This joke about Delta Airlines was made far funnier by their reply
One of the many responsibilities of a company’s social media manager is dealing with dissatisfied customers who have decided to draw attention to their missed delivery target or squashed parcel via a public shaming online. The @customercaring Twitter account parodies the kind of replies given under these circumstances, with posts like this:
3 weeks @Clarer1969?!?! You must be in agony. You need more fibre in your diet. Please don’t unleash 3 weeks worth in our customer toilets. See a doctor or you’ll end up with an arse like a collapsed mine shaft. pic.twitter.com/etR6lszOo3
— Customer Care (@customercaring) July 4, 2019
Occasionally, an apparently genuine complaint can be a comedic delight.
And some companies buddy up to create a buzz around themselves with a little to-ing and fro-ing.
Sometimes, a company misses a joke – even if it’s obvious to everybody else, which is what happened here.
Excuse me @Delta but this is outrageous. I just got sucked through the toilet hole in one of your aircrafts and am now hurtling through the sky, can I get my money back? This never happens on Southwest.
— Drew Gooden (@drewisgooden) July 10, 2019
Drew Gooden is a former Vine star who now posts funny stuff via Youtube, and not a superhero who can survive being sucked through a plane toilet and hurtling through the sky …whilst tweeting, but Delta took his tweet at face value.
Hello Drew, I am sorry to learn of this, can you provide more detail to what occurred. HBB
— Delta (@Delta) July 10, 2019
This was Drew’s clarification.
got sucked through toilet hole
— Drew Gooden (@drewisgooden) July 10, 2019
That’s cleared everything up nicely. Here are some of the reactions to whatever was going on with Delta.
At least throw some free drink tickets out after him smdh
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) July 11, 2019
— TalkingTechno (@TalkingTechno) July 11, 2019
I literally clicked on this tweet so fast to see if delta had responded. I was NOT disappointed
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— kat (@smolone4) July 10, 2019
on delta my flight got delayed for 4 hours and they offered me hard salami as an apology
@Delta i think u owe this man some hard salami
— kevin malone fan account (@waterlooswift) July 10, 2019
Please forward his refund to the funeral home.
— Mash #ImpeachDonaldTrump (@thisismash) July 11, 2019
However, it seems that the “toilet incident” might have have been Drew’s fault all along.
It's because you didn't pay for the "secure toilet" add-on in your Delta account. You gotta watch out for those sneaky up-charges!
— Emi G (@emiberri) July 10, 2019
Someone called Max – and a lot of other people – probably had the right explanation.
Good bot.
— Max (@Mxxg___) July 10, 2019
Either that or it was HBB’s last day – whether they knew it or not.
H/T: Indy100
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