AdRants spotted a Thanksgiving promotion from Minnesota sports bar Station 280 that managed to offend the locals. Posters and flyers hyped booze specials with the headline, “Drink Like an Indian. Party Like a Pilgrim.” After receiving complaints, the owner ended the campaign and promised to donate money to a Native American group. Meanwhile, the bar’s marketing manager remarked, “It put some things into perspective about history. I’ve gotten a couple of comments that American Indians were already stung by the holiday in the first place, and we made it worse. I guess I didn’t realize that perspective would come out of the flyer.” These guys make the bartenders at Cheers look like Mensa members.
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