Boycott Home Depot

[eddie_the_k]

In today's news, Home Depot fired an employee for wearing a button that said "One Nation Under God":

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_god_button_home_depot (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_god_button_home_depot)

They say it has nothing to do with God, just company policy about wearing buttons. Um Hmm

Until Home Depot rectifies this situation, consider boycotting them! And let them know that you won't be spending any of your "In God We Trust" money at their stores!

Home Depot customer care phone number: 1-800-553-3199

[johnrocks]

Home Depot has some good deals so I'll pass on the boycott but their "house", their rules.

[eddie_the_k]

It's a free country - you can do that. I understand "their house, their rules." I just won't be shopping in their house anymore.

[Buffalo]

Well well well, how bout we force this private company to comply with your wishes. I'm on board. Lowe's it is. Of course they are a lot closer to me than Home Depot, so this will work out well.

[Gaetano "Tommy" Lucchese]

This is exactly why companies run screaming from anything with even the least political association. This, right here.

[Sknyluv]

Seriously people, instead of telling us what to boycott, can we just get a list of what ya'll aren't boycotting? It would make it so much easier.

[WorldWatcher]

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Already a 200+ thread on it -->> http://forums.hannity.com/showpost.php?p=63029761&postcount=1



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[Jagergeist]

I just checked the board before heading out to Home Depot for some supplies. Amazing timing.

I agree with johnrocks - their house, their rules. I get so sick of these whiny people that think they can get away with it just because they want to, regardless what the rules say. Perhaps the period of unemployment will cause the former employee to reflect on why you follow the rules set out by the employer.

[Stantz]

big thread on this in Religion Forums
to me it can be summed up like this

1. company policy allows one single approved button
2. the guy was warned multiple times
3. the guy was fired as per company rules
4. the guy can find a job somewhere where he is allowed to wear this button
5. Cool Ranch Doritos are better then any other flavor

[johnrocks]

I guess an atheist should have the right to wear a pin that states " I read the Bible,that's why I'm an Atheist" or I should be able to wear a Confederate Flag button that says " You wear your "X" so don't bitch about mine" too then huh?

[eddie_the_k]

big thread on this in Religion Forums
to me it can be summed up like this

1. company policy allows one single approved button
2. the guy was warned multiple times
3. the guy was fired as per company rules
4. the guy can find a job somewhere where he is allowed to wear this button
5. Cool Ranch Doritos are better then any other flavor


I'm OK with that. I can also find a different store in which to spend my "In God We Trust" money! It's (still) a free country, after all.

[Jabbamagnus]

No thanks, Home Depot rocks!.

I really should stay out of the store because I always buy more than I should.

[johnrocks]

I'm OK with that. I can also find a different store in which to spend my "In God We Trust" money! It's (still) a free country, after all.

You do indeed have that right and I support that 100%.

[croupier101]

We don't allow buttons at our business either. Any buttons. It is tacky.

[Backwoods]

It's your right to boycott just like it is their right to fire the employee. If he had been warned,use some common sense. I believe in standing on your principles,but in this day and age,you'd better try to keep the job putting food on your table because finding another one will be a bitch.

[HoracioMendez]

big thread on this in Religion Forums
to me it can be summed up like this

1. company policy allows one single approved button
2. the guy was warned multiple times
3. the guy was fired as per company rules
4. the guy can find a job somewhere where he is allowed to wear this button
5. Cool Ranch Doritos are better then any other flavor
I take exception with this. All flavors of Doritos are equally bad.

[ModernConservative]

Company policy is policy.

Pains me to agree with so many Libs. However...

[MXdad]

I am confused as to Home Depots argument due to this from the above link

This associate chose to wear a button that expressed his religious beliefs. The issue is not whether or not we agree with the message on the button," Craig Fishel said. "That's not our place to say, which is exactly why we have a blanket policy, which is long-standing and well-communicated to our associates, that only company-provided pins and badges can be worn on our aprons."
Fishel said Keezer was offered a company-approved pin that said, "United We Stand," but he declined

The pin said "One Nation under God, Indivisable" with an American Flag. Store official is saying they fired him due to wearing a pin showing his religious beliefs. Looks to me he was showing his support for the country and his brother in the military. The store offered him a pin saying "United we Stand" I dont see the difference. But there is of course the store policy that states only store approved pins can be worn. While I do not agree with it I do understand the position of Home Depot, If it was clearly pointed out in the employee regs then thats the rule of that workplace. I prefer Lowes anyway. In my area the two stores are 1/4 mile apart and the HD associates are usually clueless and offer no assistance.

[johnrocks]

We don't allow buttons at our business either. Any buttons. It is tacky.

Yep and even one customer who gets offended by it just isn't worth the controversy, I believe in keeping politics and religion out of a business environment as much as possible, let the owners/stockholders make policy there.

