20 injured at LG phone giveaway as PR stunt turns into freetard riot
Found on The Register on Tuesday, 13 August 2013
The PR boffins at LG decided it would be a good idea to release 100 helium-filled balloons, each carrying a voucher entitling the recipient to claim their 950,000 won ($852.54) smartphone. It then took to social media to promote the event, inviting people to witness the balloons' release and encouraging them to grab one of the vouchers.
People aren’t stupid. They figured out that the only way to get the voucher was to burst the balloons, and they showed up equipped to do so with BB guns, knives on sticks, and other tools.
Someone clearly did not think this through. Logically, the easiest and quickest way to get a balloon that's floating over your head is to shoot it down. They are lucky though; imagine this would have happened in Texas.