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Showing Original Post only (View all)It turns out that people hate rich assholes who threaten to cut back employees' hours [View all]
I'm hardly the first person to mention this, but I'm so old I remember when business owners were smart enough to keep their mouths shut and focus on the task of exchanging their goods and services for customers' money.
Comeuppance for Loudmouth CEO's
It turns out that people hate rich assholes who threaten to cut back employees' hours so they can avoid taking responsibility for their health insurance. Who could have guessed that publicly ripping on ObamaCare would cause Olive Garden and Red Lobster to downgrade their quarterly profits outlook or cause Papa John's to beg for mercy and plead misunderstanding? It sounds like one large loud-mouthed franchisee crippled Applebee's whole brand.
I avoid corporate food because it's bland and unimaginative. It looks like other people are avoiding it because they don't like their politics. Whatever works. Buy local.
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2012/12/6/201935/327
It turns out that people hate rich assholes who threaten to cut back employees' hours so they can avoid taking responsibility for their health insurance. Who could have guessed that publicly ripping on ObamaCare would cause Olive Garden and Red Lobster to downgrade their quarterly profits outlook or cause Papa John's to beg for mercy and plead misunderstanding? It sounds like one large loud-mouthed franchisee crippled Applebee's whole brand.
I avoid corporate food because it's bland and unimaginative. It looks like other people are avoiding it because they don't like their politics. Whatever works. Buy local.
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2012/12/6/201935/327
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phantom power
Dec 2012
OP
I think this is due to social media and the net. Hopefully this attitude will continue
FSogol
Dec 2012
#2
Unfortunately for Papa Johns, people can get cardboard pizza from a lot of different establishments.
Pisces
Dec 2012
#3
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say I even find middle-income assholes difficult...
Squinch
Dec 2012
#53
What I think would work best is to counter the notion that taxation should be "fair"
Major Nikon
Dec 2012
#30
It was unheard of that a greedy, selfish business owner would lay his cards out so foolishly
pacalo
Dec 2012
#17
Just a little FYI, Darden was also one of the corps behind the "Orange County Commission & Mayor"
winterpark
Dec 2012
#18
Obvious: As Unemployment Falls, Biggest Risk To Job Growth Is Self-Inflicted Damage From Bad Policy
MediaMan
Dec 2012
#27
Not all local "mom & pop" places are noble some can be as evil as the corporate chains. There was a
Raine
Dec 2012
#46
The typical asshole CEO and their cronies are getting exposed more and more, and
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#52