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In reply to the discussion: Papa John's CEO John Schnatter Says Company Will Reduce Workers' Hours In Response To Obamacare [View all]progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)50. I hate their shitty pizza anyway. God forbid that sack of shit absorbs any of the costs himself.
Fuck him and the other angry rich asshole men who are doing this right now. I hope he falls in a vat of cheap sauce and he doesn't have enough staff anymore to hear him cry for help.
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Papa John's CEO John Schnatter Says Company Will Reduce Workers' Hours In Response To Obamacare [View all]
highplainsdem
Nov 2012
OP
Their form is ridiculous to fill out. I wanted to make a general complaint but
RKP5637
Nov 2012
#145
I entered required info but made it clear this was not a location-specific complaint
Bibliovore
Nov 2012
#168
Also, you can put in totally fake info, like Fuck You Street, the zip code doesn't have to match
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2012
#238
Well lets take the discussion from your imagination over to reality then.
cstanleytech
Nov 2012
#259
This article, for me encapsulates why the endless wave to privatize government functions
GitRDun
Nov 2012
#10
Simple solution....medicare for all and pro-rate the employer portion as a percent.
yourout
Nov 2012
#11
Excellent. Stories like this will help get Single Payer back into discussion. . .
Journeyman
Nov 2012
#23
I swear this ass pimple told us the effect of obamacare would amount to around $0.14 per pizza
Ed Suspicious
Nov 2012
#24
Yes, like 12 to 15 cents per pizza. It's a level playing field. His competitors have same rules.
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2012
#189
This sure makes sense to me. When I worked food service, we NEVER got 30 hrs/wk
AllyCat
Nov 2012
#60
People who treat employees right & still make a profit should be able to live like that. They exist.
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2012
#190
Willard 'Mitt' Romney disagrees with you. Here he is commenting on Schatter's home:
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2012
#195
Right, the pool boy, the gardeners, the maids, etc. can all live this way. How do people fall for
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2012
#239
Think it would be bad taste to send him a 100 Papa John's pizza's?
are_you_serious_1234
Nov 2012
#225
Papa, just raise the price of your pizzas by 11 cents or whatever. Problem solved.
Beartracks
Nov 2012
#32
Round Table Pizza, if you have one in your area, is employee owned.
progressivebydesign
Nov 2012
#55
I hate their shitty pizza anyway. God forbid that sack of shit absorbs any of the costs himself.
progressivebydesign
Nov 2012
#50
All to avoid a lousy .14 increase in the price of pizza that most people are perfectly willing to
patrice
Nov 2012
#69
A normal person would be ashamed and embarrased to be so petty and vindictive. nt
patrice
Nov 2012
#65
Someone please explain.. Exactly how is he getting screwed? What about tax breaks? N?T
busterbrown
Nov 2012
#79
I think you are on to something there. Shouldn't the public *demand* that food handlers be as
AzDar
Nov 2012
#136
He's going to fire workers and shrink his business because of a $0.14 price increase on and $8 pizza
Monk06
Nov 2012
#84
This is the start of RW companies creating fake problems so they can blame them on Obama.
Kablooie
Nov 2012
#88
So, are we supposed to believe that all of these rich assholes were paying people they didn't need?
6000eliot
Nov 2012
#106
County Line BBQ and now Papa Johns. Mark them off the list, they are dead to me.
Dustlawyer
Nov 2012
#127
Ok fine. What should be done to these CEOs is to list them and then include a photo of their homes
nc4bo
Nov 2012
#135
Clarence Otis, Jr., CEO of Darden Restaurants lives here. Whines he'll have to help waiters,.
nc4bo
Nov 2012
#149
This is a publicity gimmick. They started a fake controversy in Cleveland about Lebron James
Kolesar
Nov 2012
#139
He can afford to be one of Romney's biggest donors but balk at paying for health insurance?
Blandocyte
Nov 2012
#157
That, also felt good to let 'er rip. Selfish bastard and those like him who don't want to do the
nc4bo
Nov 2012
#177
Number 1, most of the stores are Franchise, and operate under a manager or 2 and
glowing
Nov 2012
#178
Better than a boycott is to make sure the employees have the information about John Schnatter's
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2012
#191
This idiot is proof that the RW notion of humans as rational economic actors is BS.
Odin2005
Nov 2012
#204
He played golf with my pompous brother in law, that made sure I'd never buy a pizza from him.
cpamomfromtexas
Nov 2012
#207
The Papa John's next to me apparently can't afford to fix or run the AC, even in the summer when
kestrel91316
Nov 2012
#209
Right on. That is the CEO's message loud and clear, received and no PJ pizza for us.
kiranon
Nov 2012
#213
Two emails from this house on Monday. I am willing to bet this douche retracts his statement.
sarcasmo
Nov 2012
#214
If Pappa John's were the only pizza choice in town, I'd do Mexican over give him my $$! nt
inamatteroftime
Nov 2012
#216
Why do CEOs become partisan assholes like this? His business will flail because of this.
johnnyrocket
Nov 2012
#222
I sure can live without any of those companies and their crappy food. Boycott the greedy SOBs.
joanbarnes
Nov 2012
#237
Republican employees of papa johns will also lose their jobs,even if they voted for Romney!
dubyadiprecession
Nov 2012
#256