[johnrocks]

Company policy is policy.

Pains me to agree with so many Libs. However...

Maybe your agreeing with private property/free market supporters.:whistle:

[Jabbamagnus]

How may pieces of flair do you wear? :))

[Stantz]

I take exception with this. All flavors of Doritos are equally bad.
what the?? :eek:

Can we get a Mod up in this thread please?

[Dr. Funkenstein]

big thread on this in Religion Forums
to me it can be summed up like this

1. company policy allows one single approved button
2. the guy was warned multiple times
3. the guy was fired as per company rules
4. the guy can find a job somewhere where he is allowed to wear this button

Yup, yup, yup and yup.

5. Cool Ranch Doritos are better then any other flavor

Sorry, they're behind Spicy Sweet Chil and Smokin' Cheddar BBQ for me.

[Buffalo]

Yup, yup, yup and yup.



Sorry, they're behind Spicy Sweet Chil and Smokin' Cheddar BBQ for me.
Yes, those are the best. Like crack.

[Dr. Funkenstein]

I take exception with this. All flavors of Doritos are equally bad.
Communist.

[pattyk]

Seriously people, instead of telling us what to boycott, can we just get a list of what ya'll aren't boycotting? It would make it so much easier.

walmart

[Stantz]

Yes, those are the best. Like crack.
communists

[Mohawk5]

He violated the rules he has to pay the price.

[Imperialparadox]

Sorry, they're behind Spicy Sweet Chil and Smokin' Cheddar BBQ for me.

Mmmmm Cheddar BBQ...:drool:

[Dr. Funkenstein]

Mmmmm Cheddar BBQ...:drool:
I saw they brought them back the other night and I started crying a little. The cashier at Wawa asked me if I was okay and I said "I'm just so HAPPY!"

[Imperialparadox]

I take exception with this. All flavors of Doritos are equally bad.

*Sniff* Why do...why do you hate America?! *Bawl*

:mrgreen:

[johnrocks]

walmart

I try to shop the local shops as much as possible, just makes me feel better for some reason.

[Dr. Funkenstein]

communists
Not that Cool Ranch is BAD...I've got a half-eaten bag sitting in my kitchen cabinet right now. They're currently in a rotation with Baked Herr's Sour Cream & Onion, Chedder & Sour Cream Ruffles and plain Tostito's Crispy Rounds (wife made Mexican cheese dip last night :drool: )

[Dr. Funkenstein]

How may pieces of flair do you where? :))
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H3Ht16mI06s/R5i7wtopC_I/AAAAAAAAA-M/cFhSsTEliAE/s320/OfficeSpace-Chotchkies+Manager.JPG

So this is about your flair...do you want to express yourself, or just do the bare minimum?

[LouC]

In today's news, Home Depot fired an employee for wearing a button that said "One Nation Under God":

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_god_button_home_depot (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_god_button_home_depot)

They say it has nothing to do with God, just company policy about wearing buttons. Um Hmm

Until Home Depot rectifies this situation, consider boycotting them! And let them know that you won't be spending any of your "In God We Trust" money at their stores!

Home Depot customer care phone number: 1-800-553-3199

God I wish the nearest HoDePo wasn't 45 miles away so I could readily go make some anti-boycott purchases... :(

[johnrocks]

Not that Cool Ranch is BAD...I've got a half-eaten bag sitting in my kitchen cabinet right now. They're currently in a rotation with Baked Herr's Sour Cream & Onion, Chedder & Sour Cream Ruffles and plain Tostito's Crispy Rounds (wife made Mexican cheese dip last night :drool: )

Your making them sound like a World Series line up.....rotation:))

[Buffalo]

Not that Cool Ranch is BAD...I've got a half-eaten bag sitting in my kitchen cabinet right now. They're currently in a rotation with Baked Herr's Sour Cream & Onion, Chedder & Sour Cream Ruffles and plain Tostito's Crispy Rounds (wife made Mexican cheese dip last night :drool: )
There is a hierarchy of snacks. Doesn't mean those lower on the ladder don't have their merits, it's just that some rise above the rest. Like Keebler deluxe fudge grahams.

[Jabbamagnus]

Ok the OP has convinced me. I will boycott that Home Depot. ;)

[Dr. Funkenstein]

Your making them sound like a World Series line up.....rotation:))
You've seen my physical statistics...it's exactly like a World Series rotation ;)

[Jabbamagnus]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H3Ht16mI06s/R5i7wtopC_I/AAAAAAAAA-M/cFhSsTEliAE/s320/OfficeSpace-Chotchkies+Manager.JPG

So this is about your flair...do you want to express yourself, or just do the bare minimum?

