MelissaA
Brenton
Shilpa Karhik
One Cranky Airline Passenger
July 21st 2007 09:38
Apologies all for the blog hold up - we missed our flight connections the other day and have been sleeping in airports trying to get on standby for flights. So things hopefully will be back on track a little more now that we've finally made it home, although don't expect me to make much sense at the moment with all the jet-lag, not that I ever do much anyway. 
Here's a little tidbit I came across a long time ago that I thought was kind of relevant for the situation, considering come of the behaviours we witnessed while attempting to get new flights booked.
During the final days at Denver's old Stapleton airport, a crowded United fight was cancelled. A single agent was re-booking a long line of inconvenienced travellers. Suddenly, and angry passenger pushed his way to the desk. He slapped his ticket down on the counter and said, " I HAVE to be on this flight and it has to be FIRST CLASS!"
The agent replied, " I'm sorry sir, I'll be happy to try to help you, but I've got to help these folks first, and I'm sure we'll be able to work something out."
The passenger was unimpressed. He asked loudly, so that the passengers behind him could hear. "Do you have any idea who I am?"
Without hesitating, the gate agent smiled and grabbed her public address microphone. " May I have your attention please?" she began, her voice bellowing through the terminal. " We have a passenger here at the gate WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. If anyone can help him find his identity, please come to gate 17."
With the folks behind him laughing in line hysterically, the man glare at the United agent, gritted his teeth and swore "F--- you." Without flinching, she smiled and said, " I'm sorry sir, but you will have to stand in line for that too."
Here's a little tidbit I came across a long time ago that I thought was kind of relevant for the situation, considering come of the behaviours we witnessed while attempting to get new flights booked.
The agent replied, " I'm sorry sir, I'll be happy to try to help you, but I've got to help these folks first, and I'm sure we'll be able to work something out."
The passenger was unimpressed. He asked loudly, so that the passengers behind him could hear. "Do you have any idea who I am?"
Without hesitating, the gate agent smiled and grabbed her public address microphone. " May I have your attention please?" she began, her voice bellowing through the terminal. " We have a passenger here at the gate WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. If anyone can help him find his identity, please come to gate 17."
With the folks behind him laughing in line hysterically, the man glare at the United agent, gritted his teeth and swore "F--- you." Without flinching, she smiled and said, " I'm sorry sir, but you will have to stand in line for that too."
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Thanks,
Lori
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damn digg... such stories should be dugg and not on front page..
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read the damn story, he's not trying to pass it off as something that happened to him, he said its a tidbit that is relevant.
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Story has been dugg: Really Long Link
Doesn't it feel good to be running a high traffic blog?
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And that verifies this information as fact how?
You have some really low standards for truth, fellow fucking retard.
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Video Gamer Kids
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Comment by Anonymous
I think, with all the leeway airline workers have been getting since 9/11, the service has gone down into trash.
As an international customer with brown skin, I have always been ill-treated, till they find me sitting in the biz or the first class.
At one instance, United put me on a different flight to Chicago because they were over booked but did not inform me about it till 3 hours later. Then they made me pay for it.
Then at another instance I had computer and communication equipment worth USD 3 million checked in that was misplaced. My team was headed to a trade show in Las Vegas! Those airline idiots thought we boys out there were heading out for fun!
And then, once when I raised my voice against all this injustice and "racism" I was told that they would call some task force and have me arrested as a terrorist! WTF? Thankfully I know enough people at the dept of homeland security to prove my credentials. I also promised that airline staff that I would have her fired, which I did!
I have since given up flying on United, American, Delta and most others. I now prefer to drive in stead of going through the hassles of a racist airline staff.
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But to quote what is said right before the "tidbit":
"Here's a little tidbit I came across a long time ago that I thought was kind of relevant for the situation, considering come of the behaviours we witnessed while attempting to get new flights booked."
Comment by Umoms
I am extremely tempted to link this story on my blog www.comnetslash.com
Unfortunately it's not friday (the day we allow one funny). I shall bookmark it and be back for the forthcoming Fri.
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Bloody hell ... what's going on here?
Some of your anon commenters need to grow a funny bone.
Mel ... what a great post. I would love to be sitting in a boring airport and have that blare out over the loud speaker.
Priceless. Some people don't get the idea of humour, do they.
A. xx
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Ah well, back to the other websites - have fun playing on the internet kids.
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Really Long Link
Unless i've read it incorrectly (don't know if google is going to care anyway).
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I remember a similar situation happened to me at O'Hare International and they had at least two people sorting everything out for everyone. Maybe a half hour to 45 minutes and we were boarding.
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I remember a similar situation happened to me at O'Hare International and they had at least two people sorting everything out for everyone. Maybe a half hour to 45 minutes and we were boarding.
Comment by Anonymous
Yes hats off to the advert agency that thought this little diddy up, for whatever product they were selling.
It's funny! Read it....Laugh....move on!!!
Thanks for the smile to start my day!
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It's called an anecdote, people... geez....
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Cheers
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Geeze i have never seen so many people without a sense of humor *shakes head* such a shame.
Kepp up the good work it helps me through the day.
Shanny
Ps i dont care where it comes from and i have heard it before AND I STILL DONT CARE i still think its funny
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Classic, just classic... *slapping my knee*
Rofl-ing
Why is that watching deserving arseholes, get pout down properly, is just so ....um... absolutely brilliant!
What a classic!
Glad you got home okay?
Lilla ...
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Comment by MelissaA
Fun Facts
As most have you have realised it's just a bit of humour! It was never intended as actual fact!
But as I had just returned to Sydney wearing the same exact clothes for 4 days AND nights, unwashed, sleep deprived and frustrated from some extremely poor airline service, I posted this little humourous tidbit for 4 reasons.
1. It was related to my current circumstances.
2. I was so jet lagged out of my brain I needed something I could cut and paste from my files.
3. I had a disclaimer as the intelligent readers have noticed.
And last but not least 4 - IT WAS FUNNY - true or not!
But I will add one little extra bit of truth to it for some of those who still want actual truth and fact.....
Many years ago when I used to work for QANTAS, one of our staff took the joke from this and used it against an almost identical irate passenger who was actually a professional tennis player - it was witnessed by many there at the time, so even though it's origins might be based in urban legend etc, there's no reason to suspect that people haven't actually applied it to their own realities.
I myself have used certain lines from jokes such as this in reply to people - usually when dealing with these sorts of idiots it stops them and puts them in their place.
So I can honestly guarantee you that somewhere, someone in this world has gone through this scenario.
Hopefully that satisfies everybody for the night!
Thanks for stopping by.