# Which Business Would You Rather Shop At? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 21, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773 "2013-08-21T02:20:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773/21 "2013-08-21T12:16:02Z")
Yeah, I don’t care about their politics and wouldn’t care enough to learn about either one, so I don’t think that would make any difference. How much they pay, whether they have unions, how happy his employees are, etc, unless I become aware as they are overtly miserable, this also is unlikely to sway me one way or the other. Now, should one of them begin to overtly push their political or religious views into their market place, by refusing to carry birth control say, I’d be inclined to never return. Because I hate that form of manipulation. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773/22 "2013-08-21T12:59:49Z")
I try to ignore the political vies of companies I shop at, but sometimes (Hobby Lobby) they make it so obnoxiously loud you can no longer ignore them. I would not go to the anti-abortion, anti-gay, super religious store, no way, nohow. My dollars are going straight to agendas I cannot approve of. I’d probably try to find a third store that was in the business of making money and not in the business of politics. But in the end, I’d go to Valu Mart if I had to…tho I don’t shop at Walmart now, most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773/23 "2013-08-21T13:05:43Z")
I’m going to shop where it’s the cheapest. I c an’t afford to let personal stuff influence my budget. There isn’t enough budget available in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773/24 "2013-08-21T13:13:30Z")
I’d \*rather \*shop at the store that pays its employees a living wage. But I can’t \*afford \*to. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773/25 "2013-08-21T13:26:58Z")
Happy employees, generally speaking, provide better service and do better work (i.e. the store is clean, organized, and well stocked), and that’s what I care about, unless the other store is _significantly_ cheaper for the same products. As for the owners and their political leanings, that rarely, if ever, factors in to where I shop, unless they are particularly obnoxious about it. What rich people do with their money is their prerogative. ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Blaylock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_blaylock/32/3235_2.png) [@Bob\_Blaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Blaylock)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773/26 "2013-08-21T14:36:08Z")
I can’t really add anything new to this discussion that hasn’t already been stated, other than to be one more datum. As others have stated, I’d shop at whichever store I perceive as giving me the best balance of price, quality, convenience, and other factors that affect the shopping experience. The business owner’s political or religious beliefs are his own business. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773/27 "2013-08-21T14:54:26Z")
Whichever has the best price/convenience combination. If the prices are good but the crowds are bad and lines are long I’d shop at the other. I’m not really that worried about the politics of the owners unless it’s in your face all the time. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773/28 "2013-08-21T14:57:55Z")
I probably shop at the store that is open on Sundays, because it annoys me when businesses are closed on days when I expect them to be open. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773/29 "2013-08-21T15:01:37Z")
I’d drive past both of them and shop at Publix. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773/30 "2013-08-21T15:32:03Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Qin, do you actually research the personal beliefs of a business’s owners in real life? I shop at local supermarkets like Wegmans or Tops and I couldn’t tell you anything about their owner’s political, economic, or religious beliefs. I couldn’t even tell you their owner’s names. Danny Wegman puts his name on every product he sells! ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773/31 "2013-08-21T17:06:11Z")
Who gives a shit? If a store owner’s beliefs and habits had to mirror mine, I wouldn’t be able to buy anything. Fact: The owner of every business you’ve ever patronized is an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773/32 "2013-08-21T18:58:37Z")
I can’t choose either of the answers as I’d shop at whichever was most convenient to me and carried the products I wanted to buy. Frankly, neither one of them is likely to build a store here in the boondocks, so I’ll likely continue to shop at Cub. I will say that when faced with a choice between a plain old business and a business that prominently displays Christian symbols or slogans in its advertising, I will always choose the former, just as I will always gravitate toward the least ostentatious displays of politics or religion in individuals when I’m deciding who I want to hang out with. ---
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773/33 "2013-08-21T19:04:54Z")
I chose Value Mart (my money eventually going to anti-abortion and anti0gay charities is not cool) but the reality is that I would choose neither. There will be a third option. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773/34 "2013-08-21T20:54:16Z")
I would not want to shop at either store, but if I had to choose I guess Brown since at his employees are better taken care of. ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773/35 "2013-08-21T22:43:42Z")
> [@computergeek](#): > > I’d shop at the one that’s closest and has the best prices and products that I like +1 ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773/36 "2013-08-21T22:52:43Z")
99.98% of Britons are wholly uninterested in the religious affiliation of business owners or businesses. I would support Brown’s because they pay more and are unionised: I would never enter Value Mart. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773/37 "2013-08-21T22:59:07Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > How are they contradictory? Union supporting conservative, union busting social liberal? These things don’t usually go together. If you had just said, what is more important, social views or treatment of workers, it would have been easier. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773/38 "2013-08-21T23:02:20Z")
Any store not patronized by a thirteen year old religious fanatic. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773/39 "2013-08-21T23:17:53Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Neither. This ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773/40 "2013-08-22T00:00:22Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Union supporting conservative, union busting social liberal? These things don’t usually go together. If you had just said, what is more important, social views or treatment of workers, it would have been easier. A socially conservative union supporter admittedly isn’t that common but there are plenty of union busting social liberals around the country (most moderate Republicans fit the bill along with centrist Democrats). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-business-would-you-rather-shop-at/666773.md?page=3)