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TBA

(856 posts)
Thu May 8, 2025, 02:33 PM 22 hrs ago

OMG - Stuck it to a Trumper in the wild

I've been looking at used vehicles and found one at my local dealership. I called to schedule a test drive and spoke with a salesman named Allen. So I entered the dealership and asked for him. Well there was Allen with a big ol'e Trump hat on.

So I promptly told the man introducing us that I would not do business with Allen, He asked why and I said I would not do business with anyone wearing that hat and turned to walk out.

Then I heard a voice saying "I'll help you". I turned and saw a nice young black woman and said told the man, she is my salesman.

Needless to say she was delightful and professional. I almost don't want to do business with the dealership but I do want the vehicle and I'm glad she will get the commission.

I'm wondering what Allen thought.



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OMG - Stuck it to a Trumper in the wild (Original Post) TBA 22 hrs ago OP
Way to go! Walleye 21 hrs ago #1
Allen is pretty stupid to wear that hat being a salesman. Diamond_Dog 21 hrs ago #2
Whether he wears it in the sales office or at home in his "castle", he would still be stupid. Wonder Why 21 hrs ago #13
It really is the new Dunce Cap, right? Jerry2144 21 hrs ago #14
I say they are wearing their gang colors, murielm99 20 hrs ago #25
Says the dealership supports rump too AKwannabe 19 hrs ago #34
Excellent point. calimary 2 hrs ago #52
Absolutely PatSeg 19 hrs ago #38
Not necessarily DENVERPOPS 16 hrs ago #43
U-Line should have been on our boycott lists many years ago - soldierant 13 hrs ago #47
I have been boycotting uline for 30 years UpInArms 13 hrs ago #49
Used car salesmen and tRump: equally low trustworthiness. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 21 hrs ago #3
I love this, but sadly in some parts of the country that hat gets him MORE sales... Ol Janx Spirit 21 hrs ago #4
Was it a Tesla dealership? lame54 21 hrs ago #5
Ha! I ain't buyin' no Tesla! TBA 21 hrs ago #6
Allen would love to sell you one lame54 21 hrs ago #8
Just one tiny quibble. .she is a salesperson, not a salesman. niyad 21 hrs ago #7
Funny story about that... TBA 21 hrs ago #11
Allen probably thought you were way too woke..... democrank 21 hrs ago #9
Employees wearing any political attire at work is unprofessional. LeftinOH 21 hrs ago #10
Agree. It wouldn't be allowed in my workplace TBA 21 hrs ago #12
I'm being he find passive aggressive ways to bully her. 1WorldHope 21 hrs ago #15
That is like my dream scenario rurallib 20 hrs ago #16
Allen's thoughts were NSFW. rubbersole 20 hrs ago #17
Allen thought you were DISLOYAL and UNAMERICAN and some kind of COMMUNIST Warpy 20 hrs ago #18
Good job! and fuck Allen. OverBurn 20 hrs ago #19
Allen is a wrench. twodogsbarking 20 hrs ago #20
Cool story. Littlered 20 hrs ago #21
OK Torchlight 20 hrs ago #22
Right? Littlered 18 hrs ago #41
I would say welcome to DU, but you've been here for 3 years. GoneOffShore 19 hrs ago #31
If I could remember my original Littlered 18 hrs ago #40
CSB. TIA. nt Dreamer Tatum 20 hrs ago #23
might as well wear a sign that says 'Buyer Beware'. nt wiggs 20 hrs ago #24
Politics should never be displayed when working with the public. appleannie1 20 hrs ago #26
No matter where I worked, I never displayed anything political or religious on my person. murielm99 20 hrs ago #28
When we had our own business we made it very obvious which side of the aisle we were on. GoneOffShore 19 hrs ago #32
I lived and had my shop in a very red area. I not only would have lost customers, I could have lost windows. appleannie1 19 hrs ago #33
We provided services to advertising and film production companies. GoneOffShore 19 hrs ago #37
.. Demovictory9 20 hrs ago #27
Awesome! nt Exp 19 hrs ago #29
What a fantastic opportunity to do the right thing mountain grammy 19 hrs ago #30
Allen is Painfully Stupid of course. Cha 19 hrs ago #35
I avoid doing business with Trumpsters nuxvomica 19 hrs ago #36
Right, they are dishonest blubunyip 19 hrs ago #39
Love it! Almost like Karma had the last laugh. Joinfortmill 17 hrs ago #42
Fuck Allen kkmarie 16 hrs ago #44
They're playing both ends. Buttoneer 15 hrs ago #45
Most American companies forbid their employees wearing political paraphernalia on the job FakeNoose 14 hrs ago #46
In my town, businesses routinely mention their conservative bonafides in ads. Beartracks 13 hrs ago #48
Some salespersons are total sleaze. usonian 12 hrs ago #50
A smart dealership staffs a salesperson for every demographic. JohnnyRingo 3 hrs ago #51

