Where it is appropriate to go SC on employees.

[LexiaFira]

if this hasn't been posted already
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Libera...43209.html?x=0

target is now getting ALOT more "flack" from their donations, trying to get specifics. But basically its now impeding their expansion plans.

[ExRetailDrone]

I don't think that this has been posted yet, either. I keep hearing more and more about people who are very unhappy with decisions Target is making, even die-hard Target lovers.

[protege]

Now that's nearly 5 minutes of my life that I'll never get back

[GenniferGrievous]

I work in a grocery store, and people have been talking about this Target/donation thing all week.

As much as I love the red and khaki, I will probably steer clear for a while as well.

[lupo pazzesco]

You watched all 5 minutes. I got to the first 3 lines of the song and stopped it. It was pretty painful to watch, if well intentioned.

[Ginger Tea]

not the best depeche mode cover around

[Adoyle90815]

I work in a grocery store, and people have been talking about this Target/donation thing all week.

As much as I love the red and khaki, I will probably steer clear for a while as well.

I'm the same way, as that store is within walking distance for me that recently put in a full grocery section. I wouldn't buy produce or meat from Target anyway, since there are plenty of grocery stores, as well as a Trader Joe's in the same center. As for other items, there's a Kmart that's close so I'm going there now.

[ShootMePlease]

Honestly Smiley, I think the way the LGBT community has been treated is deplorable and offensive. My uncle died of AIDS and some of the things people said were very hurtful. I don't think it's right that Target did that, but I don't think you're being rational in the belief that you should hurt people who had nothing to do with that decision.

I understand your hurt. But keep it to those who deserve it. I don't think your feelings would be the same if a customer did that to you in your place of employment.

[aurelemsrealm]

Wow, that is just a piss poor attitude to have. You are not endearing anyone to believe in your cause or sympathize with you by treating them like crap when they're doing their jobs. If you truly understood what it's like to work in customer service, perhaps you'd understand that. No one deserves to deal with such nonsense when they're trying to work for a living.

I don't work for Target, and I never have. I've heard bits and pieces about this issue, but don't know the full story. I'm heterosexual, so I have no idea what it's like to be persecuted for being homosexual. I have a number of really good friends who are openly homosexual, and they don't seem to let these kind of issues bother them. I don't know what to tell you that would make life better for you.

What I can tell you is that you would not convince me to quit my job with sucktomer tactics. I have a family to support, bills to pay, and a college degree to earn. The end result would be that I would alert management that you were harassing me, and ask you to leave the store. If you refused, I would call the police and have them remove you. I certainly would not put up with anyone treating me like crap because the company made a decision they disliked.

[smileyeagle1021]

As a note to people posting recently, did you actually read the rest of the thread, particularly the parts where I said I was wrong and I was responding out of anger, not as a well thought out rational response. or just reading the op and deciding that based on that alone (which, trust me, you would be beyond pissed if you found out a place you frequented supported a group calling for your death) that clearly I am a horrible person out to do nothing but make retail employees miserable?
And Aurelemsrelm, you don't have a location tag, so I don't know what it is like being openly homosexual where you are... where you are, having one ally betray you might not elicit very strong of a response because, oh well, we have a dozen others we can turn to... in Utah, one ally betrays you and... well... you've got next to nothing. Mayors Becker and Coroon have been supportive, but I would never consider them allies because I know that they have to answer to the voters, and the voters have made their position clear. UofU is friendly to homosexuals, but they receive federal funding and have no choice, so I don't know how genuine that support is. Most of the companies that provide same sex domestic partner benefits are not based in Utah, they are almost exclusively big firms from the two coasts the have operations in Utah.
Shopping at Target and Best Buy for me used to be a way to guarantee my money left this state and went to people who claimed to be allies and supporters, then to have them donate 150k and 100k respectively to a man who does not support any form of equality (Mr. Emmer I believe doesn't even believe in employment non discrimination) and has ties to a group saying that it is moral and right to execute homosexuals and finding out they lied to you to get you to support your own oppression... yes, I paid for my own oppression... if you had that realization, I doubt you would be able to differentiate between the person who merely took your payment and the person who ultimately funneled the money into that candidate, at least not immediately.

[aurelemsrealm]

Smiley, this is just to give you an idea about me and where I live since you pointed out the absence of a location tag. I hope you didn't consider what I said to be any kind of personal attack. I just wanted to point out that a rash decision would be likely to provoke a negative response to you and your cause.

I live in northeast Tennessee within 30 minutes of both the Virginia and North Carolina borders. This town has a reputation for a fairly large openly homosexual population, and there are quite a few LGBT nightclubs in the area. I've lived here for five years. Where I grew up was a much less tolerant region of the country by comparison. I moved here to be with my wife, and she was the one who told me about this area's reputation as a hotspot for the LGBT community. At that time, we were maintaining a long-distance relationship, and had decided it was time to see if it was going anywhere. I chose to move here because my life was going nowhere in my hometown, and my wife had gotten a job with the state.

I got two job offers within a week of moving here -- K-Mart and Wendy's. I accepted both jobs since I needed the income with relocating several states from where I grew up. The K-Mart job was much better pay, but it was graveyard shift, which I hated. The Wendy's job was minimum wage, but the manager was willing to work around my K-Mart schedule. At Wendy's, I quickly learned I was the only heterosexual male working at my location. It was a little bit of culture shock since I wasn't used to anyone being so openly homosexual, but I got used to it quickly enough. As long as they understood and respected my preferences, I was willing to respect them as well.

[Mikkel]

As long as they understood and respected my preferences, I was willing to respect them as well.

In my experience most homosexuals are very respecting of heteros. After all, most, if not all, have grown up in a heterosexual family, they know very well that heteros exist. It's us heteros who are shocked when we first meet someone with another sexual preference.
There are exceptions of course .

[daleduke17]

I live in northeast Tennessee within 30 minutes of both the Virginia and North Carolina borders. This town has a reputation for a fairly large openly homosexual population, and there are quite a few LGBT nightclubs in the area.

Who else was kind of surprised by that?

[AdminAssistant]

Who else was kind of surprised by that?

Not me. I'm not sure why everyone thinks that if it's the South, everyone must be gun-totin', homo-hatin', good ol' boys. There are large gay communities in Arkansas and Tennessee...and I imagine there are in Mississippi and Alabama as well. I mean, Dollywood, helloooo.

[jedimaster91]

Not me. I'm not sure why everyone thinks that if it's the South, everyone must be gun-totin', homo-hatin', good ol' boys.

There's more of a chance of that in rural areas and small towns. Big cities tend to not be that way.