:))

Ack! My spelling bad. :(

[Buffalo]

Ok the OP has convinced me. I will boycott that Home Depot. ;)
Just don't boycott Doritos.

[HoracioMendez]

what the?? :eek:

Can we get a Mod up in this thread please?
If said mod can explain how people choke down the chemical after-taste (or the fake cheese taste) than please get them in here! It's long been a mystery to me. The mystery includes Cheetohs too.

[Dr. Funkenstein]

There is a hierarchy of snacks. Doesn't mean those lower on the ladder don't have their merits, it's just that some rise above the rest. Like Keebler deluxe fudge grahams.
Precisely.

Just because if given the choice of Hollywood redheads I'd choose to plow Christina Hendricks first doesn't mean that I wouldn't give the time of day to others like Sara Rue, Lauren Holly or Isla Fisher.

It just means I needed an excuse to post this...

http://vivmag.com/vivsays/files/2009/08/christina-hendricks-225x300.jpg

[Stantz]

I'm OK with that. I can also find a different store in which to spend my "In God We Trust" money! It's (still) a free country, after all.
you sure can !

[Stantz]

If said mod can explain how people choke down the chemical after-taste (or the fake cheese taste) than please get them in here! It's long been a mystery to me. The mystery includes Cheetohs too.
I'm sorry but as part of my support for the legalization of Marijuana, i MUST support all flavors of Doritos

[avergbear]

They have their rules.

I have mine.

LOWES

[Buffalo]

Precisely.

Just because if given the choice of Hollywood redheads I'd choose to plow Christina Hendricks first doesn't mean that I wouldn't give the time of day to others like Sara Rue, Lauren Holly or Isla Fisher.

It just means I needed an excuse to post this...

http://vivmag.com/vivsays/files/2009/08/christina-hendricks-225x300.jpg
funny, I looked up voluptuous on dictionary.com and that picture was the entry.

[misterblue]

you sure can !

This from a store that sells tons of Christmas merchandise.

[Stantz]

This from a store that sells tons of Christmas merchandise.
It's their rules !, you can buy a Quran at Barnes and Nobels, but i doubt you can work there and wear an "all praise be to Allah" button.

They just dont allow buttons, they gave the guy 6 warnings, and that's that. I would have the same reaction if he wore any other button.

[LouC]

I try to shop the local shops as much as possible, just makes me feel better for some reason.

Not me.

The "local" mom & pop or family owned shops around here suck big time and do what they can to rip the locals off.

The greatest thing that has happened around here since I have been back was the opening this year of our Semi Super Wal Mart.

I pay $1.69 for a bottle of ranch dressing at the new Wally World, the cheapest same size bottle at the "family owned" grocery store has been costing me $3.29.

$7.87 for a bottle of fabric softener at the "family owned" grocery store, $3.49 for a similar sized bottle at Wally World.

Screw em.

They gouged me for years, and still do on goods Wal Mart doesn't carry, I have no feelings of loyalty, none.

[LouC]

Just don't boycott Doritos.

Can't stand Dorito's, never ever liked them.

[Jabbamagnus]

Just don't boycott Doritos.

Or the Home Depot down the street from my house. :))

[mkh]

No. You agree to work at the Home Depot, you agree to their guidelines. You don't like it, then dont' work there. Pretty simple. I'm sure ther eare plenty of hardware stores that would be fine with you wearing the pin. if I owned one I'd be that store, but the Depot does not, so too bad.

[Buffalo]

Can't stand Dorito's, never ever liked them.
I have the Dorito gene unfortunately.

[Dr. Funkenstein]

Can't stand Dorito's, never ever liked them.
Communist...

[Buffalo]

Or the Home Depot down the street from my house. :))
Nice. I boycott a lot of big name stores, I just give them a one store exemption from the boycott. The one that's closest to where I'm at.

[johnrocks]

Can't stand Dorito's, never ever liked them.

blasphemer! :mad:

[JudasGoat]

yesterday someone said it was Lowes...

[LouC]

I have the Dorito gene unfortunately.

So did #1, fortunately we didn't procreate so it never was passed to my progeny. :whistle:

[JudasGoat]

Nice. I boycott a lot of big name stores, I just give them a one store exemption from the boycott. The one that's closest to where I'm at.

"if we don't deal with this now, soon, uh, little buffalo(?) here won't be able to get a nickel for his grandma...

[LouC]

blasphemer! :mad:

Punish me then, throw me in stocks, dunk me in frigid water, hot pokers under the nails, anything but the comfy chair..... :eek:

[SFC(R)L]

No.

[LouC]

Communist...

Wow...

Doritos Inquisition on the Hannity forum... Who knew?

[mkh]

Wow...

Doritos Inquisition on the Hannity forum... Who knew?

