Via davie_dave
united airlines
It's been quite the week for PR disasters. First there was the absurd Pepsi ad starring Kendall Jenner. Then, the brutal United Airlines re-accommodation of the doctor from Kentucky. Finally, we were forced to marvel at - and cope with - Sean Spicer's Hitler gaffe. Here's what happens when the PR Axis of Evil works together to create some seriously meta memes.
PR shit shows are truly the meme gift that keeps on giving. United Airlines has been struggling to control a media firestorm following the aggressive removal of would-be passenger David Dao after overbooking a flight to Kentucky. Here are some of the best and funniest memes to come out of the bloody "re-accommodation" scandal.
Via i09
E-sports journalist Amanda Stevens boarded her United Airlines flight ready to cover a League of Legends tournament, sporting her Black Panther Marvel hat and upside down America flag shirt, when she was notified by a flight attendant that her hat was making the pilot feel 'uncomfortable.' Stevens live-tweeted the situation as well:
i09 reached out to Stevens and she told them that United Airlines told her she was ejected from the flight because of her interaction with the flight attendant...
In May of 2012, Tumblr user LeonsBuddyDave made a fake Twitter account with the name "United Airlanes" (as opposed to United AirLINES). He posted a few gag tweets and then left the account alone. Recently, he decided to check up on the account just for kicks and saw that quite a few people had tweeted at the parody account believing it was the real thing.
