I was just told to leave a truck stop here in Utah!

[imanamerican63]

The truck stop is selling a small statue of Trump flipping his middle finger! I said to the lady “that this offensive and should be pulled from their sales”. She laughed at me and responded by saying “if I didn’t like it, to bad” I just shook my head! Then there it was “leave and do not come back”! I didn’t respond, but I will do that, but I’m call their corporate office and tell them what happened and what I thought of the statue. It was not that it was a Trump statue, it was because of the intent of what Trump was doing with his finger.

[2naSalit]

1. Gosh...

lemme guess which one. Flying J in SLC?

[imanamerican63]

4. No, south of SLC, one of their franchises

[2naSalit]

6. Well...

any TS in Utah is likely to be that offensive. I've been retired for quite a while so I'm not up to date on anything new after the early 90s.

I do recall getting threatened that I would be kicked off a greyhound bus in Utah if I said another thing about not being able to smoke while in Utah. Not that I wanted to smoke but it was the principle that Utah felt it could restrict your actions inside a transit passing through their sacred state.

The driver was falling asleep at the wheel later on, I reported them because they were assholes, when I got to another state.

[OhNo-Really]

38. Maverik?

[Glorfindel]

2. Well, I'm sure you're crestfallen about having to leave such a classy

establishment, but, in time, you'll get over it.

Thank you for taking a stand!

[2naSalit]

3. Indeed!

A TS in Utah is usually quite a fright!

[Towlie]

5. You should have bought one and displayed it facing a small replica of the U.S. Constitution.

By the way, there's a follow-up gesture where you point your middle finger horizontally after pointing it up. It means "I don't like your horse either."

[magicarpet]

7. Well a truck stop is bound to be a saltier audience,..

... if you are expecting upscale such as Bonwit Teller's or Neiman Marcus you might be disappointed.

That was kinda rude to toss you out for voicing your opinion.

[Wellstone ruled]

8. Flying J Truckstops

are owned by one of the GOP top money donors. Loves is also part of that group.

Well,you are not the first to have the "you ain't one of us and we don't want you here"experience. Was on the receiving end of that shit for twelve years.

Utah=Ignorance is Bliss.

[calimary]

15. I still think it'd be worth lodging a complaint to the corporate owner.

That owner probably cares a great deal about the prospect of losing your money. More than even pledging allegiance to the donald.

[Wellstone ruled]

20. Honestly,they could give crap.

We are talking about Moscow Mitch people. As someone who has had a couple FJ's as Business Accounts,you are treading on Fascist ground.

[rzemanfl]

28. I wish I had known this during the long trip I took in September.

On the other hand, at my age it is more "where can I pee?" than "what are their politics?"

Noted for future trips when there is a choice. Neither is in my area.

[Wellstone ruled]

30. When you need to go,damn,any place has to do.

Towed a R/V for decades,sad to say,many a time had to do the FJ because of room to swing that sucker. Or to park out of people's way.

[rzemanfl]

31. I actually stopped at a station in Georgia that sold gas and was a Lion's Den

sex toy shop. I didn't know it until I went in to pay for my gas. I saved the receipt. That time, fortunately, I only needed fuel.

Interestingly, there were two couples in there shopping. One woman was being told by a female clerk, "don't put this in the dishwasher." I didn't look to see what "this" was.

[Wellstone ruled]

32. Oh there are some "beauties"

around the Country.

[stopdiggin]

9. kind doubt that was the extent of the exchange

and in general circumstances customers are not asked to leave premises over a simple difference of opinion. If the situation happened as you describe, the employee should be reported to management (and corporate) .. not so much for their politics as for thoroughly unprofessional behavior.

[imanamerican63]

10. Well, it was.

The very fact you don’t think my thread
is your opinion. She was upset that I shook my head. I am smart enough not get into a pissing match with other people. Have great day.

[stopdiggin]

11. and in that case

as I said .. behavior way outside the norm, and way outside expected professional standards (for a TS or anyplace else that is serving the public). Such behavior should be reported.
The part of this story that raised (my) eyebrows is that the employee actually asked you to "leave, and don't come back." (like you were really disrupting the business or service) Really don't have any trouble seeing that same person telling you, "If you don't like it, tough." Not terribly respectful .. but then, you're bringing uninvited criticism of store inventory to them, thus initiating disagreement .. and it hardly rises to the level of, "get out, and don't come back."
Sorry you had such an unpleasant, and uncharacteristic, encounter.

[CaptYossarian]

16. What norm? With Concealed Carry, if someone claims to have been threatened,

they can now get away with murder. Ask the family of Treyvon Martin.

