Products or business you refuse to patron

[monster]

Is it just me, or does Cheese Whiz sound like a potential concern for the uncircumcized with poor hygiene habits?

[elSicomoro]

I hated Whiz on my steak...I think I had it twice while I lived there. White American for me...of course, I also added un-Philly items like catsup and mayo. That's because I'm a bizarre fuck.

That's trivial shit though...plenty of folks will disagree over little stuff like cheese or peppers or onions. I'm primarily hating on places like Arby's or Subway trying to make some concoction and calling it a Philly Cheese steak. And the sad thing is, they're never very good.

Although, I think McDonald's had one about 2 years ago that they actually sold in Philadelphia. It was okay, but nowhere near like the real thing.

[BigV]

I don't understand what's not to understand. I spit out the pepperocini stems too. In fact, almost *died* once, I grasped the stem, put the pepper in my mouth halfway, bit it clean through and in the act of swallowing the damn pepper, I got a spoonful of the vinegar/pickling/brine/poison down the wrong pipe. I could hear it sizzling in the bottoms of my lungs as my diaphram strained to turn my lungs into external organs. I felt like I'd just beer-bonged a drum of Judge Doom's Dip. I thought I was gonna die, and I was afraid I wouldn't. Gawd.

Inedible. Understatement of the week. Sheesh.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by glatt

I still don't understand that.

Originally Posted by BigV

I don't understand what's not to understand.

I was not clear. I don't understand why they don't cut the stems off. I don't like the stems either.

[busterb]

Now back to your regular program. Remember when V-8 had the add with a guy in laundry mat kicking shit around? Which BTW is Cambells. I sent an email and have not a clue if helped, but it's been gone.

[Clodfobble]

Wait! I take it back! There's a well-known restaurant here in town that all of my friends and I avoided in high school because the proprietor was a wifebeater (friend's mom ran a battered women's shelter; so much for confidentiality.)

[TheMercenary]

Ok, I don't buy anything made in France. At least when I know that it is made there.

[Perry Winkle]

I don't refrain from buying from products or businesses for moral or ethical reasons. I also don't buy things for moral or ethical reasons.

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Ok, I don't buy anything made in France. At least when I know that it is made there.

Do you have an American/English dictionary? Many (most) of the words in it were made there...

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by grant

Do you have an American/English dictionary? Many (most) of the words in it were made there...

Yea, yea, I know. Our history is intertwined. They helped us, we helped them. And in France most people speak english because if it wasn't for us they would no longer be speaking French but some mix of French and German. I am glad for them that they have had the choice to keep speaking French without the harshness of a Germanic dialect.

[SteveDallas]

I agree on the Cheese Whiz. I personally prefer provolone on mine. It's a good Italian cheese, which seems like it'd perfectly in character with the origins of the cheesesteak.

[bluecuracao]

I despise Applebee's, and not just because their food sucks...

A friend of my mother's used to run this wonderful brew"pub" several years back. They were one-of-a-kind in that area, and always packed--great beers, with some of the best food in town. It was the first place I'd been to that paired craft brews with nice cuisine.

Then, Applebee's came sniffing around, and noticed the name of the brewpub was similar to that of a small chain they'd just acquired elsewhere. They wanted to open franchises in the area, so they sued the owner for the name and eventually won. The guy changed the name, but the lawsuit had wiped him out and he closed soon after.

Applebee's never did open any of the franchises, and they sold off the chain, too. Corporate vampire bastards. And their food sucks.

[DucksNuts]

I boycott all things Dick Smith!

I wont shop at one of the local pet shops...coz they blow.

I wont eat at Cellar47, which is a very up market restaurant here because I got food poisoning there.....twice!!!

[Undertoad]

Sony is all about the proprietary for no reason at all. It goes back all the way to custom speaker connectors on their receivers, and forward all the way to those DRM'd CDs that rootkitted your computer.

[elSicomoro]

You would have thought they learned with Betamax.

[Kingswood]

I refuse to buy anything from any company that:
* Telemarkets during dinner.
* Sends me email spam unless I have given my permission.
* Gives my personal details to third parties for their own profit but won't tell me who those third parties are.

I also refuse to enter into any contracts that requires me to pay out the balance of any contract if I need to terminate the contract for any reason. If that is the only sort of contract the company offers, then I take my business elsewhere.