Delta And Coke Apologize For “Plane Crush” Promotion

The Washington Post reports:

Falling in love on an airplane is the kind of story you only ever hear in a bar or see in a Lifetime movie. But for a brief time this winter, Delta Air Lines wanted to help passengers make it a reality — by gently nudging them to hit on other passengers. With cocktail napkins.

“Be a little old school,” said the small print on the napkin, advertising Diet Coke. “Write down your number & give it to your plane crush. You never know …”

There was a little space on the napkin where flirtatious passengers could write down their name and another space for their number. The larger print said, “because you’re on a plane full of interesting people and hey,” again, “… you never know.” While some found the napkins clever and charming, others thought they were creepy.

Both Delta and Coca-Cola have issued apologies and the napkins have been removed from the planes.

Dang! That’s why so many flight attendants and nice looking women kept giving me napkins on my ⁦@Delta⁩ flights. I thought they just wanted to sign up for my daily https://t.co/vU4G3fOx7z newsletter! https://t.co/SSeb7TjheC

— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) February 7, 2019

Hey @Delta and @CocaCola your napkins are fine. I actually laughed when I saw them on my flight from Madrid. I didn’t feel encouragement to do anything with other passengers just cuz of the piece of paper under my drink. People need to calm down

— Sergey Avanesyan (@avanesyan_s) February 7, 2019

Hey @Delta and @CocaCola These napkins are creepy AF. Pretty sure no one appreciated unsolicited phone numbers in the ‘good old days’ and they sure as heck don’t want the number of someone who has been gawking at them on a plane for hours today. Not a good look. pic.twitter.com/PJAiurFRMh

— ducksauz (@ducksauz) January 21, 2019

Napkins received from @Delta on Wednesday flight seem unintentionally creepy, especially after reading the smaller print. Swing and a miss, @DietCoke. pic.twitter.com/eKaMruqqUR

— Mike J (@MJJoe) February 1, 2019

Drop a set of balls dude. I met my hubby because he put his number in a napkin with a funny tag line and it won my heart. Stop this PC PARADE NOW. People like u r ruining the world

— Dave House (@DaveHouse3) February 7, 2019