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Old Nov 19, 2017 | 5:44 pm
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Originally Posted by gcashin

Yeah, the culture among the ground agents seems to be quite pervasive and very unfortunate. A mix of not knowing the rules, assuming the customer is always wrong, passing the buck including outright lies, and hiding behind IT issues with "computer says no." In a lot of cases, I think AC's heavy-handed approach on not giving agents any authority and reinforcing for them to follow what the system tells them enables it.
You also forgot to mention that they like to freely throw "privacy" around like a doggy chew toy.
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