Costco Called Me Back and Reads This Blog
The other day a poster shared that employees at the Madison Heights, Michigan Costco was not protecting employees or customers by allowing people with COVID-19 to return to work after 7 days (among other things). I contacted Costco PR and they called me back and left a voicemail referencing this blog. I didn't mention the blog in my message to them which means they either have great social listening, or many others contacted them. I have not yet spoken to anyone at Costco because I missed the message and the call back number was unclear in the voicemail. I will respond once I am able to talk to them.
In related news, we should continue to privately and publicly shame businesses that are still open. Maybe we can use this thread to share businesses that are open and call and flood their social pages until they close. For instance today I took my daughter to my parents so they could watch her while we work (both families have been social distancing and I read the executive order and this is allowed). Anyway, I saw office buildings that were open as well as Sportsman's Warehouse, MicroCenter (just off 75). Other places were packed (like Home Depot). I'm sure Home Depot is considered essential but this is not working yet if everyone is still interacting with their neighbors.
March 24th, 2020 at 10:02 AM ^
Does the shaming include grocery stores and gas stations?
March 24th, 2020 at 10:04 AM ^
Those were clearly outlined in the executive order as allowed to stay open but if they aren't keeping customers apart and limiting numbers then sure!
Maybe run for governor and then you can decide which businesses are open or not.
Maybe we should be a little more appreciative of the sparty grads working in the grocery store. It's easy to look down on the Lil guy but they are really coming through.
It’s honest work. Nothing to make fun of
It’s not just honest but essential unlike Hollywood
March 24th, 2020 at 10:03 AM ^
"In related news, we should continue to privately and publicly shame businesses that are still open"
Dude, we need grocery stores to stay open, which is why they're explicitly exempt from the stay at home order. Same with Home Depot.
I get the sentiment, but don't be a Karen either.
March 24th, 2020 at 10:05 AM ^
I did not say that grocery stores or gas stations should be closed. I mentioned that some were packed. Apologies if I gave off the wrong impressions. Obviously they are necessary. Home Depot was packed. I'm not going to debate whether they need to be open or not. But the parking lot shouldn't look like a normal Saturday morning. People are clearly not practicing social distancing. What else is out there that falls outside of what should be open? We are all in this together.
March 24th, 2020 at 10:28 AM ^
its pretty clear he was not speaking about essential busineeses. Its hard for everyone right now, not just you. perhaps taking a few deep breaths before lashing out, practice patients and compassion.
March 24th, 2020 at 10:30 AM ^
Yes, because shaming a business is “patients” (sic) and compassion. Yikes!
March 24th, 2020 at 10:52 AM ^
Exactly.
March 24th, 2020 at 10:39 AM ^
Total aside to Commie High ... A2 Film Festival is still going on ( streaming) and there is a documentary about your fine high school in it ...I’m sure you know but just making sure. (Gabriel Richard grad here and daughter was waitlisted to Commie -PiHi instead).
March 24th, 2020 at 10:28 AM ^
Amen!!!
March 24th, 2020 at 11:25 AM ^
This is miles over the top. Hope that you feel better and the stress subsides. It can be short-sighted to assume that others aren't trying very hard, too.
March 24th, 2020 at 10:32 AM ^
I did not say that grocery stores or gas stations should be closed.
Ok, but you transitioned directly from talking about Costco, predominantly a grocery store, to naming and shaming businesses that stay open. You can see how people are thinking that's what you meant, right?.
March 24th, 2020 at 10:46 AM ^
Home Depot is packed because people are bored at home, they need projects to do and what better time to do them, back off. Also home care and auto are considered essential
March 24th, 2020 at 10:50 AM ^
people are bored at home
Yeah, what a great reason to go out and about right now.
March 24th, 2020 at 10:53 AM ^
It’s the perfect time for home projects that many have put off
March 24th, 2020 at 12:17 PM ^
It's a perfect time for a lot of things, but let's not forget the reason people are home from work in the first place. If it spreads more because people are heading out in droves to take advantage of time off, it's only going to mean longer and harsher shutdowns.
March 24th, 2020 at 11:12 AM ^
Yeah:
Sportmans Warehouse: people need guns and ammo to ward off toilet paper thieves and kill food because the Kroger is wipes out
Microcenter: People need laptops, tablets and WiFi and help getting those things to work right
Home Depot: People need door bolts and home security systems to defend against people with guns and ammo coming for their toilet paper and food
See: all essential
March 24th, 2020 at 11:54 AM ^
I LOL'd.
Sorry all, but I sort of enjoy "dark" humor.
March 24th, 2020 at 10:04 AM ^
Uh.... What did they say? As far as I know they are still open. If they called to tell you, you were misinformed nothing really got resolved. You realize they sell food and other important supplies, right?
March 24th, 2020 at 10:06 AM ^
They left a voicemail, but the number they left was not clear. The gentleman said he would call back. I will post again once he calls back.
March 24th, 2020 at 10:18 AM ^
Please don't.
"Your buisness is going out of buisness!" Misspelling of business.
A buisness does go out of buisness. The wild card is figuring out what a buisness is.
