Vegan Nazis of the Hunter Valley
As any social media guru will tell you, you should be very careful what you push out on the World Wide Web, and in particular social media, as it could come back to haunt you.
The owners of Hunter Valley burger restaurant Tuk Tuk have obviously never heard that particular piece of advice, after taking exception to a ‘tie dye’ t-shirt wearing Vegan coming into their establishment, the following was posted on its Facebook page:
The post verbatim:
“Well, we had our first ever vegan in yesterday, wearing a tie dyed Tshirt, I’m serious, didn’t matter that it was made in a Chinese sweat shop, but it was tie dyed, anyway it went as well as could be expected, she was very disappointed she didn’t have more vegan choices in a hamburger shop?, but settled on the falafel burger without yogurt and without butter….we informed her that the falafel pattie is cooked on the same grill as the beef, pork, lamb and chicken and therefore it may contain traces of slaughtered animals, she happily ate it anyway, guess she wasn’t that vegan after all, it’s a funny world.”
Unsurprisingly this ruffled some of the vegan community, who took the the restaurant’s Facebook page to voice their displeasure.
However, the owners were not backing down, replying to one poster who wrote “Do not mess with Vegans. EVER!!!!!”:
“But they are so easy to mess with, They lack physincal strength because of zero red meat in their diet!
“They are single minded and nazi like in their conviction!
“Their veganism was inspired by some tragic childhood event, or a divorce, or a car accident, or some crap.
“And the worst thing, from a chef’s point of view, is they cannot cook a vegetable to save their life, they are shit cooks, end of story, over and out.”
Dr Mumbo fears whoever has access to the social media hasn’t heard of the notion of stopping digging a deeper hole for yourself.
Eventually the post and comments on it were deleted, but not before they had been screen shotted and used in a new group – Tuk Tuk Hunter Valley Honest Reviews – where you can see them all laid out.
It also hosts some other shots from the site where the restaurant returned fire on someone leaving a complaint on Facebook describing them as “the epitome of a serial complainer”.
Several other ‘serial complainers’ have also taken to the restaurant’s Trip Advisor page to leave a series of less-than-flattering comments and reviews about the restaurant.
Still, at least they are celebrating reaching more than 1,000 likes on Facebook.
Wow 261 vegans got up in arms on Facebook.
I guess more would’ve… but they lacked the strength…
This reeks like one of those attempted beatups on a business, and a desire to be on the leading edge by reporting it quickly, but basically no one gives a f^ck.
Piss poor journalism mumbrella, you usually do better, like in this semi-relevant example… https://mumbrella.com.au/uber-marketer-people-complain-brand-probably-fraudsters-261279
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Wow 261 vegans got up in arms on Facebook.
I guess more would’ve… but they lacked the strength…
This reeks like one of those attempted beatups on a business, and a desire to be on the leading edge by reporting it quickly, but basically no one gives a f^ck.
Piss poor journalism mumbrella, you usually do better, like in this semi-relevant example… https://mumbrella.com.au/uber-marketer-people-complain-brand-probably-fraudsters-261279
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Totally agree with Mike. They are two groups on the opposite sides of the fence. Let them fight it out, it’s entertaining but doesn’t require the highbrow analysis and criticism of the mumbrella editorial team. I support this tactic of responding appropriately given the place is a burger shop. Just playing up to your core audience I say.
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I wonder if it’s time for Social Media 101 to be replaced with an Advanced Module – business owners should be allowed the freedom of expression that (largely) anonymous Trip Advisor reviewers enjoy and abuse.
As Lord Grantham might say, I don’t approve of their language but I support their position – everyone has the right to build their own brand how they see fit.
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It not about Veganism!! It’s about the lack of customer service this idiot has… If he bagged out someone who was Muslim, Indian, gluten free, diabetic… Or any other minority group it would be the same thing… Only thing difference would be the media would have been outraged. It’s a sad world when a customer who buys from the menu and pays money is attacked on social media
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I’m seriously tired of this epidemic of confected outrage.
Why would a vegan go to a burger restaurant.??
I don’t go to my local vegetarian lunch spot and grizzle and complain and take to FB in outrage when I can’t get a thick New York cut medium-rare steak with bacon bitz on the side.
The burger guy gave adequate product disclaimer when he warned of the potential “contamination” of the hot plate.
Sheesh.!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZns7LYIpsw
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Where are they now?
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