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myLot reputation of 94/100. dfn12968 (5532) 4 years ago

Are there places you refuse to shop, restaurants or chains that you refuse to dine at, even under threat of death? What are they and why won't you go there?

I once heard some pretty nasty things about the upkeep of Taco Bells and wouldn't eat there for years. They just opened a new one by my office, and I did go a couple of times but was not comfortable with it.

My co-workers will not go to Starbucks because there was a recent rumor circulating that they would not support the troops or the war efforts.

I absolutely hate shopping at Wal-Mart! There are so many reasons, I can't list them all. I will go if I have to, but if there is any other option, I'll take that option first.

Do you have any place that you just cannot patronize for one reason or another? Tell me about it.

 

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tags:  shopping, aversion, chain stores suck, commercialism, consumerism
 
1. myLot reputation of 96/100. chiyosan (15120)   ranked 555 out of 5,519 in shopping   4 years ago

hehe there is this one establishment that i have already tried... and they have no nice meals, actually. and their is like 3X more expensive than their competitors... :) haha

so yes.. i wont go there anymore.


myLot reputation of 94/100. dfn12968 (5532)  4 years ago

Is it a chain restaurant, chiyosan, or is it local?

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2. myLot reputation of 97/100. polachicago (8508)   4 years ago

I have never been in Wal-Mart and I will probably never go there. Same with K-mart and dollar store.
Any place selling cheap items made in China is not my favorite.
All fast food places are on my list. I would rather be hungry.


myLot reputation of 94/100. dfn12968 (5532)  4 years ago

I wish I felt the same about fast food. It's most likely healthier to go hungry than to eat at most of them, and in theory I know that. In actuality, though....I go way too often and pay the price later.


myLot reputation of 94/100. kitty2 (907)  4 years ago

Then you have NEVER been hungry Lady !!!


myLot reputation of 97/100. polachicago (8508)  4 years ago

I can stop in any store and buy one apple instead of buying in fast food...is healthier and it is cheaper anyway.
Everyone has this choice.


myLot reputation of 94/100. dfn12968 (5532)  4 years ago

I just envy your willpower!


myLot reputation of 97/100. polachicago (8508)  4 years ago

I ate slice of pizza with my friends and I was sick for 2 days.
I learned what not to eat hard way.
As a person suffering with migraine headaches I have also created my food migraine triggers and and food additive migraine triggers.
I know that you have headaches too, so be very careful with fast food.


myLot reputation of 94/100. dfn12968 (5532)  4 years ago

I know you're right, I need to be more careful of what I consume. I have another friend who gets migraines from many kinds of foods. I wouldn't be surprised if that had a lot to do with my headaches.

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3. myLot reputation of 94/100. kitty2 (907)   4 years ago

I would not shop anywhere that does not "support" our troops. You don't have to be "FOR" the war, but you do have to support are boys and men that have given so much of themselves to fight for OUR rights.
People seem to forget that we didn't just go in and start a War. We were ATTACKED ON American soil !! We cannot allow that to go without standing up and literally saying and showing the world "OH NO YOU DON'T" !!!!!


myLot reputation of 94/100. dfn12968 (5532)  4 years ago

I agree, kitty. I don't know of the rumor about Starbucks is true. It was from a mass email. I hope not, and with all they do for charities and underprivelaged, I cannot imagine it would be true, but I'm not sure. I guess I should do some research on it.

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4. myLot reputation of 99/100. kykidd (4829)   4 years ago

I personally can't stand Target. It seems like any item on my list is always too high there. And I guess a bad experience once will ruin a place for good for me.


myLot reputation of 94/100. dfn12968 (5532)  4 years ago

I love Target. sad

I agree, any bad experience will usually wipe a place off my list quickly. Sometimes I'll give them a chance again after a while, but not always.


myLot reputation of 97/100. polachicago (8508)  4 years ago

I like Supertarget. I buy all of my laundry supply in Target.


myLot reputation of 94/100. dfn12968 (5532)  4 years ago

I often do my grocery shopping in Supertarget.

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5. myLot reputation of 79/100. Palmerhusky (736)   ranked 1,561 out of 5,519 in shopping   4 years ago

for me, if I'm looking for work. any business that is rude to me in the process will not be shopped at once i do find a job. if thats how they treat someone that wants to work for them and help them make more money then i question their general trustworthiness.


myLot reputation of 94/100. dfn12968 (5532)  4 years ago

That's a really good point, Palmerhusky. I had an experience like that when I was looking for a job a few years ago. I was applying to an employment agency to be a recruiter for them, and the person who interviewed me was quite rude. I went right across the street to another agency and got the job with them and proceeded to make my thoughts known about the other agency whenever my opinion was asked.

