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Marketing done right by Burger King in Tralee

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  • 01-04-2015 2:55am
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    DoYouEvenLift
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    I think this is absolutely hilarious. The original review poster also seems like he expects some kind of international backlash for this and a massive payout. Hope we get to hear whether or not the person responsible was fired. Hope they aren't though.


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    #2
    magentis
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    Lol.Emmet oh Connor ffs.
    *makes dice shuffling motion*
    That bk guy should be promoted.


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    calanus
    Registered Users Posts: 271 ✭✭calanus


    I agree, It is certainly well done but I do like mine to be medium rare


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    #4
    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    Free ad for any food shop anywhere.

    "Cheap Warm Meat For Lost Drunks"

    It makes me hungry now and I'm rich and home.


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    FluffyAngel
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    im ringing Joe ...


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    whisky_galore
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    Purveyor of sh*t food disses another purveyor of sh*t food.


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    Mr. CooL ICE
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    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Purveyor of sh*t food disses another purveyor of sh*t food.

    You've never had an Angus burger then


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    Canis Lupus
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    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Purveyor of sh*t food disses another purveyor of sh*t food.

    XL bacon double cheeseburger is fine dining.


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    lertsnim
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    The guy who wrote the review comes across as a right little arsehole.

    The BK guy deserves a promotion. He handled a moaning customer perfectly.


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    Wacker The Attacker
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    Canis Lupus wrote: »
    XL bacon double cheeseburger is fine dining.

    Thats haute cuisine. No doubt about it.


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    Generic Dreadhead
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    I actually laughed loudly in work, did not expect that, I love me some blunt direct humour :D


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    Son Of A Vidic
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    DoYouEvenLift wrote: »
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    Hope we get to hear whether or not the person responsible was fired. Hope they aren't though.

    Hopefully not. Now I wouldn't be a regular consumer of Fast Food, but I have had some fine burgers from burger King in the past. I've only tried McDonalds once and christ it was an insult. The 'burger' that was served up, would have probably been more suited to feeding a Hobbit.


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    DoYouEvenLift
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,188 ✭✭✭DoYouEvenLift


    This got posted on a couple of large Facebook pages and other forums, heading viral I'd say lol


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    James Bond Junior
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    The service in that drive thru is diabolical to say the least. I once sat for 20 minutes waiting to be served and there was only 1 other car in the queue. Ask anybody around tralee and they will give out stink about that Burger King.


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    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users Posts: 7,506 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    That was glorious in fairness. Wasn't expecting it at all.


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    whiskeyman
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    I'm eating an XL Bacon Double later just to support them...

    (That's a valid excuse... right?)


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    the dark phantom
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    God bless Kerry folk and their bluntness.


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    Grab All Association
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    Posted this last week.
    McDonalds is one of the biggest buyers of Irish Bord Bia quality assured traceable beef. It's bacon comes from Dew Valley in Thurles. http://www.bordbia.ie

    Supermacs and Burger King in the past have bought their beef from Rangeland food (I think Burger King stopped buying beef in Ireland when Rangeland was found to have equine meat) as do a lot of small takeaway business throughout the country.
    http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/r...rs-583639.html

    I don't know the origins of the other ingredients but farmers who sell Quality Assured Irish beef are of the safest most trusted suppliers in the world. Burger King bought its beef from a meat factory that was caught selling horse meat.

    That Burger King employee could end up getting sued for defamation. Hope so too. This employee should be sacked immediately. There's one thing you never do in business and that's abuse/criticise/blame the customer for your own failures/poor service.


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    Dr. Mantis Toboggan
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    Chris___ wrote: »
    Posted this last week.



    I don't know the origins of the other ingredients but farmers who sell Quality Assured Irish beef are of the safest most trusted suppliers in the world. Burger King bought its beef from a meat factory that was caught selling horse meat.

    That Burger King employee could end up getting sued for defamation. Hope so too. This employee should be sacked immediately. There's one thing you never do in business and that's abuse/criticise/blame the customer for your own failures/poor service.

