United tries to join in with viral nugget tweet, gets savagely roasted
It's not a good year for United, as everyone knows, and even their genuine PR attempts to get their reputation back up are being mocked relentlessly.
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In April, Carter Wilkerson went on a mission to achieve 18 million retweets in order to get a year's supply of Wendy's chicken nuggets and United offered him a free flight.
If you get the 18 million RTs, we'll give you a free flight to take you to any @Wendys in the world in a city we serve. Good luck! https://t.co/igxnPg1JUF
— United (@united) April 8, 2017
When the teenager made history with the most retweeted tweet of all time, the airline thought it was a good idea to jump on the bandwagon and remind him of the deal:
Hey @carterjwm, congrats on your world record! It’s time to decide where in the world you’d like to visit a @Wendys! DM to get the ✈ rolling https://t.co/3prDeaQdbL
— United (@united) May 10, 2017
Naturally, people were not having it:
Why are you threatening @carterjwm? https://t.co/bJXz9Wu2jX
— Ryan J. Davis (@RyanNewYork) May 10, 2017
@united @carterjwm @Wendys IT'S A TRAP THEY'LL "REACCOMODATE" YOU AND TAKE YOUR NUGGS
— Doog (@Doognarism) May 10, 2017
@united @carterjwm @Wendys They will take your nuggs to feed their victims
— Darryl Langston (@zilchzombie) May 10, 2017
@united @carterjwm @Wendys @carterjwm since it's a free ticket, you better not wear leggings on this @united flight
— Kevin RD (@kevinrd13) May 10, 2017
@united @carterjwm @Wendys You'll never get your reputation back.
— Juni Xu (@junixu) May 10, 2017
United Airlines came under fire after a video of a man being forcibly removed from an overbooked flight surfaced online.
The company was earlier criticised for banning two girls wearing leggings from a flight.
In the last PR disaster, a giant rabbit named Simon died on a United London-to-Chicago flight.
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