Not only has Cracker Barrel officially apologized for the backlash of removing Duck Dynasty after they put it back, they are forcing their employees to support Duck Dynasty family values by literally dictating their response to customers upset about the company’s endorsement of Phil Robertson’s anti-black, gay bashing.
Cracker Barrel was sorry at first for proffering the merchandise of the well-known gay bashers that own Duck Commander. Then the company was sorry for ever being sorry.
Cracker Barrel put all of the Duck Dynasty nick-nacks back on the shelves and apologized to all the mouth breathers that complained via their very high traffic Facebook page (via NY Daily News):
“You flat out told us we were wrong. We listened. Today, we are putting all our Duck Dynasty products back in our stores. And, we apologize for offending you...We respect all individuals' right to express their beliefs. We certainly did not mean to have anyone think different."
Unless those individuals are employed by the franchise. Then they expect them to tow the party line.
The store has come up with the acronym STAR, which stands for "Sorry," "Thank you," "Action," "Recover" and "Share", to help them remember the lengthy deflection they are supposed to espouse if confronted with a customer who doesn’t hate blacks or gays (via NY Daily News):
"I'm sorry you are disappointed with us. I understand what you are saying, and I know this is important to you. What I can tell you is that we haven't recalled all of our Duck Commander merchandise and continue to offer Duck Commander products for sale."
One has to wonder, whose integrity isn’t going to be affected by Phil Robertson’s ignorant ravings.
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