United Airlines Goofs Up Again and the People of Twitter Respond in Grand Fashion

On April 5, Carter Wilkinson directed a Tweet at fast food chain Wendy’s.

HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS pic.twitter.com/4SrfHmEMo3

— Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) April 6, 2017

The Tweet went viral under the hashtag #NuggsForCarter.

This week, the 16-year-old broke the record for the most re-Tweeted Tweet, and even though he is far from the 18 million Wendy’s told him he would need, the chain awarded him with free chicken nuggets for a year.

As of the time of this writing, Carter’s Tweet has been re-Tweeted 3.6 million times.

Wendy’s also said it would donate $100,000 in his name to the Dave Thomas Foundation For Adoption.

Talk about a win-win-win situation: Carter gets his free nuggets, Wendy’s gets a ton of positive publicity, and a charity gets a big chunk of cash.

.@carterjwm is now the most retweeted tweet of all-time. That’s good for the nuggets, and $100k to @DTFA. Consider it done. #nuggsforcarter pic.twitter.com/k6uhsJiP4E

— Wendy’s (@Wendys) May 9, 2017

Back on April 7, United Airlines tried to get some of that free publicity for itself…

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

That Tweet was sent out over a month ago – just two days before the now infamous Dragging and Dropping of Dr. David Dao incident.

Some people commented back then…

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

— Siqi Chen (@blader) April 11, 2017

@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

@united @Wendys Or you could just DRAG him to Wendy’s in the terminal.

— Kristina Wong ❄️ (@mskristinawong) April 11, 2017

@united @Wendys pic.twitter.com/y3BpQLnxUw

— Back 2 Punchin Nazis (@PaulGoebelShow) April 11, 2017

@united @Wendys lol Wendy’s sees United tweeted them and is all like pic.twitter.com/zUhq6ctxt7

— Stevie Benz (@steviebenz) April 11, 2017

@united @Wendys what if the plane he chooses is overbooked? are you gonna brutally assault him too if he doesn’t want to leave his seat?

— Rema Alyahya (@iReema) April 10, 2017

@united @carterjwm @Wendys Who will you forcibly remove to give him that free flight?

— Brian Morearty (@BMorearty) April 11, 2017

Not one to know when to sit down and shut up, United sent out another Tweet yesterday, and mentioned Carter in it…and the people of Twitter did not respond too kindly…

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

@united @Ayers111 @Wendys Lame attempt by United to better their image.

— PeoplePlanetProfitLP (@3P_Leadership) May 11, 2017

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

— ᔕᕼᗩB〇〇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 Way to try and piggy-back on somebody else’s campaign.

— Mike (@StrikerObi) May 10, 2017

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

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

@united @carterjwm @Wendys How is he going to eat those delicious nuggs when if your staff causes his teeth knocked out as well?

— GeniusEnvy (@JeaniusEnvy) May 10, 2017

@united @carterjwm @Wendys pic.twitter.com/gmYGfsf51Z

— Bowi | Robin (@RSBowi) May 11, 2017

@united @carterjwm @Wendys It would be safer waving $20 bills while hitchhiking blindfolded & naked than flying United.

— Bianca LaVictoria☘️ (@BiancaLaVic) May 11, 2017