Posted on 07/05/2019 6:31:27 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I don't go out of my way to determine the political affinities of establishments where I spend my consumer dollars. But they should understand that that doesn't mean I'll simply ignore their bad behaviors when they corporately and symbolically spit in my face over a political or cultural issue.
Thus, I have not darkened the doors of a Dick's or a Target store in some years now, nor have I had a bowl of any Kellogg's cereal since I can last remember. Too many of our corporate executives discount the inconvenient truth that so many American consumers, once lost by a politically correct, virtue-signaling concession to any of various liberal identity groups, are difficult to ever bring back to the fold. This arrogant disbelief is likely willful, as any such admission of knowing their actions may well be financially detrimental over the long term could get them into serious trouble with shareholders.
Two of these latest corporate transgressors are Nike and IHOP. Since Nike products have always been grossly overpriced, I can't boycott them, for the simple reason that I've never wasted my hard-earned dollars on their products. I prefer New Balance, which so far remains free of liberal virtue-signaling. IHOP is a different matter — it didn't just try to placate liberals, but insulted a family member. Or so it seems, since Tucker Carlson is in my living room every night, setting examples in moral and political courage that our GOP members of Congress and Corporations really should take to heart. Maybe IHOP's execs, who just announced they'll no longer advertise on Tucker's very popular evening program, should have considered this:
Fox News' prime-time lineup of Carlson, Hannity, and Laura Ingraham had a larger combined average audience in the second quarter of 2019 than all of CNN's programming combined.
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IHOP customer service:
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It is my experiencethat IHOP sells pancakes not unlike those available at lots of other places except they are dolled up and thus very expensive.
IHOP is apparently failing. The reason is there is not enough demand for expensive pancakes.
I doubt that these types of boycotts work. Both Nike and Gillette stocks are doing fine.
quit them several years ago when I walked up to the door and there was the picture of a pistol with a slash through it right in the middle of the door.
I like Skechers...
I miss Sambos.
So this is what I don’t get. If union members have won in court against having their dues directed to political support, why can’t shareholders of public companies do the same? Even moreso if the shares are held by their pension funds and the like.
I mean, the social media giants’ political leanings are obvious at this point, as are all the companies that boycott advertising for the political programs they disagree with. Not only could this be presented as a breach of responsibility to optimize the value of the company for shareholders, but it also should be seen as using shareholder property (shares) potentially against their will for political ends.
Yeah, kind of unfortunate that everything ends up litigated this way, but I would think there would be legitimate grounds here.
Locally here, there are several independent places that sell wonderful fancy breakfast dishes.
Yay!
Haven’t been there in decades, I won’t break that record now.
Gillette doesn’t have a stock. ???? If you mean P&G they will act when Gillette becomes a drag on their financial sheets. Very big consumer products company.
Haven’t been to ihop in 20 years. Will keep away.
To fill this out means I would have to eat there, and quite frankly I haven’t eaten there in years. Why? Because their service was crappy. Denny’s is much better anyway.
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