The only saving grace of this story is that at least it didn’t happen here in the U.S., but I wouldn’t put it past our libs to do the same thing. A Pizza Hut customer became triggered when he saw a ketchup bottle’s label. It read “Shake, squeeze, squirt,” clearly directing the customer how to use the ketchup bottle. But Adrian Shann, 31, didn’t see it as directions on how to use the ketchup bottle, he instead felt it was perverted and felt it didn’t belong on a ketchup bottle that could be seen by kids.
“It’s not innocent in my eyes,” said Adrian of the ‘Shake, Squeeze and Squirt’ ketchup label branding he discovered in Pizza Hut’s store in Clive Sullivan Way.”
“It literally sounds like an app for swingers. I do not understand how someone could put that sentence together, it’s awful.”
“It is because of the chain’s marketing aimed at children that I am worried,” he said.”
And get this Pizza Hut actually apologized for the labeling:
“I can only apologize if you were caused any offense or upset on your recent visit to our Hut, please know it is not our intention to make any of our guests feel uncomfortable. The wording on our ketchup is not meant to cause offense and sorry if this was interpreted this way. This has been the labeling of all ketchup bottles in our restaurants for some time now, and I can only apologize if this impacted the enjoyment of your email.”
Shann was not happy with this answer and had the following to say about Pizza Hut’s reply:
An unhappy Adrian said: “I am not happy with their response. I can not imagine anyone looking at that sauce as tomato ketchup again.”
Honestly, I am hoping this is just a troll. It’s sad that we are so sensitive now that this is possible. It could be that Shann here is legit and is seriously upset about a ketchup bottle that has the instructions on the label.
Leave a Comment