The internet’s had jokes since shortly after a video emerged showing a dazed and bloodied passenger being dragged screaming from a United Airlines flight.
📈'Volunteer' means “someone who does something without being forced to do it.” https://t.co/qNAcMyplhZ
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) April 11, 2017
It’s hard to miss Merriam-Webster’s meaning in choosing to highlight the definition of “volunteer,” a word United used (in addition to “re-accommodate”) in its initial corporate responses.
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Other Twitter commentary has been a little more blunt:
#NewUnitedAirlinesMottos Welcome to today's flight to Chicago... pic.twitter.com/f5AkRjR4jq
— Michael King (@mhking) April 11, 2017
#NewUnitedAirlinesMottos @united don't worry...we won't talk about it pic.twitter.com/qUp9E18xvJ
— AngryTraveller (@angrytrav) April 11, 2017
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