Words of sympathy are usually given to a family that has lost a loved one. The royal family of the late Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom received heartfelt condolences from world leaders and ordinary people whose lives were touched by the dutiful monarch and mother.
A few, however, didn't care, and expressed the opposite of grief to the woman dearly beloved by Britons and citizens of former colonies of the erstwhile British Empire.
Argentinian politician and journalist Santiago Cúneo earned bad remarks from Twitteratis after popping and drinking champagne on his TV program to celebrate the queen's death at her castle in Scotland last Thursday afternoon.
"She's done for good," Cuneo said on the air, according to New York Post. "Loud applause for Satan who has finally taken her."
Cuneo, like other anti-British Argentinians, apparently hates the UK for occupying Falkland Islands, which they claim as part of the South American country. The two countries engaged in a short war over the British territory in 1982.
On the same day of Cuneo's hateful sarcasm, the Irish football team Shamrock Rovers condemned fans for celebrating the queen's death during a match against a Swedish club at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin, Ireland.
"Such highly insensitive and callous chanting is not acceptable at our club and is against the values that Shamrock Rovers F.C. stands for," the team said in a statement.
The Rovers were displeased after their fans sang in unison "Lizzy's in a box, in a box!" to the tune of KC & The Sunshine Band's hit "Baby Give It Up," NYP reported. The fans also pumped their fists and clapped, an apparent display of dislike over the occupation by Great Britain of Northern Ireland, which the Irish claim as their own.
Meanwhile, in Virginia, USA, a local country club literally had committed a distasteful gaffe.
An attempt to promote itself to customers backfired after The Clubhouse restaurant in Aquia Harbor, Manassas offered a themed menu for Sunday that netizens found insensitive to relatives of Americans killed during the 9-11 attacks.
The menu featured "2977 Chowder," a "creamy crab and corn with bacon," and "Freedom Flounder," a "grilled filet of sole with fresh tomato, garlic and balsamic glaze drizzle served with choice of salad, side and roll," according to Sportskeeda.com.
There was "Remember-tini," a drink made of "key lime rum cream, coconut rum, pineapple juice, a splash of cream served up with whipped cream honey graham rim," Sportskeeda.com reported.
Like the number 2977, which refers to the number of people killed during the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, the names of other dishes on the restaurant's menu posted on its social media — "Pentagon Pie," "9-11 Oysters," "First Responder Flatbread," "Flight 93 Redirect," and a "Never Forget Sampler" — were deemed offensive to victims of the deadly event.
The unsavory feedback prompted the restaurant's manager, George White, to issue an apology on Facebook. The Clubhouse also replaced the names of its dishes after football jargons and teams.