15 WTF Corporate Tweets That Definitely Got Someone Fired

15. SpaghettiOs Commemorates Pearl Harbor Anniversary With Goofy Image

For whatever reason, brands on Twitter are constantly trying to make solemn occasions about them, and SpaghettiOs decided that the anniversary of a deadly military attack was a perfect time to remind people to buy canned pasta.

On December 7, 2013, the official SpaghettiOs account tweeted, "Take a moment to remember #PearlHarbor with us." The text itself isn't bad, but accompanying it is this ridiculous image of a SpaghettiO holding an American flag while smiling and licking its lips.

Sure, why not slap a wacky cartoon mascot onto a tweet commemorating the death of 2,500 people? That would be like Six Flags honoring the anniversary of 9/11 by having Mr. Six dance at ground zero.

Naturally, just about everyone who saw the tweet was outraged, baffled, or both, and it got thousands upon thousands of retweets for all the wrong reasons. SpaghettiOs deleted the tweet and apologized, writing, "We meant to pay respect, not to offend." Who could have guessed customers wouldn't see this picture of a piece of spaghetti as a sincere tribute?