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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Freeper on November 02, 2011, 05:37:03 PM
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ChandlerJr (524 posts) Wed Nov-02-11 06:01 PM
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For lurking Freeps and cave dwellers who think Men's Wearhouse
will be intimidated buy your puny efforts...
Occupy Oakland has called for a city-wide strike and rally on Wednesday to protest income inequality, and several businesses, including Men's Wearhouse and the Grand Lake movie theater, have closed their doors in support. Oakland Tribune reporter Matt O'Brien tweeted the above photo of the shuttered men's clothing store.
The store's decision will likely meet with approval from the corporate HQ: George Zimmer, founder and chairman of Men's Wearhouse, has repeatedly donated to Democratic candidates in multiple election cycles, including progressives like 2004 presidential candidate Howard Dean and Rep. Barbara Lee (Calif.).
Zimmer is also among the nation's biggest donors supporting the movement to legalize marijuana. Last year, he donated $70,000 to support the Prop. 19 ballot measure to legalize pot in California, according to California campaign-finance records, and his name appeared in the disclaimer on this pro-legalization TV ad.
Zimmer don't give a crap about you.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2231395
What puny efforts of ours did we think they would be intimidated buy[sic]?
I have no idea what this primitive is saying.
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ChandlerJr (524 posts) Wed Nov-02-11 06:01 PM
Zimmer is also among the nation's biggest donors supporting the movement to legalize marijuana.
And THERE is the connection. DRUGS. Thats why a 1%er supports Occupiers.
I know where I won't shop...
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This is what caught my eye when I saw this campfire over on Skins's island:
hifiguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Wed Nov-02-11 06:04 PM
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1. Clearly George Zimmer is one of the good guys.
I will keep that in mind the next time I need a suit or some dress shirts.
Motown_Johnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Wed Nov-02-11 06:15 PM
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3. or a competent businessman
close for the day
don't pay any employees for the day
keep the lights off
gain free advertisement by coming out early in support of this
make more profits in the long run
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Businesses have a responsibility to keep their employees safe. This is nothing more than that.
It's like saying if a Men's Wearhouse store were on fire and the management called the employees and told them not to come in because the store is on fire, that the management were doing it in support of the fire.
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Businesses have a responsibility to keep their employees safe. This is nothing more than that.
It's like saying if a Men's Wearhouse store were on fire and the management called the employees and told them not to come in because the store is on fire, that the management were doing it in support of the fire.
They put a sign up saying they support the OWS'ers. When a riot is scheduled, the smart thing to do is close down and hang a sign saying you support whatever it is the rioters want.
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It might be a show of support if they had shut down their stores everywhere. A quick nadin and I don't find any evidence of that.
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It might be a show of support if they had shut down their stores everywhere. A quick nadin and I don't find any evidence of that.
Of course not; it's just a practical business decision regarding this one store.
"Well, we're not going to have any business that day anyway because of the disorder outside, so we might as well close down.....and not have to pay anybody for working."
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Boy they're grasping huh? Americans don't give a crap about the Occupy Movement no matter how much the left wishes they would.
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This is what caught my eye when I saw this campfire over on Skins's island:
Someone needs to tell Motown_DUmmy that his idea only works if the OWSies would actually buy suits.
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Someone needs to tell Motown_DUmmy that his idea only works if the OWSies would actually buy suits.
You mean the high-fidelity primitive, sir, right?
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You mean the high-fidelity primitive, sir, right?
The way I read Motown_Johnny's post regarding "free advertising" is that he believes that OWSies will shop at Men's Warehouse as a result of their shutting down that store. It won't work.
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Someone needs to tell Motown_DUmmy that his idea only works if the OWSies would actually buy suits.
At least half of them do - the 1% OWSies who are slummin' it with the "common man".
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The only time DUmmies wear suits are funerals and court arraignments.
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Men's Wearhouse...the Payless Shoesource of business attire. :rofl:
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I'll bet Men's Wearhouse really appreciates being linked with these dirty hippie scumbags.
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Who gives a crap. They are only one business.
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It beats shopping at Wal Mart, but the really rich bastards shop at Jos. A. Banks. :stoner:
(Seriously, Wal Mart shirts suck. They're never long enough.)
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It beats shopping at Wal Mart, but the really rich bastards shop at Jos. A. Banks.
I resemble that remark.
Don't judge Jos. A. Bank by the price tag.
They're always running some kind of "buy one-get one" promotion, and they have some really good stuff.
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And THERE is the connection. DRUGS. Thats why a 1%er supports Occupiers.
I know where I won't shop...
I don't shop there anyway. The last time I was in a Men's Wearhouse, a typical shirt was about 60 bucks. I think I'll stick with my perfectly acceptable Stafford button downs.
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I remember there was Jos. A. Banks store nearby NCSU when I was there. I wish there was one in my neighborhood here... I'd rather do my shopping there.
