Tesco, You Are Awful, But I Like You...

[trt]

If its not one thing about Muslims, its another, for Gods sake lets get on with our lives in the UK.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3137718/Tesco-underfire-selling-smokey-bacon-flavour-Pringles-special-Ramadan-promotion.html

[Broseph]

Well let's get this into perspective now shall we. Had tesco been selling nazi uniforms under a jewish promotion of Yom Kippur then there would have been outrage and heads would have rolled.

This isn't about any particular religion but tolerance and common sense.

[Retrochic]

Its not even about tolerance -its about common sense - they wanted to promote a religious festival/event so what do they do? -promote a product that that particular religion is not allowed to eat. Yes ignorance. Like offering free sausage rolls with every nut roast to vegetarians

[trt]

## This isn't about any particular religion but tolerance and common sense.##

....Meaning?

[Broseph]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tolerance

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/common-sense

[sandyRoe]

I don't suppose there's very much bacon in their bacon-flavoured Pringles. The faithful could know the taste of forbidden food without actually sinning.

[stuey]

"Tolerance and common sense." If we were all tolerable and possessed common sense there wouldn't be too many lively discussions on here would there?

[Broseph]

I don't know stuey. I use this site soley for answering and asking questions and not as an all day all week coffee morning and tend to have all my lively discussions in the real world tho I don't begrudge those that do it here.

[Mamyalynne]

They made a gaffe, they've rectified it - good.

[stuey]

Oops, I forgot the smiley thingamabob at 1545.

[douglas9401]

The offending Pringles display was replaced by a sheep with it's throat cut, slowly bleeding out in aisle five, the holiest of aisles according to scholars.
Satisfied, those who had complained about something not containg any kind of meat dispersed to think up more stuff to get wound up about while the rest of us just had to get on with it.

Order was restored.

[Retrochic]

douglas -if you read the tweets about it most think its hilarious -only the Press seem 'horrified' and 'outraged' on our behalf.

[douglas9401]

Surprisingly, retrochic, I never for a moment imagined that Tesco would hang a freshly slaughtered carcass instore.
A sense of humour can differ markedly from one person to another, as you've clearly demonstrated.
Salaam, shalom, good evening.

[dunnitall]

FGS! This is Britain or was! Do we see other countries cowtowing to our way of life? Course not they live life for the indigenous people IMO and so should we. Why on earth should we cater for supposedly ethnic MINORITIES when our country should be catering for the indigenous bods, though actually afaic it looks like the indigenous bods are THE minority now! Swelp us all....

[Retrochic]

douglas - don't be so ruddy rude! I knew you were not serious -I was making a general comment to your statement " to think up more stuff to get wound up about while the rest of us just had to get on with it. " Pointing out that it was mainly the Press getting wound up on our behalf, and I would imagine, from the Tweets, most saw the funny side of it.

[Retrochic]

dunnitall -you better put a (TIL) after that or you may upset someone lol!

[douglas9401]

Typing very slowly so you get it dunnitall.

The ramadam mubarak salutation combined with the perceived piggy flavoured savoury snacks (not crisps) is the source of amusement.
Not the fact the there are adherents of the religion of peace among us and getting upset just because.

[douglas9401]

Sorry Retrochic, your deadpan delivery caught me out there. Easily done eh?

[Broseph]

/FGS! This is Britain or was! Do we see other countries cowtowing to our way of life? Course not they live life for the indigenous people IMO and so should we. Why on earth should we cater for supposedly ethnic MINORITIES when our country should be catering for the indigenous bods, though actually afaic it looks like the indigenous bods are THE minority now! Swelp us all..../

And enraged and uncalled for rant of the year award goes to.....

Calm down it's only the news.

/ Do we see other countries cowtowing to our way of life? /

Yes during the crusades it was our way or die.

[dunnitall]

Oh Broseph, didn't realise we were talking about the crusades.....I didn't think Britain mentioned Ramadan in those days....shucks, ho wrong can one be!

[Mamyalynne]

This is daft - no outrage, some humour found in the error - error rectified.


From a store mangers point of view it is important to place the items best suited to a headed display - you would place razor blades in a toy promotion

Hence you wouldn't place 'Bacon flavoured' (yes I know there is no bacon in them)snacks in a Ramadan promotion.