Some resentments fade with time. Others… stick around like a family heirloom. One day a company “misplaces” your order, turns a basic return into a scavenger hunt, or slaps on a fee they swear was totally disclosed—and suddenly you’re on year 12 of refusing to buy so much as a pack of gum from them. The line’s been crossed, and it’s not getting uncrossed.
Redditors marianneouioui and istrx13 recently asked people to share which businesses they’re stubbornly boycotting and won’t spend another dime at after getting screwed over, and their responses are hilariously personal. Spoilers: more than a few of these grudges are old enough to vote. Read them below.
#1
Nestle.... "Water isn't a human right..."
F those guys...
Also, they're really hard to avoid....
F those guys...
Also, they're really hard to avoid....
55points
#3
Hobby Lobby will not provide healthcare that covers birth control to their employees. I have never shopped there, and don’t plan to EVER because of this. Also ChickFillA. Both of these businesses are less than 1block from my home, but I will take a bus across town to get what I need and avoid them!
47points
#4
Locked my keys and phone in my car while picking up 6 pizzas at domino’s. They would not let me use the phone to call my wife to bring spare key. Will not go back. It’s been 11 years.
44points
#5
Chick-fil-A and Hobby Lobby. They both support fundamentalist Christian freaks. No thanks!
44points
#6
I worked at Wal mart for a month as a teen. They forced me to work overtime and did not pay me. I won some cash back in a class action lawsuit.
I refuse to spend a dime there. 27 years and counting.
I refuse to spend a dime there. 27 years and counting.
40points
#7
Starbucks. Bad coffee and even worse labor practices. No way am I paying a fiver for burnt coffee.
37points
#8
Bank of America. They charged me 33 dollars a month for only having 5 dollars in my account for 6 months. I was 8.
35points
#9
Uber stole $2 from my bank account (1 buck, twice), and i was broke that week, resulting in 2 NSF charges, 45 bucks each. I called Uber to ask what the frick they were doing, they said "we're just making sure your account is active". I demanded the $92 back, they gave me the 2, said to take up the 90 with TD Bank.
I called TD Bank, they told me to stop spending money if I know I don't have money, even though I had just told them I wasn't the one doing the "spending".
I cancelled my Uber account, closed my TD Bank account (didn't pay the 90), and never did business with either one ever again and here we are 10 years later, neither one making a dime from me.
I called TD Bank, they told me to stop spending money if I know I don't have money, even though I had just told them I wasn't the one doing the "spending".
I cancelled my Uber account, closed my TD Bank account (didn't pay the 90), and never did business with either one ever again and here we are 10 years later, neither one making a dime from me.
33points
#10
My favorite story would be from my best friend's dad. Every Thursday he would order a pizza from Domino's but ask that one quarter of it be cheese only for his children. Since they knew him, he paid the full topping price, and he did this so regularly they didn't have a problem with it. That was until one time when he was giving his regular order and the owner interrupted the employee taking the order, insisting that they would not fulfill a special request like that. He explained that he'd be doing it this way for over a year and its never been a problem, but the owner said absolutely not. He was patient with the owner, but with this betrayal of trust and how rude the owner was he would never do business with them again.
Cut to a few years later, the school he works at is taking bids from local restaurants to provide a treat lunch for their students. The contract would be regularly ordering enough for, I think 2500 students once a month. They got bids from a lot of restaurants and Domino's was the cheapest. So he called the owner, had him come up to the school for a meeting to iron out the contract details and explained, "several years ago you refused to let me get a pizza that was 1/4th cheese and I said I would never do business with you again. Therefore, this school's contract is going to [Pizza Hut] instead.
Cut to a few years later, the school he works at is taking bids from local restaurants to provide a treat lunch for their students. The contract would be regularly ordering enough for, I think 2500 students once a month. They got bids from a lot of restaurants and Domino's was the cheapest. So he called the owner, had him come up to the school for a meeting to iron out the contract details and explained, "several years ago you refused to let me get a pizza that was 1/4th cheese and I said I would never do business with you again. Therefore, this school's contract is going to [Pizza Hut] instead.
31points
#11
Spotify.
They frick over musicians so badly.
And call me old fashioned, but I want to own the music I listen to. If I pay for something, I want to be able to hold it, do whatever with it - not keep paying to borrow it.
They frick over musicians so badly.
And call me old fashioned, but I want to own the music I listen to. If I pay for something, I want to be able to hold it, do whatever with it - not keep paying to borrow it.
