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wayneL said:
Totallly Un-Australian.

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If I were a short seller this would be a good time to hit Woolies.

What a cwazy decision by WOW.

The memsab, the fourth Ms ( don't ask ! ) Gumnut is boycotting Woolies unless for specials too good to ignore.

gg
 
SirRumpole said:
I don't shop there anyway so I'm boycotting by default.
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We're the same, only shop there if there isn't an alternative.
I used to have quite a holding in WOW bought when they floated at $2.40, sold out a few years ago and bought AFI, when the wife said their prices are getting stupid.
But on a serious note, how stupid of WOW management to wade into the political side of things, what's the old saying don't discuss politics or religion and off they go and jump right into the thick of things.
Thick is probably an apt description IMO, WOW management is there to run the business for the shareholders, how do they think in their wildest dreams that refusing to supply merchandise to customers is in the shareholders interest?
Their is weird $hit going on in Australia ATM, where politicians and business management, feel they are there to dictate how the populous should think.
Rather than just doing their job and representing those who put them there, Alan Joyce started it, I think the voters and shareholders are getting fed up.
The age of divisiveness, driven by inclusiveness, isn't working as well as intended, just another brain fart gone wrong big time IMO.;)
 
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sptrawler said:
We're the same, only shop there if there isn't an alternative.
I used to have quite a holding in WOW bought when they floated at $2.40, sold out a few years ago and bought AFI, when the wife said their prices are getting stupid.
But on a serious note, how stupid of WOW management to wade into the political side of things, what's the old saying don't discuss politics or religion and off they go and jump right into the thick of things.
Thick is probably an apt description IMO, WOW management is there to run the business for the shareholders, how do they think in their wildest dreams that refusing to supply merchandise to customers is in the shareholders interest?
Their is weird $hit going on in Australia ATM, where politicians and business management, feel they are there to dictate how the populous should think.
Rather than just doing their job and representing those who put them there, Alan Joyce started it, I think the voters and shareholders are getting fed up.
The age of divisiveness, driven by inclusiveness, isn't working as well as intended, just another brain fart gone wrong big time IMO.;)
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Absolutely, you would think that the fingers up the public gave to companies such as this over the Voice would be a signal that we don't appreciate "wokefullness" or political correctness and interference in our decision making.

Some companies that call themselves "Proudly Australian" had better make more of an effort to demonstrate that.

Not directly related to Australia Day, but a lot of people are boycotting supermarkets anyway.

www.abc.net.au

Meet the Australians cutting out the supermarket middleman

With allegations of price gouging levelled at the major supermarkets and an inquiry ongoing, more Australians are seeking other ways to get their groceries.
www.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au
 
SirRumpole said:
Absolutely, you would think that the fingers up the public gave to companies such as this over the Voice would be a signal that we don't appreciate."wokefullness" or political correctness and interference in our decision making.

Some companies that call themselves "Proudly Australian" had better make more of an effort to demonstrate that.
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Yes, you don't bring about change by ramming it down people's necks, those days are well gone, people have to be encouraged to adopt change of their own violition not because they are told to do it.
It's a shame when those who talk about not leaving anyone behind, actually drop the majority of the pack.
Hopefully the elites just calm down and do their own jobs, rather than telling everyone else what they should think, because they are doing neither job well.
Just ask Aldi.:roflmao:
 
Nothing to do with Australia Day of course but a lot of companies are starting to find out what happens when they get involved with woke politics.

Best example is anheuser bush who sales of Bud Lite are still down a third or more.

This is how we plebeians can have a vote about corporate ideologies, with our wallets.
 
sptrawler said:
Yes, you don't bring about change by ramming it down people's necks
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It's the height of arrogance to preach about an individual's right to choose, being opposed to coercive control, that everyone ought be respected, anti-bullying and so on whilst demanding others do as you say.

As for Woolworths, I'm not actively boycotting them but I rarely shop there simply because the closest supermarket is Foodland, the next closest is Aldi, next is Coles. So Woolworths is physically the furthest away, to the point shopping there would be somewhat a novelty, a conscious decision, that in practice makes little sense. :2twocents
 
sptrawler said:
Their is weird $hit going on in Australia ATM
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My take on it is this is what happens when the previous paradigm has run out of anywhere to go and there's not yet a broad business and community acceptance of what the new direction needs to be.

My view being the broad set of circumstances that have prevailed during recent decades have run their course, that era is now at the end of its reign and isn't coming back at least not in our lifetime. It's just that few have yet grasped it's done, and even fewer have worked out what needs to happen next. Hence the internally focused emphasis on comparatively trivial matters. :2twocents
 
The lesson for businesses is to have a product(s) sell it for as much as you can get for it, and STFU about political and social issues.

As soon as you bring anything up along these lines you are going to alienate a portion of your clientele.

It's dumb business.

I know in my business if I started off about my opinions on these topics I would be absolutely lionized by half of them, but the other half would probably give me the sack.

That wouldn't be very smart, so if they bring anything up I will quickly change the subject.
 
Smurf1976 said:
It's the height of arrogance to preach about an individual's right to choose, being opposed to coercive control, that everyone ought be respected, anti-bullying and so on whilst demanding others do as you say.

As for Woolworths, I'm not actively boycotting them but I rarely shop there simply because the closest supermarket is Foodland, the next closest is Aldi, next is Coles. So Woolworths is physically the furthest away, to the point shopping there would be somewhat a novelty, a conscious decision, that in practice makes little sense. :2twocents
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Well what makes it even more stupid from Woolworths perspective, is how soon after Alan Joyce's unceremonious exit from Qantas this has happened, Woolworths management obviously have no ability to read the crowd IMO. :rolleyes:
 
wayneL said:
The lesson for businesses is to have a product(s) sell it for as much as you can get for it, and STFU about political and social issues.

As soon as you bring anything up along these lines you are going to alienate a portion of your clientele.

It's dumb business.

I know in my business if I started off about my opinions on these topics I would be absolutely lionized by half of them, but the other half would probably give me the sack.

That wouldn't be very smart, so if they bring anything up I will quickly change the subject.
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Everyones views are always different to ours, easier to go along with the confersation because that fool is paying the bill
 
Hypocrites.
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Can someone tell where else I can buy tacky cheap Chinese made Australianer, Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi.

Hope everyone enjoys their day.
 

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