19th June 2010, 10:31 PM
Indeed, and a boycott may hurt other employees of gas station franchises, but in the long run those stations are best served by switching to another provider. Sometimes this sort of cost is still worth paying.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)