K-Fed as fry cook is insulting to fry cooks

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You saw this coming. Fast-food workers are pissed off about Kevin Federline’s upcoming Super Bowl spot for Nationwide in which the cruel hand of fate lands the ex-Mr. Britney Spears in a fast-food job. “A sudden change in Federline’s career could have been depicted with him holding an unemployment benefit check,” says Annika Stensson, a rep for the National Restaurant Association, who has penned a nasty letter to Nationwide CEO Jerry Jurgensen. “It shouldn’t be necessary for a company to disrespect others to get its point across.

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