WSU Cougar socks printed with 'Go Dawgs'
By Travis Pittman , KING 6:25 PM. PST December 30, 2016
SEATTLE - Oh, no they didn't!
Bartell Drugs is issuing a recall for WSU Cougar socks after the words "Go Dawgs" were printed on the inside cuff. Bartell Drugs is allowing customers to return them regardless of condition for a full refund.
The Seattle Times reports the socks were made by Seattle-based Strideline. Co-founder Jake Director said designers use templates to create socks for hundreds of colleges and that this was a case of someone forgetting to switch out a design.
“I spoke with one of the owners yesterday, and they're not happy this occurred,” Bartell Drugs senior communications manager Ric Brewer said of Strideline.
Bartell’s had already sold 245 pairs of the defective socks before a customer brought the mistake to the drugstore’s attention.
“They were jokingly unhappy,” Brewer said, explaining to the customer they could return or exchange them.
The drugstore pulled about 100 remaining pairs off shelves Monday.
Some other customers – namely Huskies fans – think it was a practical joke, and don’t believe the socks should be recalled.
“Yes, absolutely it was a joke. Great idea whoever did it,” Steve Bass, of Magnolia, said. “There's a lot of Huskies that will buy them to give them to their Cougar friends.”
Brewer says since the recall became public, he has received a few emails from Husky-Coug couples wanting to buy the socks “to bridge the divide.”
