Members of the dating app Coffee Meets Bagel were met with an unfortunate typo on Sunday, which misspelled the word “flag” as “f–” for Flag Day. This major faux pas came at a rather inappropriate time, while cities like Brooklyn, Boston, and Washington D.C were all celebrating the annual gay-pride festival. Twitter users were quick to jump on the mistake:
Got a notification from @coffeeMbagel saying today was “fag day.” I’m disgusted at the audacity to say that during pride. #coffeemeetsbagel
— Alyssa Zauderer (@Alyssa_Zauderer) June 14, 2015
#typoffensive at Coffee Meets Bagel. #spellcheckisnotacopyeditor @coffeeMbagel pic.twitter.com/ejY1eivizq
— Andrea Apuy (@andreaapuy) June 14, 2015
If anyone is job hunting– I think a social media position will be opening up at #coffeemeetsbagel pretty soon. Like, tomorrow. #FLAGday
— Rachel Rizzo (@RachelRizzo) June 14, 2015
Of course, “Coffee Meets Bagel” came back with multiple apologies:
We wholeheartedly apologize for the message some members received today. The misspelling of Flag Day was a mistake and a complete oversight.
— Coffee Meets Bagel (@coffeeMbagel) June 14, 2015
We’re updating our process to ensure this does not happen again. CMB, as a company and as individuals, celebrates the LGBTQ community.
— Coffee Meets Bagel (@coffeeMbagel) June 14, 2015
As well as taking to Twitter, Coffee Meets Bagel sent out an e-mail to all of their members, which reads, in part:
“I would like to apologize wholeheartedly for the message you received this afternoon. The misspelling of Flag Day was a mistake and a complete oversight. We’re updating our process to ensure something like this does not happen again. Coffee Meets Bagel, as a company and as individual employees, celebrates the LGBTQ community and would never use such a word.”
“Coffee Meets Bagel” claims to be “the only dating app that women love!” Hopefully, the app will get its social media department together before next year’s Flag Day
