Jolyon and the sourdough starter
The peasants are revolting!
Wait.
Qu’ils mange de la brioche!
Wait.
Boycott this bakery!
There you go.
Pains chocolats to the wall! Pains aux raisins along with them! Nothing but scones from here on out!
Tip Jar
The peasants are revolting!
Wait.
Qu’ils mange de la brioche!
Wait.
Boycott this bakery!
There you go.
Pains chocolats to the wall! Pains aux raisins along with them! Nothing but scones from here on out!
I suspect a great many companies are owned or run by people with opinions we may not like. Boycotts are called only when these views are revealed in public, even if the views have absolutely no impact on the running of the company. What did the bakery do wrong? What can the bakery possibly do to regain these customers? How will we know when the bakery is acceptable again? What about all the other bakeries, do we know the political views of their owners, and can we verify that their opinions are acceptable? How do we know that the bakery that picks up business as a result of this controversy is run by the right kind of people?
Boycotts can be useful and effective, but so many calls for boycotts are mindless and short-sighted.
“The peasants are revolting!” “Yes, utterly revolting.”
Somehow, I don’t think Jolyon ‘blue tick’ Maugham of that, Sackbut
I love posh bread and have found various places where I can buy it. I’ve never thought about the opinions of the owners or the staff. I could take in a questionnaire before my next loaf of New York style rye sour dough – naah, I’d buy that yummy bread from actual Nazis.
KBPlayer, I’m with you. Good bread is a must for me, whatever town I move to. I’ve been fortunate; there are great bakeries everywhere I lived. In fact, my town in Nebraska had more than one.