New York City
Planet Hollywood. Went there for the first time this past weekend and the food and service was horrible. McDonald’s is better than that dreck. I can’t beleive that they get any repeat business. And the prices, jeez, I could have gone to my local steakhouse and gotten a good stake for what I paid for a burger and fries.
After reading Fast Food Nation, none of the places mentioned in the book.
Lynn, I do agree with you that using religion as a selling point is really irritating…but OTOH, I used to work at a bar that closed on Sundays, and I loved the fact that I was guaranteed one day off a week, regardless of what happened.
I admire businesses that give their employees a guaranteed day off; whether it’s Saturday or Sunday wouldn’t really matter to me, but I think it’s a lovely idea to give people a guaranteed weekend day off with their kids/family, etc. and I wish more places did it.
It’s not as though they require you to go to church or anything; you can sit in your backyard and drink beer with your coworkers or friends or whoever the hell you like.
Sure, it’s cloying that they say “family and worship,” but since they really do close that day, and probably lose a significant amount of money to Michaels for it, I have no problem with it. Ditto for several restaurants that close on Sundays also.
And if you’d ever worked a shift for the after-church crowd on Sundays, you’d know why. 
What story is that? If it has to do with the Gay Weddings special on Bravo, that could have been a simple misunderstanding. I tried a Google search for applebee’s gay discrimination and the only thing it found was several mentions of a settlement invovling one incident of race discrimination.
A serch for applebee’s gay discriminate did find this questionable list.
Why, oh why do such evil people make such delicious chicken sandwiches? Oh…with extra pickles.
This will be a true test for me 
Oh, gosh, I boycott practically everything. I’m a boycottin’ fool!
Seriously, a lot of places mentioned in this thread I don’t shop at and not necessarily because of politics, but just cause I don’t like their stuff. Which isn’t really a big deal.
I DO boycott Wal-Mart and Starbucks, though. I admit that I broke down and had a cocoa at the Starbucks in the Atlanta airport in June. I reallyreallyreallyreallyreally wanted a cocoa and it was the only place open in the airport at 8.30 am.
I also boycott fast food restaurants and horrible horrible places like Niketown. Which works because I also boycott Nike.
I’m not nearly as bad as my dad. His disputes with the video stores in my hometown are the subject of many jokes in my family. He boycotts every one of them, except for Hollywood. Once, they charged him a late fee for something he considered unfair, and he paid it, simply because there were no other stores he could rent from. Of course, now he has Netflix, and my mom worries about what might happen should he have a conflict with them too.
A hockey game. Not then, not now.
Fair enough. But it’s possible those really are officially licensed. No, scratch that - it’s probable. It’s also possible that they were intended for sale at the show or the website and for whatever reason were sold to the store. It’s additionally possible that the store bought a lot of them through the website or at the show.
I would think that licensing arrangements would have been made while the group was extant. I also would think that most managers would run licensing arrangements through the members before actually signing off on them, but if they don’t the onus is still on the group itself for hiring the guy - same as if the manager absconded with their money. We should place blame where it’s due.
Well, if you’re saying they shouldn’t buy the stuff at all because they’re not true-blue fans, I’m not sure I agree. There’s nothing inherently wrong with wearing the shirt of a band you’re not a mega fan of, but it’d be different if you pretended you were - that is, you were a real poseur.
But if you’re saying they should buy them at the “official” sites… well, can’t agree with that, either. Consider how much it costs to go to a show, factoring in transportation, beverages, and so forth. Why spend all that when you can get the same damn shirt for less money? (If you can, that is.)
Any clothing store like the Gap, Amberslutty & Fitch, Old Navy, etc.
Red Lobster & Olive Garden: contributions to Planned Parenthood
And while these aren’t businesses, 2 places I will never go to are California and Canada.
I boycott Nike too, but I have had out-of-town guests who, for whatever reason, really wanted to see Niketown. But I didn’t buy anything. Poo on Nike.
Okay, I’ll bite - what the hey hey is Niketown? Is there a Ferris wheel?
Ben & Jerry’s. I don’t care for their leftist/socialist views.
Pizza Hut. Why the hell go to a national pizza chain when there are so many good local & independent pizza joints?
The Mall. Any mall. I hate malls. Overpriced crap.
I don’t eat at Cracker Barrel because of two instances - the gay discrimination in 1991 (I can’t find too many articles on it on a basic search, but America Undercover on HBO did a special about it - I’ll hunt for some cites, though, if someone wants to see them) and the 2001 case of racial discrimination that was brought against them.
Aside from that, I like Old Navy and Gap because their clothes fit my oddly-shaped, short little body for some reason. I go to Wal-Mart once a year, but they always have something I need, and I like the chicken fajitas from McDonalds - but it’s once a year, too.
Ava
I won’t patronize any chain restaurant where the waiters attempt to be “friendly” by crouching down to your eye level while you order. Creeps me out.
Any church…the only exception being funerals of close relatives.
SnoopyFan, you’re boycotting… Canada?
Dare I ask why?
Cracker Barrel - same reasons as avabeth
Amazon.com - abuse of patents
Blockbuster - several reasons
Steak & Shake - overpriced, bad service
I try to avoid WalMart & Chick-Fil-A but sometimes I go there when I let others talk me into it.
Oh, and the FOX network - for cancelling Firefly, Futurama, The Tick, and Andy Richter. I don’t even watch the Simpsons anymore.
Very nearly. They’re horrible horrible gigantic Nike stores. It’s like, five stories or something. HUGE! You can practically hear the rattle of the chains keeping the little Malaysian children attached to the sewing machines. There’s one on State St. here in Chicago, and there’s one in Union Square in San Francisco. I expect many large cities are home to their very own Niketown.