If you are at all familiar with IHOP’s Twitter account, you know that they try really, REALLY hard to be hip. Cool. On fleek, as the kids say.
Hi! Our name is (what?)
Our name is (who?)
Our name is
IHOP— IHOP (@IHOP) February 9, 2015
Happy Valentine's Day, fam.
— IHOP (@IHOP) February 14, 2015
“You can’t sit with us” *at IHOP* #NotAGoodConversationStarter
— IHOP (@IHOP) February 24, 2015
We get it, pancakes. Calm down.
The reaction to this degree of try, depending upon your personal tolerance for brands attempting to capitalize on trendy language, can range from amused to annoyed. But, today, one woman had enough. And that woman was Nicki Minaj.
Sit dat ass down pls sir/ma'am > RT “@IHOP: I ain't got no type. Pancakes are the only thing that I like.”
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) March 11, 2015
Take that, Iggy Azalea versus Papa John’s.