Personal **** lists

[JontyR]

Anyone have any companies that they refuse to do business with? Ones that at the end of your dealings with them you said that you would tell everyone when detailed about how awful they were?

Or any that you won't deal with on points of principle?

[GingerNuts]

Do you have any?

[lillythesavage]

Gone now but Peoples Energy got that treatment from me, as many poor reviews as I could leave, in the end they waived exit fees and gave an instant refund of over payments, and then promptly went bust as soon as wholesale prices went up.

I refuse to use Tesco or Sainsbury due to the " Aldi price match ads" , basically saying we have over charged for years, now we have some competition we will reduce prices.
Tesco too, for having 2 price structures, different prices for " club card " holders on lots of items.

[lamboman]

McDonald's,Ferraris

[Blackpool Rock]

Sky due to that cunt Murdoch who set it up, it may be recently acquired by Comcast and I don't think Murdoch has any holding now but for me it's forever tainted 

[Blackpool Rock]

McDonald's,Ferraris

Talk about different ends of the spectrum 

[JontyR]

Do you have any?

Yup. On service Scottish Power and Virgin Media.

[shaft10]

British Gas ...

wankers used to let me accrue debit during the winter months and then increase my monthly payment in the summer months to compensate ...

[Squire Haggard]

The publisher Reach, or Retch, because they publish nothing but shit. Also, at least one of their publications, the Scottish Daily Retard, sister paper of the Mirror, has a long anti punting industry history. Glasgow massage shops have been exposed by them and shut as a result. In the past, police have acted on Glasgow red light districts, ''exposed'' by them, scaring girls and punters away.

[mr.bluesky]

Talk about different ends of the spectrum 

I often nip out to McDonald's in my Ferrari I don't see what the problem is   

[Markus]

Ryanair.

I love a bargain as much as the next person but I would never go on any of their flights. I would rather pay a little extra and fly with EasyJet or BA if it’s only hand luggage I am taking.

[mills_and_bhuna]

Apple - Facebook - Uber -  Virgin Media  -  3 - if it was feasible Amazon

[lamboman]

I often nip out to McDonald's in my Ferrari I don't see what the problem is   

Burgers are shit.

[lamboman]

Ryanair.

I love a bargain as much as the next person but I would never go on any of their flights. I would rather pay a little extra and fly with EasyJet or BA if it’s only hand luggage I am taking.

I also had that attitude until the place I wanted to go to only had Ryanair servicing it,a crap service on a shit old plane it was as expected.

[mr.bluesky]

Burgers are shit.

True, I don't think I've ever had a McDonald's burger in my life .

[lamboman]

Apple

I'm another non Apple sheep,I used to use no end of computing resources and never felt the need to buy their over priced white goods.

[lillythesavage]

Ryanair.

I love a bargain as much as the next person but I would never go on any of their flights. I would rather pay a little extra and fly with EasyJet or BA if it’s only hand luggage I am taking.

Not easy to avoid if you live in Essex and travel regularly to Ireland, never found Easyjet to be any better, anything over an hour or so and they all get overlooked for a proper airline. Though none are getting better.

[lillythesavage]

I'm another non Apple sheep,I used to use no end of computing resources and never felt the need to buy their over priced white goods.

Never owned or bought anything Apple as a gift, avoid Axxxxxn unless I desperately need it next day, just about everything is available elsewhere if you look.

[Blackpool Rock]

Nike as it seems to have a cult following amongst Bellends

Man Utd, for the explanation see above answer for Nike     

[lamboman]

Nike as it seems to have a cult following amongst Bellends

Nike sports kit is actually really really good quality.

[Blackpool Rock]

Nike sports kit is actually really really good quality.

That's as maybe and a lot of their stuff does look quite nice especially the womans stuff on a fit girl in the gym but invariable all the airheads who like posing and people looking at them seem to wear Nike.
Given that they also get it made in 3rd world sweat shops (which many of them do) it's also typically more expensive than other brands

[Markus]

Nike sports kit is actually really really good quality.

