[ivanputski]

a few years ago I went into a local shop near cabelas wearing a cabelas t-shirt. The manager goes off on me about the shirt, "why the hell are you here if you love cabela's so much??? Jeeeezus Chr" on and on... So here I am with my wallet open, at your store, and you flip out on me? You realize they sell guns, ammo, and you don't right? I closed my wallet and havent been back. They lost the next 25+ years of my money... that's the best way to voice your opinion... with your wallet.

oh yeah... time for some irony... the manager who was giving me crap about the cabelas shirt had his picture on a Cabelas billboard on I-84!!!
The whole thing took place in front of the owner who never said a word, likely in a feeble attempt to right an obvious wrong on his part of endorsing their new main competitor.
I stood up for myself and said " how can you give me crap for wearing a shirt... youre the manager of this store and youre on a billboard endorsing your competitor! He replied: " Hey, I got paid well for that billboard!"

I replied: "Well it's doing wonders for your bottom line, what it doing for HIS? (gesturing at the owner). I wish the owner would have said something... he looked like he wanted to, but the issue seemed to go deeper than just my interaction... He would still have my business today if he did... I actually really like the owner! It wasnt the owner's fault, but he ends up paying the price for the poor interpersonal skills of his employees. There's more to running a shop than knowing about tackle.

Money talks, and I work too hard for my money to be called an A-hole while spending it.