(Open Letter)
12 January 2022
The Warehouse Group Limited
26 The Warehouse Way
Northcote
Auckland 0627
Dear sir/Madam,
On two occasions recently, I went to Warehouse Stationery and was
harassed by being asked to make donations to one or more so-called “charities,”
which you had selected, before I could make my payments and leave your
stores. The first occasion was on 16 November at your Christchurch Eastgate
branch and the second occasion was on 7 December 2021 at your Christchurch
South City branch.
I will now detail the nature of this and other abusive behaviour by
your female-dominated firm and state the remedies which I want from
you, including a payment of $1,900.00.
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You have harassed me by putting me in the position of having to
agree or decline to donate to so-called “charities,”
as a condition of being allowed by you to make a purchase;
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You had not informed me, before I entered your stores, that agreeing
or decline to donate to so-called “charities” was a
condition of being allowed by you to make a purchase;
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You had pre-selected a list of so-called “charities,”
which were presumably the ones that you happened to like, without
reference to the ones that I might like myself;
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You included Women's Refuge among these so-called “charities,”
which is highly offensive. Irrespective of whether the Charities
Commission has granted this organisation charitable status, it is,
to a large extent, a dishonest, anti-male propaganda organisation.
On the Women's Refuge page
https://womensrefuge.org.nz/about-us/values/, it states that
its values are
"to liberate women, children, families and whanau from
family violence by providing quality services and social commentary."
By "social commentary", it means anti-male propaganda.
“New Zealand’s largest nation-wide organisation
that supports and helps women and children experiencing family violence.
Our vision is for all women and children in Aotearoa to live free
from domestic and family violence.”
This is quite clearly discriminatory. It does not support or help
men experiencing family violence. It also does not have a vision for
all men in New Zealand to live free from domestic and family violence.
None of the other so-called “charities" which you listed
specifically supported or helped men with respect to domestic and
family violence, or in any way whatsoever. So Warehouse Stationery
is in effect helping Women's Refuge to enable women to commit family
violence and domestic violence and to get men blamed for it, because
Women's Refuge supplies its anti-male propaganda to the Police, the
legal profession and other intellectually deficient people in the
business sector, such as the Warehouse Group.
Women's Refuge is also clearly dishonest. It implies (without stating
it, because it is not true -- see: http://blackribboncampaign.altervista.org/fiebertb.html)
that only women and children experience family violence and domestic
violence. It also implies (without stating it, because it is not true)
that only men commit violence against children.
Retail organisations are powerful, because customers are forced to
use them to purchase items that they need. But they have no right to
abuse their power by manipulating, bullying and harassing customers.
The Warehouse Group is a retail organisation. Retail organisations
do not employ many people with significant intelligence. If they had
significant intelligence, they would be able to work in different spheres,
with higher incomes. Although you are apparently keen to maintain a
high self-esteem among your staff, you do not have the intellectual
competence to evaluate social issues, such as Family Violence -- nor
is it intelligent to evaluate such issues by asking only one side of
the issue (e.g. the Feminists) for their input.
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I have experienced abusive behaviour by Warehouse Group staff
in the past.:
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In your Lyall Bay, Wellington, branch, I once bought a long,
heavy metal trunk and carried it to the checkout. When I was trying
to maneouvre between the checkouts, one of your female staff got
close behind me and impeded my movement. I later complained to the
manager, because I assumed that this would have been recorded on
CCTV.
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In your Palmerston North branch, I once wanted to ask your staff
a question. It is sometimes hard to find staff in your stores, if
you have a question that you need to ask them. I found two female
staff talking to each other behind a counter, ignoring me. I watched
them and waited patiently for them to stop talking. I can't remember
if they ever stopped talking and let me ask my question. However,
what I do remember is that I later got harassed by two White male
managers, to whom one of the women had quite clearly complained
that I was sexually harassing them, or something. If a male customer
waiting to ask a female staff member constitutes sexual harassment,
I suggest that you fire all of your female staff, so that male customers
can go to your stores and ask questions, without being bullied by
sexual harassment allegations.
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In your Eastgate (Christchurch) branch of Warehouse Stationery,
I was once looking for an ink cartridge, among your large display
of cartridges along one wall. One male staff member offered to help
me and selected one for me, after I told him which one I was after.
I took it to the checkout and purchased it. Later, at home, I found
that he had given me the wrong one, but I had already opened the
package by that time. More recently, in the same store, a male staff
member (probably the same one) again offered to help me, as I searched
for an ink cartridge, but this time I did not allow him to help
me.
"Since 1982, we’ve helped to raise more than $72 million
for charities across the country and have taken the lead on working
with communities and our team to tackle issues such as family violence,
period inequity, unhealthy housing and poverty. We have worked with
more than 800 charities and community organisations to help them assist
the most vulnerable New Zealanders."
This is clearly a pro-female and anti-male agenda. So-called "period
inequity" is clearly a female-only issue and you mention no male-only
issues. You mention Family Violence, but your support of Women's Refuge
shows that you actually know absolutely nothing about Family Violence.
I bet that none of your staff has ever read any of the hundreds of academic
research articles that have been published on that issue. In fact, I
bet that none of your staff have the brains to read any academic research
articles on anything at all.
You refer to "the most vulnerable New Zealanders," but
you have no objective evidence as to who the most vulnerable New Zealanders
are. I bet you just ask your Feminist staff who they are and believe
whatever they say. In fact, men are much more vulnerable than women,
because no one cares about them or asks them for their views on Feminist
issues and every institution in New Zealand discriminates agaisnt men
and in favour of women.
I note that the Her Project is involved with the garment and fashion
industry. Have you done any research on the impact of the fashion industry
on global warming? Have you done any research on how much more money
women spend on garments and fashion than men do, and therefore how much
more damage women do to the climate than men do, in this way? Have you
done any research into what percentage of your customers and staff are
female? I suggest to you that most of your customers and most of your
staff are female, which makes you take anti-male political stances,
because this is your way of sucking up to your female customers and
staff. What steps have you taken to attract more male staff and male
customers?
In relation to the two occasions when I was harassed by being asked
to make donations to one or more so-called “charities,”
including Women's Refuge, I demand a written apology and a payment of
$1,900.00.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Zohrab
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