Politics and Mystery Shopping

@SteveSoCal wrote:

I think the question the OP asks is not necessarily political, but just about if a shopper may have reservations about shopping a business who's values do not match their own. That can work from either side, so it's more a question of shopper values rather than a political statement. I say that makes it fair game for discussion here.

Had the original post been "without getting into one side or the other, how much do you ensure the companies you shop or shop for have values that match your own?" then I absolutely positively would agree with you. It did not.

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At the moment only demons come to mind

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/07/2015 11:02PM by bgriffin.

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@LisaSTL wrote:

Even apolitical atheists can have ethics.

Let's really have fun with this one!

Actually atheists commit fewer crimes per capita that religious people.

There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind

@Flash wrote:

Nor was this thread a personal attack on any person or place and no chickens were harmed in this production--organically raised or otherwise.

YOU have already attacked religion in this thread so you are absolutely incorrect.

There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind

Just give me shops. I don't give a damn about politics!

If you want politics, go to a political forum.

Thomas Jefferson once said "I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend." I apply that to all facets of my life. I don't base what companies I shop at or who my friends are based on their opinion of such things. I base what companies I shop at on if they treat me well as a customer and provide me with a quality product at a fair price. I base my friends on if I enjoy their company. I also tend to not talk about religion or politics with my friends.

An example, Chick-Fil-A is my absolutely favorite fast food company. The owner's family stance against gay people is very different from my own. That doesn't really affect the fact that they provide excellent service and have a great tasting product. Those two facts are not relevant to each other.

There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind

@bgriffin wrote:

Thomas Jefferson once said "I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend." I apply that to all facets of my life. I don't base what companies I shop at or who my friends are based on their opinion of such things. I base what companies I shop at on if they treat me well as a customer and provide me with a quality product at a fair price. I base my friends on if I enjoy their company. I also tend to not talk about religion or politics with my friends.

An example, Chick-Fil-A is my absolutely favorite fast food company. The owner's family stance against gay people is very different from my own. That doesn't really affect the fact that they provide excellent service and have a great tasting product. Those two facts are not relevant to each other.

That's fine, but I can't stand Conservatives!

Just kidding!..I love "almost" everyone.

Whatever your political affiliation... it does not matter to me...seriously.

This thread is quickly demonstrating why it's best not to talk politics or religion. I used to be a co-owner of a religious debate community so I know of what I speak. For people who aren't used to that kind of environment it can be a shock to the system.

I don't care about the politics of any companies that I shop. Seriously. I don't have time to police the MSC world worrying about it. I think we get farther being tolerant and loving then protesting. Many of my family are the polar opposites of my political and religious views. They have taught me not to judge by that particular yardstick.

But that's just me.

Wow. I don't understand at all what's going on in this thread. People are reading things into other people's posts that don't seem to be there. That is, unless one colors them with his or her own perspective rather than just taking "words on paper" at face value. That's a problem with online communication--it's way too easy to put one's own connotation on something when we can't see other people's faces or hear the inflection of their voices.

Well, I'm sure not going to make any further comments on this thread, although I'd hoped to make a couple of objective observations in support of the above point. God knows what I'd be accused of. (And, please, my invoking God's name is not to be taken as a religious statement....)

I learn something new every day, but not everyday!
I've learned to never trust spell-check or my phone's auto-fill feature.

@LIJake wrote:

When I shop a client I am there to do a job and earn money. I could care less if they are conservative or liberal.

Right on. I am open-minded and embrace tolerance and diversity of opinions. So, live and let live if I'm not being infringed upon.

@Flash wrote:

I find it fascinating that folks would find a pretty darn generic comment about whether they take into account the political or religious position of companies in deciding where to shop to be a political or religious argument/discussion.

There is another thread floating around about how some people are very slow for the month of October. Those people need a bit more excitement in their lives and/or they have too much time on their hands so a political argument ensues.

@Flash wrote:

Is it also going to be inappropriate to say, "I was blessed this week in having all my shops go off without a hitch." or must I say, "I was lucky this week in having all my shops go off without a hitch."?

It is totally appropriate to say, "i had a f'ing awesome week in having all my shops go off without a biotch."

@bgriffin wrote:

I'm so glad that you both care. Or did you fail grammar and really mean you couldn't care less?

We are not supposed to use contractions. There is a whole thread about it.

And what crawled up your ass? You have been a total grumpy cat lately!

@BirdyC wrote:

God knows what I'd be accused of. (And, please, my invoking God's name is not to be taken as a religious statement....)

