The lady who planted flags said the manager told her it was company policy, upon hearing this woman with flags said she drove to another branch and it was not flying the flag however all other companies were in this town. I can only relay what I seen reported.
My advice watch what they do not what they say.
There was mention of another branch in another town not flying a flag. The details of how this was determined were not in article nor in the blog post nor were the specific reasons other than an offhand quote about it hadn't been flown for "two years." I did not read the comments nor do I feel that comments count for anything.
If the actions of a handful of individuals (two, perhaps a few more counting for the other branch guilty of not flying a flag) in positions of minor responsibility in a huge organization are sufficient for you to sustain a mad-on, so be it... I don't see a pattern.