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So, a bank advises it's employees they can optionally do something if they wish.
Some customers are outraged for some reason.
Just wait until they get interest rates go through the freaking roof. Then they'll have something important to actually worry about.
Honestly, get a fucking life.
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Honestly, tell the bank to do what they are fucking supposed to do. Maybe worry about listening to their customers and managing their money well.
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Honestly, tell the bank to do what they are fucking supposed to do. Maybe worry about listening to their customers and managing their money well.
Honestly, tell the bank to do what they are fucking supposed to do. Maybe worry about listening to their customers and managing their money well.
Do you think that giving employees the freedom to decide what to put on their name tags is likely to impact the efficient running of their finances in any way, shape or form?
I'm all for allowing people to be what they want to be in the workplace as long as it doesn't adversely affect their productivity. It tends to make them happier. And happy employees are better employees.
Nobody is being forced to do anything here.
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No. That's why the customers are taking their money and leaving.
If enough of them do so, I suspect the shareholders will be forced to do something. Because I thought the purpose of a business was to make money, not piss off their customers.
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No. That's why the customers are taking their money and leaving.
If enough of them do so, I suspect the shareholders will be forced to do something. Because I thought the purpose of a business was to make money, not piss off their customers.
No. That's why the customers are taking their money and leaving.
Are they, though?
A few people complaining about something on the internet isn't the same as people actually closing their bank account, which tends to be a bit of a pain in the arse to actually do. We don't even know whether the complainers are Halifax customers.
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No. That's why the customers are taking their money and leaving.
Are they, though?
A few people complaining about something on the internet isn't the same as people actually closing their bank account, which tends to be a bit of a pain in the arse to actually do. We don't even know whether the complainers are Halifax customers.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Sod Off:
No. That's why the customers are taking their money and leaving.
Are they, though?
A few people complaining about something on the internet isn't the same as people actually closing their bank account, which tends to be a bit of a pain in the arse to actually do. We don't even know whether the complainers are Halifax customers.
And you don't know they aren't.
Bottom line - is it good business?
Ask Disney.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Sod Off:
No. That's why the customers are taking their money and leaving.
Are they, though?
A few people complaining about something on the internet isn't the same as people actually closing their bank account, which tends to be a bit of a pain in the arse to actually do. We don't even know whether the complainers are Halifax customers.
And you don't know they aren't.
Bottom line - is it good business?
Ask Disney.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Sod Off:
No. That's why the customers are taking their money and leaving.
Are they, though?
A few people complaining about something on the internet isn't the same as people actually closing their bank account, which tends to be a bit of a pain in the arse to actually do. We don't even know whether the complainers are Halifax customers.
And you don't know they aren't.
Bottom line - is it good business?
Ask Disney.
How about Chick-fil-A?
They also made a stand for something they believe in.
Do you think that was a bad idea?
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And they're not whining about it.
I don't care what you think you are or want to pretend to be, no matter how honestly. Past that my sig line says it all.
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And they're not whining about it.
I don't care what you think you are or want to pretend to be, no matter how honestly. Past that my sig line says it all.
And they're not whining about it.
The people whining about it are the customers who don't like the freedom being given to the employees. The Halifax isn't forcing it on anybody.
In this case, it's the anti-woke bunch who are being all how-dare-you about things.
I was only joking
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Were I a customer of this bank, I wouldn't care what their employees call themselves. (I'd care about how they manage and safeguard my money, that's it.) But if I caught wind of this message from the bank to its customers, "If you disagree with our values, you're welcome to close your account," I'd be gone off down the road, the snotty bastards.
OTOH, this self-ID crap has gotten so bad, maybe the bank is more worried about preventing a walkout (eyeroll) than taking care of its customers, even.
If that's the case, you KNOW things have gotten beyond insane.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Sod Off:
And they're not whining about it.
The people whining about it are the customers who don't like the freedom being given to the employees. The Halifax isn't forcing it on anybody.
In this case, it's the anti-woke bunch who are being all how-dare-you about things.
So you think this self-delusion a good thing?
You can say you are whatever you want. Just don't expect me to respect it or participate.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Sod Off:
The people whining about it are the customers who don't like the freedom being given to the employees
They have freedom and use it to act like bleeding idiots.
Sure, go ahead, here's you freedom, act like a loon, I hope you enjoy it.
And don't bother asking me to have a loon mind my money.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Sod Off:
And they're not whining about it.
The people whining about it are the customers who don't like the freedom being given to the employees. The Halifax isn't forcing it on anybody.
In this case, it's the anti-woke bunch who are being all how-dare-you about things.
So you think this self-delusion a good thing?
You can say you are whatever you want. Just don't expect me to respect it or participate.
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I agree with @Doctor-Phibes Boycotts of a specific store (or something similar) usually do not work very well.
The majority of Peoples values and their willingness to follow them only goes so far, maybe unfortunately.
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I agree with @Doctor-Phibes Boycotts of a specific store (or something similar) usually do not work very well.
The majority of Peoples values and their willingness to follow them only goes so far, maybe unfortunately.
@taiwan_girl said in Sod Off:
I agree with @Doctor-Phibes Boycotts of a specific store (or something similar) usually do not work very well.
The majority of Peoples values and their willingness to follow them only goes so far, maybe unfortunately.
I can't speak for Scotland, but the bank business in the U.S. is so competitive, you don't want to lose customers for stupid reasons.
Ask Disney how some of the woke stuff is working out for them. OTOH, probably the least woke movie of the summer just passed $1B in revenue, and is still making money. If there's anything Hollywood respects, it's a dollar.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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@taiwan_girl said in Sod Off:
I agree with @Doctor-Phibes Boycotts of a specific store (or something similar) usually do not work very well.
The majority of Peoples values and their willingness to follow them only goes so far, maybe unfortunately.
I can't speak for Scotland, but the bank business in the U.S. is so competitive, you don't want to lose customers for stupid reasons.
Ask Disney how some of the woke stuff is working out for them. OTOH, probably the least woke movie of the summer just passed $1B in revenue, and is still making money. If there's anything Hollywood respects, it's a dollar.
@Jolly Maybe banks are different, but others ones don't have much affect.
Dick's Sporting Goods -
ACTION: Stop Selling Guns
RESPONSE: Boycott
RESULT: Stock price/earning doubleChicken Filet -
ACTION: Mean against LGBTQ etc
RESPONSE: Boycott
RESULT: None. Sales increaseNike-
ACTION: Uses slave labor to make shoes
RESPONSE: Boycott
RESULT: Sales increaseUK Bank
ACTION: Gender names on name tags
RESPONSE: BOycott and change banks
RESULT: TBD (but 95% chance no change to # of customers or bank profit)etc
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Basi ally, LOL
When is comes to consumer things,
prices >>> morals
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I hate organized boycotts of things. It's a horrible, horrible precedent for a free nation. If you don't like a business, don't patronize it. But don't try to get people en masse to do likewise to hurt the business. Who you are really hurting is the employees and the many people who may own stock in them.
