Ind. Restaurant Pulls Billboards with Cult References - And People Consider the "joke" Funny
So, this isn't really huge news at all. I admit it was more the comments to the article that fired me up.
Hacienda, a restaurant in northern Indiana, placed some very inappropriate billboards along the side of the road.
After a woman complained, the vice president of sales and marketing at Hacienda apologized, admitted the billboards were a mistake, and ordered the signs removed.
I don't think the woman who complained was overreacting, and I also don't think sales and marketing was thinking very clearly when they came up with that sign. It was pretty ignorant and of pure humor. I'd have been offended too.
But the comments are what really pissed me off! The woman isn't suing, and the company didn't give her a hard time. They took the signs down, apologized, end of story.
But some of the comments are nasty, laughing over the sign and swearing at the woman who voiced her complaint.
I know we all say "don't drink the Kool-Aid" or something similar. But I don't think, when someone says that, they're making a joke out of something so tragic.
Am I the one being oversensitive here? Or are these people heartless and born a generation too late to care about the innocent lives that were destroyed - and the ruined lives of family members left behind?
So, this isn't really huge news at all. I admit it was more the comments to the article that fired me up.
Hacienda, a restaurant in northern Indiana, placed some very inappropriate billboards along the side of the road.
The billboards included the statement, "We're like a cult with better Kool-Aid," over a glass containing a mixed drink, as well as the phrase "To die for!"
After a woman complained, the vice president of sales and marketing at Hacienda apologized, admitted the billboards were a mistake, and ordered the signs removed.
I don't think the woman who complained was overreacting, and I also don't think sales and marketing was thinking very clearly when they came up with that sign. It was pretty ignorant and of pure humor. I'd have been offended too.
But the comments are what really pissed me off! The woman isn't suing, and the company didn't give her a hard time. They took the signs down, apologized, end of story.
But some of the comments are nasty, laughing over the sign and swearing at the woman who voiced her complaint.
I know we all say "don't drink the Kool-Aid" or something similar. But I don't think, when someone says that, they're making a joke out of something so tragic.
Am I the one being oversensitive here? Or are these people heartless and born a generation too late to care about the innocent lives that were destroyed - and the ruined lives of family members left behind?