Honestly they are just doing us a favor. I really don't want to see them again either.
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"Sir/mam, this is a Walmart. Your loss of business is literally a rounding error in pur profits."
"...Also all the other local stores were run out of business so there's no where else to shop."
I've stopped going to businesses for various reasons over the years but I've never annouced the reason(s). I just stop going because I don't care about it enough. I'm not a feedback kind of guy.
As someone who worked retail for a long time, I relished these moments... Their righteous indignation would snap me out of my ennui, and I'd love watching their face when I'd respond, "OK, bye", or give them no reaction whatsoever.
You have to appreciate those moments in retail because the rest of the time is pretty awful.
25 years ago I worked the registers at Target. One day at the back end of a pre-christmas lunchtime rush, this woman snidely remarks that I should be scanning faster. I bluntly told her that if she wasn't happy she could simply shop elsewhere. Shocked she threatened to complain to my manager, I simply pointed to thr front dedk and said "go ahead".
I still have my written warning in a box somewhere. Completely worth it lol
"And I'm not paid enough TO care."
Even the tiniest semblance of power can go to a person’s head. You had $25 worth of merchandise in your hands, Karen. The store will be okay without you.
today a customer thought I was laughing at them. I just had a mouthful of water I was desperately trying not to choke on 🥲😭
thankfully my manager didn't believe them
And they'll all be back next week, simply because it's the most convenient for them to drive to.
This, 100%. Their lack of shame is almost envious to those of us with anxiety. Some anxious people would avoid a place for months after an ok-conversation with an employee, because they overthink the interaction and become convinced that they fucked up royally. Meanwhile, the employee never thought anything was offensive at all, and in fact forgot the entire interaction by the time they rang up the next customer.
Then there’s people like in the OP who throw a dramatic fit about how much they hate a place, sometimes even screaming at managers, then they show up the very next day pretending nothing ever happened. The audacity is mind-blowing.
I’ve definitely boycotted companies, but try to make sure my reasoning is sent as high as it can, and even then try to direct it to the company itself rather than whoever I have on the phone.
I'm a big fan of leaving accurate Google maps reviews. Then it actually hurts their business.
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On the other hand, I did just tell a bunch of local places I will no longer be a customer because they advertise on PublicSquare.
So I guess I'm those people now.
It's a little different when it's a local place, because your business might actually matter, and the person working the register might have a personal stake in it.
But when its a chain, LO- fucking L. Good luck getting the cashier that makes minimum wage to give a single shit about your complaint.
True. I actually told the owners - it wasn't actually a thing that happened at the registers, so maybe I'm less of a those people I suppose.
What's PublicSquare?
A list of MAGA affiliated business. Created by them. Which the businesses sign up to voluntarily.
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When I was a teenager in the 90s I worked a local, Chicago-area chain fast food job, as ya do. One customer was mad that his ribs were taking a while so he came up to tell at the cashier. The General Manager was a older Chicagoan with a Mike Ditka mustache, and came out of the office right behind the cashiers and yelled right back, mad that somebody was yelling at his employees.
The guy shouted that he'd take his business elsewhere and never come back, at which point the GM pointed at the line that stretched to the door and said something to the effect of "you see all these people? I don't need your business! Now get out of my store!" It was in the middle of the dinner rush, and it's still a popular chain.
We all really liked that GM before and especially after that. He was one of those "tough but fair" types, the kind of boss you could respect. Good guy.
The point is that yeah, go ahead and take your business elsewhere Karen. It literally makes no difference and nobody cares.
Also if the difficult customers go and take their business elsewhere that means that mostly nice customers remain, so that's nice.
Why would i want my dinner ruined by some rude asshole yelling at their staff? I'll gladly take my business to a place free from dicks.
Between people boycotting certain brick and mortars for political reasons and the monopoly that is Amazon, there are not a lot of options.
Cory doctrow frequently writes about how voting with your dollars is somewhat ineffective because then the richest people have the most votes.
I still boycott places, though.
Sales are in the shitter, I'm afraid we're gonna have to let you go.
I don't care.
Companies I boycott:
Bank of America
5/3 Bank
Wells Fargo
McDonald's
Walmart
That corner gas station that never paid their invoice
Planet Fitness
John Deere
Verizon
AT&T
Number of store employees I've told that I'm never coming back:
0
Trader Joe's for being fascist union busters. Amazon for being fascist union busters. Target for being fascist hypocrites. Chick-fil-A for being homophobic fascists. Google for being fascists. Microsoft for being fascists.
Target was the hardest one for us. Went from spending hundreds per month (they were also our grocery) to zero. Fuck them for dropping DEI and bending the knee.
You and me both. Giving Target the finger a few months ago stung because Amazon and Walmart were already longtime members of the blacklist. Costco is getting my money now. I also didn't tell anyone except the stupid online form that asked why I was canceling my 20 year Red Card membership.
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