Nothing but respect for Dave Thomas. He was adopted by good hard working folks. Learned food service as a teen. Did the same in the military. When Harland Sanders pitched his new chicken cooking methods to a business in Columbus, they turned him down, but their assistant manager, Dave, called Sanders later that night. He sold the Columbus KFC franchise for a million dollars in 1965. Bored by retirement, he created a humburger joint. This is America at it finest.