DUmmy is boycotting any store that dares to open on Thanksgiving

[98ZJUSMC]

A liquor store, too.

No.  A liquor store, especially.  

Today I'll combine a boycott and hunger strike against Mongolian barbecue

Would it be okay if I boycotted them tomorrow?  Kinda had a hankering for it tonight.  But, honest (D)Ummie....tomorrow?  DUAC!!  DUAC!!  DUAC!!

[jtyangel]

It seems that if the market demands it then let people go shopping when they want.  Get yo hands out of private business!

Gina's on the right track with this. Liberals and others show their total lack of understanding for consumerism and markets when they get started on these tangents. My own mother is guilty of these tangents herself. The people they really should be upset with is their fellow Americans who want to shop on Thanksgiving--were it not for the consumers, one can be reasonably certain that Kmart and Macy's would not open their doors and pay their employees premium pay to do so. Also, liberals should bemoan their own wailings that over there years have minimized traditional AMERICAN and CHRISTIAN holidays that have afforded people that time off and once was a tone respected and set in corporate halls as they recognized the tone of the consumers around them. Corporations are a reflection of the values they see and wish to emulate to draw in  money--right or wrong--so when we see corporations reflecting an oversexualized, consumeristic, disrespectful of family tone--we need only look to the tone of the American public that has helped shape that corporate tone so it can sell products. It is why I never understand their incessant need to tear own Chik-fil-a and Hobby Lobby--their commitment to traditional values affords even NON CHRISTIAN employees a guaranteed weekend day off every week of the year and certain holidays I'd bet too. They scream with gusto at Thanksgiving that this is what they want--family to be appreciated by corporations, yet when one does it because their tone at the head office is one of deference to traditional values they wail about the evil right wing values and boycott that corporation too. you can't win with liberals because of their total lack of consistency on any topic.  And btw that tone in most corporate halls that now devalues traditional values was without any doubt set by liberalism. So, this ultimately is another case of 'Own It' for the left. Perhaps more thought as to consequences of tearing down traditions and values would be prudent in the future, eh?


*** As an aside, this is something I take issue with at a corporate level. All the new ways to detect and prevent fraud without the obvious shooting in the corporate toes that goes on by cow towing to an overly hedonistic value system that only perpetuates the motivation for the fraud they seek to avoid. It's all one big cluster**** from the micro example of the idiot liberals to the scratching heads up in the corporate offices. 

[NHSparky]

Dear DUmmies--you know how many holidays, weekends, nights I've worked keeping your lights on?

Meh, **** it--freeze in the dark, ya tards.

[Big Dog]

Dear DUmmies--you know how many holidays, weekends, nights I've worked keeping your lights on?

Meh, **** it--freeze in the dark, ya tards.

The Dummies sleep warm in their beds, without a thought in their pointy little heads. They just can't comprehend.

I rang in the New Year one year working a trauma code on a 19 year old girl who was ejected from a rollover. I was in the ER on the Y2K with a kid who had swallowed a bottle of vodka and a bottle of pills; I got him to sing "Eve of Destruction" with me when midnight came. I have driven patrol past countless houses on Christmas Eves, covered with Christmas lights and their trees visible through the windows, and the citizens asleep inside. I've eaten Mermite turkey, chow hall ham, station house cooking, hospital food, and jail food for Thanksgiving dinner.

And I loved every bit of it.

[Chris_]

I've worked on plenty of holidays.  At my current job, I'm the only one in my department that has to work between December 22 and January 6.  Everyone else gets the time off due to plant shutdowns.

Grow up, DUmmies... it's life.

[GOBUCKS]

I'll bet the neckbeard weeper will have to work holidays at the Omaha cop shop.

Lots of puke to clean from cruisers on New Year's Eve.

[Purple Sage]

Primitives,

When the workplace is closed, money does not come in.  Bills still have to be paid for the month.  Payrolls still have to be met.  My family works ALL holidays and the majority of weekends to ensure all obligations are met for the month.  Every month.

KMA you spoiled, entitled crybabies.

[Chris_]

Primitives,

When the workplace is closed, money does not come in.  Bills still have to be paid for the month.  Payrolls still have to be met.  My family works ALL holidays and the majority of weekends to ensure all obligations are met for the month.  Every month.

KMA you spoiled, entitled crybabies.

I remember working at a restaurant that was open Thanksgiving day.  They didn't schedule us for more than four hours at a time, but the place was empty except for us.  We hung around the bar shooting the shit, occasionally checking our stations, and wandering around the place.

It was a huge waste of time, but then we were a Caribbean restaurant in the South and not Kroger or Wal-Mart.  I've been lucky and never worked in a grocery store.

