Jack’s Son Fails Him with Critical Life Choice

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Jack in the Box releases an ad in which Jack’s son announces to his school that while he’s proud of his pops, he’d like to become a vegetarian. Jack immediately covers the video camera he was so proudly wielding and sits down, head in hands.

We feel his pain. Our parents wore the same look when we told them we were leaving medical school for marketing. See the ad here.

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