So what do you personally boycott

[maddiel]

Helium Balloons

Non-profits/charities that use paid-by-commission fundraisers.

M.

 

[Terkina]

circus and zoo's because of how the animals are treated.

 

[Mr.MouseFan]

 

[Planogirl]

I don't boycott anything. I respect beliefs even when I don't agree with them.

I also support zoos. Good zoos are often the only places keeping certain species alive.

 

[Rabscuttle]

I boycott liver and lima beans. I feel too few people are concerned about those two issues.

 

[Rabscuttle]

I don't boycott anything. I respect beliefs even when I don't agree with them.

I also support zoos. Good zoos are often the only places keeping certain species alive.

If it weren't for land and aquatic zoos, (Sea World, etc), many people would be far less motivated to care for endangered species, sea mammals, etc. Zoos do a great service.

 

[Ember]

I am currently "on the outs" with Disney World and I guess I'm boycotting them. Every time hubby suggests a vacation there I feel my blood boil and refuse to go. So we have gone several other places instead, which has been very enjoyable. I'm sure that the Disney craving will kick in at some point and I'll go back, but for now the thought of them just makes me mad. (I had an issue with out of focus wedding photos that they handled VERY poorly.)

But I guess when you know full well that you're going to cave in the future, it isn't really a very good boycott...

 

[DisneyLoverUSA]

I also don't boycott anything. I don't buy into the drama and the hype about who supports which causes or gives money to whomever. If I need a product or service and someone is able to provide it to me for a reasonable fee then I am going to buy it.

ALTHOUGH I would seriously consider a boycott on Ben & Jerry's now since I know what that issue is about. But I don't buy their ice cream anyway, so that would be pointless.

 

[A_Princess'_Daddy]

I don't boycott anything. I respect beliefs even when I don't agree with them.

I also support zoos. Good zoos are often the only places keeping certain species alive.

I respect the rights of companies and people to have differing values, and I patronize companies and have friends with whom I disagree. In both business and friendship, however, there are certain values held by both individuals and corporations so anathema to my personal values that a relationship is incompatible. That is when I choose to, for lack of a better term, sever the relationship.

 

[Acklander]

I don't boycott anything. I respect beliefs even when I don't agree with them.

I also support zoos. Good zoos are often the only places keeping certain species alive.

While I respect the rights of others to have a different opinion than me, I also don't want to contribute to something that I find atrocious. A perfect example would be blood diamonds. While I might enjoy a nice diamond ring, I wouldn't enjoy one that had hatred and evil attached to it, so I shop accordingly. If you could wear one, that's your choice, but I wouldn't be able to sleep at night, knowing the history

 

[tvguy]

American Red Cross.....out of respect to my late father and late father-in-law. Both served in the military, and both said the Red Cross was always out there selling donuts/coffee/cigarettes/necessities to the troops......USO was always there giving away donuts/coffee/cigarettes/necessities to the troops.

United Way, for their threatening fundraising at your job tactics.

I have no issues with Walmart, but they are relatively new in California. Their benefits are better than any I've ever gotten, and pay is right in the ballpark for the skill level of the work. And while my locally owned grocery store is selling produce, eggs and milk from out of state corporate farms, Walmart is buying exclusively from local family farms.

 

[eliza61]

I don't call it boycotting, I simply don't give my money to business if I don't like their practices. why do people call it boycotting? I mean why would I give a company my money if I don't like them?

Walmart. I worked for them and I pretty much imagine its 1 step up from slavery.
BP. I don't like how they handled the oil spill cleanup. have few friends who were devestated by that event.
Bank of America. after teh 5 dollar stunt.

 

[alizesmom]

Just be careful who you boycott because you never know when you may end up needing them.

 

[bumbershoot]

Nothing. I've never boycotted anything and don't intend to start.

Boycotting boycotting, eh?

Amazon is on my list because of:

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-allentown-amazon-complaints-20110917,0,7937001,full.story

They will get no more of my $$$$.

Weird.

Did you read the whole thing?

Of the workers voicing concerns, 13 were employed by ISS and seven directly by Amazon.

So there were 20 WHOLE people complaining?

And:

Some workers interviewed said that policy has changed.

Interesting, that the policy has changed, and only 20 people were complaining about this in the first place.

And what about all this:

"On June 3, 2011, the Lehigh Valley area experienced unusual, extremely high temperatures which caused the heat index inside our building to reach a temperature above 95 degrees in a few areas of the building," Forney wrote. "As a result of these high temperatures, 15 out of 1,600 employees experienced heat-related symptoms. Six of these employees were treated at a local hospital ER for non-work related medical conditions triggered by the heat. None of those employees was admitted to the hospital; each employee was treated and released the same day. The other employees received water and ice treatment ... by our facility's first-aid department. All employees returned to work the same day."

