Mattress Company Condemned for ‘Tasteless’ 9/11 Commercial and ‘Twin Tower Sale’

[KamaAina]

Not. The. Onion.

A Texas mattress company has sparked intense outrage after it aired a commercial promoting its “Twin Tower sale,” which ended with a pair of employees toppling two towers of mattresses, days before the 15th anniversary of 9/11....

“What better way to remember 9/11 than with a Twin Tower sale?” a woman says moments before two men fall over backwards and send two towers of mattresses tumbling to the ground. One of the mattress towers is adorned with a small American flag....

Many people lashed out at the company, calling their promotion “disgusting” and offensive and saying Miracle Mattress should go out of business over the ad. The company issued a statement saying, “We are very sorry we have offended you.”...

Mike Bonanno, who owns Miracle Mattress, said in a separate statement that he would hold his employees “accountable” for the “serious lapse of decency.” “I say this unequivocally, with sincere regret: The video is tasteless and an affront to the men and women who lost their lives on 9/11.”

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. That really was an awful, tasteless ad.

Did nobody involved have a single functioning synapse in their head? It wasn't just marginally tasteless; it was completely and obviously tasteless.

[LakeArenal]

2. Welcome to the new America...(Greater?)

Civility loses more ground every day.. Please WIN, Hillary Clinton...

[rug]

3. They're closing "indefinitely".

https://twitter.com/barrientosjamie/status/774329522413907968

[underpants]

4. I've seen better videos with 2 guys, a woman, a mattress, and someone with a camera

Way better.

[LuvNewcastle]

5. I wonder if anyone, during their creative process --

such as it was -- thought that this might be a bad idea. I suppose it could have been worse. They could have set the mattress towers on fire and the guys jump off of them onto another mattresses. Maybe they could get Rudy Giuliani to endorse them.

[3catwoman3]

6. I will pass on watching.

Such egregious lack of sensitivity is appalling. I hope those 3 are now former employees.

[Initech]

7. Wow, epic fail.

[oberliner]

8. Any chance that this is a hoax?

Is the name "Mike Bonanno" familiar to anyone?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Vamos

[KamaAina]

9. Very nice catch, sir! But at least two local news outlets in San Antonio are on it.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/San-Antonio-mattress-store-closes-9213258.php

Miracle Mattress will close “indefinitely” after the San Antonio store’s advertisement for a 9/11-themed “Twin Tower Sale” received heavy social media backlash and media attention, the company announced Friday.

http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/miracle-mattress-closes-store-indefinitely-after-release-of-twin-tower-sale-ad

A local mattress store is closing its doors indefinitely after releasing a 'Twin Tower sale' ad that sparked outrage across the country.

The owner of Miracle Mattress released the following statement in connection with the incident:

And Yelp confirms the store's existence.

https://www.yelp.com/biz/miracle-mattress-san-antonio

You get a anyway.

[oberliner]

10. That would have been one heck of a long con

Guess it's just someone with the same name.

[KamaAina]

11. And one heck of a movie!!

[Odin2005]

12. Someone's getting fired.