--- title: TGI Fridays Mistletoe Drone Cut Off Part of Someone's Nose description: Just the tip canonical: https://time.com/3624191/tgi-fridays-seasonal-mistletoe-drone-literally-cut-off-part-of-someones-nose/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-08T21:27:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:15:06.884Z og:title: TGI Friday Mistletoe Drone Lacking Holiday Cheer Literally Cut Off Part of Someone's Nose og:description: Just the tip og:url: https://time.com/3624191/tgi-fridays-seasonal-mistletoe-drone-literally-cut-off-part-of-someones-nose/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte73924cd8a2c35b9/69876d818e06013cba459175/drone-tgi-friday.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: drone-tgi-friday og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: TGI Friday Mistletoe Drone Lacking Holiday Cheer Literally Cut Off Part of Someone's Nose twitter:description: Just the tip twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte73924cd8a2c35b9/69876d818e06013cba459175/drone-tgi-friday.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # TGI Fridays' Seasonal Mistletoe Drone Literally Cut Off Part of Someone's Nose by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Dec 8, 2014 9:27 PM UTC  by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Dec 8, 2014 9:27 PM UTC For those who don’t relish the thought of being forced to make out with a table mate over a plate of garlic parmesan buffalo wings, TGI Friday’s “mistletoe drone” promotion was conceptually flawed from the get-go. How could we have known, though, that the real reason why mistletoe drones shouldn’t exist is because they will _literally cut the tip of your nose off_. _Brooklyn Daily_ photographer Georgine Benvenuto’s face was on the receiving end of a grinch-like “Mobile Mistletoe” drone when its spinning blades “literally chipped off a tip of my nose,” [she told the publication](http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2014/50/bn-drone-disaster-at-tgifridays-2014-12-12-bk%5F2014%5F50.html), apparently while triaging her bleeding nose. “It took off part of my nose and cut me here, right under my chin.” According to _Brooklyn Daily:_ --- > “” --- The operator was unconcerned, telling _Brooklyn Daily_, “If people get hurt, they’re going to come regardless. People get hurt in airplanes, they still fly.” Just remember that ethos next time you are taking a [dronie or getting drone bottle service at the club. ](http://time.com/2981749/8-of-the-weirdest-ways-people-are-using-drones/) TGI Fridays told TIME in a statement, “This was an isolated event during a demonstration for the reporter and photographer only, given by the licensed operator of the drone during the last day of this particular promotion. Of course, safety is our first priority and we are sorry that this isolated incident occurred.” \[[_Brooklyn Daily_](http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2014/50/bn-drone-disaster-at-tgifridays-2014-12-12-bk%5F2014%5F50.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3624191/tgi-fridays-seasonal-mistletoe-drone-literally-cut-off-part-of-someones-nose/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3624191/tgi-fridays-seasonal-mistletoe-drone-literally-cut-off-part-of-someones-nose/"},"headline":"TGI Fridays' Seasonal Mistletoe Drone Literally Cut Off Part of Someone's Nose","datePublished":"2014-12-08T21:27:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:06.884Z","description":"Just the tip","url":"https://time.com/3624191/tgi-fridays-seasonal-mistletoe-drone-literally-cut-off-part-of-someones-nose/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","Technology","viral","Bizarre","Business topic","Drone"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte73924cd8a2c35b9/69876d818e06013cba459175/drone-tgi-friday.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte73924cd8a2c35b9/69876d818e06013cba459175/drone-tgi-friday.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"drone-tgi-friday","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3624191/tgi-fridays-seasonal-mistletoe-drone-literally-cut-off-part-of-someones-nose/","name":"TGI Fridays' Seasonal Mistletoe Drone Literally Cut Off Part of Someone's Nose"}}]}] ```