The OP was right to de-escalate and simply leave. I say that because I'm only armed with my fists, so any of these nutjobs can out gun me. It's a crazy world.

[stopdiggin]

19. did you see anything in my post that suggested escalation as an option? (nt)

[superpatriotman]

12. With the jobs being shed by truck drivers

You'd think they would be a little more evenhanded.
Vote with your pocketbook.

[oasis]

13. The truck stop take the risk of someone taking a giant doo doo

in one of their toilet stalls while missing the toilet. Oh my!

[LiberalLovinLug]

14. I looked up this on google images

I had no idea these kinds of things are for sale.








These people are PROUD of their President acting so vulgar. Fuck the idea of a President for all Americans. Not only does their President ignore anyone that disagrees with him, he also gives them the finger.

[CaptYossarian]

18. The first one with the small hands is the most accurate.

[Traildogbob]

17. Surprise?

You mean the same Utah that houses Mormans, now under investigation for fraud and hoarding 100's of millions of dollars of flock donations for their senior leaders, in the name of Jesus, and Latter Day Saints. That Utah. Hum! Wonder were they got the idea of Frauding followers out of cash. Maybe those leaders should attend mandated classes with the Trump spawn. Go be blessin us here in Murkkka.

[flibbitygiblets]

22. although that is true, it's been reported here on DU that Mormons generally despise trump

which is why Mittens can get away with speaking out (somewhat) where other R's can't

[Traildogbob]

26. Thanks

Not blaming Mormans as a whole, just more crooked people in power with money and Jesus as a shield. But, I thought I had read that the Morman community was a strong support that pushed Utah towards trump. Fill me in. Curious about who they are following and if they believe God sent trump.

[flibbitygiblets]

33. From what I have read, Mormons are typically Republican, but many don't like trump

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/29/mormons-support-gop-but-trump-approval-lags.html

Not surprisingly, Mormon men like trump better than Mormon women: https://religionnews.com/2019/03/19/more-than-half-of-u-s-mormons-approve-of-trump-but-not-among-women/

Here's an article that talks about trump support among various religious groups. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/03/18/evangelical-approval-of-trump-remains-high-but-other-religious-groups-are-less-supportive/

[Traildogbob]

34. Thank you

Not surprised women controlling Mormon men support his ass. Have a friend that got sucked into the cult. He certainly believes women are less human than men. 3 failed Marriages. Treats current wife like hell. Actually much lesser a friend after Culthood. Happy holidays to you and perfect health next year.

[Karadeniz]

21. Good idea to call the corporate office.

[guyfromla]

23. I don't know if there is a billionaire in this group

But if there is - it should be very concerning as this is not a middle finger to Dems, but to the whole establishment - mostly the 1%.

[BuffaloJackalope]

24. .

[wallyworld2]

25. He should have been more careful what he wished for

https://www.ebay.com/i/123751681817?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=123751681817&targetid=474380976904&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9033606&poi=&campaignid=6469750705&mkgroupid=78329391340&rlsatarget=pla-474380976904&abcId=1141176&merchantid=118930801&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImNTgxpHA5gIViKDsCh2EwgMnEAQYAiABEgJF_PD_BwE

He got it
and
He got it back in spades

[samnsara]

29. it was too good looking for trump

[wallyworld2]

35. I absolutely agee

Sadly there is no 'pile of brown pudding with eyes' in the smiley collection

[samnsara]

27. yep thats trump flipping off Lady Liberty...

[Captain Stern]

36. That sounds like an odd encounter.

At least part of it does.

I can easily believe that a truck stop sells statues of trump flipping his middle finger. I can also easily believe that somebody might tell an employee (that probably has no control at all over what is sold) at the truck stop that the statue was offensive, and shouldn't be sold. I can even more easily believe that the employee would laugh at the person that was telling them that.

The part that seems odd to me is where the employee takes it upon themself to tell the customer to 'leave, and not come back' just because the customer shook their head. It sounds like the employee might need a little bit more training.

[cwydro]

39. I find it difficult to believe as well.

But I find a lot of these “encounters” told on DU to be difficult to believe.

Curious as to why a customer would think a cashier has anything to do with the merchandise in the store. If this ever happened, most likely it wouldn’t have if the cashier was a male.

[keithbvadu2]

37. Donald's Trumpsters buy them

[Hortensis]

40. Studies show growing RW support for ending democracy.

Only in favor of a RW authoritarian takeover, of course.

They're tired of losing elections.