I was going to suggest that we say DOG instead of GOD but with this group, the cat people would get in an uproar.

@Sybil2 wrote:

@BirdyC wrote:

God knows what I'd be accused of. (And, please, my invoking God's name is not to be taken as a religious statement....)
I was going to suggest that we say DOG instead of GOD but with this group, the cat people would get in an uproar.

I'm also a minister in real life, I have brought up cats, dogs and assorted other animals in the course of my sermons. Naturally, I also cannot leave out goats.

Her Serene Majesty, Cettie - Goat Queen of Zoltar, Sublime Empress of Her Caprine Domain

@Sybil2 wrote:

And what crawled up your ass? You have been a total grumpy cat lately!

Actually I've been in a spectacular mood all week.
My cats, however, have probably not been since I've been gone since Sunday.

There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind

I beg to differ about bgriffin being grumpy. Just because he disagrees does not mean he is grumpy. It would make as much sense to say everyone who disagrees with him is grumpy. Wouldn't it? I disagree with a lot that goes on here but I am entirely happy anyway. Yuk Yuk Yuk.

Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.

I am totally with Birdy and think a lot more is being read into the comments than what was meant. Will I succeed in pissing off the vast majority if I say organized religion is a waste of time and a bane on our society? God I hope so

Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
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@MDavisnowell wrote:

I shop stations regularly that sell drug paraphernalia and I would never support them with my own money. I consider it admirable to take theirs.

Yes and I used to eat the salad bar lunch at a restaurant whose owner publicly supported a position on abortion that I did not personally hold. I thought about not eating there anymore but decided that since I ate so many portions of the salad for the low price being charged I was actually doing harm to the financial bottom line by eating there. It is easy to rationalize what we want to do.

Yes, I agree we can rationalize anything. I hate those stations with the drug paraphernalia but when they're in a fifty bundle I don't hate them enough.

Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.

MDavisnowell, my bgriffin grumpy cat reference was due to a recent accumulation of his posts. But it is unlike him to be a member of the Grammar Police. We have now tied in religion with animals. There is another thread floating around about sex toys. We are such a versatile group!

@LisaSTL wrote:

I am totally with Birdy and think a lot more is being read into the comments than what was meant. Will I succeed in pissing off the vast majority if I say organized religion is a waste of time and a bane on our society? God I hope so

Dog I hope so!

@MDavisnowell wrote:

Yes, I agree we can rationalize anything. I hate those stations with the drug paraphernalia but when they're in a fifty bundle I don't hate them enough.

I get high off of the packages of incense being sold at some of these stations. Some of the glass pipes are quite colorful and artistic though.

@MDavisnowell wrote:

I hate those stations with the drug paraphernalia but when they're in a fifty bundle I don't hate them enough.

Actual quote for a shop this week:

There was a hand written sign stating "tobacco use only" on the pot smoking devices.

There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind

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@Flash wrote:

Lets not. He might drop his toupee in LisaSTL's wine and we would never hear the end of it.

Why must people insist that his comb over from hell is a toupee. This is how it's done:

Yes, I took a picture of a sign just like that posted on a glass showcase with a lovely array of products some of which I couldn't even identify. To top off their display, they had a few packages of Bugler in the case. Oh, sure. Gimmie three of those pipes and a bong and a bag of Bugler and I'll be set. Ring me up, Scotty.

Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.

@bgriffin wrote:

Actual quote for a shop this week:
There was a hand written sign stating tobacco use only on the pot smoking devices.

Sounds like someone was stoned when they wrote that sign.

@bgriffin wrote:

...

Actual quote for a shop this week:

There was a hand written sign stating tobacco use only on the pot smoking devices.

Wait, do you mean, There was a hand written sign stating "tobacco use only" on the pot smoking devices ?

or, There was a hand written sign stating "tobacco use only on the pot smoking devices" ?

Shopper in California's Bay Area

My sign said "for tobacco only".

Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.

I apologize, I did not realize that people wouldn't understand the post without the quotes. They have been added.

There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind

Why must people insist that his comb over from hell is a toupee. This is how it's done:

etc, etc
Can I give these photos fourteen likes? Love all the arrows. I am going to try it out myself tomorrow morning.

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I'm so glad that you both care. Or did you fail grammar and really mean you couldn't care less?[/quote]

Both are grammatically correct. "couldn't care less" is a bit sarcastic and indicates that you don't care at all. "Could care less" indicates that you care a little, but not very much.

And I couldn't care less about your attempt at a grammar lesson, bgriffin.

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