‘Our subs don’t implode:’ Georgia Subway restaurant sparks uproar after displaying sign joking about doomed OceanGate vessel that left five people dead during dive to Titanic wreck
- The Subway in a suburb of Savannah, Georgia has since removed the slogan
- Online objectors to the joke said it was made in poor taste
- Subway corporate clarified that ‘this kind of comment has no place in our business’
A subway restaurant in Georgia has come under fire after employees displayed a ‘distasteful’ slogan on the fast food chain’s outdoor marquee that poked fun at the implosion of the Titan submersible.
The message board below the subway logo at the chain’s store in Rincon read: ‘Our subs don’t implode,’ according to a number of pictures posted online.
On June 18, all five passengers aboard the OceanGate submersible died when it imploded on its way down to see the Titanic wreck.
The sign outside the chain fast food restaurant in Rincon, Georgia that some online commenters did not take kindly to
CEO of OceanGate Stockton Rush, British billionaire Hamish Harding, French Titanic expert and explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Pakistani British businessman Shahzadad Dawood and his 19-year-old son Sulaiman Dawood, all died under water.
Online objectors said the chain eatery’s message was insensitive to those who died in the deepsea tragedy, as well as their loved ones.
‘Not only is this distasteful, it’s just sad. Do better,’ wrote Amanda Butler, adding a picture of the sign to Twitter.
‘This is what we are doing now? Making fun of people who lost their lives,’ wrote another user.
Local station WTOC reported that the sign has been removed, but the manager of the Subway location in a Savannah suburb would not provide further comment.
Fox News Digital reported that Subway’s corporate headquarters provided a statement saying: ‘We have been in contact with the franchise about this matter and made it clear that this kind of comment has no place in our business.’
‘The sign has since been removed.’
The OceanGate submersible imploded on June 18, killing all five people on board as they descended to view the ruins of the Titanic
Days ago, streaming service Netflix was also ripped for announcing that it will bring the 1997 James Cameron blockbuster Titanic on its platform beginning July 1.
‘Netflix is overstepping the boundaries of decency on this timing,’ one fan wrote. ‘People died in a tragic accident [at] the Titanic site and now to capitalize on the moment to garner viewers is beyond distasteful.’
Others had similar takes on the situation, saying that it’s ‘CRAZY shameless’ to promote the film as ‘the timing is so wrong;’ and that the streamer ‘saw the opportunity and wasted no time.’
Said one fan: ‘Nah this is insane they really tryna make a bag off 5 people dying,’ while another summed it up: ‘This is business.’
Variety later reported that that the return of the film to the service following the OceanGate tragedy is completely coincidental.
Sources told the outlet that licensing arrangements are worked out months ahead of time, and that the film had been scheduled to hit the platform long before the Titan submersible began making headlines.
The Netflix scuffle arrived as Cameron – the director of the Kate Winslet-Leonardo DiCaprio film – voiced his opinion to the media, as someone who had been critical of the structure of the submersible vessel, and how authorities relayed the news of its implosion to the public.
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