RBnDFW wrote:

pyotr filipivich wrote:
"Michael A. Terrell" on Mon, 26 Jul 2010
04:41:19 -0400 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
I've walked out of stores because of loud and offensive music. When
I told the manager why I was leaving, they told me they didn't care. I
was rudely informed that they would listen to whatever they wanted to.
In that case, say "fine - and I shall tell random strangers that
your company sucks. See if I care."
I do tell people why I won't deal with any business that is run by
morons.

I recall a cartoon series, where the Professor was explaining
"negative ratings" "That is when people call random strangers to tell
them not to watch the show."

Which reminds me, I should call up the one tire co, and tell them
why I took my business elsewhere. I don't mind "slow", I do mind
"ignore the guy parked in front of the bay." Doesn't take much a
simple "I'll be right with you, sir." will suffice.
But if they didn't want to acknowledge my presence, it wasn't like
I was being rude by leaving, nicht wahr?

I stood at a Popeye's Fried Chicken counter for about 10 minutes with
employees scurrying around avoiding eye-contact. I noticed the guy
behind me had given up so I did too.
I gave them the benefit of the doubt that same day and tried the
drive-thru on my way home from work. Parked in front of the speaker was
an older compact car, driver's door open, no driver. After looking
around, I honked. Some guy came out the back door retrieved something
from the car, went back inside. So I left again.
Later on, I decided the company should know about this situation, so
I got on the corporate website and found the contacts page, clicked on
"email us". Up pops a form that wants to know everything but my bank
account number. No thanks. No more Popeye's Fried Chicken for me.


I stood for about 15 minutes at a local Arby's, with a dozen
employees running around. ignoring me I'm diabetic, and was getting
light headed so I didn't have time to keep waiting. I went down the
street to another fast food place and hd my food in under two minutes.

A week or two later I stopped at a different Arby's and got great
service. They had a new manager who introduced himself. I asked if the
other restaurant was owned by the same franchisee, then told him about
how bad it was run. He called his boss to report the problem. After
that, they had a lot of new faces behind the counter.