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I live in a rural VA county with only a few cafes or restaurants. Except for one excellent mainly seafood place (that's open only three nights a week and you can't get out of there for under $80), all are mom-and-pop greasy spoons.
A guy who owns a restaurant in Richmond recently re-opened a place that closed five years ago. Initial reports were that the food and service were okay, which is not bad for our rural area.
HOWEVER -- several local Democrats reported the three TV sets in the place are on Fox 14/7 and the owner refuses to change them. Six weeks ago, a couple of our Democratic Party ladies (both in their late 70's) visited, ordered, and sweetly asked if the owner would change the channel, or, turn it down. He raised almighty hell with them, went off on them about "you damn liberals," told them it's his TV and he'll do was he damn well pleases.
We Democrats decided to boycott him.
He closed yesterday.
I hate to put someone out of business, but, goddam it, it's time these assholes learned a few lessons.
Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,189 posts)While their pizza is good, it sucks to hear the evening FOX screwballs shout over the tables.
We haven't been there in two years.
cstanleytech
(26,290 posts)you and others refuse to come in and then politely suggest he consider alternatives even if its just sports.
TheBlackAdder
(28,189 posts)cstanleytech
(26,290 posts)put some time into it where as a complaint during business hours can be shrugged off especially if he is distracted at the time with something else he is dealing with and is not paying as much attention as he should.
Mariana
(14,856 posts)Let his business continue to suffer. As the poster says, there are plenty of other places to visit, where the proprietors probably don't swear at the customers.
cstanleytech
(26,290 posts)Mariana
(14,856 posts)I suspect the poster did not swear at the proprietor.
magicarpet
(14,145 posts)Last edited Fri Mar 16, 2018, 05:34 PM - Edit history (1)
..... some times slaps your right in the face.
Good going Demo Gals.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)JawJaw
(722 posts)Cha
(297,196 posts)you were going to say that he stopped playing fux sux! But, Noooo.. he had to close his restaurant instead.
He's way deep into it.
Good on you Dems, Sam
brush
(53,776 posts)businessman who ran off customers.
But he damned sure showed those ladies.
Cha
(297,196 posts)literally wanted to close his restaurant.. just the actions he chose left the Dems no choice.
unreal! "Let's see.. my business or fox propaganda blaring in at customers. I chose fox!"
brush
(53,776 posts)Cha
(297,196 posts)of brainwashing from fux and their ilk have seen to that.
smh
Glamrock
(11,799 posts)he can watch whatever he damn well pleases at home.
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)He earned this closing of his restaurant. He can blame and thank his own damn self.
barbtries
(28,789 posts)it'll always be those damn libruls' fault.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)Good for Virginia Democrats!
jayschool2013
(2,312 posts)and asked if any of his menu items could be prepared as vegan entrees. That really sets off people.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,173 posts)Aristus
(66,328 posts)Now he can stay home, watch Fox all day, and complain about liberals are ruining everything. I'll bet his food was shitty, too.
BigmanPigman
(51,590 posts)I bet more places would realize that people do NOT want to watch propaganda BS is more people spoke up. I usually see CNN on the TV's around me but if I saw Fux Ruse I would say something and be ready to walk out, especially if it was an establishment where food is served (I would puke if I had to watch that shit while eating) or had to stay and be subjected to that torture for any length of time (like over 45 seconds).
Vinca
(50,269 posts)Beartracks
(12,809 posts)OMGWTF
(3,955 posts)KOCH BROTHERS PRODUCTS TO BOYCOTT:
American Greetings Cards
Angel Soft toilet paper
Brawny paper towels
Dixie plates, bowls, napkins and cups
Mardi Gras napkins and towels
Quilted Northern toilet paper
Soft n Gentle toilet paper
Sparkle napkins
Vanity fair napkins
Zee napkins
Georgia-Pacific paper products and envelopes
Lycra
Stainmaster Carpet
More_Cowbell
(2,191 posts)I try to remember all of the brands, but some days it's just easier to look for GP on the back of products.
