# Slimiest business. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 8, 2004, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimiest-business/223334 "2004-01-08T01:39:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimiest-business/223334/1 "2004-01-08T01:39:59Z")
Who’re the most underhanded? Cell phone providers (once pager co’s), jewelers, or those “baby life insurance” companies? Other suggestions? Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimiest-business/223334/2 "2004-01-08T02:49:16Z")
Some lawyers, not all. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimiest-business/223334/3 "2004-01-08T02:50:18Z")
I’m thinking Payday Loan (AKA Check Advance) companies. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimiest-business/223334/4 "2004-01-08T03:59:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lsura \* > \*\*I’m thinking Payday Loan (AKA Check Advance) companies. \*\* Oh yeah, near the top!!! How did I forget them. ---
**Author:** ![Alereon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alereon)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimiest-business/223334/5 "2004-01-08T04:01:55Z")
Auto mechanics. Most other businesses you can avoid being hosed by asking certain questions, or knowing what you’re getting into (reading the contract). I suppose lots of car knowledge helps when dealing with mechanics, but still, they’ll figure out a way to get you. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimiest-business/223334/6 "2004-01-08T04:20:24Z")
People who sell credit life for car loans, there is much better forms of life insurance available ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimiest-business/223334/7 "2004-01-08T04:40:38Z")
•Political lobbyists. •Pimps. •Worm farmers. (Not immoral, just slimy in the literal sense.) ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimiest-business/223334/8 "2004-01-08T04:59:14Z")
Bookies. ---
**Author:** ![Blueapple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Blueapple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blueapple)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimiest-business/223334/9 "2004-01-08T06:05:07Z")
the diamond industry, as a whole. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimiest-business/223334/10 "2004-01-08T06:07:09Z")
Politicians, hands-down. Is there anything sleazier than a bunch of senators with multiple divorces solemnly talking about “the sanctity of marriage”? ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimiest-business/223334/11 "2004-01-08T08:00:25Z")
Mortgage Brokers Payday Loan Shops Pawnbrokers The sex industry (moral issues aside - just the way it’s run) The tobacco industry Repo men ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimiest-business/223334/12 "2004-01-08T08:38:22Z")
Amway, hands down. Banks would be a close second. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimiest-business/223334/13 "2004-01-08T12:20:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lsura \* > \*\*I’m thinking Payday Loan (AKA Check Advance) companies. \*\* Most definitely. What’s really disturbing is the number of thses that have sprung up within a few miles of where I live. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimiest-business/223334/14 "2004-01-08T13:13:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > \*\*Most definitely. What’s really disturbing is the number of thses that have sprung up within a few miles of where I live. \*\* What’s disturbing to me is that I worked for one of these places for several years - and now I can see the problems with it, but back then I could spout the company line about it to anyone who questioned the validity of such an industry. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimiest-business/223334/15 "2004-01-08T13:39:07Z")
Timeshare sales. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimiest-business/223334/16 "2004-01-08T13:40:44Z")
Advertising. Trust me on this one. I speak from experience. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimiest-business/223334/17 "2004-01-08T13:52:17Z")
I’m going to go with “ **some** defense attorneys and prosecutors.” The notion of defending/prosecuting someone you believe to be guilty/innocent for the enhancement of your own ego and purse is appalling to me–especially when underhanded tactics are employed. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimiest-business/223334/18 "2004-01-08T14:01:48Z")
The temporary placement industry. I worked in agencies for 10 years and let me tell you, if we weren’t screwing temps over, we were screwing clients. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimiest-business/223334/19 "2004-01-08T14:09:57Z")
Long distance telephone companies. Just check the Pit. I actually read the thread title of “Slim-i-est” busness, and was going to suggest weight loss people. ---
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimiest-business/223334/20 "2004-01-08T14:11:50Z")
What? Noone has mentioned used care sales?? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimiest-business/223334.md?page=2)