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What's the stupidest, least substantive thing you can complain about?

Thread founder Blumie had the following dedicatory post to kick off the original thread in June of 2010 to guide us, so we will take our cues from that to continue this hallowed FT-AA|A tradition. (FT Rules still apply.)

Originally Posted by Blumie
What's FT if not a place to complain about the small stuff? After all, we've seen threads in which people have complained about virtually everything, from the ceiling height at JAX to the font, ink and paper used to print boarding passes. So I thought I'd start what I hope will become the one of the most valuable and important threads in the history of FT, one in which we consolidate all of our complaints about stuff that just doesn't matter and that validates AA's decision not to have an official presence on this board.

I'll go first: I find it really annoying the way the napkins are fanned before being put out at the Admirals Clubs. Is this supposed to make us feel like the place is uber-fancy? Why don't they just forget about the fanning and put out some real napkins instead of the flimsy cocktail napkins they use?
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What's the stupidest, least substantive thing you can complain about?

Old Jan 3, 2014, 2:23 pm
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And still waiting..

It's already January 3rd and still no Double EQM offer announced!

Happy New Year Ya'll!
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Old Jan 3, 2014, 11:54 pm
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My LAX-JFK upgrade cleared at 99 hours and 58 minutes, not 100 hours. 2 minutes of pointlessly refreshing the app.
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Old Jan 7, 2014, 12:51 pm
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I just looked at my aa.com for my upcoming flight to MXP and the dates are in French!!!

vendredi XXX janvier 2014 – lundi XXX janvier 2014

Not even Italian!
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Old Jan 7, 2014, 12:52 pm
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dupe!

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Old Jan 7, 2014, 7:17 pm
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Originally Posted by ckendall
I just looked at my aa.com for my upcoming flight to MXP and the dates are in French!!!

vendredi XXX janvier 2014 lundi XXX janvier 2014

Not even Italian!
Sacrebleu!
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Old Jan 8, 2014, 1:47 am
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What's the stupidest, least substantive thing you can complain about?

I'm complaining that I have nothing to complain about.

Also that my preferred flight is already F6 so I had to book an earlier one for easy free upgrade.

Crap I just negated my first complaint!
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Old Jan 8, 2014, 11:46 am
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I can never find the MCE seat shown in this picture!

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Old Jan 8, 2014, 11:47 am
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AA was announcing a delay to this flight when the board showed this instead. Unacceptable!

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Old Jan 8, 2014, 12:19 pm
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What's the stupidest, least substantive thing you can complain about?

AA customer service is overwhelmed and taking a long time to respond to my email!
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Old Jan 8, 2014, 1:50 pm
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AA was announcing a delay to this flight when the board showed this instead. Unacceptable!

Just so long as it's not 9:25pm the next day
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Old Jan 15, 2014, 9:03 pm
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Really?

Really, this much space in the new 321T F?? I believe this is false advertising!!

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Old Jan 16, 2014, 3:11 am
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What's the stupidest, least substantive thing you can complain about?

I think American Airlines' new livery would look a whole lot better if the new gray paint for the fuselage was a few shades lighter in color.

Right now the shade of gray they use is too dull and bland.
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Old Jan 16, 2014, 4:08 am
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Originally Posted by teemuflyer
Really, this much space in the new 321T F?? I believe this is false advertising!!
Yes, it is trrue

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Old Jan 17, 2014, 4:54 pm
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Yes, it is trrue
Really? I count 8 windows behind him. Are there two seats behind him? Does he really get 5 windows all to himself?
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Old Jan 17, 2014, 5:14 pm
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Originally Posted by skylady
Yes, it is trrue
I don't like that fact that this dude is betting looking than any of us here at FT and just made his first $50 million developing some BS app or got an Indie film made that be nominated for an Oscar.
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