If you were running a company and one of your employees went ballistic on a customer before loading up on booze and dramatically storming off, thus garnering national attention, what would you do? Probably not respond by a blog post that prominently features a clip from Office Space, the 1999 movie about the humiliations and frustrations of work life.
That’s why you’re not as cool as JetBlue. After giving the rest of the world some time to ring in on flight attendant Steven Slater’s emergency-slide exit from an Aug. 9 flight, the airline offered its own point of view here. The post, titled, “Sometimes the weird news is about us…” begins:
It wouldn’t be fair for us to point out absurdities in other corners of the industry without acknowledging when it’s about us. Well, this week’s news certainly falls into that category. Perhaps you heard a little story about one of our flight attendants? While we can’t discuss the details of what is an ongoing investigation, plenty of others have already formed opinions on the matter. Like, the entire Internet.









