June 19, 2002

Starbucks ad in poor taste?

STARBUCKS YANKS AD MOCKING 9/11Here's an excerpt:

The tempest in a teapot revolved around 3,000 window displays touting summer tea brews by depicting two "twin" cups of the concoction standing side-by-side in tall, squared-off blades of grass with dragonflies dive-bombing into one of them.The words "Collapse into Cool" are printed above the image.
I don't want to come off as insensitive, but the ad doesn't appear to look like the World Trade Center, nor is the dragonfly (there's only one) dive-bombing anything. I've stared at this ad each morning at my local Starbucks and didn't think anything of it. Maybe since I don't live in New York it doesn't bother me, but even if I did live in New York I doubt it would.The terrorist attacks against America have affected us all, this ad should only affect coffee sales.Take a click over to the article and look at a copy of the ad and decide for yourself.

Posted by drake at June 19, 2002 10:13 PM
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