[thundley4]

I don't get it. The DUmmies make fun of Chick-fil-A and Hobby Lobby for closing on Sundays even though they do it for the families that work there, yet complain about about K Mart staying open on a Holiday.

[Maxiest]

What trip's me out about this most, as many have mentioned on here, a shit ton of people work on the holidays.  So what retailers in the past have been closed???  Well the market has demanded that they open now, as long as people shop on the holidays those business's will be open.  Grow the **** up DUmmies.

[GOBUCKS]

It was funny how many DUmp democrats said they like Thanksgiving because it's not a religious holiday.

I guess they give thanks to Skimmer.

[Purple Sage]

Bet they don't turn down those Christmas presents though.

[DLR Pyro]

The first thing they tell you when you are hired on at Disneyland is "we work while others play" and that you need to get in that mindset if you want to be a cast member.

I typically work on Thanksgiving because my wife usually heads to Vegas to be with her parents.  We have a nice Thanksgiving lunch, then I take her to the airport on the way into work at the park so she can be with her folks in time for dinner.  My department is a close knit group and usually have a BBQ before our show.  The extra holiday pay is a nice plus as well.

So DUmmies, go ahead, boycott Disneyland because we are open on Thanksgiving (Christmas and kwanza too).  I'm sure the park will be a happier place without you projecting your bad attitude.

[BlueStateSaint]

The Dummies sleep warm in their beds, without a thought in their pointy little heads. They just can't comprehend.

I rang in the New Year one year working a trauma code on a 19 year old girl who was ejected from a rollover. I was in the ER on the Y2K with a kid who had swallowed a bottle of vodka and a bottle of pills; I got him to sing "Eve of Destruction" with me when midnight came. I have driven patrol past countless houses on Christmas Eves, covered with Christmas lights and their trees visible through the windows, and the citizens asleep inside. I've eaten Mermite turkey, chow hall ham, station house cooking, hospital food, and jail food for Thanksgiving dinner.

And I loved every bit of it.

One of my most fond Thanksgiving memories was that of 1987.  My cavalry squadron was at Graf for tank and Bradley gunnery.  Our mess crew put on a spread.  Well, that day the VII Corps commander flew out to Graf to tour 2d ACR's base camp, among other facilities.  He had told the RCO that he would be eating Thanksgiving dinner in one of the mess halls, with the troopers.  The RCO and RCSM stopped at our mess hall first.  The LTG looked around at the spread, asked a couple of questions, and said to the RCO, "I've made my decision--I don't need to go to the other mess halls.  We're eating here.  You make sure that these guys get rewarded for this."  The RCO turned to my SCO (who was wearing a cheshire-cat-class grin at he time) and said, "Impact ARCOMs for everybody."  The SCO turned to the SCSM and S-1, and before the SCO could say anything, the S-1 said, "Sir, I'll have the paperwork for you in an hour."  It got done.

The food was awesome, too.  I used to love going to gunneries for the food.

[Big Dog]

One of my most fond Thanksgiving memories was that of 1987.  My cavalry squadron was at Graf for tank and Bradley gunnery.  Our mess crew put on a spread.  Well, that day the VII Corps commander flew out to Graf to tour 2d ACR's base camp, among other facilities.  He had told the RCO that he would be eating Thanksgiving dinner in one of the mess halls, with the troopers.  The RCO and RCSM stopped at our mess hall first.  The LTG looked around at the spread, asked a couple of questions, and said to the RCO, "I've made my decision--I don't need to go to the other mess halls.  We're eating here.  You make sure that these guys get rewarded for this."  The RCO turned to my SCO (who was wearing a cheshire-cat-class grin at he time) and said, "Impact ARCOMs for everybody."  The SCO turned to the SCSM and S-1, and before the SCO could say anything, the S-1 said, "Sir, I'll have the paperwork for you in an hour."  It got done.

The food was awesome, too.  I used to love going to gunneries for the food.

Good times.

Christmas morning at Ft Riley, I was on the duty DUSTOFF crew. A church from Junction City brought breakfast (and pie!) to us at the hangar.

The whiny-ass Proglodytes are not wired to appreciate such things. That's one of the things makes them what they are, and what makes us who we are.

[AprilRazz]

I gotta agree with this though I would not boycott.. It furacked that co's are opening on Thanksgiving and Christmas..let families be together a couple days per year for celebration.

Total bullsh*t these stores are open those 2 days..

What I get paid on one double time shift on Thanksgiving I get all my holiday shopping done with plenty left over.
When I worked at the local grocery store people were damned near fighting each other to get those holiday shifts.

