PATHETIC
A chip shop owner in Leeds has been forced to change the colour of his forks,
because they remind local fans of Manchester United.
Mick Bailey noticed business was tailing off, but had no idea why.
Then he realised many of the customers he still had were choosing to use
their hands rather than the red forks provided.
"I kept putting out these boxes of plastic forks and on match days the white
and yellow ones would go really quickly but the red ones were always left
over," he explained.
"Basically they won't touch them because red is associated with Manchester
United and they would rather eat with their fingers than pick one up.
"It's got to the point where I've had to throw all the red forks out and start
using wooden chip forks because at least then they're a neutral colour. It's
unbelievable."
Not according to Leeds fan Gareth Hemingway, who takes his dread of red
even further.
Gareth, of Rawdon, told the Yorkshire Evening Post: "I won't even eat tomato
ketchup on match-days so a red fork is out of the question."
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because they remind local fans of Manchester United.
Mick Bailey noticed business was tailing off, but had no idea why.
Then he realised many of the customers he still had were choosing to use
their hands rather than the red forks provided.
"I kept putting out these boxes of plastic forks and on match days the white
and yellow ones would go really quickly but the red ones were always left
over," he explained.
"Basically they won't touch them because red is associated with Manchester
United and they would rather eat with their fingers than pick one up.
"It's got to the point where I've had to throw all the red forks out and start
using wooden chip forks because at least then they're a neutral colour. It's
unbelievable."
Not according to Leeds fan Gareth Hemingway, who takes his dread of red
even further.
Gareth, of Rawdon, told the Yorkshire Evening Post: "I won't even eat tomato
ketchup on match-days so a red fork is out of the question."
Subscribe to the Red Issue magazine on-line:
http://www.edirectory.co.uk/pf/Pages/moreinfoa.asp?RecordID=GDBGJI&CompanyID=880
Telephone Orders:
Phone: 0870 8720200 quoting Product Ref: 1065/631698
Lines open Monday to Friday 09-00 to 17-30 hrs