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People Confess Which Companies They Absolutely Refuse To Support

People Confess Which Companies They Absolutely Refuse To Support
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Today's average consumer has plenty of options when it comes to patronizing a company for the services or merchandise they offer.


While some businesses offer the same type of product, they can have minor differences that tailor to every type of customer.

But there are also reasons why a discerning patron refuses to give their money to specific companies, regardless of whether or not they desire the product.

Curious to explore this notion, Redditor Snoo_72206 asked:

"What’s a company you refuse to support and why?"

Insurance companies failed to deliver assurance to these Redditors.

Ghosted

"Progressive. A few years back, an idiot crashed into my parked car with a lawnmower while I was at work."

"The owner of the lawnmowing company decided to play games and not pay for the damage."

"My Progressive agent ghosted me and his supervisor never returned my calls."

"I eventually got the money but Progressive didn't do a damn thing."

– The_Height_of_Folly

Unlike A Good Neighbor

"State Farm. Before we met, my wife was in a car accident that permanently damaged her neck, forcing her to drop out of college and abandon her dream to play violin professionally, and requiring her to get an injection in her neck twice a year for the rest of her life."

"She's been in a 4-year legal battle with State Farm as shes entitled over $100k since she was no way at fault for it."

"But they will not budge and keep demanding ridiculous things from her. Next month she's actually scheduled to fly back to the state where the accident happened so she can undergo a 10-hour psychological analysis (when she asked her attorney why they're asking for that, she pretty much said 'because they can')."

"State Farm also recently requested she shoot a video of her attempting to play the violin and then talking to me about how it make her feel that she can't play it painlessly anymore. In a recent deposition, they actually asked her if she had intentions to get medical treatment were they to award her with the money back when it happened."

"They've become such a pain but we've made the decision to fight it out as long as we can, because giving up is what they want us to do, and we want to prove to insurance companies that they can't screw over their clients like this."

"So yeah. Screw State Farm (and honestly most insurance companies)."

– Ben-Stanley

A Major Trauma

"Dude. State Farm is the worst. My sister was in an accident when she was 16 that left her with permanent brain damage, dashing her chances of the future career she dreamed of."

"It was a 10 year battle on settlement. The hoops they made us jump through… the disgusting tactics they used. They hired people to stalk me and my other siblings and report on our behaviour to build a profile on how much she was likely to succeed had the accident not happened to bring down the settlement."

"They belittled and publicly humiliated a 16 year old girl who was in a traumatic accident where her friends were killed."

"As a pre teen seeing all this, it actually completely changed me and opened my eyes to how evil people can be. Insurance companies are disgusting."

– MalBredy

Unreasonable Payout

"I know three people with State Farm homeowners insurance who tried to make claims and got laughably microscopic payouts."

"And then they keep their policies! What the fuck are you paying them serious adult premiums for, when they see the damage to your home and reimburse you with five bucks and a gumball?"

– driffson

A major social media platform and a popular ticketing service got the stank eye.

The Parent Organization

"Meta. What if I don't want to share my private info with you?"

– skycatminepokie

Chaotic Life

"my job required me to be on social media every single day, constantly be interacting with clients posts, constantly be creating content with the intent of trying to gt clients to share the content."

"i really do believe social media is a cancer on society."

"I know that reddit is also social media, but the anonymity makes it much less toxic and consuming for me."

– garlicdjango

Unhealthy Addiction

"I was addicted to Facebook for the longest time and it wasn't until I finally deleted it (not suspended, full deletion) that I realized what a profound effect it was having on my mental health. I'm not even exaggerating. I am so much happier without it."

"The friends I talked to all the time still talk to me through other mediums, and the ones that don't, just don't. And that's fine. I'm not even judging them for it. I'm in a much better place."

– starchystar

No More Live Events

"Ticketmaster - too many fees. Just don't go to live concerts anymore."

– username987654321a

"Ticketmaster:"

"Ticket price: $40"

"Service fee: $20"

"Paperless fee: $5"

"Fee fee: $3.15"

"Because we can fee: $2.00"

"You wanna go fee: $12.00"

"Print-from-home fee: $6.50"

"No physical copy fee: $16"

"No refund policy agreement fee: $8.00"

"Total: $112.65 F'k you very much."

"Sucker."

– Soulphite

Redditors thought these companies left a bad taste.

America's Favorite Food & Beverage Company?

"Nestle, is there anything ethical about them?"

– Aggressive-Ice-1009

The Partnership

"FYI Starbucks and Nestle are best buds now and have signed a multi multi million dollar partnership."

– poopybuttfacehead

Corporate Evil

"Nestlé. They are the very model of corporate evil. Raiding water tables in drought stricken areas, using child slavery to get their chocolate, and much more!! 🤡"

– Thintieguy

Local Business Killer

"Starbucks. It’s just too easy to support a local coffee shop if I’m in a situation where I can’t make my own coffee at home."

– PaticusGnome

Some retail companies were admonished by the following Redditors.

Bad Fashion

"Jaded London, ASOS, Primark, PrettyLittleThing & any other fast fashion brands that I can’t remember off the top of my head."

– brownguyinthecorner

The Reason

"It does go further than that for me, but my opinion does stem from their exploitation of child labour."

– brownguyinthecorner

Not Target

"Walmart"

"I used to work there and refuse to go there ever again. I put in my two weeks July 2020 and I haven’t gone there since. I refuse to step foot in any Walmart ever."

