Bring back prayer cards in first!
Aug 18, 2022, 8:03 pm
#1
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Bring back prayer cards in first!
Aug 18, 2022, 8:11 pm
#2
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Can you summarize what this is about, for those of us who don’t partake in Instagram or similar?
Aug 18, 2022, 8:18 pm
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seems Alaska airlines used to hand out prayer cards on meal trays. Stopped in 2012. Some people miss them and want them back
https://www.foxnews.com/us/alaska-ai...complaints.amp
apologies for a Fox News link but the text is identical for all sources and this is the only one with a picture
Aug 18, 2022, 8:47 pm
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Aug 18, 2022, 8:49 pm
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yeah the IG account has the speaker distorted so looks like a talking egg with chipmunk voice. I took one for the team here
Aug 18, 2022, 8:52 pm
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Well, the Internet has definitely been used in worse ways, but thank you for checking it AND for the confirmation that there's still no need for me to have an Instagram account.
Aug 18, 2022, 11:08 pm
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Aug 19, 2022, 1:39 am
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So glad those things went away.
Last edited by dayone; Aug 19, 2022 at 9:37 am Reason: Redact an OMNI comment.
Aug 19, 2022, 5:39 am
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I still remember the small packs of cigarettes on each meal tray.....
Aug 19, 2022, 7:43 am
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Please no. I don't understand why religious folks can't just keep it to themselves.
Aug 19, 2022, 9:23 am
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Regardless of my personal feeling (strongly opposed) this just doesn’t make sense from a business standpoint. There may be some folks who would appreciate it and switch business to AS but, especially in Seattle, that’s going to be far outnumbered by those who prefer to not have religion intrude on their daily lives and would find an alternative airline.
Aug 19, 2022, 9:33 am
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Guys, let's please refrain from using pejoritives like "cult" and the like for religions.
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Aug 19, 2022, 9:45 am
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While I agree I would rather not see a prayer card on my tray and am more likely to be in the offended camp than others, that doesn't mean they couldn't do something similar that isn't religious at all that had a similar effect. Cards with photos of AS destinations w/ some sort of related, maybe even punny positive affirmation or compliment, like what you might find in a fortune cookie would be kind of cute.. but probably would end up just being a waste of paper. Or they could go back to something like the VX amenity kits, but we all saw how profitable that was for them, so imagine we're left with the snack basket (when it shows up)..