There's also at least one app to help (Buycott), but I haven't used it.
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)I realize they're getting flak lately for using the trump tax laws to their advantage....no reason to boycott them tho, imo.
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)3catwoman3
(23,975 posts)...is Lycra. It is DuPont's brand name version of Spandex, according to online info. Spandex is in almost everything these days. It would be tough to buy a bra, hosiery, bathing suits, or work out clothes without Spandex.
certainot
(9,090 posts)it won't take many hours before advertisers and ad agencies realize their biz names and contact info is right their in text next to the calls for firing robert mueller, global arming denial, attacks on colin kaepernick, etc.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Hit them in the wallet! That's the only thing they understand.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)The tRumpburger is just two scoops of lard between buns that are dyed orange.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Unless he intends for his cafe to be mind altering propaganda, which is entirely possible.
volstork
(5,400 posts)They ALL need to be put out of business.
geretogo
(1,281 posts)these termites exist . Boycott them to extinction .
Corvo Bianco
(1,148 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)I'm not one for over-punishing a small business so that they end up out of business, but everyone is entitled to vote with their wallets and feet. The vote went against him, mostly because he was a nasty-tempered troglodyte.
Who needs to be served by THAT, when so many better options are generally available. Don't feel bad about it at all!
Liberal In Texas
(13,548 posts)erronis
(15,241 posts)That area is might f'd up as far as some very backwoods types that glory in being 'ginst everything.
3Hotdogs
(12,374 posts)might not have money to give to the next Repub campaign or TeeVee preacher.
MaryMagdaline
(6,854 posts)Actually I wish they would ban all news in restaurants and doctors offices.
Beartracks
(12,809 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)I'm betting his personality had put people off for awhile.
Don't beat yourself over it. Boycotts are a tool of the market, and he put himself out there.
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)I ask them to change it to something that's not news.
I've taken to changing it to ESPN. Most people don't complain about that.
DFW
(54,370 posts)My part of Virginia used to be like that when I was a kid.
No longer. If you try having a place with Fox Noise on now, you'd by out of business by the next weekend. We went from being "way the hell out there in Falls Church" to being "the thickly settled Washington suburb of Falls Church."
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DFW
(54,370 posts)Probably initially too small to bother and then too big to digest.
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DFW
(54,370 posts)When I was little, across from Bailey's Crossroads, there was a small airport with single engine planes and no paved landing strip. It was where civilization as we knew it ended. Now look at the place! Apartment complexes and shopping malls. When I was growing up there was no such thing as a shopping mall. Tyson's Corner was the first, and it was a revolutionary concept at the time.
calimary
(81,238 posts)I asked them if they could please change the channel on the big flat screen TV at the front of the restaurant that was tuned to Pox Noise. The waitress told me the owner decreed that it never be touched - and left on Pox Noise at all times.
We don't go back there anymore. Unfortunately, more than just us are needed.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)And mention that a group is go funding a lawyer to complain that a private contractor is using a public facility to propagate hate speech and racist propoganda.
lindysalsagal
(20,680 posts)He can open a waffle house.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)I know im not the sharpest tool in the shed maybe why I can't understand a biz model that pisses off half your customers from the get-go! ............
Upthevibe
(8,042 posts)of that guy.....
NNadir
(33,516 posts)It's why he's my ex-physician.
cagefreesoylentgreen
(838 posts)The nurse at reception changed it when I complained but when she started whining that Fox News was too liberal for her, I decided I would be better off with another doctor.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)tv to anything but general interest stuff, at also has magazines of all types, but never ones like soldier of fortune or stuff like that. The staff is diverse, some christians, some Muslims, some apparently not religious. Busy office with diverse clients.
Dem2
(8,168 posts)I boycott any business that promoted Trump and those that show Fox "news". I am vocal about it to those who I know might be sympathetic. Glad to see that those with hate in their hearts for liberals may also not receive profits from them.
