What do you do when your network goes down mid-call, mid-meeting, or mid-scroll? For Airtel users on Monday, the answer was simple: go online to joke about it.
A large-scale outage disrupted services for thousands across India, prompting a flood of complaints online. However, soon the tone shifted, with users competing to post the funniest reactions.
From comparing Airtel to ghosting exes to pretending they live in a forest, users turned X into a comedy stage. The telecom operator restored service by evening, but not before it became the butt of the nation’s jokes.