'Throw Rocks At Girls' Jewelry Store Billboard Stirs Serious Controversy

Updated 2 weeks ago

There's a saying in the PR game that goes something like this: "There's no such thing as bad publicity."

Thanks to the Internet and the prominence of social media, if a company makes a marketing snafu, then everyone and their grandma will know about it faster than ever before.

Something that Spicer Greene Jewelers learned the hard way when they put up this billboard with a joke that many people are appalled at.

'Throw Rocks At Girls' Jewelry Store Billboard Stirs Serious Controversy

"Sometimes, it's ok to throw rocks at girls..."

Once the web caught wind of the offensive billboard, people started blasting the North Carolina based jewelry store as being horribly out-of-touch.

Some people suggested the business hire a new marketing whiz.

Others were just plain offended and grossed out.

Others had their own ideas as to who should get rocks thrown at them.

All of the negative feedback had Spicer Greene running to put out the PR fire.

Of course, there were some who thought that people were too easily offended.

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