Nothing beats a good brand Twitter battle. That’s what my grandfather used to say. That or shooting a gun while riding a horse and chugging a cold beer. I can’t remember which one. But nonetheless, I can’t wait to sit down with my bastard grandchildren and talk to them about the good old days, when nerds masquerading as big brands would throw digital arrows at each other. God, it’s tough to imagine a generation softer than mine.
Nonetheless, time for the weigh-in.
Wendy’s
Established: 1969 (nice)
Stores: 6,500 worldwide
Twitter Followers: 2.2 million
Known for: Dipping french fries into frostys when you’re so high you can’t feel your face
Burger King
Established: 1953
Stores: 15,000+ worldwide
Twitter Followers: 1.59 million
Known for: The Whopper and that mascot who, at the time of me writing this, probably is having sexual misconduct allegations made against him.
Anyway, a Twitter user named Gina instigated a beef between the two fast-food giants with the below tweet:
https://twitter.com/Golden_Armonia/status/943249546947256320
Burger King, happy to be chosen over its competitor, responded with 10 minutes.
treat her like the princess she deserves to be.
— Burger King (@BurgerKing) December 19, 2017
Wendy’s, which has historically been a master troll on Twitter, came back swinging.
If you’re looking for a princess, you might want to let it go. Not interested in the frozen beef kingdom https://t.co/4VMYRuL2oc
— Wendy’s (@Wendys) December 20, 2017
The comments on the tweet went ablaze.
Boomshakalaka
— Wendy’s (@Wendys) December 20, 2017
Wendy’s with the NBA Jam reference?! Give this social media employee a raise.
OH WENDY AIN’T FINISHED.
Pictured here:
Burger King pic.twitter.com/MGvqpnHQtJ— Jay Hendo Huber (@jhendoh) December 20, 2017
Missing the paper crown
— Wendy’s (@Wendys) December 20, 2017
Wendy’s savagery of Burger King still takes third place to that time McDonald’s muffed a tweet.
Black Friday **** Need copy and link****
— McDonald's Corporation (@McDonaldsCorp) November 24, 2017
When the tweets are as broken as the ice cream machine. https://t.co/esdndK1iFm
— Wendy’s (@Wendys) November 24, 2017
And we can’t forget about the time they burned Hardee’s to the ground, which resulted in Hardee’s blocking Wendy.
Any idea who runs the @Wendys Twitter account? These responses are amazing: pic.twitter.com/KcozZZjurN
— Sean Ludwig (@seanludwig) April 12, 2017
Moral of the story: If you come at the king, you best not miss.
[h/t Some eCards]