"MAN Your Panties Are In A Bunch!"
Company Shows Ultimate Restraint In Replying To Consumer Comments
Ummm...PR disaster in the making: BlueQ, a company that sells [ugly] socks manages to call this blogger a "crazy bitch", complain that her "panties are in a bunch" and suggest that she "get some air up there" in response to her opinion about their sexist socks. (yes, socks) Clearly they have underestimated the power of the intramanets.
Full back-and-forth here
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An excerpt from her initial letter:
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Dear BlueQ...
I was browsing the aisles of a cute store in Raleigh when, out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of the word “math” on a brightly colored sock.
Oh, how exciting, I thought, a math sock. Something that I can wear to school, to proudly proclaim my utter love of, devotion to, and appreciation for mathematics.
But wait… the sock says, in a font so ridiculous it makes comic sans look like something worthy of a Master’s thesis… “The three things I hate most are math.”
Of course. Of course it does. And it’s pink and purple and “girly."...
Well, this sucks.
At least, tell me there’s a coordinating boy sock version.
Of course there isn’t.
...Nice job, BlueQ. This stereotype is old, anachronistic, played out, and most of all, STUPID AND WRONG.
...Your website asks, “did this product make you happy? We sure hope it did! Hugs and Kisses! Let us know right here.”
So I’m taking this opportunity to let you know. NO, this product does not make me happy. You have brought me no joy, as promised in your company mission statement. I hate everything you stand for and your stupid, ugly, antifeminist, socks. Especially the math one.
Cindy Phillips
National Board Certified Mathematics Teacher 18 years and running
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...and the oh-so-professional response:
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Ms. Phillips,
MAN your panties are in a bunch!
Get some air up there!
Love,
Mitch
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[Mitch Nash, co-founder of BlueQ]
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