Whole Foods, you have my sympathies

Today Whole Foods (and a whole bunch of customers) got hosed by the bad guys on Facebook, who used the Whole Foods brand as a front to phish for personal information from unsuspecting customers. I guess it goes to show you, there are a-holes where-ever you go. Some of them are on social media.

I’d be lying if I said didn’t have a flash of “thank God it wasn’t us.” Because no matter what, if you’re working at Whole Foods in social media this would be a sucky time. Whoever those people are, they have my sympathies.

Seeing what can happen should act as a “teachable moment” for brands: let’s learn from this situation and establish our plans early for how to respond if it does.