So, there are two big boycotts that I’ve seen a lot of posts and news about that I want to address.

My opinion: They are sorta dumb.

Boycott 1: Uber

Ummmm… so… they didn’t participate in some sort of “strike” of cab companies and suddenly they are the worst thing evarrrr.

Cut it out.

The only people that get hurt by not doing Uber are the normal every day people who need the money. The head of the company could care less. People are going to use the service and the head of the company is going to feel little to nothing from the boycott.

Meanwhile, if they had participated in the strike, normal people would have to go without money for issues they may or may  not feel that passionate about. I konw, I know, it’s hard to think of people NOT being passionate about everything the same, but it happens.

So… really.

Cut it out.

 

Boycott 2: Starbucks.

Honestly, this is so ridiculous I can’t even begin to articulate how flabbergasted I am by the utter ridiculous that is boycotting a coffee shop because they want to hire refugees.

Did they say they wouldn’t hire anyone else? Did they even say WHERE they’d hire them. Starbucks is international, there are plenty of places they could be doing it.

I can only shake my head and wonder why anyone thinks that’s even a reason to boycott them, let alone believe they will have a huge impact.

 

So here I sit, watching these “grown” people act like little children.

Cut it out.

I say it all the time to my toddlers… so I guess it fits this situation too.

I think it would make a lot more sense to focus all that energy into doing something that will actually make an impact, instead of being mad at a business because they want to actually stay… a business.

 

S