People Explain The Pettiest Reasons They Boycott A Specific Brand

No matter how many complaints we file or phone calls we make, some businesses refuse to catch a hint about their bad practices until we hit it where it hurts the most: their bottom line.

While some people will give a business every possible chance before refusing to be a customer anymore, others will boycott over the most petty reasons in existence.

Redditor BaronDeSpireal asked:

"Which brand do you boycott for a petty reason?"

Subway

"SUBWAY. I was nine months pregnant, ordered a sub on their app, the order went through, and I was charged. I went to pick it up, and the store was closed all day (it was a holiday, I didn't realize, pregnancy brain fog)."

"I went back the next day and was told they had no way of checking and I had to come back when a manager was there from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM on Tuesdays and Thursdays only (??)."

"Despite showing my receipt and assuming they should have had a record on their end? Anyway, I went back during the one-hour period I was given, and the manager wasn't there. The employee said they had no record of it."

"I called and emailed corporate and was given the run around/no response."

"They've lost me as a customer for life because that's the only power I have in the situation."

- iniremj

"I, too, will no longer be going to Subway for this."

"How annoying!"

- OddlySpecificK

Chevron Station

"In 1966, a Chevron station in Wichita, Kansas, refused to let my dad use the restroom to change my diaper because he didn’t need gas."

"Nobody in my family has used Chevron gas since the mid-1960s."

- TonyWrocks

"That's a boycotting dynasty."

- MisterFusionCore

Bluebird Potato Chips

"There is a Potato Chip company here in New Zealand called Bluebird. There was a superior chip company called Krispa that did the best Salt & Vinegar as well as Chicken flavoured chips."

"Krispa were god tier. Like, Bluebird couldn't even compete. Kripsa was in every kid's lunch box, at every BBQ, etc. Bluebird was the crude, yet overpriced, alternative that people would get if Krispa wasn't available (I'm sure there are Bluebird fanbois who disagree with me, but their opinions are wrong)."

"In 2005, Bluebird made the bold move of buying out Krispa from their parent company. And what did they do? THEY JUST SHUT THEM DOWN. No replacements, no rebranding under the Bluebird wing, they just bought the competition and closed them down."

"For 20 years, I have never bought a Bluebird product just in spite. F**k you, Bluebird."

- PickyPuckle

FedEx

"FedEx once claimed I was not home three times in a row. Two of those times, I purposely stayed home and worked near the front door."

"I looked at the cameras and saw that they never even pulled up in front of my house when they’d mark me as not home."

"I now drive a farther distance to Office Depot or Staples if I ever need to print stuff for work."

"I also will pay more for USPS or UPS when given the option."

"F**k FedEx forever."

- PeeTee31

Local Sandwich Shop

"I once ordered from a small local shop for the kids. They both wanted grilled cheese. I ordered a salad. Placed the order and waited for the text to pick it up."

"And waited. And waited. About 45 minutes after the time it was supposed to be due, I called them."

"The manager came on the phone and said: oh, we don't make grilled cheese anymore (!), so we canceled your order."

"They never bothered to tell me this, so I ended up with two very hungry kids in the backseat. Never went there again and was gratified to see they went out of business a few months later."

- Blametheorangejuice

The Local Grocery Store

"My neighbor boycotts the only grocery store in town because one time another customer called her a bad name and the 16-year-old cashier didn’t do anything about it."

- bulletm

"To live in the universe where the sixteen-year-old cashier did a triple backflip off their counter and spinkicked the rude customer right in the balls. Maybe then your neighbor would still be going there."

- hanks_panks_emporium

Seitenbacher Muesli

"There is a muesli brand here in Germany called 'Seitenbacher.' I refuse to buy their products, despite them being amazing quality, because during my first real job, I had to listen to the radio in the office, and their incredibly annoying commercials would be running every five minutes."

"It was just the owner of the company repeating the name over and over."

"Just seeing that name irritates me to this day."

- eipottatsch

Tropical Smoothie

"My grandma boycotted Tropical Smoothie until she died because she hated the woman who owned her local one."

- Temporary-Muscle-965

"I've been boycotting them since 2015. I briefly dated a guy who managed one. He ghosted me and then tried to start dating my roommate."

- WhiskeyandScars

Charmin Toilet Paper

"I switched toilet paper brands because I refuse to 'enjoy the go.'"

- Soggy-Advantage4711

"That’s my answer. I don't know why a bear crapping in the woods was supposed to make me want that toilet paper, and they’ve just gotten worse through the years."

- fancybeadedplacement

Sweden's McDonalds

"McDonald's in my country (Sweden) discontinued Hash Browns! I was so angry!"

- sumodaz

"BLASPHEMY."

- witchywoman869

Any Restaurant With Mayo

"I once ordered a Jimmy John's sub with no mayo. It came back covered in mayo."

- notprocrastinatingok

"They must have read it as 'mo' mayo.'"

- sekajiku

"My mother-in-law won't eat at Carl's Jr. because 50 years ago she got a chicken sandwich at Hardee's in North Carolina with mayonnaise on it."

- SnakeStabler1976

Dell

"Dell. I bought a computer for my wife, and two days later, it went on sale. They still hadn’t built it yet. I called and asked them to match the sale price or cancel the order, and they refused."

"The person told me they had my money, and there wasn’t anything I could do about it. I told them I would make them lose 100 times what they screwed me for, and I worked in IT so I would."

"A few years later, I was in a senior position with a company of over 850 staff. After I dropped Dell from an approved vendor, the Dell rep reached out to me to have lunch. At lunch, I told them why."

"They then told my boss and tried to have me fired. My boss called them a scumbag and said he would never buy another Dell as well."

"Later I became a part of a company that did computers for over 5,000 employees in several companies. And Dell once again stopped being a choice."

"Over my career, I’m sure I cost them many times more than I said I would. It may seem petty to some, but I think they deserved it for having terrible customer service."

- Reviberator

Bank Of America

"Bank of America. When I was young, they processed a deposit incorrectly and bounced seven payments, with an overdraft fee on each one. When I contacted them after seeing my next statement (they never notified me), they said it was too late to dispute the fees, and that they only keep customer records for 28 days."

"This was obvious bulls**t. I asked to speak to a supervisor and was told they don't have supervisors."

"Throughout my career, I've advised a lot of startups and made sure that not one of them uses Bank of America. Last I checked the most successful one still isn't there, and they do roughly four billion in transactions annually."

"That's gotta hurt. Hope they were happy with the $300 late fees."

- Barflyerdammit

HP Printers

"HP. What do you mean I need a subscription to use my ink? I’m never buying HP again."

- No-Nefariousness9539

"HP sucks. I wanted to buy another printer at Staples, but the guy who worked there convinced me to buy a cheaper HP and said it would be all I need. The stupid printer would run out of ink after printing 10 pages, even after replacing the cartridges. I just threw it out on garbage day after the second refill, did not try to fix it or sell it."

- Frosty-Pay5351

Chipotle And Their Dream Divorces

"Chipotle because I had a dream my husband took me there and asked for a divorce."

- OnionsInTheStew

"The very definition of pettiness."

- Montaingebug

"This one takes the cake. You're the Michael Jordan of petty."

- Exegentw

From late fees to too much mayonnaise, these Redditors found a lot of unexpected reasons to boycott a business.

But sometimes, when a business leaves a bad taste in your mouth, the only thing you can do is walk in the opposite direction.