Spirit Airlines had to pull this ad alluding to the recent Secret Service agents and prostitutes scandal.
People found the ad offensive.
And Spirit didn't see that coming?
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Unfortunately, offensive is not necessarily ineffective. Although in this case, it's so ugly and dumb that they should be sued for wasting the client's money.
Posted by: K | 25 April 2012 at 03:02 AM