Va. business owner explains decision to close store after Obama win

[underpants]

BEDFORD, Va. (WDBJ7.com) – The owner of a Bedford jewelry store is explaining his decision to “mourn” the outcome of Tuesday’s Presidential election.

R.T. Lyons, owner of Lyons Jewelry, closed his business Wednesday and posted signs in his windows that read: “Closed to mourn the loss of the America that our forefathers endowed to us.”


Lyons said he was experiencing feelings of grief.

http://wtvr.com/2012/11/09/va-business-owner-explains-decision-to-close-store-after-obama-win/

[lonestarnot]

1. Leave it shut you fucking moron.

[kelliekat44]

36. Guess he can imagine how the Native Americans felt??

[SoCalDem]

2. Democrats buy jewelry too..just not from him again..n/t

[jenw2]

8. I don't know any that do

Why would you accuse us of doing such a wasteful thing?

[RedCappedBandit]

21. Riiiiiiiiight

[dchill]

3. GOOB. Just GOOB.

[GrantDem]

4. The over the top drama from these fuckwits is ridiculous.

Your guy lost. Get the fuck over it!

[still_one]

5. Fuck you Lyons. You are the opposite of what America is all about.

[Horse with no Name]

6. Hopefully someone that isn't such a delicate flower will decide to

open up a business that will allow him to sit at home with his drool bib and lap quilt when life disappoints him.

[elleng]

7. Idjots over there, under!

[underpants]

14. My wife worked in that industry and knows about that store

the old man knew the industry this guy is a hack

[Tarheel_Dem]

9. Hey, sounds like a new business opportunity just presented itself for some....

enterprising young entrepreneur. See ya!

[Zoeisright]

10. Hope you choke on your grief, jackass.

And now I know never ever to buy from you, you racist pig.

[abelenkpe]

16. +1000

That ugly republican meme about firing your democratic workers, laying people off, cutting off democratic friends and relatives....some idiots seem to have taken that to heart. They'll do themselves more harm in the long run though. Who wants to buy from a misinformed bigot.

[left is right]

11. I want to know 2 things

First, is he 65 years old or odder or is his health deteriorating?
Second, was his business in financial trouble before 2012?

When we hear stories like this they should be thoroughly investigated. Some old geezer that couldn’t manage his business or just wanted to retire shouldn’t be allowed to blame Obama.

[treestar]

18. +1

Absolutely. it is not believable. And the competitors can get their customers, so there is no loss at all.

[abelenkpe]

12. He should send a bill for his monetary losses due to grief to FOX news

for filling him with so much bullshit.

[dem4ward]

13. He's sealing his fate!

[AsahinaKimi]

15. Awww...

Someone's party is cranky and needs a nap!!!

[argiel1234]

33. +1

[GitRDun]

17. Off the rails!

Hahahahaha, really? I hope the country of our forefathers is long gone. Slavery, suffrage for women, and thousands of other improvements to make us more free.

[gulliver]

19. He was probably already going down and wanted an excuse.

Let's see what kind of profits he is supposedly "abandoning." My guess. There weren't any. No amount of grief over an election causes a Republican to walk away from profits if there are any.

[salin]

27. my thought as well. One doesn't cut off a profitable revenue stream

to make a point. If one does, one is really an idiot. Also betting that the store/location was a loss center rather than a profit center.

[appleannie1]

20. Hope you have enough to live on for the rest of your life moron.

[ecstatic]

22. That is so dumb

They're not fooling anyone. Their business was already failing and they thought that somehow Romney could magically save them. A successful business wouldn't dream of shutting down preemptively.

[JaneyVee]

23. How "patriotic".

[Oilwellian]

24. Good old Bedford County

Deep in the heart of Liberty University Falwell country, where the local GOP campaign manager said parents on welfare should be executed and their children put up for adoption. Remember that little gem a few weeks ago?

[underpants]

29. No it 's not in Lynchburg but everyone around there thinks they are freaks

A very isolated little town. Yes - they suffered the worst loss of anyone on D-Day but even they don't support the monument.

My in-laws are from Lunchburg (went to high school with Falwell) and the L'burg folks that I have met are really nice people...but they all agree that Bedford is nutsville.

[TorchTheWitch]

25. how not to run a business

What a fool. This dude is too dimwitted to run a successful business. If he was closing it for good at least he wouldn't have to deal with the fallout from this ridiculous stunt, but now he will. Good. Plenty of smarter people that know better than to alienate half their client base and for something as utterly STUPID as politics should have a shot at owning and running a successful business rather than this buffoon.

[left is right]

30. My 90 year old dad

grew up in one of the poorest and most racist counties in Indiana. He owned a small business for over 30 years. He always said that at the end of the business day, he couldn’t tell whether the money came from a white customer or “a colored customer” and therefore he had to treat all customer’s with respect. (Please forgive him, he started saying this in the late 50s and CP was the term of respect in those days.)

[Stinky The Clown]

26. Dear Mr. Lyons, please kindly shove a jewel encrusted finger up your ass until you bleed.

Thank you,

Your pal,
Stinky

[ReRe]

35. Stinky Stinky Stinky

ROFLMAO

[kestrel91316]

28. Did he somehow fail to notice that Obama has already been

president for FOUR YEARS??

[lumpy]

31. Guess so. Are we supposed to sympathize with that man.. or what?

n

[TwilightGardener]

32. Some moran shoots himself in the foot out of spite

and wants everyone to know--OK then ...

[Manifestor_of_Light]

34. He's probably selling "fish gravel". Should be in an aquarium.

That's what we called it in my GIA Diamond Grading Class, which sets the industry standard for grading precious stones. A person who appraises jewelry is usually a G.G., Graduate Gemologist. It's a diploma issued by GIA after several courses. I took Diamond Grading and Colored Stone Grading.

Extremely flawed diamonds set in jewelry and not worth buying. Stuff that is a total ripoff and should die and come back as a grinding wheel.

I used to work in a leased (Finlay Co.) "Fine Jewelry" dept in a large chain department store, and I was truly ashamed of what I sold. One lady asked me, "Is this diamond dirty?" because she could see the black spots in it. I wish I could have said "I'm sorry, lady, but this is basically a lump of coal that didn't quite make it into a diamond." A geologist told me that was called "prematurely mined".

All the stuff at the mall stores and dept. stores that advertise at Xmas are total ripoffs.
SI, Slightly Imperfect sounds OK, right? Or I, Imperfect? Both grades are complete trash.
Don't waste your money.

This guy is probably a bad businessman anyway.

[ReRe]

37. If someone lives near Bedford....

...find one of those old artificial flowered wreaths. On the way over to Lyons, stop at a florist and
get a ribbon with "Sympathy on it. Then go hang it on Lyons door. Just an idea...