Blake Loates was shocked to find the words "YOU RETARD" printed inside the cap of a Vitamin Water bottle while out for dinner with her husband Tuesday night.
"We immediately thought 'You have got to be kidding me,'" she told the Huffington Post Alberta.
"We thought it might have been a disgruntled employee or someone in a (bottling) plant playing a joke.".
Her father, Doug, was equally shocked at the message, considering his younger daughter Fiona has cerebral palsy and autism.
"My dad had taught our family what an awful word the 'r-word' is.
Blake was told Coke plans to suspend the promotion and that all the remaining caps have been destroyed.
"We're just really glad we're getting a chance to let people know how hurtful the 'r-word' is.". »