Originally Posted by
Ghoulish
No one is denying that it ultimately was in the OPs power to avoid this.
However, that doesn't absolve the authorities in whom the power of discretion lies to treat a guest making an honest mistake in the most brutal manner the law allows from criticism. Particularly when considering the totality of the circumstances.
The good doctor was put on a business class flight back to Chicago.
Now, while I do admit to finding Chicago “dragged through the garden” hot dogs and deep dish “pizza” to be abominations the mere thought of which makes me want to retch, it’s not brutality, I reckon.