DYKWIA - The 2017 thread
Mar 24, 2017, 7:33 am
#166
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Going back to post 139, the "piss off!" post.
It is beyond me that folk get so very, very annoyed with staff who are doing what they are told/employed to do.
It's a bit like the air crew (esp pilots) who get fed up with security people. Many of the security rules are daft for pilots, but getting upset about them is even more daft.
If ever I was asked, I could teach them relaxation courses. I would only charge UKP3,000 per day, and I am extremely well qualified.
It is beyond me that folk get so very, very annoyed with staff who are doing what they are told/employed to do.
It's a bit like the air crew (esp pilots) who get fed up with security people. Many of the security rules are daft for pilots, but getting upset about them is even more daft.
If ever I was asked, I could teach them relaxation courses. I would only charge UKP3,000 per day, and I am extremely well qualified.
Mar 24, 2017, 7:34 am
#167
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Going back to post 139, the "piss off!" post.
It is beyond me that folk get so very, very annoyed with staff who are doing what they are told/employed to do.
It's a bit like the air crew (esp pilots) who get fed up with security people. Many of the security rules are daft for pilots, but getting upset about them is even more daft.
If ever I was asked, I could teach them relaxation courses. I would only charge UKP3,000 per day, and I am extremely well qualified.
It is beyond me that folk get so very, very annoyed with staff who are doing what they are told/employed to do.
It's a bit like the air crew (esp pilots) who get fed up with security people. Many of the security rules are daft for pilots, but getting upset about them is even more daft.
If ever I was asked, I could teach them relaxation courses. I would only charge UKP3,000 per day, and I am extremely well qualified.
Mar 24, 2017, 7:58 am
#168
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It would be for a full 7 hour day.
Much cheaper than a decent beancounter or a decent solicitor.
Much cheaper than a decent beancounter or a decent solicitor.
Mar 24, 2017, 8:00 am
#169
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Mar 24, 2017, 8:02 am
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Mar 24, 2017, 8:05 am
#171
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Mar 24, 2017, 9:24 am
#172
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I'd love to know how it turned out for him!
Mar 24, 2017, 10:24 am
#173
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While I agree that in many cases the tags are a silly superfluity, I do have a lot of sympathy for the poor b staff who have been tasked with handing them out.
They're not paid a lot and have to put up with abuse from self-important nobodies who think they can speak to them any way they like just because they have a bit of shiny plastic in their pocket
The true "gentleman" would have graciously accepted the tag then quietly ignored it...
They're not paid a lot and have to put up with abuse from self-important nobodies who think they can speak to them any way they like just because they have a bit of shiny plastic in their pocket
The true "gentleman" would have graciously accepted the tag then quietly ignored it...
(Well this is the DYKWIA thread!)
Mar 24, 2017, 10:32 am
#174
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Mar 24, 2017, 10:38 am
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Mar 24, 2017, 10:48 am
#176
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Concerning luggage tagging, it never bothered me. I used to let all the little tags accumulate until the bag looked like a Tibetan ribbon!
Mar 24, 2017, 10:55 am
#177
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What bothers me is the F cabin baggage tags that some airlines give you - I don't want to look like a DYKWIA walking around the airport with that stuck on my hand luggage! That's just plain embarrassing. I comply with their request to put them on*, then discreetly take them off once out of sight.
*I guess I could say "hell no, no to the DYKWIA tags!" but I don't really want to upset the staff... They don't do it to make you look like a DYKWIA, they it for easy identification of passengers in F cabin for boarding and also to make sure that no-one makes a fuss about the amount of hand luggage you have.
Mar 24, 2017, 1:21 pm
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The Yellow tag, which does serve another purpose than just indicating the bag has to go under the seat in front (excluding bulkhead/exit row seats), one day a DYKWIA will have his bag placed in the hold as he removed the yellow tag because he was in an exit row.
Mar 24, 2017, 7:11 pm
#180
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https://www.transportation.gov/brief...travel-musical
The catalyst for that directive is believed to be 'United Breaks Guitars'
http://sentium.com/a-public-relation...ws-on-youtube/
Last edited by beachmouse; Mar 24, 2017 at 7:18 pm