Thursday 26 February 2009

Ryanair and social media

I'm indebted to Dan for posting this on Twitter. Web developer Jason Roe thought he'd discovered a flaw in Ryanair's website while booking a flight, and blogged about how it seemed that users could book a flight for a charge of '0.00'.

The response from one of Ryanair's developers is classic, and the official corporate response is just as bad - both showing a complete lack of understanding of social media.

It's hilarious in its own right, but as I read it I couldn't help but think the attitude was very reminiscent of one of our ex-zavvi colleagues. I wonder if you can guess who? Answers on a postcard or feel free to drop some clues into comments (no names please...).

Oh, and yes, the Ryanair calendar girl photo is entirely gratuitous since you mention it.

3 comments:

MrBrady said...

Blimey, reading that brings back memories. Do they breed them somewhere?

the optimistic one said...

Remember in Lord of the Rings where they pulled orcs out of the slime? I think it works a bit like that.

SuzeJ said...

Now whoever could you be referring to....?