Bad Tweet: Dutch airline angers Mexico soccer fans
Source: AP
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) What was meant to be a joke has turned into a PR blunder for Dutch airline KLM after it angered Mexican soccer fans by taking to Twitter to celebrate the Netherlands' dramatic comeback victory in the World Cup.
Within minutes of the Netherlands' 2-1 victory over the Tri, KLM let loose on its Twitter feed a picture of an airport departures sign under the heading "Adios Amigos!"
The post immediately went viral, with A-list Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal using not one but two expletives in a 140-character Tweet to tell his 2 million-plus followers that he'll never fly the carrier again. Amid the widespread protest online, the post was pulled a half-hour later without an explanation.
"It was meant to be a joke," KLM spokeswoman Lisette Ebeling Koning told The Associated Press, adding that the airline never intended to offend Mexicans, which it serves via a daily direct flight between Mexico City and Amsterdam. "But there was too much negative reaction."
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Tetris_Iguana
(501 posts)The offended fans are just sore losers.
#latestnontroversy
iandhr
(6,852 posts)Smack talking is a part of sports. Get over it
alp227
(31,962 posts)I would've laughed if some no-name schmuck got 100's of retweets. But not from a world-class organization like a major airline.
former9thward
(31,805 posts)Soccer fans are not known for their sportsmanship. They kill each other. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-27270357
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Just now on my way home from work, hearing how the "disappointed" fans, flooded from bars in Huntington Park (Los Angeles), clogging streets and intersections.
Great...can I do bullshit like this every time I'm "disappointed"?
BlueEye
(449 posts)They'll be in for a shock when they book their next Aeroméxico flight to Amsterdam, since it's a code-share flight... Operated by KLM.
mainer
(12,013 posts)Some people are just looking for things to get upset over.
47of74
(18,470 posts)MrScorpio
(73,626 posts)KLM messed up big time.
The world needs less overwrought people on planes period; glad they are volunteering.
Now *this* is a bad airline tweet:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/11037540
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)Response to alp227 (Original post)
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Xipe Totec
(43,872 posts)You might want to reconsider how funny that song is today, or how clever you seem to be by posting it in this context.
Turbineguy
(37,212 posts)As you often are.
Skittles
(152,967 posts)it's a f***ing GAME
JVS
(61,935 posts)at soccer matches is just dandy?
Right? Bunch of cry-baby wankers...IT'S A FUCKING GAME!!!!
FreedRadical
(518 posts)with their major media outlets using racially insensitive terms and showing a lack of respect when referring to player of African decent.
FreedRadical
(518 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)News flash: There are no giraffes in Ghana.