TammyinWI
Talk is cheap
Thank you, you beat me to it! Kudos to you. Emailing them.
CORONA Carhartt is requiring its workers to get vaccinated and people have feelings
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Thank you, you beat me to it! Kudos to you. Emailing them.
WanderLore
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We have a bunch of Carhartt stuff, some hubs had on his farm in the 70s. Wont be buying from them anymore.
Have a work horse sew machine that was my hubs grandmas. That thing is a champ.
Have a work horse sew machine that was my hubs grandmas. That thing is a champ.
Imrik
Veteran Member
Learn to weave tartan. Then you can play with the cool kids!
kyrsyan
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I recognize that puppy. I have one just like it. And I love it.
Old Gray Mare
TB Fanatic
I called the company and got the message about : "Due to unusually high call volume...." . I took the will hold on line option but eventually gave up waiting for someone with a pulse.
Sportsman
Veteran Member
I rarely do political boycotts, but Carhartt is no longer on my list and hasn't been for a couple of years. There are many American made clothes just as rugged and affordable.
I don't follow the lead of youtubers, but here's Cody's (Wranglestar) take on Carhartt's quality issue
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr_zRHrptCQ
I don't follow the lead of youtubers, but here's Cody's (Wranglestar) take on Carhartt's quality issue
coalcracker
Veteran Member
So, while reading the OP, I noted the author wrote these words:
“Others decided they must boycott the brand for being woke, whatever that means.”
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So, I asked myself, What kind of an idiot journalist would write such condescending rubbish? As I often do, I looked up the author’s bio. This is what I found on his own page:
Leyland "Lee" DeVito grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, where he read Metro Times religiously due to teenaged-induced boredom. He became a contributing writer for Metro Times in 2009, and Editor in Chief in 2016. In addition to writing, he also supplies occasional illustrations. His writing has been published in Metro Times, Hour Detroit magazine, Vice, In These Times, and New City.
He once asked porn star Stormy Daniels to spank him with an issue of Metro Times. She obliged.
“Others decided they must boycott the brand for being woke, whatever that means.”
————
So, I asked myself, What kind of an idiot journalist would write such condescending rubbish? As I often do, I looked up the author’s bio. This is what I found on his own page:
Leyland "Lee" DeVito grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, where he read Metro Times religiously due to teenaged-induced boredom. He became a contributing writer for Metro Times in 2009, and Editor in Chief in 2016. In addition to writing, he also supplies occasional illustrations. His writing has been published in Metro Times, Hour Detroit magazine, Vice, In These Times, and New City.
He once asked porn star Stormy Daniels to spank him with an issue of Metro Times. She obliged.
My heaviest barn coat is a Carhartt, and some of the very heaviest hooded sweatshirts I've ever owned or seen - they are absolutely bulletproof. But, the barn coat is so heavy that it doesn't get used all that much (if you are working outside you keep taking clothes OFF...no matter the temp).
Otherwise, I've always considered Walls, Dickie, and the other work clothes brands at the same time I'm looking at Carhartt. Carhartt is expensive, rather full of themselves, and in the past decade, have become "trendy" with a lot of their clothing line turning to fashion statements over hard-working/lasting practicality.
Duluth Trading Co. is excellent - well designed, durable, and innovative, but very pricey. And same goes for them. I guess to survive, these companies have to sell their brand/label tag to the fashionistas/tourists, so beware of the fluff stuff that sells to people who've never had grease or shit under their fingernails.
Otherwise, I've always considered Walls, Dickie, and the other work clothes brands at the same time I'm looking at Carhartt. Carhartt is expensive, rather full of themselves, and in the past decade, have become "trendy" with a lot of their clothing line turning to fashion statements over hard-working/lasting practicality.
Duluth Trading Co. is excellent - well designed, durable, and innovative, but very pricey. And same goes for them. I guess to survive, these companies have to sell their brand/label tag to the fashionistas/tourists, so beware of the fluff stuff that sells to people who've never had grease or shit under their fingernails.
Henry Bowman
Veteran Member
How is Delueth Trading as far as woke goes?
