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JimboBillyBubbaBob

(1,389 posts)
2. I have had the expereince.
Sat Nov 23, 2013, 12:31 PM
Nov 2013

I have quietly asked for the manager or owner and told them that I was taking my dollars elsewhere, that I found their display an expression of their rights and my leaving was an expression of my rights. I have never had an argument back, always the look of "duh!"

I let it ruin my whole day nt arely staircase Nov 2013 #1
Ha! JaneyVee Nov 2013 #73
I have had the expereince. JimboBillyBubbaBob Nov 2013 #2
In some parts of the world (like mine) you'd run out of places to shop quickly OmahaBlueDog Nov 2013 #4
We alternate between cnn and fox pipoman Nov 2013 #3
Double down and go for MSNBC OmahaBlueDog Nov 2013 #6
At times CNN can piss me off as much as FOX giftedgirl77 Nov 2013 #8
CNN still angers right-wingers? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2013 #64
I ask them to change the channel. Then leave when the don't. broiles Nov 2013 #5
I was once at dinner at a restaurant with a TV directly overhead MurrayDelph Nov 2013 #7
I ask them to change the channel. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #9
I look for or ask for the remote. Faux pas Nov 2013 #10
I don't frequent any businesses like that. hunter Nov 2013 #11
If the business does a good job, say a auto repair or such, Ranchemp. Nov 2013 #12
What I struggle with is TV's on period. Big Blue Marble Nov 2013 #13
Life is imitating art Art_from_Ark Nov 2013 #71
I have reacted in many ways...... Bennyboy Nov 2013 #14
So you are wanting to force these establishments to change to oneshooter Nov 2013 #27
Not at all..... Bennyboy Nov 2013 #29
Rarely have I been a business establishment that has had a tv on. In the restuarants that I have madinmaryland Nov 2013 #15
I do the same thing that I would do if any other network rudolph the red Nov 2013 #16
Usually... pipi_k Nov 2013 #17
I walk out and don't come back TheCowsCameHome Nov 2013 #18
I ask them to turn the propaganda off.. SoCalDem Nov 2013 #19
I conduct my business and leave like a civilized human being. egduj Nov 2013 #20
This. Codeine Nov 2013 #36
The only place I run into it is at the V.A., Fuck's Snooze once a year HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #21
VA here has the TVs on the Local Cable News channel. hobbit709 Nov 2013 #28
Interesting...there is no local news channel option for Time-Warner in Milw. HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #30
Recently... haikugal Nov 2013 #22
I walk the fuck out. InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2013 #23
You'd walk out of a fair number of businesses in this part of the world. OmahaBlueDog Nov 2013 #56
I carry a book with me when I know I'm going to be in a waiting room, LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #24
I bring earplugs everywhere I go too. Neoma Nov 2013 #40
I bring an iPod with me Art_from_Ark Nov 2013 #75
My ophthalmologist is now having Fox on the tvs in his waiting rooms Cairycat Nov 2013 #25
Try just asking. Maybe someone else asked to put in on Fox, and since then... JHB Nov 2013 #44
I have asked, politely, to change the channel. madamesilverspurs Nov 2013 #26
That's a rare thing for me, really. MineralMan Nov 2013 #31
I walked out of the mental health clinic when I couldn't stand Jerry Springer on the TV any more Fumesucker Nov 2013 #32
Playing Jerry Springer in a mental health clinic? Nye Bevan Nov 2013 #59
I live in Fort Worth, Texas (it's in my Profile). MicaelS Nov 2013 #33
Thank goodness I don't have that problem. OutNow Nov 2013 #34
I don't fucking care what's on someone else's television. Codeine Nov 2013 #35
Ok, let me get this straight... renie408 Nov 2013 #38
"Attack this thread aggressively"? Codeine Nov 2013 #39
Well, you are certainly entitled to your opinion renie408 Nov 2013 #45
I chose to take it as a strongly voiced opinion, and not an attack on the thread OmahaBlueDog Nov 2013 #54
Yyyyyyyup. n/t cherokeeprogressive Nov 2013 #68
Small town outside if a big town, REDDEST of RED states.... renie408 Nov 2013 #37
I don't. I have real problems to worry about. Throd Nov 2013 #41
A couple of ways. gulliver Nov 2013 #42
I always do your first measure. I think I'll try your second for some fun. The Wielding Truth Nov 2013 #53
I give them a chance to change it. If they don't, I take my business away and make Egalitarian Thug Nov 2013 #43
I become infrequent. n/t TroglodyteScholar Nov 2013 #46
I leave. Seriously, I might think about it a minute, but I'm all about voting with my wallet bhikkhu Nov 2013 #47
"Life's too short, and there's always other options but to finance hate." OmahaBlueDog Nov 2013 #55
Just myself, I wouldn't eat there bhikkhu Nov 2013 #61
I have not seen this in forever. Perhaps because I live in Oregon. But, if Coyotl Nov 2013 #48
Im a liberal. I can tolerate other people's politics. aikoaiko Nov 2013 #49
I have complained about two local businesses with FOX on their TVs, senseandsensibility Nov 2013 #50
Red. I don't watch. LWolf Nov 2013 #51
Watch it with who I am with and discuss what is wrong with their arguments and how full of shit Incitatus Nov 2013 #52
I can ignore it Packerowner740 Nov 2013 #57
I put my foot through the TV and then get arrested by the cop who jumps out of the bushes. Nye Bevan Nov 2013 #58
Put on my headphones and listen to my iPod. sakabatou Nov 2013 #60
I don't do business with those stores but I let them know why. IrishAyes Nov 2013 #62
There's not much to do about that except either Jamaal510 Nov 2013 #63
+1 840high Nov 2013 #65
When I see Foxnews playing, I throw my phone down on the floor and yell: "NOOOO!!! Fuck no!!!" Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #66
I question their business sense while I publicly ignore it. nt Demo_Chris Nov 2013 #67
It's called Selective Hearing. I watch TV at home, I go to businesses to do business. cherokeeprogressive Nov 2013 #69
I moved to Houston I'll just be open about it like 6 months ago now I guess may be less Arcanetrance Nov 2013 #70
It plays in my office all day AnnieBW Nov 2013 #72
I jump up on the tabletops screaming BENGHAZI and then tear down the TV. JaneyVee Nov 2013 #74
I take my tablet and ignore whatever is on their TV dballance Nov 2013 #76
I really hate Fox, but I hate the TV being used as a glass tit to pacify and engage people in Nika Nov 2013 #77
Not one business I frequent has a tv much less Cha Nov 2013 #78
You'll be thrilled to know that this thread was the topic of a conservative website owner's blog OmahaBlueDog Dec 2013 #79
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