Fight the Power

Popstar's most recent post about her experience in Brooks Pharmacy has prompted me to write about something very near and dear to my heart. The practice of boycotting certain place because they have wronged you in some way.

This is common practice in my family. My father believes that he single handedly put Caldor out of business after they screwed him for $10. He refused to ever set foot in a Caldor store and lo and behold, they went bankrupt and out of business. We believe that one person can make a difference. Especially if you talk enough shit and get others to join in your boycott.

Currently, I am on my soapbox boycotting the following places:

1. Brooks Pharmacy - obviously as this is what prompted me to write about this topic in the first place. I hate Brooks Pharmacy. They single handedly crushed my dream. I am leaving it at that.

2. Wal Mart - plain and simple...they suck. While they do offer very low prices, it is not worth the aggravation of shopping in their extremely narrow aisles and very unorganized store. It takes me way to long to find what I need. Once I do, I am forced to wait in a line 30 people deep because there are only 2 cashiers ringing people up with the following 45 lines are closed. I prefer the serenity of Target.

3. United States Post Office - Since I can pay most of my bills online, I have no use for the post office. However, even buying stamps is a difficult experience. Again, there is one person working while about 100 are waiting in line. I'll buy my stamps elsewhere. If I need to mail a package, I do so from work and pay the postage.

4. Arkansas - Had lunch at the Waffle House, saw the dog track and narrowly avoided the dry counties ahead. That is enough for me.

5. Edinburgh, Scotland - their public transportation system left much to be desired, the entire city closes at 6 pm. and I couldn't get a travel alarm clock and almost missed my flight. The B & B was very Bates Motelian and the proprietor and his helper a little scary.

6. Boston Market - Got food poisoning there in high school. Two years later, my mother god food poisoning from BM in a different state. Nuff said.

7. The movie Flight Plan - It is a blatant rip off of Alfred Hitchcock's 1938 film The Lady Vanishes. The missing child is a really a British spy trying to stop the Nazi's which in this case will be the flight crew. End of story.