You've surely seen the story of the musician with a beef against United Airlines for damaging his guitar. Being dissatisfied with their response to the incident, he wrote a song lampooning the airline and it's become a monster hit on YouTube. _ Very funny, but not unique. There are many examples of nimble Davids embarrassing organisational Goliaths by savvy use of the web. And how we all love to see things evened out and the big guy look a bit stoopid.
So, say you're United - this is not good PR. What do you do? How do you respond when someone launches a satirical strike? My advice would include:
**1. Be nice There is no mileage in getting heavy. Be humble, generous, transparent and responsive. Give the guy a guitar! ** 2. Play along
There is no advantage in looking po-faced and corporate. The joke is on you and the only way out is to be a good sport. Perhaps in this instance, they could have made their own video response: a shoddy karaoke version of the same song with edited lyrics.
"We're sorry about the guitar, and we're even more sorry about our singing_"
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