Thai at Heart Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Hey, we always complain that thais dont think outside the box. Next we have to make them understand that a natural disaster is when companies normally give stuff away for publicity and social responsibility. Now if they had thrown in a rubber ring......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Dumb ass chicken killer scum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunkeith Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Don't forget, this is the same Thailand that has had at least two schools (one year after the other) put on a s(a)port-dey parade with students dressed up as SS guard bearing the swastika and doing the "Heil Hitler" salute... Shameless or Insensitive? Like when Prince Harry went to a costume party wear a Gestapo uniform with a swastika? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueLeader Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I imagine KFC are horrified at all this free publicity they're getting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 (edited) Don't forget, this is the same Thailand that has had at least two schools (one year after the other) put on a s(a)port-dey parade with students dressed up as SS guard bearing the swastika and doing the "Heil Hitler" Shameless or Insensitive? Like when Prince Harry went to a costume party wear a Gestapo uniform with a swastika? Harry is both insensitive and shameless but mostly stupid. Edited April 12, 2012 by Bluespunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesquite Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I am not surprised at this insensitivity and am reminded of the Nazi parade in the schools in Chiang Mai a few months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belg Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 a storm in a glass of water, literally 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Many here sound like a lot of softies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dap Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Am I alone in finding the quality of KFC in Thailand far inferior to the UK & USA? Surely you jest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunkeith Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 some of the people here act like insensitivity in advertising is relegated to Thailand alone. google "insensitivity in advertising" and you will see it's a world wide phenomena. Or, in France where Aidan Burley, MP from Cannock Chase was with 12 friends, some dressed as Nazi's, at a British style pub, some of who were chanting "Hitler, Hitler, HItler" : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2072639/Tory-MP-Aiden-Burley-Nazi-stag-night-French-ski-resort.html#ixzz1rq5Xg3Ua Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirteenalpha Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 KFC is not a news source. They sell chicken. If for some reason you like to get your news from KFC, expect them to mention chicken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
how241 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Did they offer freef ries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majhiggins Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 OK, the promotion was pretty much a case of good initiative/bad judgement but isn't the real culprit (culprits) anybody who follows KFC on Facebook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcaulk Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Someone should be fired (or at least slapped). Psshaw!!!....Someone offended by something so trivial should be slapped...bitch slapped at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 The new KFC strapline should be "Sorry our promotion was as tasteless as our chicken and as offensive as our french fries, but the girl in marketing who promulgated it is finger lickin good'! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnAllan Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Certainly in very poor taste, but firing whomever was behind it for a lack of common sense and responsibility, in a country notorious for displaying those very charactistics, would be hypocritical in the extreme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKKBrit Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 dont see the problem.. but then again im not one of those neo-<deleted> that get offended and cry to their mommies every single day when someone looks at them the wrong way. those born 50 years ago had it good. Anyone complaining about something as stupid as this would get tied to a tree and left there for a night back then. no whining little girls were allowed to exist publicly without major punishment. this is SO thai. complain about kfc promoting education on the tsunnami.. but then they leave home to go to mcdonalds and decide not to wear their helmet to keep their mullet intact. I wish there was a prescription for drivel...seriously what on earth are you babbling about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannabeOne Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 People are too bloody sensitive. Get over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acemaker Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 KFC is miles better here than in YUK, at least the Chicken here is fresh, well it tastes fresh to me, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotorbreeze Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Not only the Tsunami is dangerous. Sitting in front of the TV eating fried chicken is dangerous for your health too. You forgot the super big Coke, heavy cheesed Pizza with peperoni and fries ...god bless America that brought this terrible way to feed the temple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsailor35 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Am I alone in finding the quality of KFC in Thailand far inferior to the UK & USA? Don't know, but there is a difference with here and Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsailor35 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Don't forget, this is the same Thailand that has had at least two schools (one year after the other) put on a s(a)port-dey parade with students dressed up as SS guard bearing the swastika and doing the "Heil Hitler" Shameless or Insensitive? Like when Prince Harry went to a costume party wear a Gestapo uniform with a swastika? Harry is both insensitive and shameless but mostly stupid. Maybe, but he has proven to be a very good soldier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellodolly Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 maybe they should sue them in America,. Not a normal promotion. Let them pay for such a remark.,they wouldn't get away with it in the "west" That is one of the reasons I don't live in the west. They will sue over any thing. Take no responsibility for your life if some thing goes wrong sue. Gotta admit it was tasteless but it did get a smile out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellodolly Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 dont see the problem.. but then again im not one of those neo-<deleted> that get offended and cry to their mommies every single day when someone looks at them the wrong way. those born 50 years ago had it good. Anyone complaining about something as stupid as this would get tied to a tree and left there for a night back then. no whining little girls were allowed to exist publicly without major punishment. this is SO thai. complain about kfc promoting education on the tsunnami.. but then they leave home to go to mcdonalds and decide not to wear their helmet to keep their mullet intact. You have a very appropriate "handle." "Hostile 17" No need to elaborate...Dude...really...get some rest... Well I have to agree with Hostile 17 up to a point. I think most of the complaints came from Farongs. And yes they like the Thai's will go to McDonald's on their motor bike with out a helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellodolly Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Many here sound like a lot of softies. Agreed many are here because they couldn't take it back home. Then there are others here because back home has become a nanny state and would throw huge fines at KFC for a advertisement like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Many here sound like a lot of softies. Agreed many are here because they couldn't take it back home. Then there are others here because back home has become a nanny state and would throw huge fines at KFC for a advertisement like that. Fine them or not, it was all in rather bad (spiceeee or normun) taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palace15 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I imagine KFC are horrified at all this free publicity they're getting. "No publicity is bad publicity unless they spell your name wrong" Remember when Hewlett Packard were going to use the Gary Glitter song 'do you wanna touch?' to promote a new smart touch TV?You cannot buy that sort of publicity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajaan Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 KFC were being good capitalists, but bad humans. One and the same. In capitalism, you maximize your profits at any cost (of decency, exploitation of humans, etc.). This is the way the game is played. And then people claiming to support capitalism bitch and moan at people for playing the game correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 KFC were being good capitalists, but bad humans. One and the same. In capitalism, you maximize your profits at any cost (of decency, exploitation of humans, etc.). This is the way the game is played. And then people claiming to support capitalism bitch and moan at people for playing the game correctly. Well winning the game is to make the consumer believe you made your money decently. Even cigarette companies and arms dealers have social responsibility programs. Not much good comes out of making your company appear heartless. Just imagine if the tsunami had hit and some poor Somchai on the delivery bike had got caught up in it? The funny thing about this is that the marketing guru who came up with this train smash is probably some "Na" with an education from overseas, so I presume KFC Thailand will have to create an inactive post mimicking the police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jboras Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Am I alone in finding the quality of KFC in Thailand far inferior to the UK & USA? KFC is crap everywhere,... full stop... if you guys only knew what goes into cooking it....no wonder wonder the 11 herbs and spices are a secret! Think I'll pick up the phone now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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