Brick Lane Coffee make total twats of themselves with vile sign

[editor]

Or they don't publicise disciplinary action.

Mind you, if you look back through their Twitter stream you'll see that their 'crackies' message hardly stands out as being particularly different to the other "edgy" stuff they post up about.

 

[Favelado]

Mind you, if you look back through their Twitter stream you'll see that their 'crackies' message hardly stands out as being particularly different to the other "edgy" stuff they post up about.

It does look sanctioned doesn't it? The almond milk one was weird and gross.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Banter.

 

[Idaho]

They only "realised" their "mistake" and apologised when people kicked off a Twitterstorm.

How do you 'mistakenly' post up such deeply offensive drivel in the first place, anyway?

I just saw the pic, and the news of a subsequent apology and gave them the benefit of the doubt. If you are saying the do other stuff, and generally twats, then fuck them.

 

[zenie]

They make a great coffee though, you should give it a go. I like their smoking signs too

 

[dylanredefined]

There was a delightful poster in Forbidden Planet up here a few months back - photo of a bloke, with 'thieving junkie scum'* plastered across the top. Not quite the same thing, but a bit 'wtf'.

*actually it might've been 'thieving smackhead scum'

Was that aimed at a particular individual or just a general labelling of anyone who looks like a down and out addict?

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

What the fuck? Is that a real sign or a piss take?
Are they 12 years old or something?

Dickheads

 

[Favelado]

pppppppfffffffffffffffft. TITS.

 

[zenie]

Am I the only one who has visited them? I have a loyalty card... They are puerile and silly! Go visit them!

 

[littlebabyjesus]

They make a great coffee though, you should give it a go. I like their smoking signs too

I'm guessing they're very vape-friendly?

 

[Favelado]

I'm guessing they're very vape-friendly?

I bet it's something utterly crass like "VAPISTS WELCOME"

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Am I the only one who has visited them? I have a loyalty card... They are puerile and silly! Go visit them!

You're supposed to be outraged!

 

[zenie]

I'm guessing they're very vape-friendly?

no

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Oh ok. That's a quite amusing sign. I'd prefer it if they were actively vape-friendly though. I want to vape with my coffee!

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

Am I the only one who has visited them? I have a loyalty card... They are puerile and silly! Go visit them!

I'd rather support businesses who don't sneer at people and draw stupid attention seeking pictures

 

[zenie]

I'd rather support businesses who don't sneer at people and draw stupid attention seeking pictures

Pah, pick your battles, I'd sooner boycott Starbucks!

Oh ok. That's a quite amusing sign. I'd prefer it if they were actively vape-friendly though. I want to vape with my coffee!

You can vape inside, that sign is outside

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I'd rather support businesses who don't sneer at people and draw stupid attention seeking pictures

tbh I prefer businesses that draw stupid attention seeking pictures over businesses that cover themselves with bland corporate 'branding'.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Corporate sneering attitude also demonstrated by smaller businesses moving into communities and preaching through their edgy banter exactly the kinds of people who are are not welcome in the community. Boycott both obviously?

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

Pah, pick your battles, I'd sooner boycott Starbucks!

I don't go there either and I think that one is a battle worth picking.

 

[zenie]

I don't go there either and I think that one is a battle worth picking.

and that is absolutely your prerogative I reckon lots of people who are 'outraged' by this kinda stuff do not love (edit or live!) quite so ethically though.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I don't go there either and I think that one is a battle worth picking.

Sometimes there isn't a choice. I bought a very bad coffee from Starbucks today. We were driving. It was a motorway service station. We were tired and needed coffee.

Given the choice, I'll choose somewhere that isn't a totally bland corporate chain in which the staff are not allowed to do anything 'off-message' at all. The twitter-storm over this place being crass and offensive wouldn't happen against Starbucks or any of the big coffee chains. Their staff don't have the autonomy to make such a mistake.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Oh ok. That's a quite amusing sign. I'd prefer it if they were actively vape-friendly though. I want to vape with my coffee!

I've seen the same sign elsewhere.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Sometimes there isn't a choice. I bought a very bad coffee from Starbucks today. We were driving. It was a motorway service station. We were tired and needed coffee.

Given the choice, I'll choose somewhere that isn't a totally bland corporate chain in which the staff are not allowed to do anything 'off-message' at all. The twitter-storm over this place being crass and offensive wouldn't happen against Starbucks or any of the big coffee chains. Their staff don't have the autonomy to make such a mistake.

Starbucks and the like have been a target for dissent for a long while. If they dared to start putting unfunny blackboards outside their shops they would have their arses handed to them. Obviously.

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

Is it outrage though? People being a bit more discerning about where they spend their money is a good thing.
It would be better if people did their research and looked in to which large corporations are exploitative and unethical, of course, but being basically aware and critical is a good thing.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

It would be better if people did their research and looked in to which large corporations are exploitative and unethical.

Um, all of them?

 

[Treacle Toes]

Is it outrage though? People being a bit more discerning about where they spend their money is a good thing.
It would be better if people did their research and looked in to which large corporations are exploitative and unethical, of course, but being basically aware and critical is a good thing.

This. People hate the corporates already...what irks about this shit is that these twats rock up and market themselves as being small, independent, community friendly etc... Which makes it all the more unpalatable that their attitude is so fucking disgusting.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Starbucks and the like have been a target for dissent for a long while. If they dared to start putting unfunny blackboards outside their shops they would have their arses handed to them. Obviously.

Fair enough.

I can't get upset about these blackboards. Not even the 'crackie' one, which is not funny. It's failed humour with a message I don't like, although its message is no different from those on the tube telling people not to give money to beggars.

 

[Favelado]

those on the tube telling people not to give money to beggars.

the what now?

London is getting worse and worse as a place if what I read on here is anything to go by. Signs on the Tube telling people not to give money to beggars since when?

 

[editor]

Fair enough.

I can't get upset about these blackboards. Not even the 'crackie' one, which is not funny. It's failed humour with a message I don't like, although its message is no different from those on the tube telling people not to give money to beggars.

You don't think that message sits a little uneasily with this chain's blurb about how their stores are “scattered about the lowbrow areas" because that's "where all the action is”?

 

[editor]

How about this sign from the same company?