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#BoycottZomato and #BoycottUberEats Trend On Twitter
Zomato and its founder Deepinder Goyal’s reply to one Zomato user’s ridiculous demand and Zomato’s rival Uber Eats supporting Zomato’s decision after the incident has divided people on the internet. Both the Companies attracted angry reactions from some rightwinged Twitter users, with demands to boycott both the food delivery services and #BoycottZomato and #BoycottUberEats trending on Twitter.
The controversy happened after a Zomato customer took to Twitter to express his anger about getting a “non Hindu” delivery executive. He further added the Company refused to change the delivery executive delivering his food as well as refused a refund for his cancellation. Zomato responded to his tweet by stating, “Food doesn’t have a religion. It is a religion.”
Many right wing handles on Twitter backed the customer. However, Zomato and its founder’s replies to the customer’s tweet has been winning hearts on the social media platform as well.
Food doesn’t have a religion. It is a religion. https://t.co/H8P5FlAw6y
— Zomato India (@ZomatoIN) July 31, 2019
We are proud of the idea of India – and the diversity of our esteemed customers and partners. We aren’t sorry to lose any business that comes in the way of our values. 🇮🇳 https://t.co/cgSIW2ow9B
— Deepinder Goyal (@deepigoyal) July 31, 2019
Uber Eats, which is the food handling unit of Uber, came in support of its rival, Zomato, with a tweet which read, “.@ZomatoIN, we stand by you (sic.)”
.@ZomatoIN, we stand by you. https://t.co/vzjF8RhYzi
— Uber Eats India (@UberEats_IND) July 31, 2019
Post the incident and the support Uber Eats extended to Zomato, many people expressed their anger by sharing videos and screenshots wherein they uninstalled the food delivery apps from their phones.
Apart from Uber Eats, there has been support pouring for Zomato from people all over India, including from celebrities like former Chief Minister (CM) of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah and Bollywood actresses Swara Bhaskar, Gauhar Khan and Richa Chadda. These celebrities tweeted in support of Zomato.
Respect. I love your app. Thank you for giving me a reason to admire the company behind it. https://t.co/nohfkYsrJQ
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) July 31, 2019
This whole interaction has filled me with hope! Courage & decency are alive in #India #corporateIndia ♥️ Kudos to @ZomatoIN @deepigoyal pic.twitter.com/2SFuJAwmQA
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) July 31, 2019
Know the difference between what you eat and who serves it. #Halal food is akin to #vegetarian food — a customer choice. Rejecting a food order on the basis of who delivers it on the basis of creed, caste, gender or religion is a matter of negative social discrimination #Zomato
— Madhavan Narayanan (@madversity) July 31, 2019
ज़्यादा नफ़रत नहीं करते, acidity हो जाती है। ठंड रख, जो खाना है, खा ले! Announce क्यू करता है , Twitter पे थाली चम्मच ले के शोर ही मचता है, असल में थाली चम्मच नहीं मिलता खाना खाने के लिए दोस्त। ❤️ pic.twitter.com/x3P5VFn3l2
— TheRichaChadha (@RichaChadha) July 31, 2019
The customer whose tweets triggered the controversy deactivated his Twitter handle after the situation blew up.
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