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43. The only way they could make up for this in my eyes

Thu Oct 4, 2012, 06:13 PM

Oct 2012

I posted on their facebook feed that there was one way they could make up for this in my eyes. And that is to take the equivalent of this year's profit that their division made Whirlpool and donate that in new products to homeless shelters, womens shelters, schools, and so forth.

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Too late. calimary Oct 2012 #1

Precisely. Kitchen Aid's damage control won't be fast enough to erase this. n/t VespertineIconoclast Oct 2012 #12

WTF? SoapBox Oct 2012 #2

wow -- wtf fishwax Oct 2012 #3

WTF! lonestarnot Oct 2012 #4

"... is in no way a representation of the brand's opinion." PSPS Oct 2012 #5

Holy shit. I imagine someone will be fired over this. nt ZombieHorde Oct 2012 #6

Hopefully after the company loses A LOT of business. n/t JusticeForAll Oct 2012 #7

I hope not Le Taz Hot Oct 2012 #9

I know...and I was planning to buy one soon adigal Oct 2012 #17

ditto n/t calikid Oct 2012 #18

I like my Viking stand mixer just fine. marble falls Oct 2012 #19

I"m going to go look at Viking SemperEadem Oct 2012 #23

The pasta maker is a bit chintzi - extruder rather than a roller, but it also has a blender dock ... marble falls Oct 2012 #47

same here SemperEadem Oct 2012 #22

Here's hoping you suffer financially for something your drunken uncle says. TalkingDog Oct 2012 #28

See post #25. They need to feel the pain. Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #29

this wasn't some asshole spewing nonsense in the breakroom.. frylock Oct 2012 #34

And I don't policy decided corporately against where I want my money to go. They have freedom of ... marble falls Oct 2012 #48

I imagine that should some unnamed employee decide to speak his mind LanternWaste Oct 2012 #53

If people buy one of their dishwashers word will get around proReality Oct 2012 #31

The article I read Sherman A1 Oct 2012 #14

+1. One can't boycott every company that used to have an asshole working for them Orangepeel Oct 2012 #16

I don't want to pay for the idiots working in my workplace.... Darth_Kitten Oct 2012 #52

I won't SemperEadem Oct 2012 #25

If that is how you feel, I would urge you to Sherman A1 Oct 2012 #27

I did exactly that. SemperEadem Oct 2012 #40

Actually, carla Oct 2012 #51

One could be diaspointed by that suspicion, too. marble falls Oct 2012 #49

Will never buy a Kitchen Aid mixer or dishwasher again PossumSqueezins Oct 2012 #8

When company management.. sendero Oct 2012 #15

Me, too and I won't either. It sure took the shine off my grandmom's mixer standing in my kitchen. marble falls Oct 2012 #21

I've boycotted since the 70's Marthe48 Oct 2012 #26

I know it's been said a million times, but montana_hazeleyes Oct 2012 #10

"why are these right wingers so hateful?" BumRushDaShow Oct 2012 #11

How horrible, to attack one's dead Mema. fasttense Oct 2012 #13

That is heinous beyond compare. Foul, vile, and the end of any custom I gave Bluenorthwest Oct 2012 #20

Spot on. JNelson6563 Oct 2012 #33

Wow Blueprogress Oct 2012 #24

Even if this was about an unknown person it is in very poor taste. Kitchenaid will not be one of my jwirr Oct 2012 #30

I would fire that person immediately. AtheistCrusader Oct 2012 #32

And I was just going to buy a heavy duty kitchenaid mixer. montanto Oct 2012 #35

How tasteless. Mad_Dem_X Oct 2012 #36

Some people need to calm down. Beacool Oct 2012 #37

This message was self-deleted by its author 47of74 Oct 2012 #42

There goes my future purchases of KitchenAid budkin Oct 2012 #38

Ok nevermind, I didn't read that it was just some random employee budkin Oct 2012 #39

It wasn't a "random employee." It was the person hired to tweet on behalf of the company. yardwork Oct 2012 #44

Un-fucking believable! StarryNite Oct 2012 #41

The only way they could make up for this in my eyes 47of74 Oct 2012 #43

I like that idea. They need to do something to show they are really sorry Justice Oct 2012 #46

Imposible! That would imply KitchenAid is a person. Oh, that's right, corporations are made 24601 Oct 2012 #45

Too late fuckers!!! and-justice-for-all Oct 2012 #50