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riversedge

(70,187 posts)
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 07:15 PM Jan 2017

Don's John's said it "didn't authorize anyone" to cover up its name on Trump's inauguration porter-

I posted this in a thread but think it deserves its own thread. te he.



BuzzFeed News

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💩date: Don's John's said it "didn't authorize anyone" to cover up its name on Trump's inauguration porter-a-potties https://www.buzzfeed.com/emmaloop/workers-cover-up-dons-johns-name-on-inauguration-port-a-pott?utm_term=.qg1Zk9EPm#.piYWB6RX4


Emma Loop/BuzzFeed News

Robert Weghorst, the head of Don’s Johns, told the AP that he didn’t know the name would be covered.

“We didn’t tell someone to do it,” Weghorst reportedly said. “We’re proud to have our name on the units.”

Weghorst also reportedly told DCist that he planned on sending employees to Capitol Hill as early as this weekend to remove the tape.

“We’ve never run into this before, someone placing this ugly blue tape over the logo,” Weghorst told the local news site............

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Don's John's said it "didn't authorize anyone" to cover up its name on Trump's inauguration porter- (Original Post) riversedge Jan 2017 OP
Oh, good, this is getting interesting. LisaM Jan 2017 #1
Not much to be amuzed at since Nov, but I am amuzed by this. riversedge Jan 2017 #8
They should wait and pull them all late on the 19th. lamp_shade Jan 2017 #2
Who is paying those workers to put the tape there? We deserve to know! bettyellen Jan 2017 #3
That BuzzFeed again! Eugene Jan 2017 #4
Who in the hell covered them in the first place? angstlessk Jan 2017 #5
So... making America great apparently includes vandalism? nt procon Jan 2017 #6
Port-a-pottygate! pinboy3niner Jan 2017 #7
Even if it's just porta-potties, any business owner is entitled The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #9
Would Trump have ordered this? Generic Other Jan 2017 #10

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,674 posts)
9. Even if it's just porta-potties, any business owner is entitled
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 07:52 PM
Jan 2017

as a condition of the transaction, to have its product logo visible to the public for advertising purposes. If the inaugurination committee insists on covering the logo, Don's Johns might just want to cancel the deal altogether and take away its potties. Preferably on the morning of the 20th.

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
10. Would Trump have ordered this?
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 07:54 PM
Jan 2017

He isn't gonna give anyone free advertising unless they kiss his ring and genuflect.

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