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kiesterbrau

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15. If you did that...

Reply to InAbLuEsTaTe (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 19, 2025, 10:13 PM

Mar 19

...it would just keep on and on...by filing a protest you let them know that it's bad for business to keep that crap on in their establishment...the rare few will opt to continue but usually smart business owners realize that keeping their zone of operation free of divisive content is a better strategy...everyone likes old nature channel or travel stuff...
EDIT: meant this as a reply to the poster who would have just walked out

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Fox was on the t v. at the Chinese restaurant [View all] orangecrush Mar 19 OP

Make Them Change The Channel ProfessorGAC Mar 19 #1

I would have just walked out never to return. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 19 #3

Not A Solution For Me ProfessorGAC Mar 19 #9

Yes, tell them why you're leaving. Think. Again. Mar 20 #26

Yes- there are a few Chinese restaurants in my town. Prof. Toru Tanaka Mar 19 #10

If you did that... kiesterbrau Mar 19 #15

To anyone who chooses this option, I have one small and respectful request: calimary Mar 19 #17

Of course claudette Mar 20 #30

They have a t.v. on the other end showing CNN orangecrush Mar 19 #4

At my mechanic BidenRocks Mar 19 #16

A couple years ago, I walked into a fast-food joint for lunch..... lastlib Mar 19 #23

There can be no other reason for it Walleye Mar 19 #2

There's a liquor store around the corner from my house. Morbius Mar 19 #5

Downloading fresh updates to the Stepford MAGAs' soft(brain)ware. n/t John1956PA Mar 19 #6

That's exactly what it is. FoxNewsSucks Mar 19 #12

A few years ago I was the in lobby of a hotel and 4 priests came in progressoid Mar 19 #7

Years ago my buddy and I were skiing in Sun Valley. John1956PA Mar 19 #8

You need one of these FoxNewsSucks Mar 19 #13

Love it! progressoid Mar 20 #25

"...this is porn for them." markodochartaigh Mar 19 #11

First off, why on god's green earth should there PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 19 #14

they don't need the tv, they don't need a book orleans Mar 19 #18

I am personally horrified that most PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 19 #20

Chatting is not always a good thing. Last year ... Whiskeytide Mar 19 #22

Is there a law requiring us to demurely sit quietly while they spew their lies? FoxNewsSucks Mar 19 #24

After 30 mins, I just shook my head, ... Whiskeytide Mar 20 #32

This sort of thing is exactly why I always have a book or two with me PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 20 #33

next time just ask if they can please change the channel orleans Mar 19 #19

Yeah i think so too Figarosmom Mar 19 #21

One of the reasons I bought a home treadmill Montauk6 Mar 20 #27

You need TV-B-Gone - Turn Off Any TV key chain remote control. Emile Mar 20 #28

I would have left that restaurant claudette Mar 20 #29

Propaganda stoned Mar 20 #31