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To: gtech; MississippiMan
I just submitted this to Pep Boys customer relations.

Please be assured that I will never do business again with Pep Boys due to their lack of support for military reservists. I am a military reservist myself and my position is shared with many other reservists in my area. I will be following the developments closely regarding the reservists in Tucson and recommend that you restore their employment immediately before losing anymore customers.

MississippiMan,
I think you need to look beyond your own personal business needs and think about the people who protect your ability to operate a business in a free market economy. The fact that you would take such a position when you aren't even faced with the situation speaks volumes about your selfishness.
76 posted on 03/16/2003 4:35:50 PM PST by TSgt (“If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.” - General George S. Patton)
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To: MikeWUSAF
The fact that you would take such a position when you aren't even faced with the situation speaks volumes about your selfishness.

And you, my friend, may think whatever you like about me and my motivations. Given the fact that you know nothing about me or my situation, you only reveal your own ignorance. I simply brought up a point of reality, that with small mom-and-pop businesses, holding a job is not always feasible. It's not. It's not an issue of sacrifice or selfishness or anything of the kind. It's an issue of some things being workable and some not. Reality. I'm as patriotic as you or anyone else on this board and my discussion of this issue doesn't lessen that one bit. I love how you and a couple of others, who haven't the foggiest notion of what you're talking about and some of whom have probably never created a job in their life, sit back and make declarations about how easy it is to do something when you know zero about the details. Beating your chest and running your mouth doesn't make you a patriot. And stating the reality of running a business doesn't make someone not a patriot.

The only reason I brought this up was because of all the blanket statements thrown out in this thread about boycotting any business in this situation, which is utter foolishness.

MM

78 posted on 03/16/2003 5:15:09 PM PST by MississippiMan
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