Choke on Your Form Letter

I sent Publix Supermarkets an email via their contact page, telling them I was not happy that they were trying to disarm their employees by suing to have HB503 overturned. This is the progressive new law that permits Florida citizens to keep guns in their cars at work. It’s very obviously a reasonable and intelligent piece of legislation, but Publix and Wal-Mart and Disney want no part of it.

Their ridiculous form letter arrived today. Here is part of it.

Thank you for your email. Each year Publix monitors hundreds of pieces of legislation that would have an impact on our operations. The issue that you are referring to is one that could impact the employer/employee relationship. At Publix we value highly the relationship we have with our associates and therefore have concerns with any regulation or legislation that interferes with that relationship. Publix is not, and never has been anti-gun or anti-gun owner. Our concerns in this case deal strictly with associates on company property and have no impact on customers who shop with us.

I promptly responded, informing them that their anti-civil-rights lawsuit would impact millions of employees of companies all over Florida. But Publix does not want to hear from customers; they have their email rigged up so it bounces anything not sent via their ridiculous website.

I haven’t been to Publix in quite some time. And I haven’t missed it. Winn-Dixie has much better prices on meat, and it’s easier to get to. I’m sure there must be something I can only get from Publix, but at the moment I can’t think of what it is. I went from 85% Publix/15% WD to 95% WD/5% Publix. They’ll lose several thousand dollars, gross, on me this year.

I wanted to go to Wal-Mart the other day and check out ammunition prices, but then I remembered their participation in the lawsuit, and I drove right by.

Help me punish these authoritarian throwbacks. Donate to the NRA-ILA, and avoid Publix, Wal-Mart, and Disney. Our civil rights are not a joke; this is not a minor issue.