Somewhere behind a desk at United Airlines’ public relations firm is a junior associate who thought she was going to have an easy week.
Think again, Becca.
While the airline scrambles into damage control mode over a video of a doctor being forcibly dragged off his overbooked flight out of Chicago, basically everyone else remains fairly shocked and disturbed by the incident.
Naturally, the Twitterverse is doing what it does best in times of bizarre public blunders.
How about we take this to the next level?
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So true #unitedAIRLINES pic.twitter.com/QLqlR19PVP
— nitin shyam (@nitinhopkins10) April 11, 2017
The #UnitedAirlines jokes just keep rolling in ? pic.twitter.com/2eJH8JNyQh
— TheShadeRoom (@TheShadeRoom) April 11, 2017
Easily the best gif regarding the #UnitedAirlines "situation" – creddit to https://t.co/79byMySgC1 pic.twitter.com/rix0RY0JvT
— RickyFTW (@rickyftw) April 11, 2017
Aren't natural market corrections wonderful? #unitedAIRLINES #United #united3411 #FreeMarket pic.twitter.com/CZymKNSkVJ
— Being Libertarian (@beinlibertarian) April 11, 2017
Well that's awkward. Less than a month ago, #UnitedAirlines CEO was named "Communicator of the Year" by @PRWeek Magazine. #boycottunited pic.twitter.com/cqKAwULGr1
— DennisVanStaalduinen (@DenVan) April 11, 2017
#UnitedAirlines stock today. pic.twitter.com/iyiuxieUBb
— Zach Braff (@zachbraff) April 11, 2017
"And in that moment, #UnitedAirlines became presidential."
-history— Benari Poulten (@BenariLee) April 11, 2017
When your @united flight is over booked. #UnitedAirlines #flight3411 pic.twitter.com/X7e8OidVyH
— Chris Podurgiel ?? (@durg78) April 11, 2017
If you can't seat them, beat them. #NewUnitedAirlinesMottos #unitedAIRLINES
— eReads (@eReads1) April 11, 2017
Oh my! #unitedAIRLINES pic.twitter.com/oxGW0PCmfp
— Elizabeth O'Hara (@OHara915) April 11, 2017
#united3411 #united #UnitedAirlines
tomorrow pic.twitter.com/TTw0WFRIfO— Motivation (@motivation0907) April 11, 2017
When the Megazord is overbooked and #unitedairlines wants you off pic.twitter.com/v0YBVffl62
— Robo Knight (@Robo_Knight) April 11, 2017
"The Captain and crew welcome you aboard this morning's #unitedAIRLINES flight…" pic.twitter.com/A58zFy6eWg
— Hughesy (@Hughesy53) April 11, 2017
#BREAKING: #UnitedAirlines Crew Training Video Leaked. ?#United #Flight3411
pic.twitter.com/GzpMohPmEM— Motivation (@motivation0907) April 11, 2017
But the prize may go to Jimmy Kimmel’s “honest United commercial” that aired last night:
https://youtu.be/1Y8HdeHtOJs
Oddly, RuPaul’s Drag Race season 7 contestant Trixie Mattel appears to be on #TeamUnited:
Me on that United flight: YES MAMA DRAG HERRRRRRR. pic.twitter.com/BDDidpBVGM
— Trixie Mattel (@trixiemattel) April 11, 2017
But thankfully, season 8 fan fave Kim Chi was on hand to keep things sane:
@trixiemattel This tweet is in bad taste and that’s coming from me
— Kim Chi (@KimChi_Chic) April 11, 2017
Xzamilloh
Trixie is obviously joking. Obviously the situation isn’t funny and United will be catching hell for a long time, but jokes are okay.
ShowMeGuy
Awesome stuff.
In reality, after asking for volunteers…..the folks who get booted should be the folks who purchased their tickets the most recently.
Why pull a lottery and boot off someone who has their shit together and purchased their tickets 3 months ago while some smug asshole who just purchased their ticket at 5 AM this morning just sits there. BULLSHIT.
arcoarconcio_passivy
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Chevelter
Hm, maybe there is a gay sex angle to this story. Or am I misreading the last sentence of this news report?…
“The Vietnamese doctor who was thrust into the international spotlight this week after he was dragged from an overbooked United Airlines flight against his will was convicted of multiple felony drugs charges in 2004. … According The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Dr. David Dao is a pulmonologist in Elizabethtown who was arrested in 2003 and eventually convicted of multiple drug-related offenses after an undercover investigation. … According to documents filed with the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, Dr. Dao was involved in fraudulent prescriptions for controlled substances and was involved with a man whom he arranged to trade prescription drugs for sexual acts, the New York Post reported.”
Bob LaBlah
I have my doubts about whether that doctor really is a doctor. He lost it and even came back on the plane again after being taken off. Thats a clear sign this guy can not handle stressful situations. If he was kicked off the flight by force what made him think running back down the ramp and getting back on the plane was going to work? No, I don’t believe the guy was a doctor like he claimed to be. If he is he is going to loose a lot of patients behind that. I sure as hell would look for another doctor. And fast.
Sluggo2007
Did anybody but me notice that the “doctor” sounded like a squealing pig?
natekerchel
Whether or not this man is a doctor or drug dealer or gay is not relevant to what happened on that plane. The whole incident was shocking and very uncivilised. The airline should have sorted out the problem before people boarded. The man was obviously extremely distressed by the way he was treated and the fact that he ran back on board is not surprising from a psychological point of view. Even the ground security people involved admit that the incident was handled very badly, and the private email to staff was simply disgraceful. A huge international airline treating one man like that is never going to win friends for the airline – even if the man also had some responsibility for what happened.
He BGB
When I see him, especially when he gets back on, and acting crazy, I think, I’ve had airlines’ experiences where I felt like that too! They make you feel helpless and small. It’s all about filling every f**king,seat, greed. You want to start screaming and flailing your arms.
To bump paying customers who are already seated for United employees was so tacky. When that came out, I thought you’re an airline. You specialize in transportation. Get those employees to Kentucky on your own. Not those customers’ fault! They did everything right. Those 4 employees were late and must not have planned ahead. Anyway not the customers’ prob.