Bloomin' Onlion with a side of Surveillance?
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None for me thanks. I never have patronized their chain as they don't support the 2nd and don't allow CC in their establishments.
They better make note that I am out of Bloomin Onion dipping sauce!
I went to an Outback with an Australian guy. He said whoever developed the place has never been to Australia. I tend to agree with him.
Just like a guy from India said about a place called the Bombay Bicycle Club. He said there was nothing on their menu that he could get in India.
He ordered a vegetarian pizza with a bottle of catsup. That guy almost starved to death in the month we were in training.
Just like a guy from India said about a place called the Bombay Bicycle Club. He said there was nothing on their menu that he could get in India.
He ordered a vegetarian pizza with a bottle of catsup. That guy almost starved to death in the month we were in training.
I've never been to one where I wasn't carrying. Never seen a sign or any other indication that they don't allow CC at their restaurants. Never seen any complaints that they are anti-2nd amendment. Do you have links/sources for any of this? It's a surprise to me.
I never expected them to be connected in any way to Australia. "The Outback" is just the name of their restaurant, not an indication that that's where they started. I like their food, except the steaks can sometimes be over-salted. They're just a regular mid-range steak house IMHO.
They market heavily on an Australian theme. Everything they do is to give the impression they are an Australian company.
Everyone knows where the Outback is. Bloomin is, I believe Australian slang, shrimp on the barbie leaves no room for misinterpretation. No, they want everyone to associate them with Australia.
It seems odd that I've been into lots of establishments listed on that webpage, and they don't have any signs indicating "no firearms allowed". One in particular - Costco - used to have "no guns" signs in all of their stores around here. They took all of those signs down many years ago. There are no signs at any of their stores in my area now, not for many years. That does not seem to jive with the website mention of "Costco has always had a strong company policy against guns. Recently they started to add their no gun policy to the member agreement." My member agreement says nothing about guns that I can recall (but I don't have it sitting here in front of me to verify that). From all appearances here, it seems like Costco might have been anti-gun in the past, but corrected their behavior later.
Weird that all these places on that list claim to be anti-gun, at least per that website, but when it comes down to it they don't announce of publish that intent to their customers.
Huh! I can't tell you how many times I have shopped at the Safeway in Walla Walla while open carrying. Nobody ever said a thing.
Maybe because I'm an old man in a cowboy hat . . . The cigarette store that I stop at when I go to town is a great place to open carry. I was on my way to the range and stopped in to get supplies wearing my 357 in a shoulder rig and my 40 in a 4 o'clock belt holster, the lady behind me said that if the **** hit the fan she was going to my house. We laughed and I told her she had to bring food and her own guns. I had never seen the woman before but it was clear that nobody was afraid of me or my guns.
Maybe because I'm an old man in a cowboy hat . . . The cigarette store that I stop at when I go to town is a great place to open carry. I was on my way to the range and stopped in to get supplies wearing my 357 in a shoulder rig and my 40 in a 4 o'clock belt holster, the lady behind me said that if the **** hit the fan she was going to my house. We laughed and I told her she had to bring food and her own guns. I had never seen the woman before but it was clear that nobody was afraid of me or my guns.
I believe they are relaying their stance more so than actually posting their business and risk controversy.
They do donate to anti-gun groups which is enough for me to spend my green backs somewhere else. My wife occasionally goes to Jo Ann Fabrics, but she would rather go to Hobby Lobby.
We seldom go out to any place to eat, I would rather buy a couple good steaks or baby back ribs, and do them at home outside on the grill.. Besides, it gives me an excuse to have a cold beer or three or perhaps some Jack and Coke, lol.
There has been many a time that I stood out there in the winter when it's snowing with a J&C in my hand and good food on the grill.
If you try to avoid all the businesses that ban guns or do other things you disagree with you will eventually just wind up siting in an empty field, naked, and hungry.
I understand not spending my cash with places I don't agree with but mostly it's an empty gesture and they will not notice, or care if you tell them.
There are exceptions, like Dick's, but those are rare.
I understand not spending my cash with places I don't agree with but mostly it's an empty gesture and they will not notice, or care if you tell them.
There are exceptions, like Dick's, but those are rare.
You are exactly right. Most of the businesses on that list in the link I don't have anywhere near me so I don't miss them anyway.
I don't necessarily avoid them, but they aren't on my list of go to places either merely because it's an hour drive to get to them.
Boo! If they want to improve their customer base they should just try making better food. My wife and I swore off the one close to us after our last meal. It was awful.
Some of the anti-gun retailers I actively go into their stores. e.g., REI. I didn't say I buy anything there (not anymore - however I used to buy a lot from them). But I inspect all the goods, handle them, get advice from their salespeople ... then go buy the item (if I liked it) off of Amazon or some other place that hasn't taken an anti-gun stance like REI. I would do the same at D i c k's, since there are several near me, but they don't really sell anything that I'd want to buy elsewhere anyway. So they don't even get graced by my presence to inspect-but-not-buy their merchandise. If they do ever start carrying some item that I'm interested in, sure, I'll use them as a showroom for a later online purchase. I'm thinking that by next summer I'll need to buy me another pop-up sunshade, and that may be a good item to go showcasing and testing out at D i c k's, before purchasing online elsewhere.
