Red Robin ad under fire for dissing vegetarians

[Capt Worley PE]

Some folks must spend a lot of time looking for things to offend them.

A new ad from burger chain Red Robin meant to bring vegetarians through the door, but managed to offend them instead.

Rather than touting a veggie-friendly menu by highlighting the recently introduced garden burger, it dismissed the vegetarian and vegan lifestyle.

"We even have a garden burger," the spokeswoman said, "in case your teenage daughter is going through a phase."

While many people expressed their dismay on the burger chain's Facebook page, calling the ad "insensitive" and "spit on the faces of every vegetarian."

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[Flyer_PE]

It's red meat for the professionally offended.

Personally, I think it's funny as hell but that's just because I have a buddy with a teenage girl that recently went through such a phase. I think she's over it and has returned to consuming dead bovine and other tasty critters.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

I also find it funny because I have a 20-something co-worker who is also going through said phase.

 

[csb]

<---- former teenage girl who went through phase

although, it wasn't because of any feel good reason...I was reading a really good, but horribly graphic, zombie anthology and could not eat meat without feeling a little sick.

 

[snickerd3]

my cousin's wife was a huge vegitarian almost to the vegan point...then she had an accident with a tile saw that cut off part of her finger and she started craving eating meat since then...crazy weird but it made life easier in theior house since my cousin is a red meat eater.

 

[wilheldp_PE]

Normally, the type of people that are vegetarians for some cause are exactly the type of people who get offended over nothing.

 

[sycamore PE]

I went through a teenage vegetarian phase. I was being "rebellious." My parents were lucky that my rebellion was vegetarianism and not alcohol or teenage pregnancy.

 

[DVINNY]

Normally, the type of people that are vegetarians for some cause are exactly the type of people who get offended over nothing.

Spot on.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

My parents were lucky that my rebellion was vegetarianism and not alcohol or teenage pregnancy.

It didn't have to be an either or choice.

 

[Krakosky]

19 year old sister is going thru this phase. Decided to become a vegetarian last summer. How long exactly does a phase last?

 

[Master slacker]

Dunno. My wife was a veggie when we were dating. I broke her of that bad habit after a while.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

19 year old sister is going thru this phase. Decided to become a vegetarian last summer. How long exactly does a phase last?

Until she gets self confident enough to not obsess about weight gain so much. That's been my observation.

 

[mudpuppy]

Cool, I've got to send this to my veggie buddy. . . we ate at a Red Robin a couple weeks ago so he could have his garden burger. Now I get to call him a teenage girl going through a phase!

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Vegetarian--ancient native american word for poor hunter.

 

[knight1fox3]

^LOL!

 

[MA_PE]

...many people expressed their dismay on the burger chain's Facebook page, calling the ad "insensitive" and "spit on the faces of every vegetarian"

Seriously?

 

[Flyer_PE]

Wow

 

[Ble_PE]

Just wow.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

I know that's a bitter pill to swallow.