I have a pair of their firehose pants and they are great
I have a pair of their firehose pants and they are great
Well, about everything associated with Duluth is "woke"
, it's a "woke" place, but this company first came out making clothes and accessories for real working people (a lot of outdoors types like construction, loggers, mechanical, etc.) and small, hands-on, working out-of-the-office-from-their-car kind of businessmen.Since the company has become a national, household name, I dunno. Really haven't heard anything. So far, they've seemed to stay off my political radar.
y2ksurvivor
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Perhaps a competitor will step up and welcome the unvaxxed. #paralleleconomy
mostlyharmless
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I have one of their jackets. Honestly, it's my least favorite ... could probably do without. Certainly won't be buying any more of their stuff.
Want to make it political, Carhartt? You need me more than I need you. See ya!
Want to make it political, Carhartt? You need me more than I need you. See ya!
Some he knew got covid and either died or had a very bad experience with it. That’s how they rationalize it. But that’s like say because I have diabetes everyone needs to take Metformin or Insulin, just totally illogical.
Signwatcher
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Just sent them an email sharing my disappointment with their decision to take their employee's freedom from them. That I will be buying a different brand from now on.
I've seen no quality firehose work pants or shorts on the shelf this year.
Not Carhartt, Key, Schmidt or any of the better brands.
Some places have their house brand, but they are thinner fabric...I won't buy them.
Not Carhartt, Key, Schmidt or any of the better brands.
Some places have their house brand, but they are thinner fabric...I won't buy them.
CaryC
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I was just sitting here trying to remember their name, thanks.
Just about everything I own is Carhartt. Won't need anything for a long time. But am thinking Duluth trading when I do.
Jackpine Savage
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Dang, and I've been meaning to post a review on a Carhartt jacket I picked up last year. It's called the Full Swing Cryder, and it's the most comfortable work jacket I've owned. It has pleats in the shoulders and elbows, which really makes it easy to move in. The back of jacket is longer so you don't get the cold drafts. Nicely designed sleeves.
I have a lot of Carhartt and Duluth Trading. I really like the flex fabric for pants.
But prices for both have gotten excessive. Now days I buy them used off Ebay, usually half price or better. I'm going to beat them to shit anyway, I don't mind a stain or two.
I have a lot of Carhartt and Duluth Trading. I really like the flex fabric for pants.
But prices for both have gotten excessive. Now days I buy them used off Ebay, usually half price or better. I'm going to beat them to shit anyway, I don't mind a stain or two.
Blacknarwhal
Let's Go Brandon!
I have a hard time buying used clothing in general. Outerwear I guess is one thing, but I don't want to own anything someone else has farted on, in, or through. That includes most furniture, too.
Jackpine Savage
Veteran Member
Bleach is your friend. Have you ever slept in a motel?
Blacknarwhal
Let's Go Brandon!
Out of necessity. I don't own any motels.
Army gear issue would have been traumatic for you.
Jackpine Savage
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Blacknarwhal
Let's Go Brandon!
That's entirely possible. As a consumer I have certain tastes, and "being the only person to fart on a thing" is one of them. That's why I don't buy jars full of celebrity flatulence, either.
hunybee
Veteran Member
People have been trying to find out their position on mandating the shot for their employees. Silence. Nothing. When people call, the response is they follow the CDC guidelines and that is all they will say.
Creedmoor
Tempus Fugit
Just did the same.
hunybee
Veteran Member
You are also a giant. There doesn't tend to be a whole lotta used giant clothes out there. Finding clothes for you AT ALL is challenging.
hunybee
Veteran Member
Sweet Moses.....
I have gone this entire time NOT clicking on that thread, and waiting patiently (and with a blue hospital vomit bag at the ready) for that stupid thread to fall off the main.
And you had to go and bring it up again....
You suck
thompson
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Countrybumpkin
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Has anyone heard back from Carhartt? I seriously doubt they will reply, but you never know...
Gone out to eat?
Sat in a church pew?
Kissed the Blarney Stone?
mistaken1
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Urging your employees to take the jab based on a sincerely held belief it will be good for them is one thing, ordering them to do with the threat of losing their jobs is another thing altogether.
What this is really about is the CEOs belief that unvaxxed employees will cost them more money in lost productivity and benefit cost increases than the vaxxed. They do not give a rat's ass about anyone's 'safety'.
Jackpine Savage
Veteran Member
I've come to think it is more likely that the CEO is just virtue signaling for his social circle.