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Don't both of those places advertise on Fox News?
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^ I believe so. :angryvillagers:
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Someone needs to tell Motown_DUmmy that his idea only works if the OWSies would actually buy suits.
That idea would work even better if the OWSholes actually buy SOAP, and actually knew how to USE it.
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I Wonder what the average staff wage is in a store like that.
I also wonder if the afore mentioned CEO has any idea of what he's supporting.
Most likely it's just a PR stunt and he's well aware that the OWSers are just a powerless, pointless, rudderless bunch of deluded, drug crazed commies who will never achieve anything beyond filth distribution and criminal record accumulation.
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Intimidated by our (cave dwellers') puny efforts? I don't know what he's saying, either. I didn't give Men's Wearhouse a single thought. :???:
At any rate, the filthy rich OWSies who live in the million dollar homes wouldn't be caught dead in a Men's Wearhouse; and the not rich ones will never go in one either.
As for dress shirts, I think LL Bean has the best.
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They put a sign up saying they support the OWS'ers. When a riot is scheduled, the smart thing to do is close down and hang a sign saying you support whatever it is the rioters want.
Just a reason to lock the doors and have any rioters that enter arrested for at least trespassing.
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Motown_Johnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Wed Nov-02-11 06:15 PM
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blahblahblah
make more profits in the long run
Uh, yeah, not so much--ever seen a tie-dyed suit? Don't see many people who would normally patronize a MW hanging out at Zuccotti Park.
Now, guys like me, who might need and wear suit someday, yeah--don't think I didn't see that and don't think it isn't going to influence my future purchases in attire.
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Men's Wearhouse...the Payless Shoesource of business attire. :rofl:
Yep. And even as cheap as some of their prices are, ALL of it is overpriced for the low-quality, out-of-fashion stuff they peddle.
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Did you see the commercial with the bride and groom? That "tux" looked AWFUL. I'm surprised the bride didn't laugh in his face and run off with the best man.
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They're just trying to placate any potential looters. Fairly smart business move.
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They're just trying to placate any potential looters. Fairly smart business move.
My thought exactly, and you, sir, are probably even more familiar with the phenomenon than I am.
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Actually, wouldn't surprise me if Zimmer actually approved of this move himself--he's a pretty liberal moonbat himself.
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Actually, wouldn't surprise me if Zimmer actually approved of this move himself--he's a pretty liberal moonbat himself.
But notice, please, he isn't "sympathetic" enough to close all the other stores in the chain; only that single one on the front line of violence.
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hifiguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Wed Nov-02-11 06:04 PM
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1. Clearly George Zimmer is one of the good guys.
I will keep that in mind the next time I need a suit or some dress shirts.
One must have a need for such clothing, like one with a JOB! Damn lazy nogood!
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And THERE is the connection. DRUGS. Thats why a 1%er supports Occupiers.
I know where I won't shop...
Same here.
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They're just trying to placate any potential looters. Fairly smart business move.
It's like the L.A. riots, when businesses put "Black Owned" signs in their windows.
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But notice, please, he isn't "sympathetic" enough to close all the other stores in the chain; only that single one on the front line of violence.
And therein lies the downfall of the Occupy Movement. They don't realize who their real enemies are.
So many empty platitudes, so many masked statement of so-called support, so many ready to pounce and claim credit.
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It's like the L.A. riots, when businesses put "Black Owned" signs in their windows.
I prefer the way the Korean business owners dealt with the nonsense. Buckshot.
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It's like the L.A. riots, when businesses put "Black Owned" signs in their windows.
The only thing that worked better than that was armed Korean store keepers. The black mob stayed far away from those guys.
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They put a sign up saying they support the OWS'ers. When a riot is scheduled, the smart thing to do is close down and hang a sign saying you support whatever it is the rioters want.
During the 67 race riots in Detroit, many black owned businesses painted "Soul Brother" somewhere on the front of the building so the rioting blacks wouldn't loot their place.
This is no different.
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But notice, please, he isn't "sympathetic" enough to close all the other stores in the chain; only that single one on the front line of violence.
Looks like it didn't help much.
(http://weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/OWS-Mens-Warehouse.jpg)
Broken glass is shown at a Men’s Warehouse building in downtown Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011 after a Occupy Wall Street protest earlier. Cleanup work is under way at Oakland’s city hall plaza the morning after a massive anti-Wall Street protest turned violent and chaotic. Graffiti is covering a number of businesses in the immediate area around Frank Ogawa Plaza, where thousands had gathered for a mostly peaceful protest Wednesday. Some windows also are broken, and debris is littering the street. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
link (http://weaselzippers.us/2011/11/03/oakland-mens-warehouse-says-it-stands-with-the-99-and-closes-store-in-solidarity-with-strike-occupiers-respond-by-smashing-their-window/)
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mostly peaceful protest
Now with 50% more violence!