"Black Friday **** Need copy and link****," McDonald's Twitter account tweeted this confusing message on Friday morning.
Black Friday **** Need copy and link****
— McDonald's (@McDonaldsCorp) November 24, 2017
"This will probably get more awareness than their originally planned tweet...," one clever tweeter commented and he was right.
Just like wildfire spreading, the tweet went viral and many joked that a sleepy intern made the post. Some posted characters cringing in gifs.
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Even its biggest competitor Wendy's got in on the fun.
When the tweets are as broken as the ice cream machine. https://t.co/esdndK1iFm
— Wendy's (@Wendys) November 24, 2017
Instead of deleting the horrible mistake, McDonald's decided to poke fun at themselves and turned the fail into a promotional win.
When you tweet before your first cup of McCafé… Nothing comes before coffee. pic.twitter.com/aPJ2ZupS9b
— McDonald's (@McDonaldsCorp) November 24, 2017
The tweet garnered 22,831 retweets and 71,436 likes.
However, this is not the first time the fast food restaurant has landed into hot soup over a bad tweet. Earlier this year, the company had to apologise for a tweet sent from its handle which read: "@realDonaldTrump You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President and we would love to have Barack Obama back, also you have tiny hands."