March 24th, 2020 at 10:05 AM ^
I missed the original Costco thread, so I don’t know if this was covered there. But your second paragraph is so wrong. Publicly and privately shame a business???!!! WtF is wrong with you?!
I get that you need to follow certain pandemic guidelines, but there is a middle ground here.
Id like yo see you publicly shame the mom and pop shop that is about to go bankrupt and needs the business just to keep from being evicted or foreclose on their house.
March 24th, 2020 at 10:11 AM ^
I never mentioned any mom and pop shop that I saw that was open.
Whatever, trying to make a difference here but I should have known better than to post here. This place can be so toxic whether we are talking about this, or football.
Good luck and stay safe everyone.
March 24th, 2020 at 10:23 AM ^
Don’t take it personal, this whole site has been a shitshow for years. I attribute that to the exit of quite a few longtime posters. Many on here have their sphincter so tight lately that it has made me yearn for football season. At least people were miserable to each other about a game and not life.
When times are tough, you can always count on mgoboard to make things feel a lot worse than they actually are.
March 24th, 2020 at 10:35 AM ^
The site is doing something right, if everybody is still here to commiserate without any sports to debate.
Yes, our entertainment options are limited right now, but I like the fact that the mGoCommunity is still thriving. Even those with whom I disagree politically or who are willfully playing down the current crisis offer me at least other perspectives to consider.
As a wise man once said, "I think this will be our finest hour!"
March 24th, 2020 at 11:04 AM ^
Even those with whom I disagree politically
I thought you just poisoned them.
March 24th, 2020 at 11:33 AM ^
Haven't you heard? I am now the comforter in Chief...
March 24th, 2020 at 11:57 AM ^
Just avoid beans if you can, unless your protective suit has a safety vent in the rear.
This blog is a shitshow because of miserable Walmart Wolverines like you.
March 24th, 2020 at 10:25 AM ^
You also never mentioned that you were referring just to big businesses. Trying to shame something, anything, into doing an action is not making a difference.
Like I said, there is a middle ground here.
March 24th, 2020 at 11:41 AM ^
The "middle ground" of which you speak does not exist at the present time-not from a medical perspective. For those of us on the front lines of this thing, our choices have been reduced to lowest common denominator options. And unless and until we acquire definitive data we are stuck with where we are-this is the simple, harsh reality. Provide the epidemiologists with some real data to evaluate and we will have a fighting chance at finding a "middle ground"...I have heard of no such efforts-even at this late date. If folks believe and act as though the rules do not apply to them the acuity and prevalence may rear an ugly head that will stun even the most ignorant.
March 24th, 2020 at 12:10 PM ^
So there is no middle ground between shaming someone and doing nothing?
Shaming shady business practices being done by large corporations (and small businesses, like ones forcing sick employees to come in), is the middle middle ground. It forces them to fix the problem or die. The opposite of doing nothing in this case would not be shaming, it would be everyone cutting off all purchases forever, regardless if the business eventually rights its wrong.
The shame is to get them to do the right thing. Once they do, you return to doing business with them.
When did society get so pussified that shaming a business for bad decision making became too outrageous??
March 24th, 2020 at 10:14 AM ^
Someone who was an employee or knew an employee said there were workers that tested positive there but it was never disclosed to the public and management basically just carried on with business as usual.
March 24th, 2020 at 10:26 AM ^
Public shaming is a great idea. What could possibly go wrong?
March 24th, 2020 at 10:33 AM ^
Apparently nothing if you are a MSU partisan.
March 24th, 2020 at 10:31 AM ^
REEEEEEEEEEEEE
March 24th, 2020 at 10:34 AM ^
My son works at HD (He is a Soph at CMU, but is here due to the shut down). They gave him a "Permission slip" to come to work. HD is considered an essential business as it is classified as 'disaster relief' store and he is one of the few people that are certified to drive a fork lift. They are considering going to on line orders only to minimize social contacts
March 24th, 2020 at 10:37 AM ^
Get yourself one of these and make it more official.
March 24th, 2020 at 11:05 AM ^
Public hanging? Tar and feather? Stones? Just let me know and I’m in.
March 24th, 2020 at 11:27 AM ^
Can we start with the pillory first?
March 24th, 2020 at 11:27 AM ^
The reality is you are only going to get so much compliance without an end date. A perpetual "shelter in place" order isn't going to work. I work in the medical field with essential employees in hospitals all over the country involved with clinical patient care (including evergreen hospital in WA that was at the center of dealing with so many deaths from Covid 19) so I fully understand the clinical/medical side of this...probably more than most.
But, again, a perpetual "social distancing" or "stay in" message won't work, and can't. Maybe it's our culture. The reasons don't matter because it's simply the reality. While you can't know the end date I believe this would have gone much better if you told people "lock it down" for a finite amount of time.
Let me also say from a personal perspective my wife and daughter have been 100% locked down in the house. I have gone to the grocery store once a week and twice to a hospital (for work) so we are following orders strictly in our household.
I do believe we should hold business accountable if they are not being responsible by not shopping/visiting them but beyond that, this is what it was going to always be.
March 24th, 2020 at 11:54 AM ^
we should continue to privately and publicly shame businesses that are still open
You're a piece of shit.