One problem with boycott campaigns like the anti-Trump #GrabYourWallet effort is that eventually, you realize that none but the smallest of businesses can possibly meet all of your standards.
We realize that big businesses now have entire social media departments and they try to capitalize on current events however they can, but something just seems wrong about Delta subtweeting United Airlines following Sunday’s widely publicized non-controversy, #LeggingsGate.
As Twitchy reported, the Washington Post picked up the story, which originated with a tweet by Moms Demand founder Shannon Watts.
1) A @united gate agent isn't letting girls in leggings get on flight from Denver to Minneapolis because spandex is not allowed?
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) March 26, 2017
What story, exactly? Two teen girls who were flying for free as part of the airline’s employee and family program were not allowed on a flight because their outfits didn’t comply with United’s dress code policy for company benefit travel. Big deal, right?
#LeggingsGate became a big deal after celebrities including Patricia Arquette, Chrissy Teigen, and Sarah Silverman, got in on the act and went after the airline, with Silverman claiming she was already re-booking all flights on her upcoming tour.
Delta on Monday afternoon thought they’d capitalize on all the attention with a subtweet of United.
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Flying Delta means comfort. (That means you can wear your leggings. ?)
— Delta (@Delta) March 27, 2017
Again, Delta’s social media people are just doing what they do. But those who knew the context wanted to know if non-paying passengers had any special wardrobe guidelines.
https://twitter.com/sfowler09111/status/846414912570212352
cheap shot. What are the your rules for non-rev pax?
— Frederic Lardinois (@fredericl) March 27, 2017
We don't have an item-specific clothing policy, but we encourage no swimwear, sleepwear or underwear as your outerwear. ? *MC
— Delta (@Delta) March 27, 2017
You still have a dress code for non-revs.
— James Larson (@jamesmlarson) March 27, 2017
We don't have an item-specific clothing policy, but we encourage no swimwear, sleepwear or underwear as your outerwear. *JP
— Delta (@Delta) March 27, 2017
can you share what your employee, friends and family pass dress code is? Because you know these weren't regular customers.
— Monica Schleicher (@La_Coqui) March 27, 2017
Delta please verify, United was non rev travel, you allow non rev in leggings???? Please respond!
— SharAnn1 (@SharAnn1) March 27, 2017
What's your dress code for employee passes?
— Sheikh Yerbouti (@billlee4pres) March 27, 2017
because I'm not allowed to wear jeans while flying standby on you guys….
— ✈ (@StewrdessChick) March 27, 2017
Hi! We don't have an item-specific clothing policy, but we encourage no swimwear, sleepwear or underwear as your… 1/2
— Delta (@Delta) March 27, 2017
Yeah, we know … as your outerwear.
excellent to hear Delta. I'll be flying on a buddy pass soon so I'll show your tweet to the ticket agent so I can wear comfy clothes
— Smashville Citizen (@dacooksare) March 27, 2017
Please check with the employee for non-rev travel dress code. *MB
— Delta (@Delta) March 27, 2017
wait, you just tweeted I could wear comfy clothes like leggings unlike United. Or were just piling on a competitor? Be consistent
— Smashville Citizen (@dacooksare) March 27, 2017
.@Delta Ooh does that mean I can wear a onesie on my next flight?
— Neil Curran (@ImprovNeil) March 27, 2017
Not even for employees or their pass guests? That's what this is about @Delta .
— MethLabOfDemocracy⭐️⭐️⭐️⚜️ (@noprezzie2012) March 27, 2017
That’s exactly what this about; it’s not nearly the fuel for a feminist crusade so many seem to think it is, but that would require a second or two to investigate what actually happened — who has that kind of time?
Not to mention that Delta also has been burned by social media flare-ups before, like the time celebs like Olivia Wilde and Kal Penn vowed to boycott the “dbags” at racist airline Delta after word spread online that YouTube star and self-described prankster Adam Saleh had been ejected from a Delta flight “for speaking Arabic.”
https://twitter.com/EF517_V2/status/846400586761297920
Let’s hope Sarah Silverman remembered that non-incident when she changed all of the flights due to #LeggingsGate.
Yes, clearly 'as real as it gets': YouTube 'prankster' kicked off Delta flight won't be speaking to media https://t.co/4RJfjOiWHs
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 22, 2016
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