這下可厲害了!
As the world now knows, last year a guitarist named Dave Carroll was
sitting in a window seat on a United plane at O'Hare airport in Chicago
when he looked out and saw baggage handlers hurling guitar cases through
the air. He pointed it out to flight attendants; they responded with
indifference. When he arrived in Nebraska, he found that his instrument
had been smashed. After months of complaining to the airline and getting
no response, he wrote and performed a song, "United Breaks Guitars," and
posted it on YouTube. It was viewed more than 3 million times in its first
10 days.
2008年某月,加拿大一名音樂人Dave Carroll 在芝加哥(Chicago )的歐海爾機場(O'Hare Airport (ORD))搭乘美國聯合航空(UA)的班機。飛機起飛前,因其他旅客驚呼:「他們(行李搬運工)在下面丟吉他」,Dave
Carroll 親眼目睹了自己價值3500美元的Taylor吉他,被地勤人員粗暴地甩上機艙。結果不用再多想,回到Nebraska之後,Dave
Carroll 的吉他真的斷頭了。但是當他向聯合航空客訴反應時,卻始終無法獲得正面的回應,且時間長達九個月。
氣不過的Dave Carroll 於是編寫了一首歌「United Breaks Guitars 美聯航摔壞吉他」並Post上Youtube,將這股鳥氣,請世人一起評評理。
哈哈!短短10天內,這首「United Breaks Guitars
美聯航摔壞吉他」的影響力,跌破聯美國聯合航空公司主管階層們的眼鏡,超過60萬次的點擊率,也讓股價重挫一成!(1.8億美元市值,約台幣59億元)
受此震撼,美國聯合航空公司趕緊出面緩頰認錯,希望故事能就此落幕。
這件客訴,讓Taylor吉他公司,聲名大噪。也讓Dave Carroll
一夕爆紅,他很訝異這首無奈的客訴歌曲竟獲得這麼多人青睞,而他的專輯正瘋狂熱賣中。
至於虧大的美國聯合航空,則表示將會把Dave Carroll 這首MV用於內部訓練教材,以確保所今後有旅客的託運行李安全,並獲得更佳的服務。