Local Grocer HEB Rejects Christmas Music, Offends 95% of Customer Base
Monday, December 18th, 2006In an action which unfortunately happens far too often in today’s politically correct times, HEB Grocery Stores has removed Christmas music from their stores during the Christmas season. Jim at Smoke on the Water has the details:
You see, H.E.B. has caved to the whiny pisstards of the “Politically Correct” element of society. At the start of this
holidayChristmas season, one could browse the aisles while loading up the basket with the trappings of the season, all while enjoying the splendid Christmas music softly wafting down from the speakers above.Well, until just a couple of days ago, that is.
It seems that some person, persons or entity unknown has prevailed upon H.E.B. to cancel the Christas music, as they had taken offense to those traditional tunes. Now, I don’t know where the complaint originated, but according to the H.E.B. employees I spoke with, it seems to have been elevated to a regional or corporate level, as the three H.E.B. stores I’ve visited in the past two days are bereft of cheerful, Christmas Melodies. Moreover, I’ve asked several people in other areas to check on this for me, and they’ve verified the same; if you want to hear some really lame ’50s surf tunes, just visit your local H.E.B. !!!
Anyone who lives in South Texas knows HEB. They’re practically the only grocer available, with the exception of the occasional Wal-Mart Super Store. They destroyed the competition from Kroger and Albertson’s by always having much lower prices and much better service. I have been shopping at the same HEB for close to twenty years and have almost nothing to complain about. However, this incident may change my habits.
I looked in vain on their web site to find an explanation for this, but the lack of anything in writing tells me that the company knows it is a poor decision. My guess is that they are hoping that no one will notice. Problem is, South Texas is a mostly Christian population, and we tend to notice the lack of Christmas music in places where we are accustomed to hearing it.
If you live near an HEB store, and agree that Christmas music should be wafting through the store as you spend your hard-earned dollars there, then please call their corporate headquarters in San Antonio at 800-432-3113 or 210-938-8357. Please be nice, but let them know in no uncertain terms that you are offended by their actions and that you want Christmas music to return to their stores.
If HEB were to have to rely on only their non-Christian customers for their livelihood, they would be out of business within a month.
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December 20th, 2006 at 12:44 am
This is the same HEB that played the “Chicken Dance” song over and over and over (continual replay), just because the had their whole rotisserie chickens on sale.
Any sane human being can listen to that silly song only so many times before their brains explode.
Similar to how the awful yodeling in “Mars Attacks” kills all the aliens at the end of the movie.
Oh, they had the volume turned WAY up, so everyone would know about their stupid chicken sale.