[NHSparky]

Working on a holiday, I get the regular-time holiday pay, or I can take the holiday at a later date.

For the first eight hours, tack on OT at time-and-a-half.  After that, it's coded at double-and-a-half time.

So no, it doesn't exactly break my heart to work a holiday.

[GOBUCKS]

One of my most fond Thanksgiving memories was that of 1987.  My cavalry squadron was at Graf for tank and Bradley gunnery.  Our mess crew put on a spread.  Well, that day the VII Corps commander flew out to Graf to tour 2d ACR's base camp, among other facilities.  He had told the RCO that he would be eating Thanksgiving dinner in one of the mess halls, with the troopers.  The RCO and RCSM stopped at our mess hall first.  The LTG looked around at the spread, asked a couple of questions, and said to the RCO, "I've made my decision--I don't need to go to the other mess halls.  We're eating here.  You make sure that these guys get rewarded for this."  The RCO turned to my SCO (who was wearing a cheshire-cat-class grin at he time) and said, "Impact ARCOMs for everybody."  The SCO turned to the SCSM and S-1, and before the SCO could say anything, the S-1 said, "Sir, I'll have the paperwork for you in an hour."  It got done.

The food was awesome, too.  I used to love going to gunneries for the food.

RCO ARCOM LS/MFT WTF. Maybe nadin could translate.

[Maxiest]

I was revisiting this thread because it's at the top of "Greatest Threads" on Skins Island.

Some good back of forth stuff on there.  To many to post but I love this:

Star Member trumad (36,241 posts)
25. LOL---Op kind of blew up on you.

kcr (4,681 posts)
28. No, it didn't

It's the internet . There are plenty of people with stupid opinions. But more than enough agree that there is no reason for retail to be open on Thanksgiving.

Star Member trumad (36,241 posts)
29. Well I guess every opinion given in this Op was teh stupid.

kcr (4,681 posts)
32. No, just the ones that compared the necessity of Macy's staying open

to fire fighters, utilities, etc. I'm sorry, but that's stupid.

Star Member trumad (36,241 posts)
35. or the necessity of people needing to work

For you overtime. The Op got his ass kicked.

kcr (4,681 posts)
38. So, people needing money is a good excuse to exploit them?

So, the solution to an eroded middle class with low wages isn't to fight for a livable wage? It's to take away what little benefits they have left? It's okay, they need the money? So let the corporations walk all over them, whatever?

The unions, so badly needed more than ever.

Star Member trumad (36,241 posts)
40. Oh **** that exploiting shit.

Jesus ****ing Christ this place.

A-****ING-MEN

Star Member HappyMe (15,631 posts)
41. Had I felt exploited or mistreated in any way,

at any of my jobs I would quit.

If I am getting paid, I am not being exploited. If I sign up to work on a holiday, I am not being exploited.

Good little capitalist. 

[Purple Sage]

Moles are there actually a few DUmmies with a modicum of sense?

[Dori]

Moles are there actually a few DUmmies with a modicum of sense?

I'm not a mole, but occasionally you'll read posts where they sound  normal.  But don't let that fool you.  

 

[Delmar]

Response to scheming daemons (Original post)Tue Nov 5, 2013, 11:26 AM
Star Member trumad (36,244 posts)
15. I'll be gifting Turkeys and corn to my local Indian tribe.

     

[Celtic Rose]

I'm working Thanksgiving this year.  Abandoning patients at the hospital just because it is a holiday is generally considered poor form.  I am annoyed about holiday work because I was informed yesterday that due to staffing issues I should expect to work Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. I am also working the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving.  I was counting on traveling home to visit family for Christmas to make up for it, and I was willing to work New Years Eve and New Year's Day in exchange.  If I end up having to work Christmas, then I'm going to push for New Year's Eve off as well.  I'm frustrated that the lack of coordination and planning on the part of management is basically going to mean that I don't get to fully enjoy any of the holidays this year.   

[obumazombie]

We are hospital based medevac. That means 24/7/365, just like the hospital medical caregivers. Rain or shine, sleet or snow. The only organization that is even more strict is the military. In time of war you can be executed for abandoning your post. As a caregiver you only risk your job, your license, and a lawsuit.

[Purple Sage]

I'm not a mole, but occasionally you'll read posts where they sound  normal.  But don't let that fool you.  

 

ROFL.  Did i ever mistype that!  I have chronic migraines that cause my vision to blur at times.  Earlier tonight I could barely see making it hard for me to proofread.  I've already made quite a few edits to other posts I botched.

It was supposed to say:  Mole?  OR are there actually…

Sorry about that!