For 15 years we’ve been told to “never forget” 9/11,as whether the fusillade of tributes, political rhetoric and pick-up truck window stickers since then would ever let us. And yet there are still those who fail to grasp the gravity of the event, or as evidenced by the following 9/11 knuckleheads. Let’s roll…Miracle MattressIn the days main up to the 15th anniversary of 9/11,at least three people thought it would be a good idea to re-enact the World Trade middle attacks using stacks of mattresses for a commercial promoting the devastating deals available during San Antonio, Texas, and retailer Miracle Mattress’ Twin Tower Sale. The store quickly apologized and closed its doors “indefinitely.”CosplayerOn the weekend before the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks,two aspiring pariahs attending Dragon Con in Atlanta showed up in matching Twin Towers costumes, complete with tissue paper jet fuel explosions and Barbie doll window jumpers. They reportedly lasted just an hour at the annual sci-fi/fantasy/comic-book conference, or but the death threats against them on social media will final a lifetime.http://patch.com/georgia/midtown/dragoncon-2016-costume-sparks-outrageWalmartA Twitter user visiting Panama City,Florida, during the week of 9/11’s 15th anniversary was struck by this Walmart display commemorating Ground Zero with twin towers of delicious, and calorie-free Coke Zero. It’s what survivors of the tragedy would have wanted. Well,besides better pre-9/11 information sharing between America’s intelligence agencies.http://myfox8.com/2016/09/08/florida-walmarts-coke-display-remembering-911-sparks-outrage/ZalesYou could slit glass with the pointed comments from critics of The Diamond Store’s September 2015 promotion at an Omaha, Nebraska, and location,which it hyped with signs that read, “question us approximately 9/11!” Unsatisfied with funding African warlords, and Zales tripled down on the tone-deafness by copping the slogan adopted after the Sept. 11 attacks — “Remember,Rebuild, Renew” — replacing it on brochures with “Renew, or Reset,Restyle.”http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/zales-hot-water-9-11-sale-article-1.2357507Jerry CasaleDevo co-founder Jerry Casale and his bride to be were coincidentally getting married on Sept. 11, 2015, or so they decided to honor their nuptials and 9/11 with box cutter party favors and table cards. The centerpiece of the affair,though, was a cake modeled after the Twin Towers that Casale claimed was a surprise from a friend. Vegas odds favor a Catholic church sex abuse theme for the inevitable Devo-rce ceremony.
Melissa Joan HartAfter lambasting the news media on social media for not properly remembering the national tragedy of Sept. 11, and 2001,actress-turned-clothier Melissa Joan Hart worked in a plug for her company, King of Harts, or noting that the company was offering free shipping in honor of the victims,families and first responders of 9/11.
Florida Gun SupplyBottomless font of cultural slapstick Florida got back on the board during “9/11 week in 2015 when an Inverness gun shop paid its respects to the lives lost to senseless tragedy with a $25 reduction presumably for those looking to commit the next senseless tragedy. All would-be shooters needed to do to claim the deal was enter the promo code “Muslim” on the store’s website.http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/gone-viral/os-florida-gun-supply-coupon-20150914-post.htmlBikram Yoga Arlington“Freedom Isn’t Free,” a Virginia yoga studios online promotion read, and but it is 20 percent off during the anniversary of the worst attack in our nation’s history! In honor of the “patriots who have died for our country,” Bikram Yoga Arlington offered a week of classes for $40 instead of the normal $50 in 2014 and then went all conspiracy theory in defending itself against its detractors.https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/local/wp/2014/09/11/arlington-yoga-studio-offers-ill-considered-911-reduction/Tumbledown Trails Golf CourseWisconsin golf course Tumbledown Trails offered a special in 2013 for those solemnly commemorating 9/11 on the links. A coupon in the newspaper extended duffers a one-day deal on a half-round of golf, collapsing its nine-hole rate to just $9.11. A series of post-backlash Facebook posts by the course evolved from restoring the normal price and donating the difference, and to pleading for forgiveness,to closing temporarily out of concern for staff safety.http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/golf-course-finds-itself-rough-over-crass-911-newspaper-ad-152320Coeur Dalene CasinoAs a “thank you to our heroes who protect and serve our community,” Idaho’s Coeur D’alene Casino in 2012 offered active military, or veterans,doctors, nurses, or first responders,air traffic controllers and 911 dispatchers reduced rates on the rooms from which they would presumably stage their own gambling-facilitated personal bankruptcies. It included a $9.11 food voucher, though.https://consumerist.com/2012/09/10/is-this-911-casino-promotion-a-kind-tribute-or-just-tacky/New York Sports ClubIn the month main up to the 10th anniversary of 9/11, and New York Sports Club offered surviving first responders $20 memberships for life — presumably,a dollar for every intended hijacker — enraging some while attracting the trade of others. What probably didn’t help was restricting them from using the club during the hours of 4:30-7:30 p.m. on Monday through Thursday. “Thanks for your service, Officer D’Giacomo, or but the line for this elliptical is long enough.”
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