"I'm offended and I hereby demand that this thing that offends me is banned!"
Posted on 05/19/2019 10:07:10 AM PDT by SamAdams76
(WHDH) — Christmas Tree Shops has pulled “offensive” shark-related items from all of its stores on Cape Cod following a number of complaints.
In recent days, some residents have expressed outrage over items mocking shark attacks on beachgoers, CapeCod.com first reported.
One item that sparked dissatisfaction among shoppers was a “Shark Week” kitchen towel that said, “Nice to Eat You” on the bottom. There was another item that reportedly said, “Send More Tourists, The Last Ones Were Delicious!” A red T-shirt also had a message scrawled across the front that read, “Come to the Shark Side.”
“It’s a pretty touchy subject around here,” one resident told the news outlet. “I think if one more person gets killed I think this place [Cape Cod] is done.”
There were two shark attacks on the Cape last summer. In August, a New York man was seriously injured off Long Nook Beach in Truro. A Revere man was killed in September off Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet.
Some lifelong Cape residents say they have no issue with the items.
“I grew up on the Cape. There have always been sharks,” Katie Cerulli told 7News. “So, if somebody makes a joke about it, it’s alright.”
Jessica Joyce, Senior Manager of Public Relations for Christmas Tree Shops, said in a statement that the store understands the sensitive issue.
“At Christmas Tree Shops, our goal has always been to provide a wide assortment of products that our customers are looking for in an exciting and friendly environment. We understand our vast and diverse customer base consists of people with many different views and sensibilities which sometimes get reflected in their shopping preferences,” Joyce said. “We appreciate all customer feedback and understand this is a sensitive issue toward which many people have different feelings. We have removed these items from the Cape locations. It is never our intention to offend customers by our merchandise assortment.”
Christmas Tree Shops has five locations on the Cape. The items were sold at three of them.
"I'm offended and I hereby demand that this thing that offends me is banned!"
Global warning is the problem.
Were they selling sharks with laser beams on their head?
actually that graphic is wrong- the outraged unfortunately do keep getting their way- because ‘adults’ can’t handle kids that cry anymore- not always, but often-
Are there any grownups left? The perpetually offended have become very tiresome and annoying.
Whiner, crybabies upset with Sherman?
United State of the Perpetually Offended.
Hey Cape Cod: Bite Me!
Did slave ships used to come to Cape Cod?
If I was the store owner, I would put all the shark merchandise in a back room, and put a sign over the door: Adults Only.
They’re terrified of loosing the tourist crowd.
Pulling the shirts sends this message....the beach is dangerous.
Come on, MA snowflakes, your Harvard “education” is showing too much. FL celebrates its gators, that periodically eat people and even has named one of its highways “Alligator Alley”. Then your own town, Salem, has pictures of witches on its police cars. Or try TN where there are pictures of bears on our license plates, even though bears periodically eat people.
I think those t-shirt slogans are amusing.
I would buy a coffee cup or ball cap with some of those little quips.
This wouldn’t be the first time where people decided to laugh at danger, and giggle their fears away for a while.
What else do they have to offer to the economy? Ted Kennedy?
And here I thought it was the feeding pattern that changed from all of those slaves thrown off of ships
My doctor described New Englanders as “wound too tight”.
What pussies!
No more tourists equal peace and quiet in Chatham for me this summer.
:)
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