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imanamerican63 (7,518 posts)https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212794731I was just told to leave a truck stop here in Utah!The truck stop is selling a small statue of Trump flipping his middle finger! I said to the lady “that this offensive and should be pulled from their sales”. She laughed at me and responded by saying “if I didn’t like it, to bad” I just shook my head! Then there it was “leave and do not come back”! I didn’t respond, but I will do that, but I’m call their corporate office and tell them what happened and what I thought of the statue. It was not that it was a Trump statue, it was because of the intent of what Trump was doing with his finger.
Star Member 2naSalit (31,614 posts) 6. Well...any TS in Utah is likely to be that offensive. I've been retired for quite a while so I'm not up to date on anything new after the early 90s.I do recall getting threatened that I would be kicked off a greyhound bus in Utah if I said another thing about not being able to smoke while in Utah. Not that I wanted to smoke but it was the principle that Utah felt it could restrict your actions inside a transit passing through their sacred state.The driver was falling asleep at the wheel later on, I reported them because they were assholes, when I got to another state.
magicarpet (4,811 posts) 7. Well a truck stop is bound to be a saltier audience,..... if you are expecting upscale such as Bonwit Teller's or Neiman Marcus you might be disappointed.That was kinda rude to toss you out for voicing your opinion.
Star Member calimary (54,931 posts) 15. I still think it'd be worth lodging a complaint to the corporate owner.That owner probably cares a great deal about the prospect of losing your money. More than even pledging allegiance to the donald.
Star Member rzemanfl (23,440 posts) 31. I actually stopped at a station in Georgia that sold gas and was a Lion's Densex toy shop. I didn't know it until I went in to pay for my gas. I saved the receipt. That time, fortunately, I only needed fuel.Interestingly, there were two couples in there shopping. One woman was being told by a female clerk, "don't put this in the dishwasher." I didn't look to see what "this" was.
stopdiggin (1,433 posts) 9. kind doubt that was the extent of the exchangeand in general circumstances customers are not asked to leave premises over a simple difference of opinion. If the situation happened as you describe, the employee should be reported to management (and corporate) .. not so much for their politics as for thoroughly unprofessional behavior.
imanamerican63 (7,518 posts) 10. Well, it was.The very fact you don’t think my threadis your opinion. She was upset that I shook my head. I am smart enough not get into a pissing match with other people. Have great day.
stopdiggin (1,433 posts) 11. and in that caseas I said .. behavior way outside the norm, and way outside expected professional standards (for a TS or anyplace else that is serving the public). Such behavior should be reported.The part of this story that raised (my) eyebrows is that the employee actually asked you to "leave, and don't come back." (like you were really disrupting the business or service) Really don't have any trouble seeing that same person telling you, "If you don't like it, tough." Not terribly respectful .. but then, you're bringing uninvited criticism of store inventory to them, thus initiating disagreement .. and it hardly rises to the level of, "get out, and don't come back."Sorry you had such an unpleasant, and uncharacteristic, encounter.
CaptYossarian (1,095 posts) 16. What norm? With Concealed Carry, if someone claims to have been threatened,they can now get away with murder. Ask the family of Treyvon Martin.The OP was right to de-escalate and simply leave. I say that because I'm only armed with my fists, so any of these nutjobs can out gun me. It's a crazy world.
Captain Stern (1,466 posts) 36. That sounds like an odd encounter.At least part of it does.I can easily believe that a truck stop sells statues of trump flipping his middle finger. I can also easily believe that somebody might tell an employee (that probably has no control at all over what is sold) at the truck stop that the statue was offensive, and shouldn't be sold. I can even more easily believe that the employee would laugh at the person that was telling them that.The part that seems odd to me is where the employee takes it upon themself to tell the customer to 'leave, and not come back' just because the customer shook their head. It sounds like the employee might need a little bit more training.
Captain Stern (1,466 posts)36. That sounds like an odd encounter.At least part of it does.I can easily believe that a truck stop sells statues of trump flipping his middle finger. I can also easily believe that somebody might tell an employee (that probably has no control at all over what is sold) at the truck stop that the statue was offensive, and shouldn't be sold. I can even more easily believe that the employee would laugh at the person that was telling them that.The part that seems odd to me is where the employee takes it upon themself to tell the customer to 'leave, and not come back' just because the customer shook their head. It sounds like the employee might need a little bit more training.
stopdiggin (1,433 posts)9. kind doubt that was the extent of the exchangeand in general circumstances customers are not asked to leave premises over a simple difference of opinion. If the situation happened as you describe, the employee should be reported to management (and corporate) .. not so much for their politics as for thoroughly unprofessional behavior.
CaptYossarian (1,095 posts)16. What norm? With Concealed Carry, if someone claims to have been threatened,they can now get away with murder. Ask the family of Treyvon Martin Vince Foster, William Colby, Ron Brown, Charles Meissner, Barbara Alice Wise, Jeffrey Epstein, Ed Willey, Seth Rich....
Star Member 2naSalit (31,614 posts)6. Well...any TS in Utah is likely to be that offensive. I've been retired for quite a while so I'm not up to date on anything new after the early 90s.I do recall getting threatened that I would be kicked off a greyhound bus in Utah if I said another thing about not being able to smoke while in Utah. Not that I wanted to smoke but it was the principle that Utah felt it could restrict your actions inside a transit passing through their sacred state.The driver was falling asleep at the wheel later on, I reported them because they were assholes, when I got to another state.
