Posted on 04/07/2012 9:17:26 AM PDT by Qbert
Remember all the self-righteous chest thumping that went on after conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh made fun of the 30-year old Georgetown activist Sandra Fluke?
I’m sure you do. Politicians, celebrities, and major companies all got in on the “Censure Limbaugh” action. And why not? It was all the rage. Everyone was doing it.
And just like any good fad, somebody’s always late to the party. In this particular story, that “somebody” is Arby’s. Yep: the third-tier fast food chain announced yesterday (again, about a month late) that it would be removing advertisements from Limbaugh’s program.
Odd: “Limbaugh notes that Arby’s has never been a sponsor of his show,” Twitchy reports.
Unsurprisingly, as other advertisers boycotting Limbaugh quickly discovered, many customers have expressed irritation with Arby’s for publicly condemning the talk show host.
“Arby’s has alienated a large number of current and potential customers, who view this move as a strike against free speech,” Twitchy (conservative authoress Michelle Malkin’s start-up) reports.
In fact, many customers decided to voice their opinion via Arby’s Twitter feed:
 conservative customers? By blocking whoever sent them, of course.<p>Because, you know, if you cant see your customers complaints, it must not be happening, right?<p>What are you talking about? People love us!<p>Arbys has begun blocking conservatives who have tweeted complaints, Twitchy reports.<p>Apparently, its not just a few here and there it looks like a fair number of Twitter accounts have been blocked by the fast food chain:<p><img src=)
Good grief, they’re actually blocking customer criticism? Now we’re not corporate strategists or anything, but we’re pretty sure blocking customers is just about the worst PR move a company can make.
“Arby’s had one foot in it yesterday … we guess they decided they needed to step in it with the other foot to even things out,” Twitchy writes, “Arby’s, we’re thinkin’ you really screwed up.”
Of course, in Arby’s defense, blocking people on Twitter isn‘t the worst idea they’ve ever had…
Click here to see a more complete list of blocked users.
This article has been updated.
I’ll be back.
Gotta go get blocked by Arby’s.
I spent my last penny there. As aas far as I am concerned, Arby’s no longer exist.
I only hope White Castle never does anything so foolish. I love those “murder burgers” as we called them back in daBronx ;)
I don’t eat at Arbys and now I know it is best not to. We are the people with the money. Too bad they screwed themselves in such a bad economy their Marxist caused.
"I’ll be back.
Gotta go get blocked by Arby’s."
LOL
Here’s the deal on this... It’s the Tom Harkin Barnyard Epithet.
Arby’s has NEVER actually bought time specifically on Rush’s show... EVER, ANYWHERE... what Arby’s does, is buy “Run of Schedule” ads - a specific number of ads, for a specific number of days... all Arby’s has done is ask stations to exclude the hours of Rush’s show.... and by doing that, they are cutting their reach, and increasing their CPM (in ad lingo that = cost per thousand exposures)... in a business and advertising sense, a truly STUPID move on their part... Arby’s - It’s Stupid Mood Food.
Just to add to this and for those who don’t know. Arby’s is also now the owner of Wendy’s.
grisly roast beef they cut thin enough so you don't notice how grisly it is....
The last time I ever got sick to my stomach was after an Arby’s “meal”
So I’m way ahead of the curve, I boycotted those losers for years :)
Haven’t spent a penny or any other money at Arbys for twenty years or more.
So it’s going to be difficult for me to boycott them further.
never eat there and now never will. Its Good Gruel Food.
Arby’s, the restaurant with the 10 gallon asshat for a logo.
Never like the place... So no pennies for them..
Or you can go to the website of their parent company, Roark Capital Group. I'm sure they'll be happy to hear from you.
Or type up a short letter to management, go to an Arby’s restaurant ask for the manager and hand it to him.
Right behind you.
I guess it’s “bad mood food” now.
Like Chicken McNuggets, any resemblance of Arby’s roast beef LOAF to real roast beef is purely coincidental!
I think it was while I was in college they stopped using real roast beef. Talk about tough and stringy, OMG!
College was in the early 70s.
Cinnabon, Auntie Anne’s, this may hurt a little.
I left a message on the corporate site. I asked if they thought the industry hating, agriculture hating, ban beef, fat, salt, and sugar Left was their natural customer base.
What idiots.
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