Filed under: Attitude & Aptitude, Corporate Evil, Crap Campaigns In History, Marketing, Marketing Fail
OK, as I wrote yesterday, this week has been full of loving and nice posts.
Or as long and nice as I can get.
And tomorrow – as it’s the closest day to Otis’ 8th birthday – I’m going to drown you in it.
So I thought I’d better show I’ve still got some hate in me before you call the hospital.
And Police.
Fortunately, Uber have made it easy for me to do this. Again.
Because for all their claims ‘we’re a good, people-focused company these days’, they show they’re not.
Or, at the very least, lacking any sense of self awareness whatsoever.
Have a look at this ..
What. The. Absolute. Fuck?
Like seriously, what the hell?
Now to be honest, this may be a joke tweet. I didn’t see it myself but was sent it by a friend.
But the fact I can imagine it’s real, highlights how questionable Uber are.
Because – lets face it – anyone that uses the death of a loved one to try and guilt trip you into hiring their taxi service has some major issues going on.
And they don’t even get it right because they suggest the reason you should do it is to ‘treat yourself’ rather than respect the loss of your grandfather.
They even dare say it’s what ‘grandpa would have wanted’.
The evil pricks.
But why would I think they’d understand how disgusting this behaviour is?
For all the fluff PR pieces they’ve put out … we all know Uber don’t give a fuck about anyone or anything other than lining their own pocket.
So here’s hoping anyone who falls for this lets grandpa’s ashes fall out all over the back of the Uber Black seats and force it off the road for a few days so it can be cleaned. Because annoying someone who is trying to bully and manipulate their grandkids is what grandpa really would have wanted.
Assholes.