– funeralxfog95

Employee Confession

"Former Walmart employee here too that refuses to shop there. Union busting, encouraging people to work off the clock, threatening you if you get caught up doing work and accrue OT, humiliating public team cheers, inadequate training for dangerous equipment, constant busy work, terrible pay and benefits... not to mention that the only reason I ended up working there is they destroyed their local competitors in the town... f'k Walmart."

– BobGenghisKahn

Discomforting Atmosphere

"I started off hating Walmart as a kid because of the fluorescent lighting and overall depressed feeling that would overcome me anytime I would step foot inside one, and my hate has only grown stronger over the years."

– ChillNyeTheStonerGuy

They say America runs on Dunkin'.

That slogan alone made me give it a hard pass. The audacity. Everyone knows Starbucks is supreme.

I know, I know, the mega java chain is on every street corner in all major metropolitan cities and many customers may think they're overrated.

But say what you will. Their quality cup of joe is so much better than the mud Dunkin' Donuts passes off as coffee.

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Things People Secretly Love But Would Never Admit To In Public

Reddit user sweet_chick283 asked: 'What do you secretly love that you would never admit to in public?;

Collection of VHS tapes
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What makes us all unique is our passions and the things we love, whether it's singing in the shower, reading books, or listening to specific music artists.

Unfortunately, we live in a world where we are judged for our various tastes and interests thanks to social media, and it makes us consciously selective about sharing the things we love on the internet.

Curious to hear about people's personal desires under anonymity, Redditor sweet_chick283 asked:

"What do you secretly love that you would never admit to in public?"

These aren't really chores for the following Redditors.

Good Clean Fun

"Mopping, im a janitor and generally hate my work... but damn mopping is so good."

– MrDDog06

"When you have a great rhythm going it is something special. I get the same feeling while I vacuum, but won’t let my wife know I enjoy it."

– Bogus_34

Act Of Unwrinkling

"Ironing clothes. A dozen of them. Can’t explain how it relaxes me. I told one person and they looked at me like I’m crazy."

– eerie_white_glow

"My mum misses the days when dad would be out on a Friday night, my brother out with friends and me upstairs quietly playing PS1. She would pour herself a Bacardi & Coke and do the ironing while watching her TV shows."

"I'm sure she doesn't really miss it now that we've moved out and they've retired but it was her wind-down after a busy working week so I can see how people can find it relaxing."

– xdq

Our solo actions can spark joy.

Big Brother Is Watching

"pretending to be on the Truman show and whenever im in my house i act all inconspicuous so they dont know that i know that they’re watching me."

– Bec_121

"C’mon man, you’re not supposed to let him know. You signed a contract when signing up for live views. I’m reporting you."

– doeswaspsmakehoney

The Multi-Tasker

"Playing video games naked at home while eating cheese."

– thickening_agent

Releasing The Kraken

"I love the feeling when you've eaten good fibre and let out a solid long train log in the toilet. That feeling is heavenly."

– therapoootic

"Even better when it’s a clean wipe and not a poo crayon."

– TheWarmestHugz

Ultimate Comfort

"My (male 41) weekend routine is coming home from work, make hot chocolate, start a fire, dress in a ugly pink nightgown made for old ladies and watch forensic files."

– crazyloomis

Some people are obsessed with collecting things.

So Kawai

"Sanrio stationery stores. All those different multicolor pens, a thousand kinds of erasers, spiral bound notebooks galore... my kids sadly have absolutely no appreciation for this wonderland..."

– HavingNotAttained

It's A Staple

"Office supplies have a weird, special place in my heart ever since I was a kid. They don't even have to be 'cute' necessarily."

"Japan's legendary stationery stores is unironically a reason I want to go."

– _CozyLavender_

Not Caring Anymore

"The older I get the shorter that list gets. Not because I love less things, but because I don't care about hiding it."

– Bi-Beast

"YES!! I'm 53 now. I'm working my first job in public since 2006. Today is Halloween and we're allowed to dress up so I am sitting here waiting to go to work dressed as a VERY bad Wednesday Addams. My bf said I'd 'look stupid' because no one else will probably dress up and I'm like, 'WHO CARES!' My makeup looks horrible and not like I practiced, but I DO NOT CARE! I'm having fun with it anyhow and I don't care if my coworkers dress up or not. I'm bein' ME! :)"

– deanie1970

Honorable mentions start here.

The Savior

"Picking up worms from the street and sidewalks when it rains and moving them into the dirt so they don’t burn in the sun, every time it rains I do this."

– sky_kitten89

Hero Of The Moment

"Yoooo I scoot SO many snails and worms. I work as a tech/mechanic at an automotive shop, I had a peoject car towed to my house the other day and it was covered in snails. I saw them when the tow guy/coworker was unloading and I was like, 'oh! It comes with free snails!' and began moving them. He laughed then realized and said, '... Oh, you're serious. Uh... Okay.'"

"I don't care who knows it. These little things barely can look out for themselves, why shouldn't we if we can take a moment to help? I don't care what happens next, it probably doesn't matter overall but I can help this moment."

– chris14020

Why should some of the hidden desires mentioned above have to be secret?

Redditors opening up about some of these would make them a hit at parties–no shaming.

As a matter of fact, I'll totally be down for a Forensic Files viewing party where we all make hot chocolate, light the fireplace, and cozy up together in our respective pink ugly nightgowns for old ladies.

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