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6. myLot reputation of 93/100. Transdisc (18434)   4 years ago

I refuse to shop at Quizno's. I have never eaten there and I don't plan to eat there. Why? Because they had a weird commercial some years ago. This commercial consisted of these hairy things singing and I just can't bring myself to eat at a place that didn't have enough sense to not use something as unappetizing as that to advertise their wares.

I have been told that Arby's meat smells like dog food before it's prepared and so I don't eat there anymore.

As some others have mentioned, I also will not shop anywhere where I've experienced poor customer service.


myLot reputation of 94/100. dfn12968 (5532)  4 years ago

Oh, I remember those commercials. They were like little trolls or something. You are not the only one who felt that way, apparently.

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I had Arby's for lunch on Friday. sad



myLot reputation of 94/100. dfn12968 (5532)  4 years ago

You're very welcome. As it is thanks to you that I will probably never eat at Quiznos or Arby's again, I thought I should show my appreciation. wink


myLot reputation of 93/100. Transdisc (18434)  4 years ago

You are so kind to think of me like that, D. I hope that I can return the favor one day.


myLot reputation of 94/100. dfn12968 (5532)  4 years ago

Awww...you already have in so many ways. We can just call it even.happy


myLot reputation of 93/100. Transdisc (18434)  4 years ago

No, no, I insist on replaying you this kindness one day.


myLot reputation of 94/100. dfn12968 (5532)  4 years ago

Oh, I think you are managing quite well right now.

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I assure you, this is more than enough in the way of repaying kindness. happy


myLot reputation of 94/100. ljegbers (5726)  4 years ago

Trans I just have to know. I ate at a subway a few weeks back that the employees didn't wear those plastic gloves. Could you, would you? What if they went on break and everyone got their gloves mixed up and they weren't wearing their original pair?

LOL - a funny to you my dear on this one, but I get grossed out when they build your sandwich and don't wear gloves. I love subway because you SEE them building your sandwich instead of who knows what happens back in the kitchen at fast food places. Ya know?


myLot reputation of 94/100. dfn12968 (5532)  4 years ago

LJ, excellent point! That's one of the reasons I do like Subway, is because I don't have to question the prep methods and I love those gloves they wear.

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7. myLot reputation of 95/100. Apriljess (2131)   4 years ago

The only place I will not shop is our local Family Dollar store this is because I don't like the women they hired to work there. And they always seem to be boxes of merchandise piled up in the asiles so you can't get by. I will absolutely not shop there again.


myLot reputation of 94/100. dfn12968 (5532)  4 years ago

I have never had any luck at any Family Dollar, Apriljess. The Dollar Trees aren't too bad, but for the most part Family Dollar is much worse in all aspects.

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8. myLot reputation of 98/100. pyewacket (12221)   ranked 738 out of 5,519 in shopping   4 years ago

I think with me it would have to be any fast food restaurant, not that I've been to any in what seems like centuries. Number one I just don't like the taste of fast food hamburgers..taste like sawdust to me. Then when I started getting more "aware" and into animal activism and started reading up on how chickens and cows are kept for the "meat" market of most fast food chains I said to myself...okay, nope, I'm not going to patronize any establishment that treats animals that way, and in farm factory situations..the worst offender is KFC--if you've ever seen the videos involved about the treatment these animals get, crap, you turn vegetarian.


myLot reputation of 94/100. dfn12968 (5532)  4 years ago

I used to be one, pye, and I turned back in to a carnivore for many reasons, but I'm always on the brink of not eating meat it seems. I wish I could stay out of the FF places, as I know that you're right 100%. Cravings and laziness rule with me lately, though.

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9. jdrhodes (87)   4 years ago

The mall really creeps me out. All that crap no one needs for like 3x as much as anywhere else...I don't like it. I'll go like maybe once a year with my wife just to be nice but I don't like that place. My sister-in-law swears Wal-mart and Coca-Cola are made by the devil or something. We drink mountain dew so that's not too much of an issue. Bed, Bath, & Beyond pretty much makes me want to vomit too.


myLot reputation of 94/100. dfn12968 (5532)  4 years ago

Walmart is clearly made by the devil, but what is her issue with Coca Cola, jdrhodes?


jdrhodes (87)  4 years ago

I'm not sure really...I'm guessing they got some bad press for some business practice that she got wind of and now she's protesting. My guess is it's something overseas.

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10. myLot reputation of 94/100. Goodie123 (7548)   4 years ago

As I only live in a small town there are not too many places I can boycott.
There is only one shop here I will enter again.
That is one of the butcher shops.
The last couple of times I shopped there, I received meat that was off.
Others have had the same thing happen also.
So they have been crossed off my christmas shopping list.


myLot reputation of 94/100. dfn12968 (5532)  4 years ago

All the butcher has to do is sell good meat, and he can't do that right? He's in the wrong profession, I must say.

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