30points
#12
I refuse to use a plumbing company in the area because in 2001 they gave a free quote, came out to the job to preform the work, said it was going to be triple the price which I refused, then charged me a service fee.
I refused to pay the service fee because, by logic, a quote isn’t complete until accurate, and they turned me into collections.
Collections called. I told them I’d be happy to pay as soon as they produce the non existent contract with my signature attached. Never heard from them again.
Frick you, Church Plumbing and Heating.
I refused to pay the service fee because, by logic, a quote isn’t complete until accurate, and they turned me into collections.
Collections called. I told them I’d be happy to pay as soon as they produce the non existent contract with my signature attached. Never heard from them again.
Frick you, Church Plumbing and Heating.
29points
#13
Dogfish Head Ale House refused to seat my disabled mother.
She had ALS and was in a wheelchair at that point. She just wanted to go out for dinner with the family to feel normal again.
We got there and put our names on the seating list. After 25 minutes they offered us a high top bar table, which was above her head in the chair. We said it wouldn't work, pointed out the wheelchair.
After another 30 minutes they offered us a table upstairs. We asked if there was an elevator. They said no, only stairs. We said it wouldn't work, pointed out the wheelchair.
They had a little discussion amongst themselves. After 20 more minutes elapsed they came came an offered us a high top bar table again. We said it wouldn't work, pointed out the wheelchair YET AGAIN. They discussed amongst themselves again and then told us they had a big party and couldn't be expected to move chairs in the main dining room to accommodate a wheelchair and that they couldn't help us.
We just went home after they wasted an hour of our time. My mom was so embarrassed she never tried to go out to eat again. I know it was probably just a bunch of kids working. But still.
Mom being in a wheelchair was an inconvenience to us too, you think we wanted her to be dying of ALS? It's been over a decade and I'm still mad about it.
She had ALS and was in a wheelchair at that point. She just wanted to go out for dinner with the family to feel normal again.
We got there and put our names on the seating list. After 25 minutes they offered us a high top bar table, which was above her head in the chair. We said it wouldn't work, pointed out the wheelchair.
After another 30 minutes they offered us a table upstairs. We asked if there was an elevator. They said no, only stairs. We said it wouldn't work, pointed out the wheelchair.
They had a little discussion amongst themselves. After 20 more minutes elapsed they came came an offered us a high top bar table again. We said it wouldn't work, pointed out the wheelchair YET AGAIN. They discussed amongst themselves again and then told us they had a big party and couldn't be expected to move chairs in the main dining room to accommodate a wheelchair and that they couldn't help us.
We just went home after they wasted an hour of our time. My mom was so embarrassed she never tried to go out to eat again. I know it was probably just a bunch of kids working. But still.
Mom being in a wheelchair was an inconvenience to us too, you think we wanted her to be dying of ALS? It's been over a decade and I'm still mad about it.
28points
#14
Goya since they started promoting Trump in, I think it was, 2016. .
28points
#15
DoorDash. Customer service not refunding the tip to a dasher who stole my dinner doesn’t sit right with me.
25points
#16
There’s this pizza place near me that didn’t give me the garlic knots I ordered, and told me I was lying that I didn’t receive them. Haven’t gone to them for 3 years now because of that lol.
19points
#17
Wal-Mart. Haven’t shopped at one in 20 years after reading “Nickel and Dimed” by Barbara Ehrenreich in 2004.
17points
#18
It’s only been 2 years since we started boycotting Amazon after they ran over my dog, but it takes a surprising amount of effort to do.
17points
#19
Enterprise.
Someone renting their car crashed into me.
They knew I had insurance but repeatedly harassed me personally to not only pay damages, but also pay for their lost revenue. (And again, they crashed into me, not the other way around.)
I told them if they called me again I'd sue.
I still use other car rental companies that are part of the same parent company because it's impossible not to but I'll die before I rent from Enterprise again.
Someone renting their car crashed into me.
They knew I had insurance but repeatedly harassed me personally to not only pay damages, but also pay for their lost revenue. (And again, they crashed into me, not the other way around.)
I told them if they called me again I'd sue.
I still use other car rental companies that are part of the same parent company because it's impossible not to but I'll die before I rent from Enterprise again.
16points
#20
I haven’t bought Exxon gas since 1989 because of the Valdez spill and the fact that they lied about it.
16points