Who do you boycott, and why?

[TeddyTonks]

Just read on a thread that dominos make donations to anti abortion groups 🙄 v annoying as if true I wouldn't buy from them, but my DS is a mega fan.

Who do you boycott and why?

Lol at the two PPs who boycott anything vegan. Good luck with getting all the nutrients you require, because you know, fruit and veg. Maybe they just take non-vegan supplements.

Parkrun. If its so inclusive and noncompetitive why do they have that damn bell and publish everyone's times? Its become a race like every other.

What the very fuck?!

Mercedes- my almost new A Class developed a fault which meant it had to be towed to local dealership and despite the recovery company recording my car as in perfect & spotless condition when collected, they refused to accept that the dealership had damaged it whilst in their care ( wheel arch damaged & bay parked tight to other cars so could have been missed had I not has a passenger with me when I collected). They then offered me a below market valuation to buy the car from me and promptly repaired it and sold it for £1,000s profit. Shame as it was a beautiful well spec'd car but it always seemed to have glitches with the technology despite being near new and only a few 1000 miles on clock. The dealership was incredibly dishonest and I've heard of similar reports from other (ex) customers. Will never go near Mercedes again.

The Sun, because of Hillsborough.

BT, because they lied to me and ripped me off over a business contract. It was many years ago but I still hold a grudge!

Anything organised by or benefitting the Outlaws MC. Because of Gerry.

Turkey (the country) because of what they did and are still doing to Cyprus.

Wetherspoons because of Brexit
A local spa because the staff are incredibly rude
Nestle because of the baby milk
Wordle/NY Times because of the same reason as PP
Amazon, Starbucks, Lush, Body Shop, Innocent Smoothies and Brewdog for the reasons above
I won't donate to CIN or Comic Relief (but do donate other worthwhile charities)

Wetherspoons. Because of Tim Martin. Brexit and the way he treated his staff & suppliers during the pandemic.

Parkrun. If its so inclusive and noncompetitive why do they have that damn bell and publish everyone's times? Its become a race like every other

Who said it was exclusively non competitive? It caters for both speed merchants and social runners, the key bit is that nobody gives a shit or judges you if you walk all the way round, that's the inclusive bit, it's a non elite event. They publish times as many folk want to track their progress.

John Lewis after the appalling treatment of an elderly relative, they had bought an electronic item, kept receipt, manuals, box etc.
tried to exchange under warranty for fault, treated relative as if they’d damaged it themselves, had to be chased for months and months on end and then wouldn’t exchange

Sainsburys for not selling me alcohol as my stepson was with me .
Worked there over 20 years.
Pricks.

Snag because earlier I went on Pinterest after posting my earlier comment and saw an 'advert' and now I can't unsee it FFS 😡

Pret A Manger. Because their lazy labelling killed Natasha Ednan-Laperouse.

Local fruit and veg shop, the guy who owns it smokes roll ups and then proceeds not to wash his hands before serving people.

I Boycott Albert Bartlett potatoes as Bartlett is the master of the fox hounds. I cant abide fox hunting or cubbing.

Local fast food who's owner appears to have declared war on the residents of the area. Shouts at and has been known to threaten anyone who parks on the public road because it should all be kept for his customers, is loud well into the night with music, revving cars, shouting and door slamming (delivery drivers, hangers on and owner/family) and fighting in the street with ex employees. I'm sure the fans aren't up to scratch either.
I don't mind the fact there's a takeaway or that there'll be some noise and disruption because of people coming and going because that is part of living near a takeaway but there's no need for the rest of it at all. Doesn't help that he's a mysoginistic twat as well, keeps asking where my husband is, I'm single and have been for many years but apparently I won't survive without one and must get a move on.
Knob

When you say they used to but don't any longer - a lot of companies had to change to barn eggs as hens had to be kept in barns rather than free range due to bird flu

When I was a lot younger and very introvert I ended up getting massaged in the middle of the shop by a staff member in Lush because I didn't want to say no, it was so embarrassing

Wetherspoons is the main one but also Dyson.

@pedropony76
"@Snowpatrolling the company doesn’t exist anymore since the lockdowns!! Both that and Garfunkel’s went into administration. F&B was absolute shite anyways so I don’t blame you"

I'm not sure that's true about Frankie and Benny's as I still get promotional emails from them .

Turkey - vile place.

A bakery in Colchester which 20 years ago had a policy of if a man was in the sandwich queue at lunchtime , he would get served ahead of whomever was next because "he's got to get back to work" despite it being all people needing to get back to work.

I do like a remembered grudge! 🤣

HSBC for refusing to talk to me when I went in to have ID scanned for a PPI refund and instead spoke only to my partner and also told him how much I was getting. When I protested I was told if I had a problem I could write in to complain.

I did and got a "we're sorry if you interpreted our actions that way" reply. Arrogant incompetent cunts.

I boycott Domino's OP but because of their practice of sandwich board advertising where they have their employees standing on street corners all day in freezing cold weather .

America

Wetherspoons

Dyson

Happy Eggs

I won't fly with Ryanair because of all their hidden charges and other practices I disagree with.
I don't go to the tax avoiders Starbucks.

Wetherspoons
The Sun
Israel