Wow, Ryanair seems to have caused a bit of a stir in blogland, of late.
Seems that while a blogger was pointing out a bug he may have discovered on the Ryanair website, which shows that people can book flights for free--as the amount of the fare was coming up. "0.00."
In response--if you can very loosely call it that--a Ryanair employee blogged back...well, to say the reply was extremely unprofessional, is a gross underexaggeration.
In fact, Ryanair's whole attitute towards bloggers pointing out flaws in the Ryanair website, appears to be downright childishly tempermental.
And you'd trust someone with these sorts of temper tantrums--over something that any RESPONSIBLE ADULT would have simply acknowleged and said they'd look into?
Really, would you trust an airline that says this, about bloggers---who might well be actual and/or potential customers?
To the blogger whom pointed out a possible error on the website:
"...you're an idiot and a liar!! fact is!
Oooh, that's good customer relations during a full-blown recession, isn't it?
And these grammatically incorrect and totally tactless gits, are allowed to run an airline???
Riiiight.
A bit later, self-same chav-inspired Ryanair spoiled brat said this to the blogger, as well:
"Hehe - I found a bug that lets me show anything I want on your site.
"All I have to do is put something along the lines of javascript:void(document.write('hehe')) into the address bar, and I can do whatever I want with your site ( or indeed any other site ).
Oh, but wait, there's more!
After a travel news website tracked the chav who responded to the blogger, directly to Ryanair's H.Q., a clearly un-thinking, still very childish and downright yobbo-ish Ryanair finally decided to issue this statement:
"Lunatic bloggers can have the blog sphere all to themselves as our people are far too busy driving down the cost of air travel."
So, I've read on several blogs around the web already, where some bloggers--whom number over a 500 MILLION, are talking of a global boycott of Ryanair, until Ryanair grows into some long trousers, grows some hair on its chest, uses its collective grey matter, and puts some balls in their y-fronts, and issues a global apology, to bloggers everywhere.
I don't use Ryanair, and never will, now, if that's their attitude....in a RECESSION, towards potential customers---I wouldn't be caught dead flying with such an irresponsible airline! I'm not mad about the blogger remarks, so much as stunned by the sheer bald outright stupidity, at issuing such remarks in a global recession.
Personally, by the sounds of their response, I don't quite think the uneducated classless slobs at Ryanair are up to the task, but, hey, they might surprise us. Whether they will be boycotted by bloggers remains to be seen...but I rather expect they might deserve it, by their patently chav, and ridiculously un-businesslike attitude towards prospective passengers.
Obviously, Ryanir isn't handling the economic criss very well, and, like a spoiled bratty child, is lashing out at everyone is a massive temper tantrum---one that could well have repercussions for them, months down the road.



technomist
They have done quite well so far in the credit crunch. Lots of other airlines with expensive PR departments have gone belly up.
I have flown them and appreciated the complete lack of bullshit involved.