DYKWIA - The 2014 thread
Jan 25, 2014, 9:36 am
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As for myself the only marginal DYKWIA incident I have seen was a chap with his wife and three kids berating the manager of the international lounge @ T1 because she wouldn't let everyone in (I guess they were in Y). In fact lounge access seems to generally bring out the worst in people who seem to get upset when they can't talk their way in. I saw someone having a go at the staff once because they wouldn't be let into GC @ T5 with their priority pass!
Jan 25, 2014, 9:38 am
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Jan 25, 2014, 9:44 am
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DYKWIA - The 2014 thread
Loving this thread. Id love to be in a situation like these 
Jan 25, 2014, 9:56 am
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A queue is not a bus where the young are supposed to give their seat to elderly people, which I always pleasantly do, if you think you can pass ahead of me only because you're older than me I hope we'll never be on the same plane.
Jan 25, 2014, 10:13 am
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In the checkin queue at Dulles two years ago with a couple of hundred in the WT lines, half a dozen in CW and 3 of us in the F line. The WT desks opened first and started calling pax forward and this caused a 30 odd year old American who appeared to be travelling with his parents in the CW line to go bananas, bawling at the staff "BUSINESS CLASS HERE!!".
As our desks were just setting up the lady nodded to us to come forward only to be overtaken by Mr "BUSINESS CLASS HERE". He and his rather embarrassed looking parents were sent back and told "this is First Class, Club World will open shortly."
If I'd behaved like that in front of my old man he's have clouted me round the ear!
JAT
As our desks were just setting up the lady nodded to us to come forward only to be overtaken by Mr "BUSINESS CLASS HERE". He and his rather embarrassed looking parents were sent back and told "this is First Class, Club World will open shortly."
If I'd behaved like that in front of my old man he's have clouted me round the ear!
JAT
Jan 25, 2014, 10:20 am
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Chilled on a BA plane? I thought common consent was the cabin's about 5C too warm
Jan 25, 2014, 10:23 am
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As one who is immanently due to fall from grace into the land of bronze due to lack of flying, I can assure you that I will not be trying to call out anybody but will leave that to the staff overseeing the queues. The people mentioned do not behave the way they do because they hold a bronze card, it is because they are the type of people who cannot mind their own business.
Jan 25, 2014, 10:30 am
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Not too sure why a person would show respect to somebody simply because they have managed to live 20 years more than themselves, but always fun to see the strange beliefs that exist worldwide.
Jan 25, 2014, 10:33 am
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Not really a DYKWIA based on status, but coming back from LAS in F, I was amused by the wife of a famous actor. I followed him, his mrs and his son down the front jetway to the F cabin, casually remarking that I was glad he saw the turn to F. He nodded his acknowledment of my thanks, where she looked at me like I should be in the hold.
We got into the cabin, and she proceeded to sit their son in my dad's seat (my folks missed the jetway and had gone to the second one for the other pax. When my folks got there and viewed the scene, two words came from my dad: 'oi, out!' at which point she said the immortal words 'Do you know who I am?', to which the reply was 'I don't care if you are the Queen of ******* Sheba, he's moving out of my seat!' Kid moved, all was well for two minutes when she tried to cram him in in her seat with her, which the FAs sorted out superbly.
Said Actor was a joy to fly with (was asleep for the vast majority of the flight), and very nice to the other pax on arrival, as was his son. Good little lad actually, very well behaved when not sitting in the wrong seat at the orders of his mother. Though I don't know how this man puts up with his missus!
We got into the cabin, and she proceeded to sit their son in my dad's seat (my folks missed the jetway and had gone to the second one for the other pax. When my folks got there and viewed the scene, two words came from my dad: 'oi, out!' at which point she said the immortal words 'Do you know who I am?', to which the reply was 'I don't care if you are the Queen of ******* Sheba, he's moving out of my seat!' Kid moved, all was well for two minutes when she tried to cram him in in her seat with her, which the FAs sorted out superbly.
Said Actor was a joy to fly with (was asleep for the vast majority of the flight), and very nice to the other pax on arrival, as was his son. Good little lad actually, very well behaved when not sitting in the wrong seat at the orders of his mother. Though I don't know how this man puts up with his missus!
Jan 25, 2014, 10:37 am
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To be fair to some of the passengers being ridiculed in this thread, it is often very difficult to work out which people are actually in the fast track queue and which are just generally milling around waiting. I could well have queue jumped some people at time because I didn't realize they were part of the fast track queue.
Jan 25, 2014, 10:37 am
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So it appears that the pattern for posts on this thread is:
- mention DYKWIA situation. Proceed to say how that person is horrible, arrogant, etc.
- preferably, specify some sort of direct comment from DYKWIA towards poster
- mention how poster didn't react or otherwise say anything
- show how much more important poster is, by mentioning that a member of crew or staff pointed out how important poster is. Poster is so DYKWIA that he doesn't even have to be a DYKWIA - staff member will do that on poster's behalf
- rejoice on DYKWIA reaction.
Some people should get a life.
- mention DYKWIA situation. Proceed to say how that person is horrible, arrogant, etc.
- preferably, specify some sort of direct comment from DYKWIA towards poster
- mention how poster didn't react or otherwise say anything
- show how much more important poster is, by mentioning that a member of crew or staff pointed out how important poster is. Poster is so DYKWIA that he doesn't even have to be a DYKWIA - staff member will do that on poster's behalf
- rejoice on DYKWIA reaction.
Some people should get a life.
Jan 25, 2014, 10:42 am
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This is such a demonstrative DYKWIA v. passive aggressive DYKWIA thread!
Jan 25, 2014, 10:44 am
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So it appears that the pattern for posts on this thread is:
- mention DYKWIA situation. Proceed to say how that person is horrible, arrogant, etc.
- preferably, specify some sort of direct comment from DYKWIA towards poster
- mention how poster didn't react or otherwise say anything
- show how much more important poster is, by mentioning that a member of crew or staff pointed out how important poster is. Poster is so DYKWIA that he doesn't even have to be a DYKWIA - staff member will do that on poster's behalf
- rejoice on DYKWIA reaction.
Some people should get a life.
- mention DYKWIA situation. Proceed to say how that person is horrible, arrogant, etc.
- preferably, specify some sort of direct comment from DYKWIA towards poster
- mention how poster didn't react or otherwise say anything
- show how much more important poster is, by mentioning that a member of crew or staff pointed out how important poster is. Poster is so DYKWIA that he doesn't even have to be a DYKWIA - staff member will do that on poster's behalf
- rejoice on DYKWIA reaction.
Some people should get a life.
Jan 25, 2014, 10:53 am
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Jan 25, 2014, 11:03 am
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