I'll eat my Cheetos instead.

[Buffalo]

"if we don't deal with this now, soon, uh, little buffalo(?) here won't be able to get a nickel for his grandma...
"you think you can just take away our buttons and just walk away?"

[Dr. Funkenstein]

Wow...

Doritos Inquisition on the Hannity forum... Who knew?
You'll be receiving your subpoena from the newly-formed House Un-American Activities Committee next week.

[LouC]

I'll eat my Cheetos instead.

+1

Ever have Cheetos Nachos?

[Buffalo]

Wow...

Doritos Inquisition on the Hannity forum... Who knew?
It's Ron Paul's fault.

[rubicon]

Where I work, six flags, we are allowed one button provided by the company. I am not allowed to wear any other button as they will not let me in the park with an unapproved button on.

So I understand the policy Home Depot has. As long as it is a blanket policy there should be no issue. If you allow one then you must allow all.

[WorldWatcher]

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Ya'll are nuts.


Wavy Lays + a dipping bowl of 1/2 Ranch & 1/2 Salsa.



(P.S. No Wavy Lays comments allowed.)


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[Gaetano "Tommy" Lucchese]

Can't stand Dorito's, never ever liked them.

I'll take it one further, I don't like potato chips or corn chips of any stripe. Too salty.

[SFC(R)L]

Where I work, six flags, we are allowed one button provided by the company. I am not allowed to wear any other button as they will not let me in the park with an unapproved button on.

So I understand the policy Home Depot has. As long as it is a blanket policy there should be no issue. If you allow one then you must allow all.

He was told which were authorized and approved, which included patriotic themes.

He chose to not comply.

[LouC]

You'll be receiving your subpoena from the newly-formed House Un-American Activities Committee next week.

My only regret is Toad won't be there... :(

[LouC]

I'll take it one further, I don't like potato chips or corn chips of any stripe. Too salty.

I prefer low or unsalted white corn chips.

Then they can be the perfect base for whatever you want to put on them or dip them in.

[LouC]

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Ya'll are nuts.


Wavy Lays + a dipping bowl of 1/2 Ranch & 1/2 Salsa.



(P.S. No Wavy Lays comments allowed.)


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I prefer wavy Lays over plain Lays regardless the price... :whistle:

[WorldWatcher]

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:))


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[eddie_the_k]

It's their rules !, you can buy a Quran at Barnes and Nobels, but i doubt you can work there and wear an "all praise be to Allah" button.

They just dont allow buttons, they gave the guy 6 warnings, and that's that. I would have the same reaction if he wore any other button.


He apparently wore the button for months and they didn't say anything. He started bringing a bible to work (to read on breaks) and then they objected to his button and started warning him.

PLUS, he says lots of folks wear lots of buttons; he says their "policy" is not uniformly enforced.

[Dr. Funkenstein]

I prefer wavy Lays over plain Lays regardless the price... :whistle:
<chuckle>

[LouC]

He apparently wore the button for months and they didn't say anything. He started bringing a bible to work (to read on breaks) and then they objected to his button and started warning him.

PLUS, he says lots of folks wear lots of buttons; he says their "policy" is not uniformly enforced.

Sounds like perhaps he was upping the God ante.

Still he had a choice, remove the button or remove himself.

If he puts wearing a button over having a paycheck that is fine by me as long as he doesn't try to force his private employer to bend to his desires.

[Hoobeedoo Bejesus]

big thread on this in Religion Forums
to me it can be summed up like this

1. company policy allows one single approved button
2. the guy was warned multiple times
3. the guy was fired as per company rules
4. the guy can find a job somewhere where he is allowed to wear this button
5. Cool Ranch Doritos are better then any other flavor

You are DEAD WRONG, sir.

Tacos at Midnight is the best Doritos flavor.

[khigh]

I'll eat my Cheetos instead.

Cheetos PuffCorn. Mmmmm....

[WorldWatcher]

Sounds like perhaps he was upping the God ante.

Still he had a choice, remove the button or remove himself.

If he puts wearing a button over having a paycheck that is fine by me as long as he doesn't try to force his private employer to bend to his desires.


The article from the OP says that he already has a lawyer and plan to sue.


Now if the suit is for lost wages and return to work + lawyers fees, then you can definitely respect the man.


However, if it's a case of lawsuit lottery, well...



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[Hoobeedoo Bejesus]

I'll eat my Cheetos instead.

Keep and eye out for the Lord...

[old guy]

The article from the OP says that he already has a lawyer and plan to sue.


Now if the suit is for lost wages and return to work + lawyers fees, then you can definitely respect the man.


However, if it's a case of lawsuit lottery, well...



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suing and winning are 2 different things.
even if the company doesnt enforce the rule all the time once he was told to remove the button and didnt he was liable to be fired.

