Yesterday, someone posted an article about HEB, and how they sponsored an event called Rainbow on the Creek, which included a drag queen story time.
I called my local HEB, and was told that was not true.
I looked into it more today. I went to their own website, HEB Newsroom. There is a calendar of events.
For June, HEB had 8 pride events. Pretty much all geared toward children. There were festivals, rodeo's, a zoo event, a picnic, and of course drag queen story time. Then, I looked at May to see how they celebrated our veterans on Memorial Day. Not one single event or mention of our vets. Disgusting. Let them know.
I hope you called them back and corrected that person you spoke to.
I called my local store and wanted to know what "they" thought of this. They would not answer, and just kept telling me to comment to corporate. I don't live near Austin, where the events were taking place, She said she could not comment and then hung up on me. Nice huh?
Typical. But it's good that you called. I never head of heb, but apparently it's a pretty large grocery chain. Keep calling! Call other branches. Let your voice be heard because they sure don't have a problem letting their voices be heard! Thanks for answering.
I'm sure they're instructed not to comment on these stories by corporate.
I was a restaurant general manager in my 20s and part of my orientation included not talking to the local media and referring any questions to the franchise's home office.
Oh, I understand what you are saying, but I would guess that you never had to turn a blind eye to this kind of disgusting stuff towards children. In this situation, would you have agreed with the customers and disavowed the sponsorship of children being read to by evil looking men in drag, or refused to comment?
I would want to end the conversation as quickly as possible, especially if I was stuck in a dead end job answering phone calls from angry customers.