“Our submarines aren’t imploding:” The Georgia Subway restaurant caused an uproar after displaying a sign joking about the doomed OceanGate ship, which killed five while diving to the wreck of the Titanic
- The subway in suburban Savannah, Georgia has since removed the slogan
- Online deniers of the joke said it was made distasteful
- Subway Corporate clarified that “this type of comment has no place in our company”
A Georgia subway restaurant has come under fire after employees posted a “tasteless” slogan on the fast-food chain’s flysheet mocking the Titan submersible implosion.
The bulletin board under the Subway logo at the chain’s Rincon store read, “Our subways are not imploding,” read a series of images posted online.
On June 18, all five passengers aboard the OceanGate submersible died when it imploded en route to the Titanic wreck.
The sign outside the fast-food restaurant chain in Rincon, Georgia, which some online commentators disliked
OceanGate CEO 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 underwater.
Online holdouts said the restaurant chain’s message was insensitive to the victims of the deep-sea tragedy and their loved ones.
“Not only is this distasteful, it’s just sad.” “Make it better,” Amanda Butler wrote, including a picture of the sign on Twitter.
“This is what we do now?” Making fun of people who lost their lives,” wrote another user.
Local broadcaster WTOC reported that the sign was removed, but the manager of the subway location in suburban Savannah declined to comment further.
Fox News Digital reported that Subway’s corporate headquarters issued a statement stating, “We have reached out to the franchise company regarding this matter and made it clear that this type of comment has no place within our organization.”
“The sign has since been removed.”
The OceanGate submersible imploded on June 18 killing all five people on board as it descended to view the Titanic ruins
A few days ago, the streaming service Netflix was also angered because it announced that it would bring the James Cameron blockbuster “Titanic” from 1997 to its platform from July 1st.
“Netflix is pushing the boundaries of decency at this time,” one fan wrote. “People died in a tragic accident.” [at] “Visiting the Titanic website and using the moment to attract viewers is beyond distasteful.”
Others had a similar take on the situation, saying that it was “CRAZY shameless” to promote the film because “the timing is so wrong”; and that the streamer “saw the opportunity and wasted no time.”
One fan said, “No, that’s crazy, they’re really trying to make a bunch of money out of five people dying,” while another put it, “It’s a business.”
Variety later reported that the film’s return after the OceanGate tragedy was entirely coincidental.
Sources told the outlet that the licensing deals are being worked out months in advance and that the film’s release on the platform was planned well before the Titan submersible made headlines.
The Netflix row came as Cameron – the director of the Kate Winslet-Leonardo DiCaprio film – was offering his opinions to the media, as someone who had been critical of the structure of the submersible and how authorities heard the news of his Implosion to the company disclosed publicly.