# Uh, they guarantee it. Men's Warehouse fires the founder. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 19, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-they-guarantee-it-mens-warehouse-fires-the-founder/661390 "2013-06-19T19:42:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-they-guarantee-it-mens-warehouse-fires-the-founder/661390/41 "2013-06-25T17:10:49Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > Does this mean that I’m no longer going to like the way I look? I can’t guarantee it. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-they-guarantee-it-mens-warehouse-fires-the-founder/661390/42 "2013-06-25T22:29:28Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Wow… 80 dollar pants and 300 for a suit is expensive as hell? \<\_\< If this is in re my post, I was pointing out that there ain’t no sich critter as a 75 dollar suit at MW, which a previous post seemed to imply. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-they-guarantee-it-mens-warehouse-fires-the-founder/661390/43 "2013-06-26T09:13:34Z")
I fear he’s going to turn into a super villain and attempt to kill Spider-Man. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-they-guarantee-it-mens-warehouse-fires-the-founder/661390/44 "2013-06-26T13:41:01Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > [http://www.kgstores.com/](http://www.kgstores.com/) K&G is in the Houston and Dallas areas as well, and are owned by Men’s Wearhouse according to **Johnny LA’s** post. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-they-guarantee-it-mens-warehouse-fires-the-founder/661390/45 "2013-06-26T13:47:31Z")
This guy always looked to me to be a scotch, cigar and steak kind of dude. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-they-guarantee-it-mens-warehouse-fires-the-founder/661390/46 "2013-06-26T14:11:24Z")
I always get him mixed up with the Dos Equis beer guy. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-they-guarantee-it-mens-warehouse-fires-the-founder/661390/47 "2013-06-26T15:09:49Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > I always get him mixed up with the Dos Equis beer guy. He’s the less interesting one. Easy to spot. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-they-guarantee-it-mens-warehouse-fires-the-founder/661390/48 "2013-06-26T16:11:34Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Right. 300 dollars is very cheap for a suit. It sure isn’t “expensive as hell”. > > Besides that, that isn’t the cheapest suit there. They have several on their website on sale for less than $200. The problem with Men’s Warehouse is that their most expensive suits looks like a cheap suit. Seriously, I always thought there stuff looked sleazy. Course, last time I was in one was about 5 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-they-guarantee-it-mens-warehouse-fires-the-founder/661390/49 "2013-12-10T03:53:57Z")
Zimmer speaks out: [Fired Founder: Men's Wearhouse 'Began Throwing Me Out Of My Office' | HuffPost Impact](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/09/george-zimmer-fired_n_4412859.html?1386608412&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D417024) ---
**Author:** ![kjckjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@kjckjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kjckjc)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-they-guarantee-it-mens-warehouse-fires-the-founder/661390/50 "2013-12-10T16:18:44Z")
He got fired because he wouldn’t do the commercial right, despite the lawsuit: [Men's Wearhouse - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTx-GgRgEIw) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-they-guarantee-it-mens-warehouse-fires-the-founder/661390/51 "2015-12-17T17:38:34Z")
Bumped. Zimmer doesn’t mind losing $10 million all that much: [George Zimmer just lost $10 million on Men's Wearhouse and he's OK with it](http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/16/news/companies/george-zimmer-mens-wearhouse/index.html?iid=surge-story-summary) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-they-guarantee-it-mens-warehouse-fires-the-founder/661390.md?page=2)