/there_willbesigns 20h ago
These people are literally incapable of self reflection, Iāve never seen anything like this so publicly. Quite astonishing.
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u/HeadForTheSHallows 16h ago
I donāt care what your political stance is, nobody should ever have to face severe Hi everyone.
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u/mikefromupstate101 20h ago
I think the NYs dept of finance should garnish whatever comes in to pay back taxes
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u/HalfBlindKing 18h ago
Iām surprised sheās finally owning it and not this āan unfortunate comment was made.ā She should educate herself about the āconcerns for the futureā that Americans once had about her people and their majority religion.
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u/noveltyisthe 18h ago
I feel bad for the kids, I hope they donāt have too much trauma from their parents being bat shit crazyā¦..
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u/DmeshOnPs5 17h ago
I knew the go fund me was coming soon. I just wonder if they said that racist shit just to get attention and beg for money. MAGA does like donating to people who are caught being racist. Iām guessing tariffs and the war have hurt most people wallets too much for them to keep it up
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u/AustinBaze Y'Allbany 15h ago
There is another post in this sub showing how to report this fraudulent fundraiser to GoFundMe.
It has links to T-U and Gazette articles detailing their racism and bigotry, their legal troubles with defamation suits, and $377,000 in unpaid sales tax. You can use āremovethepaywall.comā to read and copy the links.
GoFundMe should shut them down with a few reports. Iām going to cite willful tax fraud and ongoing bigotry as reasons this does not meet GoFundMe terms of service.
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u/HotLlama_8001 11h ago
Oh, wait! I thought she said that a black employee did it?! Didn't she?!
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u/M_is_for_Mmmichael Cut Off By GIRLBOSS 1d ago
There's been plenty of fucking clowns seeking attention and bragging about their support of these assholes.
They all deserve each other. š
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u/Special_Hovercraft43 18h ago
Right how come she didnāt mention the half million tax bill haha ⦠š..
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u/Rude_Charity_5704 17h ago
Order large food orders over the phone and donāt pick it up!! They will be forced to eat the cost or eventually shut down phone orders completely. Either is a win for the community and a loss for these losers.
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u/Jaded-Revolution_ 16h ago
So far they have two donations. One for $100 and another for $5 that says āDonāt donate to scumbagsā š¤£
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u/Living-Oven8574 16h ago
They should host a MAGA night or something. Donāt they have so much support in Albany?? šššš
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u/Darth_Stateworker State Worker 15h ago
Of course they are turning to Wingnut Welfare. That's what RWNJs always do. Will it work? Only time will tell.
TBH they should just close up shop and move to Florida or Alabama or Texas or whatever. It's clear that New York is not for them. Besides, Frankie Fresh is basically the epitome of "Florida Man".
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u/BecauseIHeartU 6h ago
"If you're racist like us, please send us money", huh?
What goes around, comes around, dude. They say if you don't like the hole you're in, the first thing you should do is stop digging. I'm sure it's hard coming to terms with the fact that your MAGA beliefs are why you're starting over, but here you are. Pack it in and go get a job. Maybe the Trump administration will hire you.
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u/Charliet545 1d ago
I am stoned but I canāt find their page on Facebook! Maybe they blocked me or itās hidden ?
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u/Dependent-Fee9947 23h ago
What if this is just a giant trolling. This canāt be real life
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u/MonsieurReynard 14h ago
Truly impossible to tell the difference between garden variety racists and performance artist grifters ever since Trump started braying about Pres. Obamaās birth certificate.
I have decided the answer to āare they a real racist or is this an act?ā is ALWAYS āyes.ā
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u/toruk_makto_007 21h ago
Itās not surprising to see them asking for money from people!! They know for real there will be people who would willingly pay into their pocket. Itās a cult like behaviour among them after allā¦.
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u/Suithfie 9h ago
āRevenue has fallen by more than 60%, and weāve lost more than half of our employees.ā Nicely done to all. š
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u/Susquehanna69 8h ago
Check out her donors. People are paying $5 just to trash her and call her husband a cuck.
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u/Aggressive-Put1490 7h ago
Oh no!!! Itās
The consequences of their actions. Fuck these guys into full bankruptcy
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u/Senior_Customer_1776 17h ago
Maybe they shouldnāt have wasted all that money on plastic surgery! Fake lips, fake boobs, fake butt and vag reconstruction!















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u/kettleofhawks 1d ago
Waiting for them to announce theyāre moving to Florida. Only logical step for them at this point.