Do The Arby’s Commercials Offend Anyone Else?
I can imagine that Arby’s commercials might offend someone, especially vegans and vegetarians. After all, they do announce loudly and proudly, “We have the meats!” It’s a wonder they’re not standing outside every Arby’s chanting, “Free the meat!”
It’s like the restaurant chain is so proud of itself for making delicious meaty sandwiches that are so juicy and mouthwatering. The Classic Roast Beef packed with meat on a toasted sesame seed bun comes with so much top round roast that it’s hard not to think about when an Arby’s commercial hits my TV.
The whole menu rocks with Crispy Chicken sandwiches and Wagyu Steakhouse burgers. Then, they added the Gyro, originally with luscious lamb, fulfilling feta, and tasty tzatziki. I’m getting hungry!
So, back to my original question, do vegans get upset when they see these commercials with all the meat? I’ve seen chicken lovers picket a KFC. I once visited a protest across from a McDonald’s.
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You can’t tell me there aren’t any vegetarians in this world who aren’t even mildly annoyed that Arby’s brags about all their meat?
The reason I’m asking is that their latest commercial actually has me a little upset. It happens about two seconds into it when the voice actor says, “Too many bad burgers are served in drive-thrus every day…”
That absolutely got me in my feels. I mean, who do they think they are? I have never heard of a bad burger. Not one!
The Whopper with Cheese is obviously the best burger in the world, but there are so many burgers out there that I really can’t pick a second. Five Guys can sling a burger and that’s what makes for a good burger, the slinging part. Then at the other end, Raoul’s in Manhattan has a top-of-the-line burger that is so prized that they only make 12 of them a night. So no, I haven’t had that one.
I’m more the guy who goes through a drive-thru or hits a dive bar and orders one from the grill. Either way, I have had the greatest burgers life has to offer and I’ve never had a bad one. A bad one doesn’t exist.
If I could write up a yelp for a commercial, I would give it one star with a few choice words that wouldn’t be too pleasant for the commercial guy. But not the restaurant itself. I would never give that a bad yelp. They have the meats!
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Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1970, Michael Allen went on to graduate high school from James Monroe in Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1988. He went into the Marine Corps four days later and put himself through college after being Honorably Discharged in 1993. After earning his B.S. in English in 1999 from Frostburg State University, he went on to write A River in the Ocean first as well as the children's book connected to it entitled When You Miss Me. He has also written the psychological thriller The Deeper Dark. ...more
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