A teen’s very sincere request got hilariously off track.
On Tuesday, a 15-year-old named Eddie did a work placement with Southern Rail UK in order to get a sense of what it was like to work for its social media team.
Hi, Eddie here! Here on Work Experience and ready to answer your questions! 😊
— Southern (@SouthernRailUK) July 11, 2017
And well, things got really silly, really quickly.
100 duck-sized horses. A horse-sized duck would be pretty scary! You? ^Eddie
— Southern (@SouthernRailUK) July 11, 2017
It has to be the chicken fajitas 😉 ^Eddie
— Southern (@SouthernRailUK) July 11, 2017
Hi Eddie can you drive a train ?
— Peter Wilson (@rsolondon) July 11, 2017
And users did not run out of steam.
Hi, it has to be a war monger. The fish monger at my nearest ASDA is amazing. ^Eddie
— Southern (@SouthernRailUK) July 11, 2017
Hi, I don't think so but you never know there could be a girl that can. ^Eddie
— Southern (@SouthernRailUK) July 11, 2017
Hi, for an unladen swallow, it is 50-65mph.. #google ^Eddie
— Southern (@SouthernRailUK) July 11, 2017
Rollerblades for feet, I feel like I would get used to them pretty quickly and be able to get places quicker! You? ^Eddie
— Southern (@SouthernRailUK) July 11, 2017
I don't think so, the guy is a legend. ^Eddie
— Southern (@SouthernRailUK) July 11, 2017
Although Eddie’s social media stint seems like a disaster, it doesn’t appear that Southern Rail UK considers it a complete failure.
In fact, on Wednesday, the railway invited him to take over their Twitter account again, using the hashtag #AskEddie.
Guess who's back?! #AskEddie pic.twitter.com/sbbxgBAyU2
— Southern (@SouthernRailUK) July 12, 2017
And, just like the previous day, Eddie received equally ridiculous but funny questions:
Ketchup. But of course, it has to be @HeinzKetchup_US . ^Eddie
— Southern (@SouthernRailUK) July 12, 2017
I don't know. There may be more to this story than we know.. ^Eddie
— Southern (@SouthernRailUK) July 12, 2017
Steven Stephenson from Stevenage. I hear it's nice this time of year. ^Eddie
— Southern (@SouthernRailUK) July 12, 2017
“I was just being me,” Eddie told BBC Radio 1 of his Twitter posts, adding: “I just tried to be myself and everything just turned out as it has.”
#AskEddie4eva!
That's it for #AskEddie. Thanks for all the questions, sorry I couldn't answer everyone ^Eddie pic.twitter.com/PAAlTKHu5I
— Southern (@SouthernRailUK) July 12, 2017
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