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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]Hepburn
(21,054 posts)113. Done...
...and I got the nicest auto reply -- a "thank you" for telling the CEO to go fuck himself!
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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