    Buzz status: Totally killed


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    ScumLord
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    Corvus Maximus wrote: »
    Hopefully not. Now I wouldn't be a regular consumer of Fast Food, but I have had some fine burgers from burger King in the past. I've only tried McDonalds once and christ it was an insult. The 'burger' that was served up, would have probably been more suited to feeding a Hobbit.
    Mcdonalds know how to do a good burger they just don't always make the effort. There is a McDonalds in Galway (westside) that was utter muck. Then a year later I went back and it was better than any burger I've had in a fast food outlet before. It was a real burger with real meat and it was lovely. I haven't had a burger like it since.


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    My name is URL
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    Chris___ wrote: »
    That Burger King employee could end up getting sued for defamation. Hope so too. This employee should be sacked immediately

    lol... no he couldn't.

    Who did he 'defame'?


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    PeteFalk78
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    Nicolas Cage wrote: »
    You've never had an Anus burger then

    You had one?


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    Boom_Bap
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    whiskeyman wrote: »
    I'm eating an XL Bacon Double later just to support them...

    (That's a valid excuse... right?)

    I'll also join you in a delicious mouth watering stand of grease in all the right places solidarity


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    darkpagandeath
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    DoYouEvenLift wrote: »
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    I think this is absolutely hilarious. The original review poster also seems like he expects some kind of international backlash for this and a massive payout. Hope we get to hear whether or not the person responsible was fired. Hope they aren't though.

    He must not know it's a franchise, So unless the head CEO or directors say that. He will have to take it up with that restaurant.


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    riffmongous
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    Fake account apparently,

    http://traleetoday.ie/burger-king-tralee-issues-statement-regarding-comments-on-facebook/


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    Eugene Norman
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    My name is URL wrote: »
    lol... no he couldn't.

    Who did he 'defame'?

    McDonalds, although I imagine that neither corporation would worry too much about it.


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    lertsnim
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    riffmongous wrote: »
    Fake account apparently,

    http://traleetoday.ie/burger-king-tralee-issues-statement-regarding-comments-on-facebook/

    Fake account my hole


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    My name is URL
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    Eugene Norman wrote: »
    McDonalds, although I imagine that neither corporation would worry too much about it.

    Could saying that food is **** really amount to defamation, though? Is it not just a personal opinion? It's not like he made any specific claims about the product that could be disproved.
    riffmongous wrote: »
    Fake account apparently,

    http://traleetoday.ie/burger-king-tralee-issues-statement-regarding-comments-on-facebook/

    That's funny, coz another article states that they're giving away free pancakes as a sign of thanks for the support they're receiving

    http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/trending/burger-king-tralee-offers-free-pancakes-after-telling-customer-to-fk-off-and-eat-mcdonalds-sht-food-31110231.html


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    ScumLord
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    My name is URL wrote: »
    Could saying that food is **** really amount to defamation, though? Is it not just a personal opinion? It's not like he made any specific claims about the product that could be disproved.
    The post said McDonalds food is shyte. That's a statement of fact rather than opinion.


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    LDN_Irish
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    ScumLord wrote: »
    The post said McDonalds food is shyte. That's a statement of fact rather than opinion.

    You'd never, ever make a successful claim of defamation on those grounds. You need to be able to show how the defamation caused you a monetary loss.


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    Custardpi
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    Eugene Norman wrote: »
    McDonalds, although I imagine that neither corporation would worry too much about it.

    Nope, still not defamation. Describing food as "sh1t" falls into the category of general abuse which is not covered by defamation laws. Accusing somebody of something that is capable of being demonstrated to be false, rather than just a subjective opinion would be defamation. If he had posted something like "go eat McDonald's burgers, which are made from roadkill badgers" then there would be a possible case to answer. As it is, unless "sh1t" was interpreted literally to mean "manufactured from faeces" he's probably ok.


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