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Seafood ads on trolleys spark de-bait after transit union carps about them |
2008-06-09 |
The wisecracking cartoon fish that recently appeared on the sides of Green Line trolleys have some lines that sound like they were ripped from a Henny Youngman routine: "Hey lady, I've seen smaller noses on a swordfish," and, "This trolley gets around more than your sister." Then there's this side-splitter sure to leave 'em laughing: "This conductor has a face like a halibut." Ba-boom. A lot of riders on the Green Line seem to think they're a hoot. So does Roger Berkowitz, the But the MBTA is not laughing. Neither are the hundreds of employees who work on the Green line. This week, after the trolley conductors union Gave 'em the hook, as it were. The T "felt this ad was inappropriate and disrespectful to employees," spokesman Joe Pesaturo said. . . . "To say they are "Even if you pay 'em union scale." MacDougall said he likes Legal Sea Foods, and cannot understand why the company and the T could not have anticipated a backlash to the ads. "Holy mackerel!" "Who the hell wants to say they have a face like a fish?" he said. "I happen to like to eat fish, and I like seafood, and I like going fishing, but I don't want anybody saying that I or any of my members look like a fish." "You better believe it, chum!" Berkowitz said all he wanted to do was draw attention to his "really fresh fish." "They're cute ads," Berkowitz said. "It's hard to conceive of anyone being insulted by them, truly insulted by them, because it's coming out of the mouth of a fish and it's really tongue-in-cheek. For anyone to take it personally, I'd have to sit there scratching my head." . . . Berkowitz said he was surprised by the decision because Legal Sea Foods did not hear any complaints after it sponsored a virtually identical ad campaign earlier this year on the tops of Boston taxicabs. Those ads showed a fish declaring, "this driver has a face like a halibut." |
Posted by:Mike |
#6 Let's say their waitresses would win snark of the day about 50% (or more) of the time if they commented here. |
Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-06-09 18:43 |
#5 It seems I missed that den of culinary delight. I remember Dom's on Salem Street, Joseph's Aquarium, The Sail Loft, Cambridge Brewing Company, and a small Puerto Rican place in Cambridge I can't remember the name of. The Indian, Portoguese, and French restaurants. I tried a lot of em. |
Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-06-09 18:25 |
#4 You've always impressed me as a Durgin Park type. |
Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-06-09 17:04 |
#3 I don't know why it's called Legal Seafood but the food is very good. I miss the good restaurants in Boston. |
Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-06-09 16:58 |
#2 For conductors to take it personally is a sign of stupidity and/or immaturity. That said, what kind of a name is "Legal Sea Food"??? Is there a big problem with criminal sea food in Boston? I can't help but imagine tuna with guns... or would it be mafia goombahs running black market sturgeon? Anyone know? Please help explain.... |
Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2008-06-09 16:50 |
#1 Are Boston cabbies unionized like T Carmen? Just wondering. |
Posted by: Harcourt Jush7795 2008-06-09 16:32 |