And one more time for those who haven’t gotten it-this is a poll, not a debate or a thread about religion. In a poll, one gives one’s opinion then moves on.
Any product tested on animals.
fur
meat
fish
ummm, Anything once breathing.
Because I’m a sap.
I can’t find any information on this. Does anyone have a cite?
ZJ
The Kit Kat Club- For not letting me blow air on the dancers.
Sheesh, its not like I was trying to grope them…rather puritanical for being a Strip Club. Geez, I purse my lips to whistle, and everybody acts like I just whipped out my wiener or something :eek:
Crazy Horse is a much better strip club. No post-ops, you are allowed physical contact with the dancers in certain cirumstances, friendlier atmosphere (or at least the dancers did a better job pretending to have fun 
) The dancers get really wild with female patrons which is fun to watch. During a lap dance I asked, “Is it okay if I blow air into your hair?” and the dancer replied, “sure, go to town!” and I puffed, puffed, puffed all the air I could until I was dizzy and staggered back to my car. Good times. But Kit Kat club are DEAD to me! :mad:
Re Radio Shack, why? They seem pretty innocuous. I’m just curious.
Ben and Jerry’s
Anything that is supported by PETA, the NEA, or any other liberal gathering.
I just started my Best Buy boycott. Their service is just too too shitty. It’s not forgivable.
I’ve been anti-Curves too but even if they weren’t owned by some anti-abortion freakazoid, I would still boycott them because the whole “hey you fat quivering female, we know you’re afraid of the exercise but we’ll make it easy for you and no boys will be around to point at your big bum so come on in and don’t forget to bring a pink towel!” thing gets on my nerves. It offends me.
Blockbuster Video, Wal-Mart
Would like to boycott Best Buy, but damn their prices are cheap.
Bewleys coffee for being indescribably vile. That would make it a taste thing, rather than a boycott thing, but I will NOT drink the crap even if there’s nothing else around and on a level of pure convenience I would prefer the caffeine hit washed down with water to nothing at all.
They are this coffee company in Ireland that pretend they are classy and posh but are just absolutely horrendous. I do not understand how they are getting away with this.
I didn’t know about the Domino’s pro-life thing. I was boycotting them already. I turned up there once, in person, and ordered a pizza. They asked me my name and phone number for their database and wouldn’t otherwise give me a pizza even though I was standing right there. They don’t need my name and number to give me a pizza.
Wal-Mart, just because going there is the 21st century equivalent of riding a train third class, where some guy brought a bunch of chickens with him. I generally can’t make it through the checkout–I have to leave.
This issue comes up in other threads occasionally, usually about supermarkets that want your name and phone number for their savings club cards. Why not just make up a name and number, if you want to shop there or buy their product? They never check on the spot to see if your ID or if it’s a working number.
“Sure, my name’s John Smith and my number is 123-4567.”
Or be creative. If they’re pro-life, use the number of a local Planned Parenthood clinic.
Kind of along the same lines as store that ask you for personal information before they’ll sell something to you…
I don’t shop at Coles grocery store because they’re so intrusive about making sure people aren’t stealing. Once, I was at the cashier stand buying something and, I guess because it was only one item instead of a whole cartload of stuff, the cashier checked my bag to make sure I hadn’t stuffed something in there. She looked at me really suspiciously and kind of made a big deal out of it. I mean, I’m not exactly thuglike in appearance - I’m a mid-30’s, preppy-ish woman with a baby in tow. Every time I went in there, I felt like they were sure all their customers were thieves. The K-Mart in that same shopping center checks your bag if you leave without buying something, but they’re nice about and always smile at you and say thanks. I’ll continue to go there for now, even though it still bothers me that they assume I’m a criminal.
Radio Shack - for “losing” a computer I’d brought to them for repair and then lying about it.
Ben & Jerry’s - for relentlessly pandering to liberals and technophobics.
Sam Goody/Musicland - for a rude manager.
Cracker Barrel - for treating me like a leper because I was dining alone.
There’s a lot of other companies who don’t get my money because their products suck, but I wouldn’t consider that a boycott.
pandering to liberals? That’s a new one on me.
McDonalds
WalMart
Starbucks
Nike
the state of South Carolina
I dislike fast food restaurants, but to say I boycott them would be an exaggeration - I simply have no use for them, as I am a vegetarian.
I haaaaate Wal Mart, but there is one right next to my work and about once a month I’ll find myself there (I need Advil! Or a new toothbrush!). And each time I swear I’ll never go again. It’s just hideous.
I also prefer to shop at indie bookstores. I used to work at one and I like to support them. I never shop at Barnes & Nobles, and the only reason I would occasionally go to Borders is that they’re headquartered in Ann Arbor, where I used to live (so it was a local shop, see!), and I had a friend who worked for them. But now I don’t live in Ann Arbor anymore and my friend has moved on, so there goes that excuse. Which is fine with me, really.
That isn’t a “boycott.”
What did Ontario ever do to anyone? Jeez, it’s not like we’ve got anti-gay legislation on a ballot.
Anything by or with Martha Stewart’s name on it. I once read an interview where she said that she’d agreed to produce items for K-Mart so the “less fortunate” could have nice things. I’d just bought a set of her freakin’ towels. They’d been through the washer so I couldn’t take them back. I ended up clipping the tags off.
I know that’s lame, but what a bitch!!! F her and F K-Mart. They are both off my list.