Whopper Freakout

[martin]

It looks like there are 2 days to this "experiment". On day 1 they tell people that they don't sell whoppers anymore. The customers are a bit confused, and reminisce about their experiences with whoppers. The reason given to customers for getting rid of the whopper: "It was too popular!"

On day 2 they decide to screw with customers. I think day 2 is where all of the psycho customers come from. "GIVE ME MY WHOPPER NOW!!" For day 2 they decide to allow the customers to order whoppers with their meal, customer pays for whopper, is given a bag with their food in it. The customer sits down, opens bag and finds a big mac or a wendys burger. When the customer brings the food from other fast food places to the counter, the actor/employee treats them like they are trying to scam him. "We wouldn't have given you a wendys burger." Customer gets pissed off and wants what he ordered, finally they get the "BIG BOSS". The big boss is some wanker dressed up in a king outfit with a whopper on a tray. It ends with everyone happy and smiling.

Nice way to treat customers.

[ebonyknight]

yeah i saw this and was thinking how stupid a lot of these people where acting. Its not like they put some kind of secret sauce on it that makes a person addicted to the sandwich and they have to have it or die!!!!!

Ever hear of MSG?

[Imogene]

Stand outside a Wendy's or McD's and tell them this, then laugh as you see the lack of reaction it causes.

Well, of course you won't get a reaction outside those stores from saying, "We no longer carry Whoppers."
I'd think you'd get a bigger reaction if you started telling people you DID carry Whoppers.

[evilhomer]

like it or not, the fact that we've now had 3 pages of discussion on it is proof positive that it's done its job as a good piece of marketing.

True if you believe that any publicity is good publicity. I haven't been to BK in decades because I can't stand how they microwave the burgers and their marketing in general, but this campaign would certainly turn me elsewhere just because of how stupid it is. Of course you're going to get a reaction at a BK when you tell them there's no whopper (and with the state of the world being what it is, tamtrums will come as well). Stand outside a Wendy's or McD's and tell them this, then laugh as you see the lack of reaction it causes.

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

Imagine the dream of poor starving children all over the world, to think that the worst problem is no specific brand X lardburger. What a dream to live in such places!!!

[tacohuman]

like it or not, the fact that we've now had 3 pages of discussion on it is proof positive that it's done its job as a good piece of marketing.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I hope the employees in the commercial were compensated above and beyond their normal wages for having to participate in that "experiment" and incur the wrath of SCs needing their flame-broiled fix.

And as long as I'm dreaming I'd like a trillion dollars, my own private Caribbean island and Rachel Harris naked in my bed.

On another note I'm also not much of a whopper fan. I'd be much more upset if they took the breaded chicken sandwich off the menu.

[LifeCarnie]

I think the whole "experiment" is totally asinine. I really feel bad for the employees that had to endure this bullshit.

I actually wrote BK's corporate headquarters a letter of complaint. I told them flat out that the commercial to me is nothing more than their glorification of the abuse of their employee's.

I also told them that I was deeply offended by their lack of tact when it came to exposing their employees to a known hostile environment.

Wanna bet I get a bunch of coupons in the mail?

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[Bank Lady]

I still hate that commercial. Why provoke SC behavior so innocent employees end up suffering?

All I can think about when those commercials come on is how much it must have sucked to work at that Burger King. You know that none of the people who ok'd this experiment actually had to deal with SC's.

[justZu]

I've been to a Burger King that didn't have Whoppers. Technically, they had no burgers because their grill(or whatever they use to cook) had broken. So they only had deep fried stuff like chicken and french fries. It was kind of weird, and my kids were disappointed, but in the end what's the big deal? Screaming about it isn't going to make a burger suddenly appear and the poor employees were just dreading each customer. So we just got some fries and left.

All that said, I still hate that commercial. Why provoke SC behavior so innocent employees end up suffering?

[powerboy]

From what it looked like, I think they took away anything that was a Whopper or had Whopper in the name.

I meant that, if they actually took it away. But if they did, I would just go somewhere else

[Hon'ya-chan]

Interesting. Well, nobody's perfect, I suppose...

More like dumb ideas that seem good on paper.

[draggar]

the first time I saw the commercial, I thought it was funny. But after that, they are truly stupid. I said it once before & I will say it again. Most commercials are nothing but crap. Now if they take the Double or Triple Whopper, then I would be mad

From what it looked like, I think they took away anything that was a Whopper or had Whopper in the name.

[chops]

Allegedly, the same guys that did the Subservient Chicken also were the creators behind this stunt.

Interesting. Well, nobody's perfect, I suppose...

[Hon'ya-chan]

Seriously, I really want to smack the people who came up with that advertising scheme.

Allegedly, the same guys that did the Subservient Chicken also were the creators behind this stunt.