Someone at Krispy Kreme Doughnuts thought they were being klever when they came up with the name for their promotion titled, Krispy Kreme Klub, according to an article written by Blathnaid Healy.
Unfortunately for the delicious doughnut dynamo's (see what I did there?), their fans were quick to remind them that three K's often stand for something much more sinister than carbohydrate overload.
The event, that is still scheduled to take place Feb. 18, took fans of the companies' Facebook page on a one way trip to awkwardly offended town when they chose to promote it as KKK Wednesday. Over 200,000 people are fans of the page, and many of them were not amused with the play on words.
The company may not be able to remove the foot from its mouth, but it was swift on removing the post. They also issued an apology, which may be hard to find since the Facebook page is gone.
If men in pointy hats slinging hateful racial obscenities don't put you off your doughnut cravings, then take a trip to the Krispy Kreme store in Hull for the event formally known as KKK Wednesday.
I'll leave you with the words of Homer Simpson, D'oh!