[Guvnah]

We don't allow buttons at our business either. Any buttons. It is tacky.

Same here.

The receptionist keeps her blouse unbuttoned all day. Brings the customers flocking through the door.

:)

[Hoobeedoo Bejesus]

Do you think Home Depot will hang pictures of Jesus in the urinals so all of their customers can be like Larry David?

Or...

Do you think Home Depot will start selling televisions just so they can show Arrested Development on a loop?

[JudasGoat]

one of my favorite buttons is one that has
"What's Up?!?!" written on it and then an arrow pointing to a picture of the backside of a chicken.
classic

[Gatekeeper]

comment to home depot:

home depot.................your fired !!!


Was going there today too to buy mulch, seed and other items.
Well, I'll try LOWES then...........I am sick and tired of AMERICA being taken over by politically correct BS. Turning this country into an UNGODLY,UNHOLY country without ethics,values or anything else. We need a "smiley" in the shape of a screw.
When they begin acting like REAL AMERICANS the way AMERICA USED TO BE..........
I'll return........till then Ciao Baby!

[XTankLt]

big thread on this in Religion Forums
to me it can be summed up like this

1. company policy allows one single approved button
2. the guy was warned multiple times
3. the guy was fired as per company rules
4. the guy can find a job somewhere where he is allowed to wear this button
5. Cool Ranch Doritos are better then any other flavor

Bite your tongue! Original flavor rocks. :naughty:



Oh, and as for this thread... spot on. I get so confused...

Home Depot supports Olympic Athletes = Good!


Home Depot drops that Olympic program due to budget cost = bad.

Now, a flippin button issue! :rolleyes:

[Hoobeedoo Bejesus]

comment to home depot:

home depot.................your fired !!!


Was going there today too to buy mulch, seed and other items.
Well, I'll try LOWES then...........I am sick and tired of AMERICA being taken over by politically correct BS. Turning this country into an UNGODLY,UNHOLY country without ethics,values or anything else. We need a "smiley" in the shape of a screw.
When they begin acting like REAL AMERICANS the way AMERICA USED TO BE..........
I'll return........till then Ciao Baby!

Because real Americans paid money for mulch?

[johnrocks]

I looked at outdoor lights at Lowe's and Home Depot; want some motion lights as well as some with timers and Home Depot ate Lowe's lunch for the exact same light and I'm talking real money like $20-$30 cheaper per light, I'll go with the less prices and send a few extra bucks to "Feed the Children" next week to pay off my conscience.

[Guvnah]

Sounds like perhaps he was upping the God ante.

Still he had a choice, remove the button or remove himself.

If he puts wearing a button over having a paycheck that is fine by me as long as he doesn't try to force his private employer to bend to his desires.

This sums up my opinion of it.

Seems that "one nation under God" didn't raise the hackles he wanted, so he escalated.

His problem was that "one nation uder God" wasn't controversial enough to start with. It's recited daily in this society in (most? many? at least some?) schools across the country. It's part of the culture, at least for now. And I'll bet that the mere act of bringing the bible to the break room wasn't the tipping point either. I'll bet there is more behind the story. "(Big sigh...) Sooooo ... I think I'll read my bible now, here in the break room, on company property ... Hey, dude. Check out this scripture passage ...." (Just speculating, of course.)

In this economy, one's job is not a smart bargaining chip to use for making a statement. Sometimes actions like this make you an overnight hero, but that rarely happens if it looks like you went searching on a death wish or martyrdom mission.

And a guy with some high-in-demand skill might have more leverage than he did. Most Home Depot jobs can be filled overnight, and there is a line of people waiting for someone to step down and make an opening the company can fill with them.

[Hoobeedoo Bejesus]

Lowes will kick you out if you open carry.

Home Depot will not.

Those of you who refuse to shop at Home Depot and go to Lowes instead are ENEMIES of the Second Amendment.

[SFC(R)L]

Lay's Original Classic chip

[Guvnah]

I'll eat my Cheetos instead.

They have a manuracturing plant in Israel.

Cheeses of Nazareth.

[midwestbelle]

Lowes will kick you out if you open carry.

Home Depot will not.

Those of you who refuse to shop at Home Depot and go to Lowes instead are ENEMIES of the Second Amendment.

What's Ace Hardware's policy?

[Hoobeedoo Bejesus]

Another thread moved on you, Guvnah.

I'm beginning to suspect a conspiracy against you.

[Hoobeedoo Bejesus]

What's Ace Hardware's policy?

I think I have been there while OC with no issues.

