Misleading press releases

[jungle]

I just saw this one from Easyjet

The headline is "easyJet becomes first major airline to roll out online check-in"

So, I was thinking to myself "I've done this with KLM and BA, that's not right...

And then you look in the text, which starts "easyJet, Europe's leading low-fares airline, has become the first major low-cost airline to roll-out internet check-in for its UK passengers"

So, we have two qualifications 'low-cost' (which has debatable meaning anyway) and 'for its UK passengers'

It's really false advertising.

 

[ROXY]

No way! A press release with lies in it? That's incredible!

 

[trasnanadtonnta]

I just saw this one from Easyjet

The headline is "easyJet becomes first major airline to roll out online check-in"

So, I was thinking to myself "I've done this with KLM and BA, that's not right...

And then you look in the text, which starts "easyJet, Europe's leading low-fares airline, has become the first major low-cost airline to roll-out internet check-in for its UK passengers"

So, we have two qualifications 'low-cost' (which has debatable meaning anyway) and 'for its UK passengers'

It's really false advertising.

I think you should clarify the purpose of this thread. Are we supposed to ad (geddit?) our own press release stories, or what?

 

[jungle]

I think you should clarify the purpose of this thread. Are we supposed to ad (geddit?) our own press release stories, or what?

Oftentimes I post random musings about life's trivialities on here. I feel the world is a better place for people having had a glimpse into my mind.

And I'm not going down the punning line. There aren't enough press release puns.

 

[ROXY]

I came to work still a little drunk and now I'm crashing. Hard! I didn't know where else to post this.

 

[pudgee]

I came to work still a little drunk and now I'm crashing. Hard! I didn't know where else to post this.

Good woman. The profession's reputation must be upheld.

 

[~odb~]

I came to work still a little drunk and now I'm crashing. Hard! I didn't know where else to post this.

You could have gone for this thread

 

[trasnanadtonnta]

You could have gone for this thread

That's going well for you so far. Good job.

Jungle, I haven't any misleading press release stories, so maybe it's just another case of me being jealous, eh?

 

[~odb~]

That's going well for you so far. Good job.

I created the thread specifically for my reply. I'm not foolish enough to think people are really going to do it. Not unless I have some good blackmail material.

 

[trasnanadtonnta]

I created the thread specifically for my reply. I'm not foolish enough to think people are really going to do it. Not unless I have some good blackmail material.

...which you...ahem...which you DON'T, right?