Shaking our heads, Amtrak.
On Wednesday, Amtrak gave the Twitterverse the best gift they ever could have received — a WAY overdue tweet to a woman who was once trapped in an elevator.
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In the hilarious exchange, the transportation service reached out to Amanda Carpenter SEVEN MONTHS after her scary and frustrating ordeal back in February. Ms. Carpenter, who had obviously escaped the elevator by that point, responded with a kind yet confused message.
Take a look at the ridiculous convo (below)!
Guys. I’m trapped in an amtrak elevator at Bwi airport. Help?
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) February 14, 2016
@amandacarpenter We are sorry to hear that. Are you still in the elevator?
— Amtrak (@Amtrak) September 7, 2016
Oh, my thank you for this but I was trapped months ago. Like last February. Thanks for checking…? Ha. https://t.co/dWt8C4mcan
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) September 7, 2016
Ha! Our thoughts and prayers go out to the staffer who made that embarrassing gaffe!
To make matters even more ridiculous, Amanda happens to be Ted Cruz‘s former COMMUNICATIONS director.
Unfortunately for Amtrak, the Internet wasn’t as understanding as the political commentator… check out the best reactions (below)!
@amandacarpenter @Amtrak …so you’re NOT still in the elevator 200+ days later?
— Leah E. Friedman (@televisionarie) September 7, 2016
@Amtrak @amandacarpenter pic.twitter.com/h5SZ3rSKrT
— rach (@RachaelHoops) September 7, 2016
@Amtrak Yisssss, yissss, i’m still in the elevator! @amandacarpenter pic.twitter.com/pGwpE35cuj
— 🐕 (@Dogbroccoli) September 8, 2016
@Amtrak @amandacarpenter pic.twitter.com/5ahPI5QEjz
— Chris McKee (@chrismckee) September 8, 2016
@Amtrak @amandacarpenter Amanda when you finally rescued her from elevator AND gave her a ticket pic.twitter.com/DNbCEDc0LP
— Stephen Savage (@ImALegendKiller) September 8, 2016
Dayum…. Amtrak must really be feeling the burn right now!
As for the company’s excuse for the hysterical error, they claimed someone had just retweeted Amanda’s original plea:
@amandacarpenter Someone just re-tweeted it. Wanted to make sure. Glad you’re out 🙂
— Amtrak (@Amtrak) September 7, 2016
Amtrak also went on to offer Carpenter a free trip after describing the incident as “not our finest hour”.
Yeah… we would have to agree.
[Image via Instagram/Twitter.]
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