Sherwin Williams Reverses "No Guns" Policy!
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jamz
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Good for them. Top Hole!
-James
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GigaBuist
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Yup...it is big news.....If you read the memo...."Due to feedback from customers and employees,"
So boycotting and letter writing does actually work.
Sherwin Williams is a Fortune 200 company, not some second rate discount chain.
Due to feedback from customers and employees,"
So boycotting and letter writing does actually work.
Sherwin Williams is a Fortune 200 company, not some second rate discount chain.
Due to feedback from customers and employees,"
gigmike
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Now if only the ICI Dulux paint store in Tacoma to change their policy against concealed carry. I told their manager posting this policy made the store the preferred retail store to rob. He told me they had to in order to try to dissuade drug addicts from entering to buy chemicals of some sort. Frankly he didn't seem too happy about the policy. Too bad, their paint is the best I've ever used.
cracked butt
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Wow, very cool.
Ialways liked their paint, not to mention their very politically incorrect logo.
Ialways liked their paint, not to mention their very politically incorrect logo.
>>He told me they had to in order to try to dissuade drug addicts from entering to buy chemicals of some sort<<
Probably spray paint or tolulene. They could try selling the cheap spray paint for $5.00 a can and then gluing quarters to the ground in front of the store and watch the druggies try to pick them up.
Know anything about that Spot77?
Probably spray paint or tolulene. They could try selling the cheap spray paint for $5.00 a can and then gluing quarters to the ground in front of the store and watch the druggies try to pick them up.
Know anything about that Spot77?
stealthmode
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i will continue to cover the earth with their products
jason10mm
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>>He told me they had to in order to try to dissuade drug addicts from entering to buy chemicals of some sort<<
Huh? What is the logic behind that? Are all the druggies walking around with CCW permits? Or do they really think a SIGN will deter an armed robbery?
I like that quarter idea Be even more funny with a 5 dollar bill!
Huh? What is the logic behind that? Are all the druggies walking around with CCW permits? Or do they really think a SIGN will deter an armed robbery?
I like that quarter idea
Be even more funny with a 5 dollar bill!caseydog
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aguyindallas
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I just sent a Thank You letter to the company via the website. Good for them!
chas_martel
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When did they start posting?
I carry there all the time.
I am in Texas
I carry there all the time.
I am in Texas
George S.
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I'm curious about this part of the letter: "the Company rules deal effctively with this issue of employees and weapons, we have decided that there is no need for an additional policy."
What does this really mean? If the memo was intended for allowing the customer to be able to carry a legally concealed weapon into the retail stores, are the employees still prohibited from carrying at work in the retail locations?? The memo still appears to prohibit carry by employees at the offices and labs.
I wonder what they mean by "effectively dealing with employees and weapons"??
What does this really mean? If the memo was intended for allowing the customer to be able to carry a legally concealed weapon into the retail stores, are the employees still prohibited from carrying at work in the retail locations?? The memo still appears to prohibit carry by employees at the offices and labs.
I wonder what they mean by "effectively dealing with employees and weapons"??
HankB
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Interesting . . . I've been in Sherwin-Williams stores several times in and around the Austin area - though not in the last 6 months - and never saw anything resembling a compliant "no guns" sign. (Texas have very specific requirements under section 30.06 of the Penal Code on signage to prevent licensed individuals from carrying concealed on the premesis of a business like a paint store.)
38SnubFan
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I too wish more employers would "get a grip" (pun intendeed!)
A long time ago, and for a very short period of time, I worked for a friend of mine who was manager of a convenience store and was short-staffed. Her store had been robbed twice in one month, one robbery leaving an employee with a concussion after being found unconscious on the floor behind the counter due to the robber striking her in the back of the head with the "butt" of the gun. She researched her company policies regarding weapons in the workplace soon after. When she found that no prohibitive policies were in place, she not only advised all employees, but encouraged those who CCW off-duty to do so when on duty, for their own safety.
I've worked for a couple of convenience stores in the past, who had a VERY STRICT No Weapons policy. Most of these stores, as well as other types of businesses, still believe that an employee will remain unharmed as long as he/she complies with all of the robber/attacker's demands....
WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY FREAKIN' ABSURD!!!!! :banghead:
One such convenience store chain here in South Central PA, Turkey Hill, advises their employees that they will be fired for failure to comply with ANY of a robber/attacker's demands. Wonder how the company would react if the clerk is a young, attractive female, and the BG (for lack of better words here, I'm sorry) wouldn't mind taking a piece of a** along with him? Will they fire her if she refuses to "give it up"? 
I still clearly remember a robbery of a Sunoco gas station some years back to which the cashier gave the robber all of the cash and any merchandise he wanted. What did the BG do after all his demands were met?
One shot to the head of the clerk, killing him instantly.
I look at it this way: It's called CONCEALED CARRY for a reason - because others just don't need to know. Outside of my part-time unarmed security job (due to legal/liability reasons), it's carried. If I need to use it to defend my life or the life of another from robbery/attack while on the job, I really don't care if they fire me; at least I'll still be alive to get fired.
Already had one instance where word got around of a disgruntled employee where I used to work making threats to "take someone out" and "make the headlines". Up to that point I rarely carried at work as I chose to respect the wishes of an employer/business. After that one day, I carried in THAT particular workplace religously, and realized that, in most cases, regardless of the employer's weapons policy, my boss is not going to stand between me and a BG and take the bullet for me.
It's my sincere hope that companies will learn to "wake up" and allow their workers to exercise their right to personal safety, on and off the job.
-38SnubFan
A long time ago, and for a very short period of time, I worked for a friend of mine who was manager of a convenience store and was short-staffed. Her store had been robbed twice in one month, one robbery leaving an employee with a concussion after being found unconscious on the floor behind the counter due to the robber striking her in the back of the head with the "butt" of the gun. She researched her company policies regarding weapons in the workplace soon after. When she found that no prohibitive policies were in place, she not only advised all employees, but encouraged those who CCW off-duty to do so when on duty, for their own safety.
I've worked for a couple of convenience stores in the past, who had a VERY STRICT No Weapons policy. Most of these stores, as well as other types of businesses, still believe that an employee will remain unharmed as long as he/she complies with all of the robber/attacker's demands....
WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY FREAKIN' ABSURD!!!!! :banghead:
One such convenience store chain here in South Central PA, Turkey Hill, advises their employees that they will be fired for failure to comply with ANY of a robber/attacker's demands. Wonder how the company would react if the clerk is a young, attractive female, and the BG (for lack of better words here, I'm sorry) wouldn't mind taking a piece of a** along with him? Will they fire her if she refuses to "give it up"?
I still clearly remember a robbery of a Sunoco gas station some years back to which the cashier gave the robber all of the cash and any merchandise he wanted. What did the BG do after all his demands were met?
One shot to the head of the clerk, killing him instantly.
I look at it this way: It's called CONCEALED CARRY for a reason - because others just don't need to know. Outside of my part-time unarmed security job (due to legal/liability reasons), it's carried. If I need to use it to defend my life or the life of another from robbery/attack while on the job, I really don't care if they fire me; at least I'll still be alive to get fired.
Already had one instance where word got around of a disgruntled employee where I used to work making threats to "take someone out" and "make the headlines". Up to that point I rarely carried at work as I chose to respect the wishes of an employer/business. After that one day, I carried in THAT particular workplace religously, and realized that, in most cases, regardless of the employer's weapons policy, my boss is not going to stand between me and a BG and take the bullet for me.
It's my sincere hope that companies will learn to "wake up" and allow their workers to exercise their right to personal safety, on and off the job.
-38SnubFan
As an employee, I cannot carry in my personal or company vehicle, any firearm at any time regardless of local, state or federal laws.
As employees we go through pretty comprehensive background checks and still cannot exercise our constitutional right to self defense. Funny that customers are welcome to carry concealed weapons, but employees aren't.
I suppose our (employees) lives aren't as valuble as a paying customer's.
As employees we go through pretty comprehensive background checks and still cannot exercise our constitutional right to self defense. Funny that customers are welcome to carry concealed weapons, but employees aren't.
I suppose our (employees) lives aren't as valuble as a paying customer's.
Bob F.
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Guess i won't buy any more SW Paint since they feel that way about their employees----can't carry in your personal vehicle AT ANY TIME??????????
Stay safe (somewhere else).
Bob
Stay safe (somewhere else).
Bob
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