Shop Smart - Putting Our Money Where Our Mouths Are

[rpmdfw]

There's been a lot of discussion recently on a few different threads about supporting companies that support the gay community, and conversely, avoiding those companies that do not.

Yesterday the Human Rights Campaign released it's newest buyer's guide: "Buying for Equality 2009".

I'm posting it here, as a resource for those who want to use it.

Read about it here.

See it here.

 

[merryweather20]

I find I really have to read through these, as I don't always understand the scores.

Alot of the companies seem to have the marketing checked off, but I'm not sure why CIBC does not, but there marketing always seemed inclusive to me and I have zero problems with it, plus they have some really good check marks in other areas. Some of the companies that scored 100 don't provide as many benefits to DP's as CIBC does.

Maybe I should just go by colour.

 

[rpmdfw]

I find I really have to read through these, as I don't always understand the scores.

Alot of the companies seem to have the marketing checked off, but I'm not sure why CIBC does not, but there marketing always seemed inclusive to me and I have zero problems with it, plus they have some really good check marks in other areas. Some of the companies that scored 100 don't provide as many benefits to DP's as CIBC does.

Maybe I should just go by colour.

I don't plan on using this as my only tool to determine where to shop. Simply a starting point. Hess gas stations for instance is labelled as "red" for this year and "non-respondant" to HRC's questionnaire. It had a score of 77 last year, though, with a non-discrimination clause for employment. Seems to me that they haven't regressed, but didn't get the info back to HRC.

 

[OrlandoMike]

Sigh....

Will I ever get to eat at Cracker Barrel again?

 

[TuckandStuiesMom]

Sigh....

Will I ever get to eat at Cracker Barrel again?

me too, Mr. Mike. I used to LOVE going there...

 

[merryweather20]

me too, Mr. Mike. I used to LOVE going there...

Well if I'm reading it correctly, you can eat there you would just have to skip out on the cheque.

I'm sure law enforcement frowns on that though

 

[rpmdfw]

Well if I'm reading it correctly, you can eat there you would just have to skip out on the cheque.

 

[OrlandoMike]

Well if I'm reading it correctly, you can eat there you would just have to skip out on the cheque.

I'm sure law enforcement frowns on that though

Last time we went to the "barrel" there was no check for me! We were on a road trip, and I was starving, so we pulled off the highway, Southern Georga, and that was our only option. Oh well, lets go in. We got sat at the table by the kitchen door, which quite literally kept hitting me on the back every time a server came out of the kitchen. Whatever! Till I look around! The entire restaurant was filled with nice, white, church going types, you know the type, except the room we were in. It was us, two gals in the other corner, and the rest of the room was full of black folks! I looked at Shrek and said "No way, no how! Get you stuff, we are out of here!" I cant believe they still get away with this crap!

 

[rpmdfw]

Last time we went to the "barrel" there was no check for me! We were on a road trip, and I was starving, so we pulled off the highway, Southern Georga, and that was our only option. Oh well, lets go in. We got sat at the table by the kitchen door, which quite literally kept hitting me on the back every time a server came out of the kitchen. Whatever! Till I look around! The entire restaurant was filled with nice, white, church going types, you know the type, except the room we were in. It was us, two gals in the other corner, and the rest of the room was full of black folks! I looked at Shrek and said "No way, no how! Get you stuff, we are out of here!" I cant believe they still get away with this crap!

 

[TuckandStuiesMom]

Well if I'm reading it correctly, you can eat there you would just have to skip out on the cheque.

I'm sure law enforcement frowns on that though

WOW! Civil disobedience AND cheesy hashbrown casserole!!!!! WHAT A CONCEPT!!!!

 

[OrlandoMike]

WOW! Civil disobedience AND cheesy hashbrown casserole!!!!! WHAT A CONCEPT!!!!

Shhh but the recipe for that casserole is all over the internet! You can make it yourself, and force yourself to sit in the back of your own dining room!

 

[rpmdfw]

Shhh but the recipe for that casserole is all over the internet! You can make it yourself, and force yourself to sit in the back of your own dining room!

 

[TuckandStuiesMom]

Shhh but the recipe for that casserole is all over the internet! You can make it yourself, and force yourself to sit in the back of your own dining room!

That was one gruesome story, Mr. Mike. Sadly, I do not doubt it for one minute. When you get THAT feeling in your gut, you're usually right...

All the more reason to do an "Eat and Run" (after leaving a tip -- of course). I think it would be SO possible to mingle and browse one's way out towards the store front, drop trow in the doorway, and shout sumthin' inflamatory while makin' a mad dash to the car.

 

[zeitzeuge]

Oh I heart me some Cracker Barrell, but alas, No Cracker Barrell for me.

Um....where is this cheesy hasbrown cassarole to be found? Hmm?

 

[OrlandoMike]

http://www.recipezaar.com/Cracker-Barrel-Copycat-Hash-Browns-Casserole-Copycat-44675

But it's no good unless you sit in the most undesirable location in your home!

 

[TuckandStuiesMom]

http://www.recipezaar.com/Cracker-Barrel-Copycat-Hash-Browns-Casserole-Copycat-44675

But it's no good unless you sit in the most undesirable location in your home!

Well then, the dining possibilities are pretty near endless at my house.

I'm doing some heavy duty cleaning in what used to be my son's room. AWFUL!!! And the concretion of totally weird stuff... HOLY COW!!!!! -- under some icky old busted looking N64 games and misc. schmutz, I found a kareoke machine (broken --of course). The first question that occurred to me was: When did we break the kareoke machine?? The second question was: When did we get a kareoke machine????? The third question was: WHY did we get a kareoke machine??????????

 

[npmommie]

Sigh....

Will I ever get to eat at Cracker Barrel again?

No you won't but the bigger question is why would you want to
LOL

 

[DVCajun]

THANK YOU for sharing these links! I've been educating myself on this very thing lately. I'm in mourning for Chick-fil-a, since I'm addicted to their iced tea and they're right across the sidewalk from where I work. Principles are so damn inconvenient.

And I love me some Cracker Barrel too! Very very sad decision for me, although the wife will probably have a secret ceremony of joy to learn I won't be bugging her to stop there when we're on the road.

 

[rpmdfw]

I've been educating myself on this very thing lately. I'm in mourning for Chick-fil-a, since I'm addicted to their iced tea and they're right across the sidewalk from where I work. Principles are so damn inconvenient.

Yeah. That's going to be a tough one for me, too. The co-workers go to Chick-fil-a a lot. Not going to be fun when I have to decline going with them.

I will, but it won't be fun.

 

[hematite153]

OrlandoMike: Will I ever get to eat at Cracker Barrel again?
TuckandStuiesMom: I used to LOVE going there...
OrlandoMike: Last time we went to the "barrel" ... The entire restaurant was filled with nice, white, church going types, you know the type, except the room we were in. It was us, two gals in the other corner, and the rest of the room was full of black folks!

Yikes!!!

It's funny...even before this discussion, we wouldn't go into Cracker Barrel even if it was the only choice. For years, my DW kept saying that she wanted to go there--I assumed it was because she'd gone when she was a kid and had memories. After our 1 experience there I learned that it was actually that her parents wouldn't let the family eat there and she didn't like it as much as she'd thought she would. However, during that 1 single experience I was completely unable to eat a single thing--the corn was cooked in chicken broth and the dinner rolls had beef fat in them, etc.

I admit to also finding the guide confusing to read -- especially because most of the places that I go and/or choose from aren't even on the list.