Originally Posted by salesflyerguy

Yeah, but he wasn't right. He threw a fit because they let him board with it in prior flights but not that flight. It clearly didn't fit so he slammed it into the bin and tried to force it into the bin but was ultimately unsuccessful. This wasn't a case of him reasonably showing the gate agent that it would in fact fit. This was a case of self-entitlement meeting a boundary. So, to punish her he held the line up for several minutes to argue. The gate agent was professional, he was not. Some people need to get over themselves. I think I see the error in my original post, I said he put it in the bin to prove it would fit. My wording was not right, it should say, "in an attempt to prove that he was right he put it in the bin but the bag would still not fit." That's entirely my fault for causing that confusion.

You're right, everyone knows baggage workers don't care about luggage. So why buy very expensive bags that you expect to be damaged? When you paint your house do you wear your Louis Vuitton? No, absolutely not because you expect some sort of wear and tear.