<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Satellite Parking:
she handed me my boarding pass
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I made it to the gate just in time for the final boarding call.
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did I mention that they'd given away my seat assignment?!</font>
Satellite Parking -- If you had your boarding pass and made it to the gate in time for the final boarding call, how did your seat assignment get given away???
BTW, I agree with your arguments, it certainly is a negative reinforcement.