[AvgGuyIA]

Home Depot has some good deals so I'll pass on the boycott but their "house", their rules.As freedoms are eroding from under you, where will you finally take a stand? Sure, it's Home Depot's house but there is no reason why good patriots can't smack 'em in the nose for being jerks. Yet your inaction only encourages these liberals. Yes...it would take a liberal management to enforce a ban like that. A conservative management would overlook it unless it got way out of hand.

[Hoobeedoo Bejesus]

As freedoms are eroding from under you, where will you finally take a stand? Sure, it's Home Depot's house but there is no reason why good patriots can't smack 'em in the nose for being jerks. Yet your inaction only encourages these liberals. Yes...it would take a liberal management to enforce a ban like that. A conservative management would overlook it unless it got way out of hand.

Corporations do not give me freedoms, therefor they cannot take them away.

Your side is the one that constantly argues for greater freedoms for corporations over individuals.

Rather hypocritical of you to complain of eroded freedoms now.

[Vic Daring]

Can you imagine this thread if the guy's co-worker took to wearing a button that said "Allah Akbar"?

[Gatekeeper]

Lowes will kick you out if you open carry.

Home Depot will not.

Those of you who refuse to shop at Home Depot and go to Lowes instead are ENEMIES of the Second Amendment.

The maybe I will just shop at our local nurseries !! That Works:))

OH, what else Hoobeedoo, make people "Enemies of the 2nd Amendment? Seems no matter what one does anymore some call them 'enemy' of SOMETHING or other names. Why is that?

[AvgGuyIA]

Patriotic buttons should never be banned. I am tired of dealing with the hyper-offended among us.

[DMK]

Not me.

The "local" mom & pop or family owned shops around here suck big time and do what they can to rip the locals off.

The greatest thing that has happened around here since I have been back was the opening this year of our Semi Super Wal Mart.

I pay $1.69 for a bottle of ranch dressing at the new Wally World, the cheapest same size bottle at the "family owned" grocery store has been costing me $3.29.

$7.87 for a bottle of fabric softener at the "family owned" grocery store, $3.49 for a similar sized bottle at Wally World.

Screw em.

They gouged me for years, and still do on goods Wal Mart doesn't carry, I have no feelings of loyalty, none.


I am one of those "mom and pop" stores. I cannot POSSIBLY buy in the volume Home Depot or Walmart does so I cannot even come close to selling items for what they can.

For years we sold unique products only to have them become wildly popular and then snached up by Home Depot and Walmart as a seasonal product. We lost a lot of the income from seasonal sales that helped to carry us through the year.

Additionally, I have customers who come into my showroom asking me to meet prices they find on-line for products. I can't do that EITHER since I have an acutal building. Many on-line places have no overhead but their website. I have insurance, property tax, employees, utilities....

Many of these folks probably think I am ripping them off or my prices are outrageous as well. I wonder how many of these people realize my employees oftentimes get paid before I do. How many of those mom and pops lay awake at night wondering how they are going to pay their bills and how many employees they need to let go to try to make ends meet.

[Dr. Funkenstein]

They have a manuracturing plant in Israel.

Cheeses of Nazareth.
I don't care if puns aren't specifically against TOS...I'm reporting you.

That was uncivil to my sense of humor ;)

[Hoobeedoo Bejesus]

I am one of those "mom and pop" stores. I cannot POSSIBLY buy in the volume Home Depot or Walmart does so I cannot even come close to selling items for what they can.

For years we sold unique products only to have them become wildly popular and then snached up by Home Depot and Walmart as a seasonal product. We lost a lot of the income from seasonal sales that helped to carry us through the year.

Additionally, I have customers who come into my showroom asking me to meet prices they find on-line for products. I can't do that EITHER since I have an acutal building. Many on-line places have no overhead but their website. I have insurance, property tax, employees, utilities....

Many of these folks probably think I am ripping them off or my prices are outrageous as well. I wonder how many of these people realize my employees oftentimes get paid before I do. How many of those mom and pops lay awake at night wondering how they are going to pay their bills and how many employees they need to let go to try to make ends meet.

Some people are friggen rude.

I would never ask a locally owned store to price match an online or big box retailer.

I shop local stores to support my neighbors. Good luck to you, keep it up!

[captusa]

I don't care if puns aren't specifically against TOS...I'm reporting you.

That was uncivil to my sense of humor ;)

What else would you call curded dairy products from Nazareth ?

[James Juno]

I already boycott Home Depot. The nearest is over 200 miles from here. The bastards.

[captusa]

I am one of those "mom and pop" stores. I cannot POSSIBLY buy in the volume Home Depot or Walmart does so I cannot even come close to selling items for what they can.

For years we sold unique products only to have them become wildly popular and then snached up by Home Depot and Walmart as a seasonal product. We lost a lot of the income from seasonal sales that helped to carry us through the year.

