N Korean officials visit salon over Kim Jong-un bad hair ad

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N Korean officials visit salon over Kim Jong-un bad hair ad

Post by cronus » Tue Apr 15, 2014 4:47 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27038723

North Korean officials visit salon over Kim Jong-un 'bad hair' advert

North Korean officials paid a visit to a London hair salon to question why it had used their leader Kim Jong-un's picture in a poster offering haircuts.

The poster in M&M Hair Academy in South Ealing featured the words "Bad Hair Day?" below the leader's picture.

Barber Karim Nabbach said embassy officials were shown the door and the salon's manager spoke to the police.

Met Police said: "We have spoken to all parties involved and no offence has been disclosed."

The salon put up the poster on 9 April and the next day two men claiming to be officials from the North Korean embassy visited the salon and demanded to meet the manager, Mo Nabbach.

Karim Nabbach said: "We put up posters for an offer for men's hair cuts through the month of April. Obviously in the current news there has been this story that North Korean men are only allowed one haircut.

"We didn't realise but the North Korean embassy is a 10-minute walk from the salon. The next day we had North Korean officials pop into the salon asking to speak to the manager.

"He said 'listen this isn't North Korea, this is England, we live in a democracy so I'm afraid you're going to have to get out of my salon'."

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Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Tue Apr 15, 2014 7:25 pm

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Post by jaydot » Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:52 pm

i like the way they told the officials that this is a democracy, on yer bike and they went.
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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Tue Apr 15, 2014 11:10 pm

jaydot wrote:i like the way they told the officials that this is a democracy, on yer bike and they went.
True dat. They should have said, "Listen, mate. If we live in a democracy here, let's vote on whether you should display this ad, OK?" But then, since there was one of him and two of them, he would have had to take it down.

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Post by klr » Tue Apr 15, 2014 11:16 pm

Scumple wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27038723

North Korean officials visit salon over Kim Jong-un 'bad hair' advert

North Korean officials paid a visit to a London hair salon to question why it had used their leader Kim Jong-un's picture in a poster offering haircuts.

The poster in M&M Hair Academy in South Ealing featured the words "Bad Hair Day?" below the leader's picture.

Barber Karim Nabbach said embassy officials were shown the door and the salon's manager spoke to the police.

Met Police said: "We have spoken to all parties involved and no offence has been disclosed."

The salon put up the poster on 9 April and the next day two men claiming to be officials from the North Korean embassy visited the salon and demanded to meet the manager, Mo Nabbach.

Karim Nabbach said: "We put up posters for an offer for men's hair cuts through the month of April. Obviously in the current news there has been this story that North Korean men are only allowed one haircut.

"We didn't realise but the North Korean embassy is a 10-minute walk from the salon. The next day we had North Korean officials pop into the salon asking to speak to the manager.

"He said 'listen this isn't North Korea, this is England, we live in a democracy so I'm afraid you're going to have to get out of my salon'."

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Post by Hermit » Wed Apr 16, 2014 12:19 am

jaydot wrote:i like the way they told the officials that this is a democracy, on yer bike and they went.
Bad business practice. You don't turn potential customers away. They should have offered to sell the officials their services - then given each a Kim Jong-un styled cut.
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Post by FBM » Wed Apr 16, 2014 5:29 am

:lol: They should post this beside the first one:

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