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logos

Christian Group Calls For Boycott Over Titillating New Starbucks Logo

According to the Star Tribune, Starbucks recently decided to resurrect its original bare-breasted mermaid logo, much to the dismay of the Christian group, "The Resistance," who is calling for a national boycott. The logo, based on a 16th Century Norse woodcut, will be on Starbucks cups for at least a few more weeks and will be the permanent logo for Pike Place bags of coffee. According to the Christian group, the logo "has a naked woman on it with her legs spread like a prostitute," and that "the company might as well call themselves Slutbucks." We didn't even know that mermaids had legs. More, inside... More »

8:47 AM on Fri May 16 2008
By Jay Slatkin
9,342 views, 190 comments

Latest by swagv: Where can I sign up to boycott Christian groups? more »

backlash

Pizza Hut Delivery Driver Fired For Shooting Armed Robber

A Pizza Hut delivery driver with a valid handgun permit has been fired after he shot an armed robber who put a gun to his head and demanded he turn over his cash. Now an Iowa state senator is calling for a boycott of Pizza Hut:
"You tell me any Iowan that was in his situation, that had a gun put to his head, how they would've reacted differently," state Sen. Brad Zaun of Urbandale said. "I think it's the wrong decision by Pizza Hut and I will not be buying any more Pizza Hut products."
Pizza Hut says it's against company policy for delivery drivers to carry guns, even with a valid permit. More »

1:11 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Meg Marco
13,392 views, 179 comments

Latest by n/a: @fordpickup: @ "Personally, I would rather not have coworkers toting guns around. Remember when postal workers had a high mortality rate due to the instability of their peers?" Guess what? The Postal Service has ALWAYS had a policy against carrying a more »

auctions

eBay Boycott Having An Effect? Listings Are Down 13%

USAToday says the eBay boycott over fee and policy changes has driven listings down as much as 13%: More »

3:38 PM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Meg Marco
5,147 views, 55 comments

boycotts

The Great eBay Boycott Is Officially On, Will Anyone Notice?

Here we are a few days into a week-long eBay boycott over policy and fee changes and no one is sure if it is having any effect. It appears that listings are down 3%, but no one is sure if the drop is the result of the boycott. More »

1:37 PM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By Meg Marco
8,065 views, 101 comments

complaints

BoycottZales.Com: Diamonds Are For Never

Over at Boycottzales.com, customers share horror stories of dealings with the jewelry store that bespotts many a suburban mall. The tales include allegations of Mr. Clean being used to spruce up jewelry, minorities being paid more than Caucasians, and engagement rings going in for repairs and never coming out. More »

3:21 PM on Tue Jun 6 2006
By popkin
685 views, 23 comments

top

Pith & Vinegar: The Spinning of the Chum

• If you think diamonds are for never, visit boycottzales.com.
• Remember that friendly PR rep who said she would help intervene to resolve this kid's Paypal misery? Well, he writes it's been over a week and jack doody has been done.
• TiVo won't kill ads, they're too busy planning to kill TiVo, or at least manipulate it for their own fell purposes. [OneSecondTheater]
• Old news but we didn't talk about it yet: Telcos secretly funding anti-net-neutrality websites. Probably made by the same ad agency who did the pro-C02 spot. [Digg]

8:13 PM on Wed May 31 2006
By popkin
124 views, Comment

analysis

All-Star Rants Showcase: Boycott Boycotts

While we're riding Metafilter like the magical pony on a journey to its navel that it is, let's extract this bit of fried gold and take it along for the ride. In response to a fan of The Family Guy, outraged about Fox's scheduling problems and proposes a boycott, Lore Sjoberg writes:
I'm already boycotting my cable company. Can I, you know, sub-boycott? Or do I have to end my boycott of Comcast so that I can get Family Guy and not watch it?
More »

9:22 AM on Mon Dec 12 2005
By consumerist.com
49 views, Comment