Wonder Why

(5,666 posts)
13. Whether he wears it in the sales office or at home in his "castle", he would still be stupid.
Thu May 8, 2025, 02:59 PM
21 hrs ago

AKwannabe

(6,753 posts)
34. Says the dealership supports rump too
Thu May 8, 2025, 04:58 PM
19 hrs ago

If he can wear the hat there…they are also supporting…

calimary

(86,164 posts)
52. Excellent point.
Fri May 9, 2025, 09:56 AM
2 hrs ago

It would certainly drive me away.

I still support the “Don’t Buy Books by Crooks” approach.

PatSeg

(50,147 posts)
38. Absolutely
Thu May 8, 2025, 05:11 PM
19 hrs ago

That is terrible business. When you go to work, you should leave your politics and religion at home. I can't imagine what on earth he was thinking.

That said, I would never do business with anyone wearing a god-awful MAGA hat. I wouldn't even talk to such a person if I didn't have to.

DENVERPOPS

(12,059 posts)
43. Not necessarily
Thu May 8, 2025, 07:37 PM
16 hrs ago

In any deep red state, the odds are he would attract customers........regretfully......

Cabela years ago made a derogatory statement about OBAMA in print.......I wrote the management a note that they should check my record of purchases from their company, every year.... thousands of dollars in purchases. And they could not expect that I will ever buy from them again, but will go to Dick's sporting goods instead, or order on line from the manufacturer due to their politics.

Same with the Catalog business U-line..............

soldierant

(8,466 posts)
47. U-Line should have been on our boycott lists many years ago -
Thu May 8, 2025, 10:51 PM
13 hrs ago

probably from their founding. But they keep such a low profile it's easy to get sucked in. I was once too - but never again.

TBA

(856 posts)
11. Funny story about that...
Thu May 8, 2025, 02:57 PM
21 hrs ago

Many years ago (like the late 1970's) my mother took a sales job after divorcing my dad. She worked hard and won the company's Rookie of the Year award. At the award conference, the announcer asked before hand if he should announce her as a "saleswoman". They had never had a woman win apparently. She said "hell no". She competed against all of these men and beat all of them and therefore she was a "salesman".

My mom was a pistol.

democrank

(11,458 posts)
9. Allen probably thought you were way too woke.....
Thu May 8, 2025, 02:49 PM
21 hrs ago

Unlike the dealership that let their salesperson wear that stupid hat to work

LeftinOH

(5,516 posts)
10. Employees wearing any political attire at work is unprofessional.
Thu May 8, 2025, 02:56 PM
21 hrs ago

The only exception would be in a place that sells partisan political swag/souvenirs.

rurallib

(63,704 posts)
16. That is like my dream scenario
Thu May 8, 2025, 03:38 PM
20 hrs ago

Before I left I would also have a word with the owner or high management.

rubbersole

(9,765 posts)
17. Allen's thoughts were NSFW.
Thu May 8, 2025, 03:40 PM
20 hrs ago

Of course, Allen was NSFW. Can't wait for these assholes to crawl back under their rocks. It's going to be longer than I'd hoped, but it will happen.

Warpy

(113,330 posts)
18. Allen thought you were DISLOYAL and UNAMERICAN and some kind of COMMUNIST
Thu May 8, 2025, 03:45 PM
20 hrs ago

Then he stopped thinking because that made his brain hurt.