+1

I’ve had a pair of Nike trainers I use for running which refuse to give in after 8 years.  Only the soles are getting worn out recently which is to be expected. Not sure how the newer stuff holds up. 

[chrishornx]

+1

I’ve had a pair of Nike trainers I use for running which refuse to give in after 8 years.  Only the soles are getting worn out recently which is to be expected. Not sure how the newer stuff holds up.

agree but as per the thread BR won't use them on a matter of principle

[PepeMAGA]

I try to avoid companies that are overly political, but a difficult task.

British Gas and SSE I avoid due to terrible service.

[Billy no mates]

Dominoes - told staff to pay for uniforms out off their pay dropping them below min wage
Burger King - telling staff to clock out when the shop is quiet, dropping them below min wage
Wetherspoons- telling staff to “get a job in a supermarket” when he made people redundant
Ryanair- because why wouldn’t you.

[PepeMAGA]

Wetherspoons- telling staff to “get a job in a supermarket” when he made people redundant

out of context

[lillythesavage]

out of context

Yes it was, it was more bemoaning that furloughed or zero hours contract staff, zero hours does suit some people, would not return and take jobs in supermarkets that were still operating.

He does put his foot in his mouth at times though 

[shed]

True, I don't think I've ever had a McDonald's burger in my life .

Don't know what you are missing

[nwluvit]

Don't know what you are missing
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And while you are about it get yourself a Ferrari as well 

[King Nuts]

Anyone have any companies that they refuse to do business with? Ones that at the end of your dealings with them you said that you would tell everyone when detailed about how awful they were?

Or any that you won't deal with on points of principle?

I refuse to fly Ryanair. But then again, customer service from most major companies these days is abysmal, so no point in singling them out.

I do get quite a few calls from BT for some reason. I just tell them I am VERY busy at this time, and am experiencing an unusually high volume of calls, but that the call is very important to me and I'll be with them as soon as I can.

I just leave the phone to the side, don't disconnect, and carry on with whatever I'm doing.

[mr.bluesky]

Don't know what you are missing

Something that's made from all the crap leftovers of a cow 

[Aldebaran]

National Coach Holidays. Gone right down the toilet over the last couple of years.

[lamboman]

Something that's made from all the crap leftovers of a cow 

And too many gherkins.

[lillythesavage]

And too many gherkins.

You need something to taste 

[liberty]

The Sun rag

[lewisjones23]

is shit autocensored?

[DastardlyDick]

Burger King - telling staff to clock out when the shop is quiet, dropping them below min wage

I seem to remember MaccyDs getting done at a Tribunal for making their staff stay on when quiet, but not paying them. IIRC they were told that as they had the staff available, on the premises, they had to pay them.

[lillythesavage]

is shit autocensored?

No but black seems to be , any reason " blacklist" could not be used?

[lillythesavage]

And too many gherkins.

When I was regularly freight on the ferry to and from Ireland, the fridge boys told me the best Irish beef was going to France, and they were bringing carcasses back so Mcd,s could power wash the remnants from the bones.

The ads do claim best Irish and British beef. 

[lamboman]

When I was regularly freight on the ferry to and from Ireland, the fridge boys told me the best Irish beef was going to France, and they were bringing carcasses back so Mcd,s could power wash the remnants from the bones.

The ads do claim best Irish and British beef. 

I dread to think what "meat" they put in it.

[lillythesavage]

I dread to think what "meat" they put in it.

They are not popular now, but years ago all the food shops in Southend on Sea used to sell these long sausages in a hot dog roll, Through a GF I met the couple that made and supplied them, intrigued I had to go and see the factory, seeing big blocks of suet added to the mix was the end of me and a sausage for a very long time.

[billybob69]

When I was regularly freight on the ferry to and from Ireland, the fridge boys told me the best Irish beef was going to France, and they were bringing carcasses back so Mcd,s could power wash the remnants from the bones.