Additionally, I have customers who come into my showroom asking me to meet prices they find on-line for products. I can't do that EITHER since I have an acutal building. Many on-line places have no overhead but their website. I have insurance, property tax, employees, utilities....

Many of these folks probably think I am ripping them off or my prices are outrageous as well. I wonder how many of these people realize my employees oftentimes get paid before I do. How many of those mom and pops lay awake at night wondering how they are going to pay their bills and how many employees they need to let go to try to make ends meet.



Unfortunately people do not realize that part of the larger price they pay at a neighborhood store is for the personal service and the convenience of your being there.
If people don't realize this there is no way in a free market to prevent the Home Depots and WaldMarts from their marketing practices.

[LouC]

I am one of those "mom and pop" stores. I cannot POSSIBLY buy in the volume Home Depot or Walmart does so I cannot even come close to selling items for what they can.

For years we sold unique products only to have them become wildly popular and then snached up by Home Depot and Walmart as a seasonal product. We lost a lot of the income from seasonal sales that helped to carry us through the year.

Additionally, I have customers who come into my showroom asking me to meet prices they find on-line for products. I can't do that EITHER since I have an acutal building. Many on-line places have no overhead but their website. I have insurance, property tax, employees, utilities....

Many of these folks probably think I am ripping them off or my prices are outrageous as well. I wonder how many of these people realize my employees oftentimes get paid before I do. How many of those mom and pops lay awake at night wondering how they are going to pay their bills and how many employees they need to let go to try to make ends meet.

Since I don't know you, don't know your shop, don't know your prices, don't know your location, don't know your markups, don't know your overhead, don't know your employees, don't know your customer service paradigm I have to take your word for what you claim.

That changes nothing of what I have said in my previous post, that the local mom & pop shops and family owned grocery stores around here suck.

With some rare exceptions the "local" merchants around here suck.

I know these people, there are a very few I may not be that familiar with, but my folks have known them all their lives.

They sit on city councils and county boards and they do everything they can to keep any competition from coming to town or the area.

They are lying, inconsiderate, money grubbers and have been that way as long as I have known them.

If you didn't like how they treated you or their jacked up prices they didn't care because they knew it was a 45 mile or more trip to get to the real world where a $1.29 item wasn't marked up to $8.99.

You would go into these stores for common items and see dust on the shelf where they had a space for the item, then when you would ask about the item it was always the same, "I just sold the last one, but I can order that for you and have it in a week".

There was a small appliance dealer here, thankfully he finally took himself out of business, who would do things such as sell parts off appliances without pulling the appliance off the sales floor and would end up selling the appliance to someone else and either have to take it back or "order the part and it will be here in a week".

The local merchants fought hard to keep the Semi Super Wal Mart from being built here but thank God they failed.

There are reasons why what you see most is empty store fronts when you go up and down our downtown streets but it isn't because of HoDePo, Best Buy, Lowe's, Office Depot, or any other big box stores 45 miles away or because of our new Semi Super Wal Mart that has only been opened a few months.

[johnrocks]

As freedoms are eroding from under you, where will you finally take a stand? Sure, it's Home Depot's house but there is no reason why good patriots can't smack 'em in the nose for being jerks. Yet your inaction only encourages these liberals. Yes...it would take a liberal management to enforce a ban like that. A conservative management would overlook it unless it got way out of hand.

I feel like I'm defending private property rights here, if I worked for you could I come to work with a "David Duke Rocks" button on my robe? I didn't think so.:mrgreen:

[chichimama]

I'm passing on the boycott. I admire Home Depot for their military hire program.

[Paul-w]

lol, people will pick a fight about anything.

You all really need to grow up. You're on Home Depot's 'time.' Not your own as an employee.

[Fitz]

Do you think Home Depot will hang pictures of Jesus in the urinals so all of their customers can be like Larry David?

Or...

Do you think Home Depot will start selling televisions just so they can show Arrested Development on a loop?
Was there an Arrested Development controversy I missed?

[HeyJude]

He apparently wore the button for months and they didn't say anything. He started bringing a bible to work (to read on breaks) and then they objected to his button and started warning him.

PLUS, he says lots of folks wear lots of buttons; he says their "policy" is not uniformly enforced.

Eddie, don't confuse them with the alledged facts.:D

The offensive "religious" button is my sig.:)

[HeyJude]

As freedoms are eroding from under you, where will you finally take a stand? Sure, it's Home Depot's house but there is no reason why good patriots can't smack 'em in the nose for being jerks. Yet your inaction only encourages these liberals. Yes...it would take a liberal management to enforce a ban like that. A conservative management would overlook it unless it got way out of hand.

It was overlooked for 1 1/2 years.

