United Airlines Tried To Jump On The Nugget Kid Meme & It Went V Poorly

That’s fine. One thing I would strongly recommend is that you not pursue that particular course of action if your brand is currently embroiled in a controversy around bashing up one of their customers. People have long memories – and by long, I mean they vaguely remember something which happened a few weeks ago.

United Airlines, still suffering the blowback from when they kinda sorta got cops to violently drag someone off a flight, have done their darndest to plug into the current cream of the crop viral story: that kid who really wanted nuggets. To be fair, their initial effort was before the debacle:

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

Y’know, considering everything that’s gone down, they probably could have left it there. But nope, despite the fact that they should probably keep their mouths shut for a few months until people have found something else to be furious at, United kept trying to steal nugget valour. This was even after people roasted them for this.

@united @carterjwm @Wendys Can’t wait to see you get dragged out of the plane with a bag full of #nuggz

— Rafa El Alcalde (@ElalcaldeRafa) April 11, 2017

Now that the nugget boy is the most retweeted human alive, United swung in with the followup – offering to fly him to any Wendy’s restaurant in the world to claim his prize.

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

It, uh.

It did not go so well for them.

@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

Why are you threatening @carterjwm? https://t.co/bJXz9Wu2jX

— Ryan J. Davis (@RyanNewYork) May 10, 2017

@united @carterjwm @Wendys You should invite him and Dr. Dao together, to a @wendy‘s outing.

— ???B??TY (@SHABOOTY) May 10, 2017

@united @carterjwm @Wendys Yo @United how many retweets to not get assaulted by you on my next flight?

— Siqi Chen (@blader) May 11, 2017

@united @carterjwm @Wendys Are nuggets worth getting assaulted over? That’s a hard yes

— Joe Mann (@joemann22) May 10, 2017

@united @carterjwm @Wendys pic.twitter.com/U0NEfhGPp9

— Ryan (@ryanztweetz) May 11, 2017

@united @carterjwm @Wendys Note: Only destination Punchville, in the country of El Beatenuppo

— Im a nerd deal w/ it (@nerdmcgeekson) May 10, 2017

Once again, there’s a lesson here: never, ever tweet.