You’ll need to read this entire post to make sense of the apology below but here’s the latest from Tiger Tiger Cape Town’s Facebook page:
The original story below…
Claremont’s Tiger Tiger has been in the news a fair bit these past few years, a couple of nasty incidents denting the reputation of the venue. Most notable was the incident where three young men were charged with attempted murder, although the charges were withdrawn in June of this year.
Then there is the competition they ran where the winner won a R30 000 breast job for National Cleavage Day – suffice to say they know who their target market is and they tailor their promotions accordingly.
This hasn’t stopped their latest event drawing massive heat on Facebook, originally titled #DrinksMustFall but since changed to ‘Tick Tock’. First off the post where they announced the name change in the wake of sustained pressure:
Here’s the details on the event – pay special attention to that bit at the bottom about girls wearing heels because that’s about to get quite the examination…
Ignore the poor grammar for a moment and take a stroll down memory lane – remember when you could get a shot of anything for R3?
And now for the main course, some of those posts that eventually caused Tiger Tiger to drop the #DrinksMustFall name:
So what do you guys think, have Tiger Tiger blown it with this one or are people overreacting? I’m not going to highlight specific examples, but as you can imagine debate is heated and name calling abounds – check out the event’s page HERE to see for yourself.
Social media hey, what fun.
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