Office Depot worker axed after refusing to print flyers for Charlie Kirk vigil

Daily Mail UK ^ | September 13, 2025 | Kelly Garino

[Toespi]

Well they don’t. Which is what made it more nuts. She just got confused, and said Home Depot instead of Office Depot. But I expected Roberts to pick up on it and correct it, which he didn’t.

[doug from upland]

Media Relations
Fri, Sep 12, 9:32 PM (15 hours ago)
to me

Doug,

We are deeply concerned by the unfortunate customer experience that occurred at Store 3382 in Portage, Michigan. The behavior displayed by our associate is completely unacceptable and insensitive, violates our company policies, and does not reflect the values we uphold at Office Depot. On behalf of the Company, we sincerely apologize for this regrettable situation.

Upon learning of the incident, we immediately reached out to the customer to address their concerns and seek to fulfill their order to their satisfaction. We also launched an immediate internal review and, as a result, the associate involved is no longer with the organization. We continue to aggressively investigate the matter and will take action where appropriate.

We are committed to reinforcing training with all team members to ensure our standards of respect, integrity, and customer service are upheld at every location. Our customers and communities deserve nothing less.

Thank you,

Media Relations

[CFW]

Robby Starbuck
@robbystarbuck
I just received an email from
@officedepot
CEO Gerry Smith and he has assured me that the company has now fired ALL associates involved in this insane discrimination where they denied printing a Charlie Kirk memorial photo for a prayer vigil. Part of his statement below:

“We continue to closely manage our response to the unfortunate customer experience that occurred at Office Depot Store 3382 in Portage, Michigan on September 12. The behavior displayed by the associates was completely unacceptable and insensitive, violated our company policies, and did not reflect the values we uphold at Office Depot. On behalf of the Company, we sincerely apologize for this regrettable situation.
Upon learning of the incident, we immediately reached out to the customer to address their concerns. We also launched an immediate internal review and, as a result, the associates responsible are no longer with the organization.”

[damper99]

Either or both of the former employees check all the boxes for what employers are looking for to satisfy DIE corporate as well as government interests. They won’t have any problems getting new jobs, employers seek them to demonstrate that the business is inclusive...until these boneheads start putting their personal believes and values out as the companies’ values.