Big objection to small pickle's name leads to change

[The Straight Story]

Chelley Martinka, a Rhode Island mom, found a pickle of a problem recently while shopping for, well, pickles.

She noticed that Cains, a popular pickle brand in New England made by Minnesota’s own M.A. Gedney Co., had an offering called “midgets.” It’s a term that’s offensive to people born with dwarfism, as well as their families. And Martinka’s daughter, now 10 months old, had been diagnosed with the condition soon after birth.

So, she blogged about the issue, made a YouTube video and contacted Gedney, the 132-year-old pickle maker with a national presence and a brand particularly well-known in the Twin Cities. Gedney’s CEO, Barry Spector, called her earlier this month and said the company would indeed junk the midget moniker.

“My jaw didn’t drop to the floor — I hope that companies listen to their consumers — but I was surprised,” Martinka told the Star Tribune.

New labels are being designed now, Spector told her, though there’s six months; worth of product with the “midget” label in inventory. On Friday, Martinka got an e-mail from Gedney, confirming it has “indeed been proceeding with Mr. Spector’s promise,” and signing off with the salutation “Have a Dilly of a Day!”

http://www.startribune.com/business/192178941.html?refer=y

[TwilightGardener]

1. Yeah, but then the Gherkin family will start bitching.

[CBGLuthier]

2. This is stupid. The word is fine so long as you don't use it to describe people.

America gets dumber by the minute.

[Brickbat]

4. I think it's awesome that someone did something about it, and someone else listened.

[SoCalDem]

5. Hyper sensitivity to small issues , compounded with malaise toward serious issue

is a major facet of modern america ..

They will probably change the name to "baby" gherkins, and then catch hell for being anti-baby..

perhaps mini-pickles ?

[X_Digger]

6. Reminds me of the fuss over 'master' and 'slave' re hard drives in computers.

All I can do is...

[Eleanors38]

8. Morlock mechanics don't rate PC concerns when repairing brakes.

[kenny blankenship]

19. Pickled Little People

there, I fixed it.

[Brickbat]

3. I have no idea what Gedney does politically, but I like their food and I love what they do with jams

-- they have special contests at the Minnesota State Fair and if your jam wins, you get your recipe duplicated by the company and your picture on the jar. I will admit to dreaming about winning.

[dipsydoodle]

7. Was originally used

to distinguish between those who were uniformally small with those disproportionately short. If I was uniformally small I'd prefer to be called a midget.

[msongs]

9. vertically challenged pickles nt

[OceanEcosystem]

10. Society is really becoming unreasonably over-sensitive these days. N/t.

[elvisbear]

11. What about Red-skinned potatoes?

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[cthulu2016]

12. Breaking News: Pickles are not People

[Erose999]

20. I say life begins at anaerobic fermentation. Lactobacillae are people too!!

[Retrograde]

13. Oh noes! I just ordered some seeds for dwarf vegetable plants!

And I want to plant some beans known as Old Mother Stallard - am I being sexist?

[The Straight Story]

15. I dunno, maybe ask in Meta?

[MadHound]

14. Geez, what insanity.

It is things like this that show political correctness has gone too far.

[NoPasaran]

16. This is the very definition of a First World Problem

[HiPointDem]

18. all about the language; not so much about the concrete problems.

[dipsydoodle]

17. So what's next ?

Snow White and the Seven People who are Not Very Tall.

[NoPasaran]

21. The Pickles! Will no one think of the Pickles!

[DollarBillHines]

22. Note to self: If I decide to sell my MG.

Watch the wording in the ad.