He will hold a grudge, though, so prepare to be buttonholed if he ever spots you anywhere.

Littlered

(244 posts)
40. If I could remember my original
Thu May 8, 2025, 06:33 PM
18 hrs ago

Password, I’d say I was one of the first (hundreds), to sign up. So I’ve “been around” since the inception. Once upon a time, Democratic Underground came to us at Bartcop for exposure.

I was never much of a poster at places like this. I guess I still don’t post much. We had our thing working. And now I have other things.





appleannie1

(5,258 posts)
26. Politics should never be displayed when working with the public.
Thu May 8, 2025, 04:23 PM
20 hrs ago

I have gone into shops, seen trump signs on the wall and turned around and left. When I had my own shop I never wore anything or displayed anything political. Likewise I always told my customers "Have a great holiday" unless I knew them well enough to know where they worshipped. Then I would say the appropriate holiday.

murielm99

(31,899 posts)
28. No matter where I worked, I never displayed anything political or religious on my person.
Thu May 8, 2025, 04:26 PM
20 hrs ago

If someone wanted to see my bumper stickers, that was another matter. They would have to follow me to my car, though.

GoneOffShore

(17,795 posts)
32. When we had our own business we made it very obvious which side of the aisle we were on.
Thu May 8, 2025, 04:52 PM
19 hrs ago

Only had two occasions when it lost us a client, and as they were 'nickel and dimers' who were slow pay, we didn't care.

appleannie1

(5,258 posts)
33. I lived and had my shop in a very red area. I not only would have lost customers, I could have lost windows.
Thu May 8, 2025, 04:56 PM
19 hrs ago

GoneOffShore

(17,795 posts)
37. We provided services to advertising and film production companies.
Thu May 8, 2025, 05:10 PM
19 hrs ago

Many of our clients were not local.
Had we been doing retail or food service, our position would have been the same ( plywood would have gone over the windows though).

Cha

(310,397 posts)
35. Allen is Painfully Stupid of course.
Thu May 8, 2025, 05:02 PM
19 hrs ago

I wonder what the manager thought of Allen wearing that ugly hat and driving at least one customer away and into another salesperson's Care?

Good on you Speaking out, TBA!

nuxvomica

(13,292 posts)
36. I avoid doing business with Trumpsters
Thu May 8, 2025, 05:04 PM
19 hrs ago

I don't mind doing business with those I disagree with politically but as a practical matter I don't trust people who think lying's okay. That's what's special about that crowd -- they embrace obvious, overt, in-your-face dishonesty, so they are more likely to be dishonest themselves. And that's bad for business.

blubunyip

(153 posts)
39. Right, they are dishonest
Thu May 8, 2025, 05:17 PM
19 hrs ago

so you would take any sign of tRump support as indicating that you might get skunked.

FakeNoose

(37,272 posts)
46. Most American companies forbid their employees wearing political paraphernalia on the job
Thu May 8, 2025, 10:20 PM
14 hrs ago

Even if the guy was wearing a Joe Biden hat, it still shouldn't have been allowed by management.

Beartracks

(13,868 posts)
48. In my town, businesses routinely mention their conservative bonafides in ads.
Thu May 8, 2025, 11:05 PM
13 hrs ago

Like, "We're honest and hardworking, won't try to sell you stuff you don't need, and have conservative values" -- said in a way that actually makes it SOUND like it's code for something. And I'm like: "What are you talking about? You're an HVAC company."

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JohnnyRingo

(19,908 posts)
51. A smart dealership staffs a salesperson for every demographic.
Fri May 9, 2025, 09:33 AM
3 hrs ago

They look t your age, race, and even how you dress when you get out of the car and send the salesperson who suits you best out to greet you.
A young lady may get a father figure while an older man could get a conservative while a minority will get the "brother".
A young white man could see a younger person and couples may get a woman or a handsome gentleman because they know the wife has final say.

Other dealerships may only have Herb Tarlock with a white belt and leisure suit.

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