Boycott dooms first UK Chick-fil-A

[TragicMonkey]

Never heard of Menards. I did see a Hobby Lobby TV commercial (first one I've ever seen) recently, so apparently people are cool with their nonsense, too.

Hobby Lobby should be destroyed for that horrible name alone!

 

[ArchSas]

Hobby Lobby should be destroyed for that horrible name alone!

Hobby Lobby is actually pretty terrible as a craft store, too (IMO). I've known lots of people that love it and defend it (even while criticizing the awful ties), and I've seriously never understood why. Even when talking with these people, they've never really provided good reasons (other than regular coupons, which every other chain craft store also offers). Hobby Lobby tends to be more expensive than other craft stores and have more limited selection, resulting in them relying way too much on selling their own brand of various items, which are always more expensive and worse (quality and material-wise) than what you can get everywhere else. I also dislike the layout.

The thing I obviously hate most about them is the involvement with illegal antiquities and using them for a religious museum, but it still bothers me that they fail so hard at actually being good at what they're supposed to do. I've never had one, but least Chic Fil-a sandwiches are supposed to be good.

 

[theprestige]

And the people most vocal about CfA = Evil have no trouble shopping at Menards

I have no idea how one would even go about gathering that kind of data. Are you using some kind of phone survey? Cross-referencing Facebook posts with credit card transactions? However you're doing it, kudos. You should consider patenting your method before Google or Amazon eats your lunch. Also, try to cash out before the government tightens up its regulations on this kind of data mining.

 

[TragicMonkey]

I have no idea how one would even go about gathering that kind of data.

I based it off coworkers who gave me **** for eating CfA but they would shop at Menards themselves. Both places are nearby my former office.

 

[TragicMonkey]

Hobby Lobby is actually pretty terrible as a craft store, too (IMO). I've known lots of people that love it and defend it (even while criticizing the awful ties), and I've seriously never understood why. Even when talking with these people, they've never really provided good reasons (other than regular coupons, which every other chain craft store also offers). Hobby Lobby tends to be more expensive than other craft stores and have more limited selection, resulting in them relying way too much on selling their own brand of various items, which are always more expensive and worse (quality and material-wise) than what you can get everywhere else. I also dislike the layout.

The thing I obviously hate most about them is the involvement with illegal antiquities and using them for a religious museum, but it still bothers me that they fail so hard at actually being good at what they're supposed to do. I've never had one, but least Chic Fil-a sandwiches are supposed to be good.

I like Michael's. They seem to truly understand glitter and my needs for glitter.

 

[TragicMonkey]

I have no idea how one would even go about gathering that kind of data. Are you using some kind of phone survey? Cross-referencing Facebook posts with credit card transactions? However you're doing it, kudos. You should consider patenting your method before Google or Amazon eats your lunch. Also, try to cash out before the government tightens up its regulations on this kind of data mining.

Not everything everybody posts is a scientific proposition they're trying to defend. Chillax.

 

[dudalb]

I like Michael's. They seem to truly understand glitter and my needs for glitter.

Michael's is a vastly better crafts store then Hobby Lobby. And I don't have to deal with huge displays of right wing/Christian Fundy books that Hobby Lobby has.

 

[theprestige]

Not everything everybody posts is a scientific proposition they're trying to defend. Chillax.

Okay, sure. You made a broad-brush generalization about everyone who protests CFA. What you meant was you knew one or two people who happened to match the description. I'm totally chill, but also calling that out. Don't feel like you have to defend it, though. Or even get defensive about it.

 

[Information Analyst]

I like Michael's. They seem to truly understand glitter and my needs for glitter.

Glitter is a menace, and should always be stored safely.

 

[Matthew Best]

Dead Bird

We already have this, though.

 

[TragicMonkey]

Glitter is a menace, and should always be stored safely.

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It's actually not that difficult to control if you harness the awesome power of nature! Rub a balloon against your shirt then wave it over the spilled glitter. Static electricity will snatch it up! *The More You Know*

 

[Information Analyst]

It's actually not that difficult to control if you harness the awesome power of nature! Rub a balloon against your shirt then wave it over the spilled glitter. Static electricity will snatch it up! *The More You Know*

But then the balloon bursts, and where does that leave everyone? Covered in glitters, that's what!

 

[TragicMonkey]

But then the balloon bursts, and where does that leave everyone? Covered in glitters, that's what!

You shove the balloon through the dog door of your unpleasant neighbors. The dog attacks it, and the glitter explosion happens inside their house.

 

[Tolls]

There speaks the voice of experience...

 

[sphenisc]

Glitter is a menace, and should always be stored safely.

Was this meant for the Epstein thread?

 

[Information Analyst]

Was this meant for the Epstein thread?

Although I confess the pun genuinely did not occur to me at the time.

 

[P.J. Denyer]

I know they pronounce the T in fillet and valet, but what about buffet? The dining arrangement, not the series of blows.

If you're referring to cleaning a car interior then some people pronounce the 't', but if you're referring to a "gentleman's gentleman" (Thank you TragicMonkey, no comment required) such as Jeeves from "Jeeves & Wooster" then it's silent.

 

[zooterkin]

If you're referring to cleaning a car interior then some people pronounce the 't', but if you're referring to a "gentleman's gentleman" (Thank you TragicMonkey, no comment required) such as Jeeves from "Jeeves & Wooster" then it's silent.

It shouldn't be.

 

[Mumbles]

Hobby Lobby should be destroyed for that horrible name alone!

The name "Hobby Lobby" actually refers to the fact that they're a lobbying firm that primarily advocates for anti-LBGT legislation and repeal of certain import/export laws related to antiquities.

 

[Trebuchet]

Chick-Fil-A hates Christians!
According to Ted Cruz.