The Bad Pitch Blog

I found the following blog to be humorous. Who continues to persist on speaking with a person whom they have blocked? That was quite the idiotic move. Before pursuing a reporter aggressively, the way this woman did, one should have known and checked to see if he was still under the "blocked" category. However, as the writer stated, I'm sure this mistake happens in PR all the time. An incident like this one could be embarrassing and create a negative outlook for a PR professional. Bad PR could put a potential damper on one's career. PR professionals, as well as HR, should always be on their so called "A" game so they don't make mistakes, such as this one, or possibly worse.

Kevin Smith vs. Southwest Airlines

I honestly can't believe this actually happened. Kevin Smith was tossed off an airline for his weight? They should have given him two seats on the flight and then let him pay afterwards instead of pulling a move like that. However, I believe the airline responded appropriately after the incident. They were aware of their mistake and handled it as carefully as they could stating that they "could have potentially handled our communication better". The airline made no mistake to apologize to the director, and the press, more than once. Southwest promises to train their employees more appropriately on how to handle a situation like this and to improve their policy. Considering that the airline has had the lowest complaints within the past year, I doubt that this incident will make customers stop using their service. The airline can only continue to apologize, acknowledge their mistake, and help to improve their services.

infamous balloon boy

October 15, 2009 everyone in the country was glued to their television sets for several hours. Why? A supposed 6 year-old boy was stuck in a homemade balloon that was floating above Fort Collins, CO. The country held their breath for the young boy in hopes that he will survive this unexpected and unfortunate event. After the police, international airports, and national guard became involved .. the balloon landed on the ground in one piece.

The verdict? well .. turns out, which I'm sure you ALL know .. no traces of the boy were found on the balloon, however, he was peacefully hiding in his lovely home with his moronic parents who thought it would be beyond genius to pull the following publicity stunt. After thinking they would receive great attention from the country and even gain their own television show, they were sadly mistaken. The only thing they deserved and got was some serious jail time for the hoax they put together.

In my opinion, if you want to get famous & catch attention there is thousands of other smart ways to do so. Pretending your 6-year old kid is in a life threatening situation to gain the countries eyes? That's seriously twisted. I feel really bad for this child for having such parents. People are probably going to joke about this for years to come. They gained some attention alright, but definitely not in the way they had hoped.