A Subway location down south goes viral for posting an indication of a joke that didn’t go over nicely.
A person named Timothy Mauck snapped a photograph forward of the vacation weekend of an indication at a Rincon, Georgia, Subway location with a not-so-tasteful pun referring to final month’s Titan submersible tragedy that left 5 folks lifeless.
“Our subs do not implode,” the signage stated.
The unique publish was shared practically 800 occasions and garnered a slew of feedback from those that discovered the joke disrespectful.
“That is simply incorrect,” one individual stated bluntly.
“Guess if that was their household they would not suppose it is so humorous,” one other wrote, referring to the victims.
Subway confirmed that somebody on the restaurant had put up the signal and that it was, actually, an actual photograph.
“We’ve been involved with the franchise about this matter and made it clear that this type of remark has no place in our enterprise,” a Subway spokesperson instructed TODAY in a press release. “The signal has since been eliminated.”
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Mauck posted a second photograph within the remark part of his authentic publish days later, exhibiting the joke had been taken down with a clean signal exterior the identical restaurant.
In line with ScrapeHero, there are roughly 20,603 Subway franchises within the U.S.