Originally Posted by flysurfer
IME, some people simply don't want to feel indepted.
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So not taking the upgrade (especially as he thinks it's basically a waste on the kids) gives him peace of mind and he can enjoy the vacation without thinking about ways and means to "repay" the OP.
Can't happen to us FTers - we always feel entitled rather than indepted
.
I assume that you're right with your observation and still think that the reaction
of the brother in law was incredibly rude. Given the effort and the luck it takes
to secure such an upgrade.
The only excuse I can think of is that he has not yet been 'sucked into the system'
and does not yet know that sitting in F/C is the meaning of life.
Won't happen to anyone who already got exposed to the addiction.
Originally Posted by letiole
I have a friend who believes so strongly that all people should be equal in every way that he most assuredly would decline an upgrade.
Last survivor of any pre-1989 movement? It is nice to see that people's
credo survives much historical counterevidence.