Vandalising Mall Because of 1-Store

[Lace Neil Singer]

They put it in the paper recently as to how much is tax etc. Out of a £30 fuel purchase, £18 is tax, £1 goes to the retailer and the rest goes to the oil company.

[Geek King]

Get that all the time where I work. The Government fixes the fuel prices by loading tax and VAT on to them, so of course it makes perfect sense to shout at the lowly petrol station cashier when you're upset about the price of fuel!

Heh, at least one local gas station actually posted a breakdown of exactly what goes into the price of a gallon of gas right on the pumps. The profit on a gallon is very small, and various taxes made up half the price.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Without getting Fratchingesque, I guess this is the epitome of SCness - when you're unsatisfied about something, you lash out to the person geographically closest to you, no matter whether the next person has an effect to your unsatisfaction or not. That goes from general store policy down to "your cw was mean to me, so now I retaliate by being mean to YOU" as we (unfortunately) have seen in several threads.

Get that all the time where I work. The Government fixes the fuel prices by loading tax and VAT on to them, so of course it makes perfect sense to shout at the lowly petrol station cashier when you're upset about the price of fuel!

[ASM826]

Vandals are just vandals

Let's say the chicken store management donated to liberal causes, supported gay marriage, and made a bid donation to the DNC this year. Then, because of that, some loon vandalized the mall. Would you be blaming the chicken store for that damage?

It's the same either way. People are free to support the causes they believe in. Private property is still private. Vandals are vandals.

[shopgirl15]

Protest with your wallet, people. That's what works.

[wolfie]

If you don't agree with a company's policies, you contact Corporate. You do not take it out on the front-line employees or the mall where the store is located. They had nothing to do with the policy, and it only makes you look like lets people know that you are a bully.

Fixed that for you. Technically, "makes you look like" implies the appearance WITHOUT the fact.

[PepperElf]

Can't say much about this without getting into fratching territory, but it's unfortunate that it's not the chicken place that has to deal with it.

It's unfortunate that ANYONE has to deal with it, period. Regardless of if it's the mall or the individual store.

[LillFilly]

Without getting Fratchingesque, I guess this is the epitome of SCness - when you're unsatisfied about something, you lash out to the person geographically closest to you, no matter whether the next person has an effect to your unsatisfaction or not. That goes from general store policy down to "your cw was mean to me, so now I retaliate by being mean to YOU" as we (unfortunately) have seen in several threads.

I agree COMPLETELY. Happens to we security people all the time; people can't get away with mouthing off or attacking a real police officer, so they go after someone else in a uniform. Somedays I feel like a punching bag!

[foodservicesucks]

Can't say much about this without getting into fratching territory, but it's unfortunate that it's not the chicken place that has to deal with it.

[NorthernZel]

Without getting Fratchingesque, I guess this is the epitome of SCness - when you're unsatisfied about something, you lash out to the person geographically closest to you, no matter whether the next person has an effect to your unsatisfaction or not. That goes from general store policy down to "your cw was mean to me, so now I retaliate by being mean to YOU" as we (unfortunately) have seen in several threads.

[AmbrosiaWriter]

It would still be sucky even if it were a stand alone chicken store. The people that end up having to pay and clean it up are not the ones the person is mad at. And even if you are mad at a company, is that really a justification for vandalizing private property?

*Cackle* What if they went up to chicken-4-u HQ?

There really are better ways to protest companies that you disagree with. Boycotting and opening your mouth to explain to others (calmly and intelligently) why you are boycotting and why you feel they should boycott too is going to go WAY further than any kind of graffiti and vandalism.

Breaking the law is rarely a good way to go about getting people to listen to you.

Unless you're V, or Zorro. Because Zorro is awesome.

[Lyse]

It would still be sucky even if it were a stand alone chicken store. The people that end up having to pay and clean it up are not the ones the person is mad at. And even if you are mad at a company, is that really a justification for vandalizing private property?

[AmbrosiaWriter]

and it only makes you look like a bully.

A really stupid bully. This would be like putting pudding into the locker NEXT to the locker of the kid you're bullying.

I get it, chicken place has very controversial policies and donating practices, I'm still going to not like you for punishing people who don't even work for the company at all (IE, the poor mall janitors and cleaners who have to deal with your graffiti, who might even agree with you.)

Just a jerk move.

[XCashier]

Reminds me of that idiot who yelled at the drive-up employee for the company's policies.

If you don't agree with a company's policies, you contact Corporate. You do not take it out on the front-line employees or the mall where the store is located. They had nothing to do with the policy, and it only makes you look like a bully.

[LillFilly]

I wrote before about how our mall has a (very popular chicken place recently in the news). Well, someone(s) has begun defacing Mall Property with anti-chicken place graffiti. This sucks. Chicken place doesn't have to deal with the headache or clean-up, the Mall does. Not fair to us at all. I guess they won't be happy until we kick Chicken place out of the mall or something. Grrrr......