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Kathy Schmidt's avatar

DEI is clearly discrimination against white people PERIOD we already have affirmative action laws against all types of discrimination so obviously we need to start taking these companies to court. You should be judged and hired because you are qualified. F Costco!

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Karen Harrington's avatar

Really Jan? Did they not hire you? Go apply at target or Walmart

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Chris Briscoe's Memoirs, Books's avatar

JIDGED AND EMPLOYED ON MERIT - YES.

I can see that we are like-minded individuals trying to wake up the Topsy-Turvey World from its stupour. Actually, I have just today started a new Substack from my passion and sense of INDIGNATION at the way THIS WORLD HAS BECOME SO ELONGATED IN THE NAME OF D.E.I. WHICH SPELLS DIE FOR THIS WORLD, because it has actually killed individuals. I invite you to take a look, Sir.

https://open.substack.com/pub/fliptopsyturvey/p/ive-started-this-substack-to-flip?r=4nnzl5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Korpijarvi's avatar

We stopped shopping there after their robust adoption of the "covid" cult starting in 2020. That was all we needed to know about their commitment to "diversity" and "inclusion."

They'd previously been a once- or twice-monthly provisioning source back to the 1990s.

My darling, who was nearly completely deaf (15% hearing in one ear), struggled constantly for years with people who refused requests to pull down their Fauci Muzzles, to make their mouths visible (for lip reading). It was frustrating, humiliating, and enraging.

"Beep beep murfle honk murfle." "I'm sorry, I'm nearly completely deaf and need to read lips, can you please pull your mask down if you're trying to communicate with me?" "BEEP BEEP MURFLE HONK MURFLE. MURFLE!!!"

Costco was the worst. Trader Joe's a close second, but we hardly ever went there.

Costco had uppity, insulting, hostile employees as a rule it seemed...which was additionally confusing because Costco makes tons of money off of partially or largely deaf people via its "hearing centers."

They sell so many hearing aids that hearing aids manufacturers design and build models specifically for Kirkland branding. Costco also harvests massive insurancebux selling these prostheses.

Darling carried a pocket card of the state regulation noting that deaf people requesting adaptive responses like lip reading were within their legal rights to do so under ADA, that the person of whom the adaptation was requested was protected in doing so, and to refuse reasonable adaptation was in violation of ADA.

The third time a Costco employee turned their back, after being presented with the policy card (mainly as protection for them in meeting the adaptive request), and stalked off huffily, we decided on no more Costco. Took about six months to find alternatives, but we did...and never looked back.

The mask BS here was by gubernatorial proclamation, it wasn't even law--but the "covid" cultists lined up like the Stasi Karens they all were. Costco robustly institutionalized it.

Then they turn around and claim to be about "diversity" and "inclusion."

When the mask fetish "policy" (proclamation) thing ended, we could always count on seeing anywhere from 1 in 20 to 1 in 10 shoppers in Costco, still masking. Saw that nowhere else but Trader Joe's. Costco started out as a wholesale-basics buying club for intelligent, frugal people (and guess what race of people they established and built their early success on--the same ones they want to erase with DEI).

It has become the New Woke Communism emporium right in line with the demographic replacement its BoD members have championed (gotta keep doubling sales every X years!).

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RL's avatar

I almost had my husband talked into joining Costco. He’ll be happy to hear I’m no longer interested. 😢

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Braun's avatar

I have never shopped at Walmart. I’m wondering when they will back away from DEI?

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mari's avatar

Costco is becoming less relevant to me on a daily basis. I find their environment oppressive…a revolving door of employees, screen photo checking me as I walk in, prices that are no longer a great deal.

I feel they really invade my life just to shop in a somewhat hostile environment. I think will he ending soon

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Andrea's avatar

Shareholders COSTCO ARE VANGUARD, BLACKWELL, BILL GATES. JP MORGAN, BANK OF AMERICA(who hates conservatives )Ect ect .Costco is total lib lefty progressive. They feed the peoplne all progressive food. I am not sure longer renewing my cost I card. I decided this a year ago around last March .

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Karen Harrington's avatar

Oh you mean they recognize that people other than yt men can contribute and make the company better. Sorry you didn’t get hired,you weren’t qualified

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Michael Maggio MD's avatar

Don’t go to Costco for 1 month and see their sales plummet by >50%,I think we will see a rapid reversal in the board room and by shareholders.

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Deb DiPietro's avatar

What would you expect from a company that was born and bred in Seattle. They have caved to wokeness since the original founder stepped aside. 🫤

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Cris's avatar

Yes, just cancelled Costco Membership for family members...All. 17 memberships gone. Byebye

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Varangian's avatar

Did not renew this year and canceled the card in December after twenty years.

Didn’t know about this until after I’d done it, I was just simplifying life.

Then I find out and was even happier.

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Martha's avatar

Not shopping there anymore.

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Debra Szalay's avatar

Amazon also renamed their DEI, don’t believe it when they say they’re getting rid of it. DEI is so intrenched in these companies it’s not going anywhere.

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Stephanie Adam's avatar

Let's just make one thing very clear as that, and you can go check this out. Costco is majority owned by the Chinese 60% and they've been infiltrating every corner of our country and they don't want to let go of this one. So, like you said, vote with your dollars, vote with your feet. I didn't know this about Costco. I want to thank you for bringing this to my attention and I also want to say thank you for putting it out there.

I will treat them the same way I treat target and Disney. I don't patronize them anymore. #CostcoEndDEI #BoycottCostco

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Art's avatar

But then where will I buy the super-jumbo sized bags of Kirkland Signature junk food? If I don’t get my daily fix of rice flour “veggie” stix I might get withdrawals. Costco… Making America Obese Again!

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Mike B's avatar

Do not shop there and never will!

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Howard Carter's avatar

I wonder how many queers and trannies are on the Costco board.

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