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I called my local Hobby Lobby .... (Original Post) Scuba Apr 2014 OP
Like it! Like it!! Like it!!! hamsterjill Apr 2014 #1
Abso-fucking-lutely brilliant. riqster Apr 2014 #2
I love this poster Gothmog Apr 2014 #3
I used to shop there. lark Apr 2014 #4
They probably would take your confession IronLionZion Apr 2014 #5
K&R.... daleanime Apr 2014 #6
I wonder if they actually talked to management. Rod Beauvex Apr 2014 #7
It's a FB post ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2014 #8
Probably true. Rod Beauvex Apr 2014 #9
True ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2014 #11
I agree. Rod Beauvex Apr 2014 #12
"impotent rage"? They_Live Apr 2014 #22
K & R nt okaawhatever Apr 2014 #10
Dumb and Dumber ktayloraz Apr 2014 #13
It's what executives and shareholders absolutely love about corporations. gtar100 Apr 2014 #15
They are private, not really run by shareholders DaveJ Apr 2014 #19
Next Question would have been onecaliberal Apr 2014 #14
That's really telling off some one who earns minimum wage! whistler162 Apr 2014 #16
They pay above minimum wage DaveJ Apr 2014 #20
$14/hr full time , $9.50/ hr part time FYI. N/T karadax Apr 2014 #21
But...they doesn't keep them from playing one on TV or Congress, or the Supreme Court. kairos12 Apr 2014 #17
Zombie Jesus knows. blkmusclmachine Apr 2014 #18
SCOTUS tooeyeten Apr 2014 #23

IronLionZion

(45,442 posts)
5. They probably would take your confession
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 01:46 PM
Apr 2014

and use it against you.

And many real healthcare providers won't tell you how much for surgery up front. Not the point, I know.

Rod Beauvex

(564 posts)
7. I wonder if they actually talked to management.
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 02:41 PM
Apr 2014

Or did they just spew their impotent rage at the unlucky cashier or stocker who happened to pick up the phone? This shit is why I hate retail. I can understand the anger at Hobby Lobby, but chewing store employees isn't going to change anything, and just makes you look like a self righteous douche-bag. Don't bitch at the employees. They don't care. They don't get paid enough to care. They don't necessarily agree with upper managements ideas and policies.

Rod Beauvex

(564 posts)
9. Probably true.
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 03:42 PM
Apr 2014

It was a knee jerk reaction on my part, but I still feel very strongly about this sort of thing, and so many people see nothing wrong to being an asshole to your average minimum wage clerk.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
11. True ...
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 03:52 PM
Apr 2014

But I have found, NOT being a jerk to the frontline person will get you a lot further in resolving the issue that angers you.

Rod Beauvex

(564 posts)
12. I agree.
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 04:01 PM
Apr 2014

I do want to clarify, that I am saying from the point of view of someone that has worked retail, and has had to deal with people doing things like in the OP's picture.

That's what angers me. I guess my last two posts weren't well worded.

They_Live

(3,233 posts)
22. "impotent rage"?
Thu Apr 17, 2014, 11:41 AM
Apr 2014

"self righteous douche-bag"?

"bitch at the employees"?

YOU seem to have a lot more venom than anything in the OP. Some people, even the "unlucky cashier or stocker who happened to pick up the phone" (if it ever even happened), have intelligence and a sense of humor. Employees are paid to deal with "this shit" and to field questions, comments, and complaints from customers and even potential customers. It's their job to pass this info along to management. I have boycotted this business for more than a year now, and have corresponded with the corporate representative before doing so. Not going back.

ktayloraz

(5 posts)
13. Dumb and Dumber
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 05:57 PM
Apr 2014

The actual employees of Hobby Lobby, like the actual employees of Chick Fil A, DO NOT make policy. They are not the ones suing the government over the ACA. The girl behind the counter is not telling the employees that their health care is against their religion.

Calling them, does no good, and makes you look like a moron. Calling the members of the board, the share holders, and the owners of the company, that's a different story.

gtar100

(4,192 posts)
15. It's what executives and shareholders absolutely love about corporations.
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 09:02 PM
Apr 2014

They get to make decisions that screw us over and then get the workers on the front line to handle all of the consequences. What do the execs care if the only consequence to their inhumane decisions is an increased profit margin. They don't deal with the people whose lives they make miserable.

So the question is, where do you take complaints?

DaveJ

(5,023 posts)
19. They are private, not really run by shareholders
Thu Apr 17, 2014, 06:25 AM
Apr 2014

It's kind of a nitpicky point anyway. Like saying the headline of the meme is dumb. It's written to make a point not really to be taken literally. Do you really think you can "call" the members of the board and the owners? If you did, I think that might also make the callers look like morons... it's not like they are going to change their religious or political beliefs based on a cold call from a stranger... but who knows, maybe you're right, I don't understand how their brains are wired.

onecaliberal

(32,861 posts)
14. Next Question would have been
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 06:11 PM
Apr 2014

Why are your corporate leaders trying to force their religious beliefs into the healthcare of female employees of Hobby Lobby?

tooeyeten

(1,074 posts)
23. SCOTUS
Thu Apr 17, 2014, 12:05 PM
Apr 2014

Maybe SCOTUS will do it all, now everyone get on your knees and confess to the Chief Justice and pass the BC pills.

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