Delta had to apologize for controversial "romantic napkins" that it distributed on its flights

Meeting someone on a plane is not improbable, especially on long journeys. But that a love story is born seems something reserved mainly for movies.

Delta Air Lines wanted to promote the emergence of possible romantic relationships in their planes as part of a joint advertising campaign with Coca Cola. For this, he has been distributing since the beginning of the year "romantic napkins" on some of his flights in the United States.

They delivered with drinks and had suggestive messages. "Because you're on a plane full of interesting people, and hey … you never know", they said to the front.

"I know a little old school. Write your phone number and give it to the person you love. You never know … "read on the back.

In addition, they included a space to write the name and another for the phone.

The initiative was celebrated by some pbadengers. "Thanks to Delta and Coca Cola for encouraging people to talk to each other and make new friends or do anything other than look at the phone without thinking about it. But do not you know that it's practically illegal to flirt these days? It's a sad world, but good and not at all scary, "wrote Ashley Bergin on his Twitter account.

The message was an answer to many others who had protested the campaign. "Hey, Delta and Coca Cola, those towels are scary. I am pretty sure that no one has enjoyed unsolicited phone numbers, like in the good old days, and that no one wants the number of someone who has been monitoring him for hours in the past. ;plane. It does not look good, "wrote the user @ducksauz.

Before the controversy that was generated, Delta decided to remove the towels and apologize. "We regularly rotate various Coca products as part of our business alliance, but in this we have lost the brand, we regret it and we have already begun to remove the towels from our aircraft," he said. declared.

In the same sense, Coca is manifested. "We sincerely ask for forgiveness to anyone who could have been offended, "said the company.