Forney wrote the warehouse had measures in place to manage heat risk before OSHA's inspection. Those measures included heat index sensors installed throughout the building in March that notify warehouse managers when the index exceeds 90 degrees, he wrote. Fans are installed throughout the building and louver doors provide ventilation, he wrote.

Amazon bought 2,000 cooling bandannas, which were given to every employee, and those in the dock/trailer yard received cooling vests, Forney said. Managers walk the building to make sure employees get enough water and to watch for heat-related symptoms, he said.

Workers "typically" get breaks extended by five minutes when temperatures range between 90 and 99 degrees, Forney wrote. When the heat index ranges from 100 to 114 degrees, Amazon "typically" gives hourly breaks of at least five minutes and shifts heavier work to cooler times of the day, Forney said.

Amazon workers interviewed for this story said they typically had one 15-minute break before lunch and another 15-minute break after lunch each 10-hour shift.

Forney wrote in a letter to OSHA that if the index hits 115 degrees, "the senior manager on duty will decide whether to close down the entire shift."

Since the OSHA inspection, Amazon installed 13 additional fans in the warehouse, planned to install a cooling system and temporarily hired emergency medical personnel to work on-site, Forney wrote.

No employees were penalized for leaving work early due to heat-related symptoms, Forney wrote. Amazon has an automatic record-keeping system that gives employees demerits if they leave early, he wrote.

"We went in and manually changed each employee's time, so we did not have any employee receive demerit points for leaving the site for a heat-related illness," Forney wrote.

Sounds like they were overwhelmed, for a SHORT period of time, by some extremely high temperatures. Did amazon build the building? Or did they take over one that already exists? If it's the latter, and knowing amazon as I do I imagine that's what happened, it sounds like some realtor in Allentown pulled a big one on amazon, leasing them such a horrible building!


Found this in another article:

Grady was among several warehouse workers to require medical attention after being exposed to frigid temperatures during three warehouse evacuations last November and December

This *building* is awful! I feel badly for everyone who has to work there, including management. And I hope that the lease terms allow them to get OUT of there as soon as they can. It's not fun to deal with temperature complaints on either side of the dial, or on either side of the working situation.

Of course, it could end up with amazon leaving Allentown, which would be a serious bummer for a town that, as far as I have ever heard (stepdad is from there), has been depressed for decade after decade now.

They take pretty strong stands on gays and atheists and don't allow them to join boy scouts.

Many don't like them because of that.

Dawn

Not sure we can say they don't allow them to join. The local homeschool Boy Scout group said they would be happy to allow DS to join, though he is Buddhist (DH is Buddhist and was a Boy Scout). The leaders said that they are Christian and they have Christian stuff in their houses, and they lead prayers, but that they don't require the kids to join in.

And BIL was in the Boy Scouts, and he's gay (and Buddhist).

But the organization has official stances...which is the problem. It's just that not all troops go along with the national stuff.

(I had an issue with out of focus wedding photos that they handled VERY poorly.)

I'm so sorry about that. I had some trivial stuff with my wedding photographer and it still rankles...let alone having a problem with them being out of focus!

 

[Boston Tea Party]

Trolly threads.

Ugh. Broke my boycott!

 

[Sunnyt154]

I don't support the circus or Sea World.
Also try my best to buy from companies that no not test on animals. This is close to impossible to do all the time.

Great topic. I learned a few things to consider.

 

[Zippa D Doodah]

I don't boycott anything. All things being equal I do tend to choose companies whose values I support (ie. Chik-Fil-A).
I choose not to watch Roman Polanski movies because I can't get past him being a pedophile.

 

[ebtbmom]

I don't believe that all of you people boycott Chick Fil A that claims you do. Every one that I have ever been to has been packed, especially on Saturday at lunch, can't hardly even get in there.

And they have the friendliest staff of any fast food restaurant. At least I don't get grunted at and my food practically thrown at me there like at BK and McDonalds.

 

[Acklander]

I don't boycott anything. All things being equal I do tend to choose companies whose values I support (ie. Chik-Fil-A).
I choose not to watch Roman Polanski movies because I can't get past him being a pedophile.

Does he still make movies???

 

[Swan4Me]

Does he still make movies???

He wrote & directed "The Ghost Writer-a very, very good thriller-awesome ending

Has a new flick out in Dec with great reviews -"Carnage"