tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post7377883290183701526..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Boycott Autozone?Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-29711293080670270922012-12-23T19:44:47.923-05:002012-12-23T19:44:47.923-05:00AnonymousDecember 2, 2012 2:58 PM
Yeah... I never ...AnonymousDecember 2, 2012 2:58 PM<br />Yeah... I never bought from them before and I am not gonna buy from them again!<br />So no loss then, do people read what they are going to post?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-75401585442010464592012-12-02T14:58:00.725-05:002012-12-02T14:58:00.725-05:00Yeah... I never bought from them before and I am n...Yeah... I never bought from them before and I am not gonna buy from them again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-45189458144139880482012-12-02T03:43:48.095-05:002012-12-02T03:43:48.095-05:00Robert, I made the "guns as equalizers" ...Robert, I made the "guns as equalizers" argument months ago and just continue to do so because it is so effective.<br />http://laliberty.tumblr.com/post/19630634415/cognitive-dissonance<br /><br />Just last night I had a conversation with a couple of lefty friends who are life-long gun-haters.<br />The most enlightening argument was how it is more empowering to the powerless than the LA Libertyhttp://laliberty.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-5254539041484844612012-12-01T23:01:31.363-05:002012-12-01T23:01:31.363-05:00Hey, Autozone!
If you fire for heroic behavior, w...Hey, Autozone!<br /><br />If you fire for heroic behavior, what behavior will be left by default?<br /><br />Watch your till, and count your receipts!<br /><br />What kind of guy is your customer?<br /><br />Will he prefer you? Or will he prefer the guy you fired?<br /><br />Car guys don't like hand-wringing zero-tolerance pc wusses!<br />El Gordonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-50335122494816252282012-12-01T18:40:49.705-05:002012-12-01T18:40:49.705-05:00Do companies purchase "theft insurance" ...Do companies purchase "theft insurance" that reimburses them in the case of burglary/robbery?<br /><br />I'd think that the company values the employee's life more than the money out of a cash drawer; not because of sentimentality, but because the value of the employee's labor exceeds that which can be taken from a cash register, and it is thus in the firm's interest cavalier973https://www.blogger.com/profile/16018249706585207161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-63683575140728847152012-12-01T18:03:23.633-05:002012-12-01T18:03:23.633-05:00Autozone is trying to enforce its gun "zero t...Autozone is trying to enforce its gun "zero tolerance" policy even during an armed robbery? Sure, they are within their rights, and I wouldn't support any gov't intervention such as say a wrongful termination suit to reverse Autozone's firing, but I believe the reader is right that Autozone's decision to fire their hero employee was stupid, and there is nothing wrong Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09153766510906010466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-22619271307500937652012-12-01T17:31:44.910-05:002012-12-01T17:31:44.910-05:00While I wouldn't participate in an Autozone bo...While I wouldn't participate in an Autozone boycott, I would have given the armed employee a bonus or raise, just like Robert.<br /><br />Life is risk. Autozone management should have that in mind. They should also have in mind that the store's money was less at risk than the lives of everyone in the store. Only the assailant knows his own mind. Who knows whether he would have taken moneyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-76748979616899799562012-12-01T17:06:17.189-05:002012-12-01T17:06:17.189-05:00It is their right to fire whomever they want but i...It is their right to fire whomever they want but it is also their customers' right not to buy things from them when they do something the customer doesn't like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-3665995435236100872012-12-01T14:01:24.400-05:002012-12-01T14:01:24.400-05:00You learn something new everyday.You learn something new everyday.Chris Rossinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02986002946096496906noreply@blogger.com