AC to cover Michigan man’s flight to meet NFLD girlfriend after Twitter campaign
May 11, 2018, 6:19 pm
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AC to cover Michigan man’s flight to meet NFLD girlfriend after Twitter campaign
Source: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana...-newfoundland/
"Love will be in the air next week, when a young man from Michigan flies to meet his Newfoundland girlfriend after a successful Twitter campaign to get Air Canada to cover his flight.Air Canada tweeted today to congratulate C.J. Poirier, saying the airline will fly Poirier to Newfoundland next Monday, to meet his Corner Brook girlfriend, Becca Warren.Last week, Poirier tweeted to ask Air Canada how many retweets he would need for a free flight. Air Canada responded with 530,000 — the number of people in Newfoundland and Labrador...."
"Love will be in the air next week, when a young man from Michigan flies to meet his Newfoundland girlfriend after a successful Twitter campaign to get Air Canada to cover his flight.Air Canada tweeted today to congratulate C.J. Poirier, saying the airline will fly Poirier to Newfoundland next Monday, to meet his Corner Brook girlfriend, Becca Warren.Last week, Poirier tweeted to ask Air Canada how many retweets he would need for a free flight. Air Canada responded with 530,000 — the number of people in Newfoundland and Labrador...."
May 11, 2018, 6:39 pm
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Source: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana...-newfoundland/
"Love will be in the air next week, when a young man from Michigan flies to meet his Newfoundland girlfriend after a successful Twitter campaign to get Air Canada to cover his flight.Air Canada tweeted today to congratulate C.J. Poirier, saying the airline will fly Poirier to Newfoundland next Monday, to meet his Corner Brook girlfriend, Becca Warren.Last week, Poirier tweeted to ask Air Canada how many retweets he would need for a free flight. Air Canada responded with 530,000 — the number of people in Newfoundland and Labrador...."
"Love will be in the air next week, when a young man from Michigan flies to meet his Newfoundland girlfriend after a successful Twitter campaign to get Air Canada to cover his flight.Air Canada tweeted today to congratulate C.J. Poirier, saying the airline will fly Poirier to Newfoundland next Monday, to meet his Corner Brook girlfriend, Becca Warren.Last week, Poirier tweeted to ask Air Canada how many retweets he would need for a free flight. Air Canada responded with 530,000 — the number of people in Newfoundland and Labrador...."
May 11, 2018, 7:52 pm
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Lets hope it doesn’t hit IRROPs!</div>
May 11, 2018, 8:47 pm
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To be honest, I thought that campaign was one of the more foolish things I’ve seen. Shortly after I saw his early appeals on Twitter (it had fewer than 500 retweets at the time), I did a deep dive into his social media profiles. It became apparent to me very quickly that the young man doesn’t have much restraint over his spending habits.
In one picture he appeared to be wearing some sort of Pokémon onesie... His hair colour and style changed several times this calendar year alone... And he spends an awful lot of time talking about video games and seems to own some fancy equipment/accessories to support the playing of said games.
All in all, it looked like he has made a series of less-than-wise decisions in several different respects. It really seems like he’s living in some sort of fantasy world where he thinks his troubles can just be magically fixed.
After my deep dive into his social media, I feel the best thing this young man could receive would be advice from a financial professional. That would be far better for him than any free trip to YDF ever could be. After all, if you give a man a fish...
In one picture he appeared to be wearing some sort of Pokémon onesie... His hair colour and style changed several times this calendar year alone... And he spends an awful lot of time talking about video games and seems to own some fancy equipment/accessories to support the playing of said games.
All in all, it looked like he has made a series of less-than-wise decisions in several different respects. It really seems like he’s living in some sort of fantasy world where he thinks his troubles can just be magically fixed.
After my deep dive into his social media, I feel the best thing this young man could receive would be advice from a financial professional. That would be far better for him than any free trip to YDF ever could be. After all, if you give a man a fish...
May 11, 2018, 8:48 pm
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May 11, 2018, 9:02 pm
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May 11, 2018, 9:30 pm
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This says that he has never even met the "girlfriend." Maybe she's an internet scam or catfish.
Also, a 19 year old school dropout with no real job crossing a border to hook up with a girlfriend could raise red flags at immigration, even if he doesn't have a DWI. If he were trying to enter the USA under these circumstances, it's not obvious that he would be admitted. We can only assume that he'll tell the truth about going to the "girlfriend," which would be difficult to avoid now given the publicity he's getting.
BTW, the article keeps talking about paying for "his flight." I hope they mean plural rather than singular as a one way ticket would be even more problematic. OTOH, maybe Canada can keep him and the newly acquainted couple can live happily ever after north of the border.
Also, a 19 year old school dropout with no real job crossing a border to hook up with a girlfriend could raise red flags at immigration, even if he doesn't have a DWI. If he were trying to enter the USA under these circumstances, it's not obvious that he would be admitted. We can only assume that he'll tell the truth about going to the "girlfriend," which would be difficult to avoid now given the publicity he's getting.
BTW, the article keeps talking about paying for "his flight." I hope they mean plural rather than singular as a one way ticket would be even more problematic. OTOH, maybe Canada can keep him and the newly acquainted couple can live happily ever after north of the border.
May 11, 2018, 9:38 pm
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May 11, 2018, 10:00 pm
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To be honest, I thought that campaign was one of the more foolish things I’ve seen. Shortly after I saw his early appeals on Twitter (it had fewer than 500 retweets at the time), I did a deep dive into his social media profiles. It became apparent to me very quickly that the young man doesn’t have much restraint over his spending habits.
In one picture he appeared to be wearing some sort of Pokémon onesie... His hair colour and style changed several times this calendar year alone... And he spends an awful lot of time talking about video games and seems to own some fancy equipment/accessories to support the playing of said games.
All in all, it looked like he has made a series of less-than-wise decisions in several different respects. It really seems like he’s living in some sort of fantasy world where he thinks his troubles can just be magically fixed.
After my deep dive into his social media, I feel the best thing this young man could receive would be advice from a financial professional. That would be far better for him than any free trip to YDF ever could be. After all, if you give a man a fish...
In one picture he appeared to be wearing some sort of Pokémon onesie... His hair colour and style changed several times this calendar year alone... And he spends an awful lot of time talking about video games and seems to own some fancy equipment/accessories to support the playing of said games.
All in all, it looked like he has made a series of less-than-wise decisions in several different respects. It really seems like he’s living in some sort of fantasy world where he thinks his troubles can just be magically fixed.
After my deep dive into his social media, I feel the best thing this young man could receive would be advice from a financial professional. That would be far better for him than any free trip to YDF ever could be. After all, if you give a man a fish...
May 11, 2018, 10:40 pm
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May 12, 2018, 5:28 am
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May 12, 2018, 6:57 am
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To be honest, I thought that campaign was one of the more foolish things I’ve seen. Shortly after I saw his early appeals on Twitter...I did a deep dive into his social media profiles.
After my deep dive into his social media, I feel the best thing this young man could receive would be...
After my deep dive into his social media, I feel the best thing this young man could receive would be...
My guess is that this man's successful Twitter campaign is more enthusiastically panned by those who didn't think of it first.