D_Master81
(1,822 posts)and not just b/c of his political beliefs. I personally never will talk or question a customer's religion or politics. Once in awhile when I'm at someone's place working they will end up talking politics and whatever they believe I will act like I agree w/ them if I need to. Once had a guy telling me how he could see Trump going down as 1 of if not the best President ever. It took everything within me to bite my tongue, but it's always been my rule, you dont argue with customers b/c I'd rather continue to take their money then try to debate them, especially since they're not going to listen.
And side note, I always find it funny how these hardcore conservatives feel its their duty to take on the world and they have a pompous attitude about "you liberals" when its not like they want to see an opposing view themselves. Just run your restaurant and make money, its not your job to convince people to become conservative.
Upthevibe
(8,042 posts)It professional and appropriate. I like your attitude....
Takket
(21,563 posts)Mopar151
(9,983 posts)For 15 or 20 minutes!!!!!!! He could program local news and weather, maybe some Weather Channel, during his high turnover times, run some travel and (actual) history at slower times, when you want folks to linger a bit. But we're supposed to respect his "right" to barrage us with propaganda. I think not.
farmbo
(3,121 posts)I hate that it closed for the sake of the wait staff, but the Ahole owner knew he was alienating half of his customer base with two TVs blasting Fox constantly, but his blind hatred of anything liberal became his undoing.
And our community is better off without him.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)If he wasn't bright enough to know that when ever you go retail you have to leave your personal opinions behind then there are 25 other things (like, for say, portion control) which cause 80% of new restaurants to close within a year.
He was probably already angry at the neighborhood before the ladies showed up
nini
(16,672 posts)Some guy built it and it took a couple years to finish. It was a 50's type diner and out in the parking lot with a drive up where cars could drive up with car hops like way back. That area was used for car club meetings etc.. Good food and nice staff etc..
After a while a pic of the owner with John McCain showed up on the wall behind the register. The French Fries were renamed to Freedom Fries, the waitresses uniforms changed to dresses so short they couldn't safely lean over a table. Subtle anti-union crap started.
Now I live in Maxine Waters district, heavy union and Democrat majority with lots of longshoremen who like to eat. The business dropped way off and he went out of business.
Anyone who insists on shoving their politics down their customer's throats is stupid beyond words....on many levels.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)Congrats!
NBachers
(17,108 posts)with the manager when we checked out. The staff looked worried, so I said, "No, it's a compliment, not a complaint." I told them we were specifically shopping at Dick's because we appreciated their new policy on guns, and their open hiring guidelines. My words were well received.
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)I had never fully appreciated how complicit Fox News is on what is going in the US today until this year. I had also never fully appreciated how this horrible propaganda network has worked its way into mainstream America things like going to the doctor or to the mechanic.
Thank you for sharing. We will try our best to boycott or get the Fox News channel changed wherever we go. Will let friends and family know too!
phylny
(8,380 posts)marble falls
(57,080 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)the right wing and not to others. I help them by saying nothing about business consequences, and I leave their store immediately because I want them to fail. They are too stupid to have a business that requires interaction with the general public.
TwistOneUp
(1,020 posts)And they had a huge TV set to a channel showing some televangelist doing their usual LGBT hating shtick. In San Francisco.
I haven't gone back. I hope they close. I'll spend my money elsewhere. And I'm certain I'm not alone in my feelings.
Hulk
(6,699 posts)...can go to hell. They are unworthy of respect and any pity for their own brazen stupidity.
In the future I will inquire if any news station tv is played in the hotel breakfast room, and if the answer is that disgusting, sleazy network...Id sleep in my car before I patronize them and humiliate myself again.
There is NO excuse for such an insult to the public. Be a dumb, ignorant fuck if you want, but dont crap on my brain.
DawgHouse
(4,019 posts)He cut off his nose to spite his face. Clueless!