JD Vance fumbles through painful small talk with donut shop employees in viral campaign stop fail

[hecep]

It was as if he had never ordered even a single donut in his entire life. I’m serious.

[hecep]

@DizBuster

He sounds like a rookie cop trying to make conversation at a traffic stop while his partner runs someone’s plates back in the patrol car.

In Vance Mode: "So… ahh… you like driving?

[rickbike]

JD Vance

I’m JD Vance, I’m running for Vice President. Good to see you.

Worker 1

In that case, I can get you an application, but we’re not hiring.

or better:

Worker 1:

That’s great! The holidays are our busy season. Come back in November and fill out an application.

[Gyrofrog]

Wow, now this is supposed to be awkward, fer laffs, but not as awkward as Vance

Brian Regan Donut Lady

[anon3894935]

Just because they shot it doesn’t mean they have to air it anywhere. Are they really so oblivious that they think he comes off well in this?

[MagicFox]

Well, they do need footage of a normal American man engaging in normal American activities.

[zoidberg]

Back in my college DJ days that would definitely have been followed by some Screeching Weasel.

[zoidberg]

I always assumed that campaigns would have to send in secret service agents first to make sure the employees didn’t have a gun under the counter and an attitude about the candidate, so they might as well also send in an aide to make sure the employees would at least come off as friendly to the candidate.

I’m sure there are excitable candidates who give everyone headaches by impromptu stops, but, again, maybe you just delete the footage when things go sideways.

[theodore604]

Cringe

[smulder]

… two images, same prompt

   

[awfulhorrid]

@zoidberg

o make sure the employees didn’t have a gun under the counter and an attitude about the candidate

That’s probably what they do in campaigns where the candidate for president hasn’t declared that that vice candidate doesn’t matter.

[robertmckenna]

@ClutchLinkey

Yet another indication that the campaign staffers aren’t among the best. It’s true, one would expect that JD would know how to order donuts, but also, staffers at that level should be prepared with the history of the business and notes on what to order (if, say, there’s a specialty). Even if you saw it from across the street and decided to make an impromptu stop, that’s easy stuff.

I hear you but, bear with me, then there’s the arrogance of rich guys looking at things the poors can do (can’t be hard, the poors are stupid and lazy because, duh, of course they are, they’re poor) who obviously tell the young, not as wealthy, employees that of course they know how to do .

I don’t know if you ever saw Rishi Sunak vaguely waving a cash card at a cashier in a petrol station (I think) thereby demonstrating that he was actually too rich to know how to buy things and too arrogant to tell people he didn’t actually know how cards worked?

This has this energy. Only from the description it’s geoblocked and I avoid the Nazi paedophile bar.

[FGD135]

[rebecca_romaine]

This comment made me choke laughing. 10/10

[TheMetalPedant]

Then he calls customer service to pretend he didn’t order it and complains until they refund his money but let him keep the CD.

[RickMycroft]

They shot it, they looked at it, they edited it, looked at it again, and still decided to release it.

+1 for saying it loud and saying it proud.
-several million for lack of critical thinking.

[necoro]

I see it more as “Huh! So that’s what a dough-nut is?!”

[necoro]

Wow. That’s… well, I wish I hadn’t already put thought into imagining this with Sea Captain Vance.

[HaroldHill]

I was thinking a full dozen of sour cream.

[xkot]

Hey now! My go-to are coconut and lemon! Give him jelly filled and greasy crullers!

That video was indeed painful. I’m an awkward introvert with zero small talk skills, and even I would have run rings around that performance.