Met Alaskas #2 most important flyer yesterday
May 9, 2008, 5:46 pm
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Met Alaskas #2 most important flyer yesterday
Flying from Spokane to Portland. Was waiting for boarding on a Horizon RJ and this guy comes walking up weaving his way to the front of everybody else.
He told the two older people who came up in front of him that they should stand to the side becuase the GA would be calling GOLDS and he would be jumping in front of them. The little old lady turned around and showed him her broken arm and said "I thought we could go first" LOL that shut him up for like 2 seconds.
He then goes on to tell the 30 of us standing around him how he is the #2 Flyer for Alaska and how the president called him last week to thank him for his business etc. How he is on a first name basis with the board of directors etc. He says he was only 500 miled behind the person who came in first.
The guy was a loud mouth schmuck. Dress pants with a comapny logoed dress shirt not tucked in looked like a mess.
Funny thing is we were all waiting to board and he leaves his bag 30 feet from the gate goes up to the GA to ask what the delay was. While he was up there she calls for boarding and he gets stuck at the way back of the line. His response to which was a loud "its okay they wouldnt leave without ME!"
He told the two older people who came up in front of him that they should stand to the side becuase the GA would be calling GOLDS and he would be jumping in front of them. The little old lady turned around and showed him her broken arm and said "I thought we could go first" LOL that shut him up for like 2 seconds.
He then goes on to tell the 30 of us standing around him how he is the #2 Flyer for Alaska and how the president called him last week to thank him for his business etc. How he is on a first name basis with the board of directors etc. He says he was only 500 miled behind the person who came in first.
The guy was a loud mouth schmuck. Dress pants with a comapny logoed dress shirt not tucked in looked like a mess.
Funny thing is we were all waiting to board and he leaves his bag 30 feet from the gate goes up to the GA to ask what the delay was. While he was up there she calls for boarding and he gets stuck at the way back of the line. His response to which was a loud "its okay they wouldnt leave without ME!"
May 9, 2008, 7:17 pm
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This sounds similar to someone I expect to see at the SFO Gold lunch next week. I've seen him board planes trying to dump his carry-on on FAs while dropping Bill Ayer's name.
May 9, 2008, 10:34 pm
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I've seen this guy
When the gate attendant starts calling for families and people who need special assistance, this guy moves to the front; I've seen him do it.
He has no small children, he has no handicaps.
But he has attitude, like he's the airline's most important passenger, so he makes his move to the front of everybody.
Times like this makes one hope that gate attendants one day will be equipped with tasers.
He has no small children, he has no handicaps.
But he has attitude, like he's the airline's most important passenger, so he makes his move to the front of everybody.
Times like this makes one hope that gate attendants one day will be equipped with tasers.
May 10, 2008, 12:02 am
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May 10, 2008, 11:13 am
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When the gate attendant starts calling for families and people who need special assistance, this guy moves to the front; I've seen him do it.
He has no small children, he has no handicaps.
But he has attitude, like he's the airline's most important passenger, so he makes his move to the front of everybody.
Times like this makes one hope that gate attendants one day will be equipped with tasers.
He has no small children, he has no handicaps.
But he has attitude, like he's the airline's most important passenger, so he makes his move to the front of everybody.
Times like this makes one hope that gate attendants one day will be equipped with tasers.
