Completely transparent lefties... F them.
Email or call in a complaint. If true, hard-core progressives run the company, they’ll ignore you. If it’s just a bone-headed decision on the part of a marketing newbie, they’ll fold.
Never give out your email to any business, they’ll just annoy the hell out of you one way or the other.
Completely transparent lefties... F them.
The best thing you can do is to stop patronizing their business and tell they exactly why.
It’s a really foolish business person who intentionally alienates half their customer base. Even those who agree with the burger joint owner’s politics may think (and frankly, should think) it’s presumptious to be told to email their representatives.
More likely it’s come from an overzealous marketing droid...
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Some companies have injected politics...
—I love Pepsi though at one point their logo started to look a bit too much like the 0bama logo
—New Yorkers Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield moved to VT and paid for a correspondence course on how to make ice cream. One of their gimmicks was “1 per cent for peace”
>>In 1988, ben & jerry’s protested Ronald Reagan’s military spending by launching its 1% for peace campaign. It came out with Peace Pops. They knew taking such political stands were risky for business.
—There was a bit of controversy when a company called Peace, Love, and Little Donuts set up their products within a downtown Pittsburgh eatery named Fernando’s. The president of the company is opposed to gay marriage, though the advertising for the company made them seem like hippie heaven. (Ron Razete, on his blog: “This crowd will not rest until Homosexuality is mainstream; until the Second Amendment is done away with; until abortion on demand is as common and accepted as going to the dentist; until sexual images and strip clubs line our streets and suburbs...until disagreement with their political party is “hate speech” and becomes a crime; until they pass the Fairness Doctrine and rid the county of Conservative talk radio” etc
One response to this, on foodburgh, com: “Part of the controversy revolves around the seemingly liberal name of the store, which some see as a “bait and switch lure” to attract progressive customers.Whatever the reason for the name, the man has a right to his opinion, but he won’t be getting any of my “pink dollars”.”—John R. Carman
Why would you ever go back after something like that?
The same graphic is posted right on the front page of their website.
It’s a small company. The founder and CEO is Jeff Weinstein from West L.A. You can probably reach him easily enough by calling the main line and trying extensions 101, 102, 103...
HQ: (310) 559-3355
Or just log onto Yelp and post your favorite food poisoning stories. It’s what the libs did when they were mad at Chick-fil-A.
I had a completely different take on the graphic. I actually thought the design was intentionally derisive of Obama. It’s impossible to tell “which side” the business supports because the solicitation only suggests we encourage Congress to reach a resolution. That’s pretty neutral, but the transition from ketchup to call-up is a bit of a breach. Now that they’ve opened up the subject, I’d like to know what their affiliation really is. I think it’s cowardly to incite people this way, and not be up front about their position. That’s the reason why I won’t go back.
The Chamber of Commerce agrees with the burger joint.
“”The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is organizing its members to call members of Congress at tell them “default is not an option.”
Warning that the government’s failure to make good on its obligations means “there will be real impacts, for every American. Interest rates will rise for everyone,” wrote Bruce Josten, the Chamber’s executive vice president for government affairs.
He added that Congress and President Barack Obama must also agree to a plan to lower the federal budget deficit.””
“The White House and Congress face a looming August 2 deadline to resolve their differences and raise the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling. The need to raise the debt ceiling provides leverage for meaningful, long-term, bipartisan action to rein in long-term deficit spending and entitlement reform. Financial markets would be reassured and we’d avoid a potential spike in interest rates, which will only stall our struggling economy.”
http://www.chamberpost.com/2011/07/default-is-not-an-option-%E2%80%93-spread-the-word/
The burger joint message is “Get this fixed”. I don’t see the message particularly comes down for either side. They just say get it done.
Good for you! What a stupid business move! They want to do to their customer base what the NYT did to their’s?
You should include a copy of the e-mail you got to your notifications so people can see for themselves what offended you.
Also this is a conservative news discussion forum and you might get a bunch of stuff for joining just to post a personal activism crusade. Anyway, it is a good crusade and I am very glad you are doing something about it! Anyone who is not wanting Obama in office should know about it and boycott the resturant.
Good luck!!