The ads do claim best Irish and British beef. 

I don't think that they claim to make burgers from the 'best' cuts. They are quite open that they use forequarters and flanks, which wouldn't be the best cuts (but it isn't the earholes and arseholes either).
The pressure washing of meat off the bone, or mechanically recovered meat as it is known, I'm pretty sure for beef at least, has been banned for human consumption in the UK.

[Blackpool Rock]

I don't think that they claim to make burgers from the 'best' cuts. They are quite open that they use forequarters and flanks, which wouldn't be the best cuts (but it isn't the earholes and arseholes either).
The pressure washing of meat off the bone, or mechanically recovered meat as it is known, I'm pretty sure for beef at least, has been banned for human consumption in the UK.

Yeah it was classed as inedible back in 2004 and unfit for human consumption due to the risk of BSE

[lillythesavage]

Yeah it was classed as inedible back in 2004 and unfit for human consumption due to the risk of BSE

Yes, it was some time ago, you can be sure that every last bit of flesh comes off the bone one way or another though, I see big bags of bones being delivered to my local kebab shop, I guess to clean themselves for the Doner, needless to say I go nowhere near it.

[Blackpool Rock]

Yes, it was some time ago, you can be sure that every last bit of flesh comes off the bone one way or another though, I see big bags of bones being delivered to my local kebab shop, I guess to clean themselves for the Doner, needless to say I go nowhere near it.

I did used to know someone who worked in a meat processing factory where the animals were actually slaughtered and then cut into whatever cuts were needed.
Apparently as a result of BSE the way Beef carcasses needed to be handled and processed has changed from how they were historically done, think it involved special care removing all of the spinal cord and brain etc.
From a program I saw on TV a few years back part of the problem with BSE or CJD in humans is that it's a prion protein which isn't destroyed by heat therefore even if you thoroughly cook the meat it won't kill it

Thankfully I think there were only ever a handful of CJD cases acknowledged despite people eating all sorts of infected crap before proper action was taken
The program however also demonstrated how the cases to date may be the 1st wave or ripple and that a bigger problem may still come along later, can't remember the science behind it but it's a known potential issue

[lillythesavage]

I did used to know someone who worked in a meat processing factory where the animals were actually slaughtered and then cut into whatever cuts were needed.
Apparently as a result of BSE the way Beef carcasses needed to be handled and processed has changed from how they were historically done, think it involved special care removing all of the spinal cord and brain etc.
From a program I saw on TV a few years back part of the problem with BSE or CJD in humans is that it's a prion protein which isn't destroyed by heat therefore even if you thoroughly cook the meat it won't kill it

Thankfully I think there were only ever a handful of CJD cases acknowledged despite people eating all sorts of infected crap before proper action was taken
The program however also demonstrated how the cases to date may be the 1st wave or ripple and that a bigger problem may still come along later, can't remember the science behind it but it's a known potential issue

If you actually spent a day in a meat processing plant you probably would not eat meat again, back in the 80,s, a friend was making very good money, buying and boning pigs heads from Smithfield market, the only thing he could not sell was the eyes, everything else had value and a buyer. Most of it was Mattesons, but tongues had a higher value to another market, maybe Chinese I cannot remember, even bones had value back then, for soap factories I think.

[billybob69]

If you actually spent a day in a meat processing plant you probably would not eat meat again, back in the 80,s, a friend was making very good money, buying and boning pigs heads from Smithfield market, the only thing he could not sell was the eyes, everything else had value and a buyer. Most of it was Mattesons, but tongues had a higher value to another market, maybe Chinese I cannot remember, even bones had value back then, for soap factories I think.

I worked in a meat processing plant for years and still eat meat! Many couldn't stick it though. Mostly due to working a chilled environment and the repetitive nature of the work rather than the smell, blood n guts etc. Tongue is delicious (mostly in sandwiches), so are sweet breads if cooked right. The bones would have been ground down for garden / agricultural fertiliser.