The person is advocating purposely going in a store, getting items, and going up to the checkout with the express purpose of just leaving the items there without buying.
You don't think that adds on more work at the end of the night that needs to get done on top of everything else and might cause them to go home later? Especially when multiple people are doing this, *on purpose*?!
It's one thing if the person discovers when he comes up there a practice the store does he dislikes and decides not to shop. It's another when the person had no intention of shopping anyways and just wanted to make a point. He can easily make a point by calling corporate and telling them why he's not shopping there. In fact, that will make a far larger point than just being an a** to the cashier. Corporate is going to notice more when people are going out of their way to directly complain to them than people being jerks to the cashiers. Several cashiers have to complain before the manager is even going to mention it to corporate and corporate is going to have to hear from several managers before they take it seriously. Where as the customer they hear directly from they will take more seriously (and escapes having to have several cashiers complain to managers before corporate even hears about it).
So not only is it an a** to some one who really didn't set policies, it's not even as effective as taking it to the people who did set the policies! And hell, it's more work on the a** too. Having to drive to the store, use his/her gas, take time to shop, and take time to make their point vs. calling a number on the phone and making the complaint.
And for the record, I'm not saying it's stupid not to shop at Rite Aid over this (I think the fact they obviously are purposely trying to block it in order to push some other payment method they support is obnoxious enough to boycott it, especially a payment method that wants them to have access to my checking account... I don't want that one to "win" so yes, I will be less likely to support merchants who actively try to push it). I just think this method proposed of boycotting/speaking your mind is just acting like an a** and is more likely to get people to just look badly on Apple Pay then do much good (I mean i'm sorry, if I was behind you in line, I don't care if I agreed with you, I'd still think you were looking like an a**. Just imagine those who aren't so paying attention and don't really care one way or the other will think?).
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