FA just unloaded the snack basket into carryon
May 10, 2019, 10:08 pm
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iMO, this is a reasonable line. Its like an office with free snacks and sodas - grab one for the train or drive or walk home and a snack? Sure. Take a whole case, not so much.
May 10, 2019, 11:19 pm
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Except that in the office which has free snacks and sodas, they're intended for the employees. On AA, they're not. It's theft. Some here may consider it de minimis, but it's still theft. Slippery slope, and all.
May 10, 2019, 11:26 pm
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You can see who has the morals here lol. Actually you can tell who here owns the businesses, and who thinks the world owes them. I know it’s a big company and they get paid well. But no one kidnapped and forced them to take the job. So what? Make you own benefits? Realign your compensation structure? You don’t like your job or your pay, then quit. Don’t steal.
grab a couple things, fine. It’s pilfering, Empty the plane and your a thief. Where does it end. Stuff on eBay? Selling non rev buddy passes?
grab a couple things, fine. It’s pilfering, Empty the plane and your a thief. Where does it end. Stuff on eBay? Selling non rev buddy passes?
thief: A person who steals another person's property
Whether it is 1 item or many, the person is still a thief - but then - would need to know what the company's policy is on the taking of unused items at the end of a flight as to whether it is pilfering or permitted; would not sending details to AA have been more productive than posting on an internet social media forum
May 11, 2019, 5:22 am
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May 11, 2019, 5:52 am
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You can see who has the morals here lol. Actually you can tell who here owns the businesses, and who thinks the world owes them. I know it’s a big company and they get paid well. But no one kidnapped and forced them to take the job. So what? Make you own benefits? Realign your compensation structure? You don’t like your job or your pay, then quit. Don’t steal.
grab a couple things, fine. It’s pilfering, Empty the plane and your a thief. Where does it end. Stuff on eBay? Selling non rev buddy passes?
grab a couple things, fine. It’s pilfering, Empty the plane and your a thief. Where does it end. Stuff on eBay? Selling non rev buddy passes?
The slippery slope argument: One minute a flight attendant is copping a couple of bottles of water and pretty soon corporations get such huge tax breaks that they rarely pay any income taxes at all. Oops, too late, already happened.
May 11, 2019, 6:08 am
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I'm not too worried about it. FA can take all the chickpea chips he/she wants. But if the FA took the salted caramel balls, then, absolutely, death by bunga bunga.
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May 11, 2019, 7:02 am
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And corporate tax breaks justify the FA's theft how, again? I missed that connection.
May 11, 2019, 7:05 am
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Did you really do a 'where does it end' quote?
The slippery slope argument: One minute a flight attendant is copping a couple of bottles of water and pretty soon corporations get such huge tax breaks that they rarely pay any income taxes at all. Oops, too late, already happened.
The slippery slope argument: One minute a flight attendant is copping a couple of bottles of water and pretty soon corporations get such huge tax breaks that they rarely pay any income taxes at all. Oops, too late, already happened.
May 11, 2019, 7:19 am
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May 11, 2019, 7:24 am
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I have deleted my response because it veered wildly into OMNI/PR territory.
I am sorry that my cavalier joke about the party in the back led you to come to all sorts of conclusions about how I view the world.
If you feel that you witnessed theft, then, by all means, accuse them of theft officially. Either by a complaint or a police report.
I apologize for taking the conversation into omni land.
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May 11, 2019, 7:56 am
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I wondered why those baskets I ordered from ebay were marked on the bottom, "Made Exclusively for AA". 
May 11, 2019, 8:03 am
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I am glad to see airlines are cracking down on that kind of behavior but be advised that crew members are contractually allowed to take a bottle of water for overnight layovers.
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May 11, 2019, 8:04 am
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I'm more concerned with the fact that 60+% of the FAs are rude and unhelpful during a flight than FAs stealing office supplies.
May 11, 2019, 8:11 am
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AA's snacks are like mushrooms. You put them somewhere dark and add water, then more snacks will grow.