Originally Posted by
Supersonic Swinger
I think the OP's major complaint was that they didn't bend the rules for him, I'm not sure how else they could have communicated it to him and made him happy.
It might help to reread OP's post as it contains the answer to your question - the staff could just have simply been polite!
I know, rules are rules and all that, but if the conversation went somthing like:
I'm sorry sir, only one guest can be admitted with Delta club membership
Instead of like this, I wouldn't have been so mad:
How many are you!
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