[Theranna]

As a company, Home Depot loans you work attire, which doubles as ad space for them. You can't put anything they don't approve of on that ad space because they pay you to wear it the way they want it. If they allow him to wear that button, they'll have to let everyone wear their buttons, and potentially infringing on someone else's copyright, opening them up to potential lawsuits. As such, the big wigs at Home Depot sat down, created a uniform, matching name tag and a few buttons for their employees, with the Home Depot legal team approving and vetting the whole thing.

Along comes Mr. God and Country with his button. When he was hired, he probably sign an adorable little uniform clause and he agreed to wear such uniform, name tag AND approved buttons. He chose to wear his own, cause he's 'special' and patriotic. He's told more than once to remove it because it's against the policy he agreed to follow when hired.

You know what, I hope he loses his case and is shown to be the rule breaker he is. There are no "Patriotic" clauses in his work contract. I hate, hate people like him who break the rules and expect a Patriotic break. What if he'd decided to wear a shirt festooned with the American flag instead of his uniform? Would that be okay too? Cause it's also considered "Patriotic" by some too.

And, a patriotic alternative was offered and refused. He forgot one basic rule about business: no one's irreplaceable. Idiot... And working for my company, here's what I would have done:
1st time: can't wear it, take it off and displinary measures next time. Wear approved buttons.
2nd time: can't wear it and verbal warning. Following disciplinary measures will end in dismissal.
3rd time: can't wear it, written warning and go home. Take the approved button.
4th time: can't wear it, final written warning, go home, wear approved button or bye bye.
5th time: too bad your employmenet had to end. Give me back the smock, the name tag and the approved buttons. Security will escort you out.

He'd have been out of a job in a regular work week and the corporate hiring manual would be stricter about uniforms.

[HeyJude]

I am one of those "mom and pop" stores. I cannot POSSIBLY buy in the volume Home Depot or Walmart does so I cannot even come close to selling items for what they can.

For years we sold unique products only to have them become wildly popular and then snached up by Home Depot and Walmart as a seasonal product. We lost a lot of the income from seasonal sales that helped to carry us through the year.

Additionally, I have customers who come into my showroom asking me to meet prices they find on-line for products. I can't do that EITHER since I have an acutal building. Many on-line places have no overhead but their website. I have insurance, property tax, employees, utilities....

Many of these folks probably think I am ripping them off or my prices are outrageous as well. I wonder how many of these people realize my employees oftentimes get paid before I do. How many of those mom and pops lay awake at night wondering how they are going to pay their bills and how many employees they need to let go to try to make ends meet.

I feel for ya. My son used to own a store, and he ended up buying most of his inventory from walmart, coz he could buy it cheaper from walmart than he could buy directly from manufacturers.

[Theranna]

It was overlooked for 1 1/2 years.

That's his boss's fault. His boss shouldn't have let it pass for 18 months. BUT, the rule was still valid. And he broke it for 18 months.


One of my bosses taught me a very important lessons about respecting company rules: every boss will have their own way of following the rules but if a new boss comes along and follows all the rules, you're going to hate me for all the rules I gave you passes on.


Good bosses don't give you passes, they give you warnings and make sure no one will ever have to complain about his/her employees.

[Fitz]

Eddie, don't confuse them with the alledged facts.:D

The offensive "religious" button is my sig.:)
Who said anything about it being offensive?

[Clintville]

comment to home depot:

home depot.................your fired !!!


Was going there today too to buy mulch, seed and other items.
Well, I'll try LOWES then...........I am sick and tired of AMERICA being taken over by politically correct BS. Turning this country into an UNGODLY,UNHOLY country without ethics,values or anything else. We need a "smiley" in the shape of a screw.
When they begin acting like REAL AMERICANS the way AMERICA USED TO BE..........
I'll return........till then Ciao Baby!
It is Home Depots policy. As far as I know, the government of the US has never interfered with company dress codes, so the country hasn't changed from the apparently "holy" was you think it used to be.

And what are "real" Americans? Christians?

[Clintville]

As freedoms are eroding from under you, where will you finally take a stand? Sure, it's Home Depot's house but there is no reason why good patriots can't smack 'em in the nose for being jerks. Yet your inaction only encourages these liberals. Yes...it would take a liberal management to enforce a ban like that. A conservative management would overlook it unless it got way out of hand.
Please, if this guy had anything that wasn't religious or patriotic it wouldn't be news. I bet if the same thing happened to a Muslim that or an atheist, you would be on the other side.

[HeyJude]

Fox News thinks it's all about being PC. I agree.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRvr_u5378&NR=1

[HeyJude]

And here's a local news story, that gives an idea of what the town of Okeechobee is like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrEkyMi-siM&feature=related

[DLaw911]

It's a free country - you can do that. I understand "their house, their rules." I just won't be shopping in their house anymore.Lowes has better customer support anyway!