Name: Menards
Age: 60
Occupation: home improvement store
Last Seen: Eau Claire, WI
Bee-otched For: cleaning out their customers' wallets
Age: 60
Occupation: home improvement store
Last Seen: Eau Claire, WI
Bee-otched For: cleaning out their customers' wallets
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Many people are doing their part during the coronavirus crisis.
People are staying six feet away from each other. Restaurants are either closed or take out only. Movie theaters are closed and the studios are now planning to release their movies to streaming services to make up for the profit lost from closed cinemas.
But some people simply act like assholes during a crisis like this.
And yes, they're Repukes.
Michigan's Attorney General, Dana Nessel just sent a cease and desist order to the home improvement chain Menards after it was discovered that they jacked up the prices of cleaning products in their stores. According to Nessel, she's received 18 complaints that the company raised prices on everything from bleach to face masks after the COVID-19 outbreak was made official. It was also discovered that everything was tied in with an in-store rebate.
Menards will have 10 days to respond to Nessel's order or her office will further investigate the company, which may result in legal action. Menards is America's third-largest home improvement chain behind The Home Depot and Lowe's. It has 350 locations, mostly in the Midwest. Michigan has 31 locations. Its founder, John Menard is worth $11 billion and is a known for his support for the Koch family. He's also known for his anti-union stances and refuses to hire anybody who once belonged to one. Menard is also the father of Paul Menard, a former NASCAR racer.
A few weeks ago, WOOD-TV discovered that a True Value store in Allendale by Grand Rapids did the same thing by charging $10 per face mask. They have also been served with a warning by AG Nessel. As a matter of fact, she's received over 75 complaints regarding price gouging because of the outbreak.
This hearkens me back to 9/11 when then-future Governor Jennifer Granholm was AG. On 9/11, there were rumors flying that gas would soon rise to $4 or $5 per gallon. My Mom, my now-ex-stepdad and I rushed out to the gas station to fill up our tanks. There were huge lines at the local gas stations out of fear. But guess what? Granholm stepped out to say that under her, if anybody was caught gouging that they would be severely fined. At the time, I lived by Bellaire and several BP gas stations in the area were caught by Granholm for drastically raising their prices on 9/11. The family that owns the stations, the Derrers blamed their supplier, even though they supply their own stations. It's also worth noting that one of the Derrers is a part owner of the Northern Michigan Cinema chain, which owns theaters in Bellaire, Cheboygan, Gaylord, Petoskey and Mackinaw City. Several years ago, one of the company's owners was sent to prison for tax evasion.
It doesn't take a brain surgeon to know that thanks to the coronavirus, a myriad of service workers are out of a job. In my family alone, two of my cousins are laid off while one of my cousin's girlfriends is totally out of a job. It makes me happy I have a job right now, though I worry about whether or not we'll have work within the next few weeks. Only time will tell. The billionaires in this country have nothing to worry about. But yet, if you live on tips or work in an industry that's been affected by the virus, you're fucked. The only good news is that COVID-19 cases in China have severely dropped in recent days, so there's hope here in America yet.
My area of Grand Rapids used to have a Menards, but it closed when Centerpointe Mall was repurposed as a power center. It's now split between a Planet Fitness and a trampoline park. I've only been to that Menards once and it reminded me of Kmart. There's both a Home Depot and a Lowe's in the area and both are way better stores.
If any business decides to profit off of this virus, they're assholes, plain and simple. I haven't been to a Menards in years and I don't plan to ever go to one, period. Fuck 'em for using this crisis to screw people over. But then again, Rethugs don't deserve much support as it is for helping to make our country the laughing stock of the world since we're a month behind in helping our own people. Thanks to billionaires like John Menard and his cronies, we now have to live in fear. But, we can help by not going to any of their stores.
"Save Big Money at Menards!"? More like "Bend Over and Take it Like a Man!"
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