According to some parents, Gordon Street Coffee in Edinburgh, Scotland was completely tactless when they used cultural icon Peppa Pig to try and sell some of their sandwiches.
Not just any old sandwiches--bacon sandwiches. And bacon is made from--well, you get the issue.
The sign that Gordon Street Coffee put up admittedly does look like they are going to be cooking Peppa Pig--or at least putting her in the sandwich.
EdingburghLive
The graphic has reportedly sparked the ire of local parents, who think the sign could be traumatizing and upsetting to children.
"Even if you are not vegan or vegetarian that could be really upsetting," one said.
"My kids would be absolutely traumatized if they saw that sign, it's really not funny."
@nypost Imagine being an adult and this keeps you up at night lol— Vincent Gambini 🇮🇹🇺🇸🇧🇸🇯🇲🏴☠️ (@Vincent Gambini 🇮🇹🇺🇸🇧🇸🇯🇲🏴☠️) 1629054030.0
@nypost Killing the animal has zero outrage, advertising through a cartoon character raises hell.— Saurabh Gandhi (@Saurabh Gandhi) 1629054097.0
@nypost People just want to be angry— AL GORE RHYTHMS (@AL GORE RHYTHMS) 1629054934.0
@nypost Mmm, Peppa tastes good 🥓 🥓 🥓 🐖 💀— Steve (@Steve) 1629053929.0
@nypost https://t.co/trEWcejUy0— Kenneth Jansson (@Kenneth Jansson) 1629053710.0
Another said that seeing Peppa representing a food item would "make a lot of children question food. I support that but damn this is pretty sick."
@nypost We’ve got to stop the slaughter of cartoon animals for food!— Charles Haney (@Charles Haney) 1629055129.0
@nypost Wtf. Are the woke elite actually protecting Peppa from the harsh, sizzling reality of her pan-fried destiny?— AuntiePootle (@AuntiePootle) 1629054636.0
@nypost 😂 Gimme my BLT, but don't remind where it comes from! 🙄— GGEZ (@GGEZ) 1629056263.0
As if it's not traumatizing enough to raise children without bacon but now these parents are outraged over a slight… https://t.co/7zVAdaIby1— Sammy Younan -28- (@Sammy Younan -28-) 1629141028.0
Peppa Pig is a cultural icon in the UK as well as in the USA, featuring her (secretly very tall) family and friends.
In fact, she is so popular in the USA, that children have unexplainably begun speaking with British accents in the USA.
@Independent Perhaps don’t continue to eat pigs if making them into anthropomorphic characters then?— Jodi Koberinski (@Jodi Koberinski) 1629194186.0
@Independent https://t.co/O6raFuO7kb— Luuk (@Luuk) 1629192626.0
@Independent As someone who had to suffer through Peppa Pig when I used to babysit my nephews....... I approve.— Everybody Hates El 🌸 (@Everybody Hates El 🌸) 1629193672.0
@Independent Those same parents shouldn't be allowed to buy bacon. Or have children, come to think of it.— NeverTheTwain (@NeverTheTwain) 1629193660.0
Gordon Street Cafe has not commented on their use of Peppa.