Tonight's flight: An annoying UAGS member & a vibrator...
Sep 19, 2010, 7:26 pm
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Not to nitpick but come 10/1, PPlats and GSs will be high revenue for the new UA by definition. CM -- I'm not sure why you've adopted such bleak view on the general UA elite membership. 
I doubt any airline has a monopoly on d-bag customers and I worry you're allowing your personal prejudices to overcome your otherwise good judgement.
This is not to excuse
behavior, but rather suggest *every* airline/hotel/business entity will have their share of such customers and point out ridiculousness of characterizing all members of the United group as eager to pigeonhole anyone else for their own ends.
I doubt any airline has a monopoly on d-bag customers and I worry you're allowing your personal prejudices to overcome your otherwise good judgement.This is not to excuse
behavior, but rather suggest *every* airline/hotel/business entity will have their share of such customers and point out ridiculousness of characterizing all members of the United group as eager to pigeonhole anyone else for their own ends.I appreciate you pointing out my error and in light of such, I will focus my laser beam of dislike more intently.
Sep 19, 2010, 11:33 pm
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Sep 20, 2010, 12:25 am
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Ohhhh how much I desperately wish I was on that flight sitting next to the GS member - what an experience she would have had....and probably never would have set foot on CO again.
I'm sure we'll get to experience more of this nonsense from UA customers as times goes on
I'm sure we'll get to experience more of this nonsense from UA customers as times goes on
Sep 20, 2010, 4:52 am
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This episode is excellent evidence of things that I have been saying for months (and largely being castigated by fellof FTers) UA elites, generally less important and less elite in real life, than the higher caliber of persons who frequent CO, cling to their UA status like rats to a sinking ship. As evidenced in the UA forum, the single most important fact in any story is the status level of the customer. Since the passenger was UGS, everyone on the UA board KNOWS that the GS is right by definition. The only way to bring things to a halt over there is for two GS's to disagree. That creates a paradox which threatens the fabric of reality.
Sep 20, 2010, 5:07 am
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Though it will be the opposite. They'll be on UA and COmplaining about the service on UA:
CO PPlat: "Excuse me! Excuse me! My seat isn't clean! There's something on it!"
FA: "Sir, that's just a pillow. We put them there for our first class passengers."
CO PPlat: "I'm a COntinental Presidential Platinum! When I board, I don't want anything invading my seat space!"
FA: "Not a problem, Sir, I'll remove it for you."
CO PPlat: "Excuse me! Excuse me! My seat isn't clean! There's something on it!"
FA: "Sir, that's just a pillow. We put them there for our first class passengers."
CO PPlat: "I'm a COntinental Presidential Platinum! When I board, I don't want anything invading my seat space!"
FA: "Not a problem, Sir, I'll remove it for you."
Sep 20, 2010, 7:41 am
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Though it will be the opposite. They'll be on UA and COmplaining about the service on UA:
CO PPlat: "Excuse me! Excuse me! My seat isn't clean! There's something under it!"
FA: "Sir, that's just a vibrator. We put them there for our first class passengers."
CO PPlat: "I'm a COntinental Presidential Platinum! When I board, I don't want anything invading my seat space!"
FA: "Not a problem, Sir, I'll stick it in the appropriate place for you."
CO PPlat: "Excuse me! Excuse me! My seat isn't clean! There's something under it!"
FA: "Sir, that's just a vibrator. We put them there for our first class passengers."
CO PPlat: "I'm a COntinental Presidential Platinum! When I board, I don't want anything invading my seat space!"
FA: "Not a problem, Sir, I'll stick it in the appropriate place for you."
Sep 20, 2010, 8:21 am
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No, I will be a customer of CONTINENTAL, "operating as" United. The name on the plane might say 'United', but the heart and soul of the new airline will be Continental.
It's only a question of when and what cost as to beating the United 'tude out of the merged employees and customers.
I have a sharp tongue and I'm not afraid to use it in public - and had this woman been sitting next to me, I would have lit into her in a pretty nasty way.
This GS-buffoonery will only get worse as more of them end up on Continental pending the merger. I really feel sorry for the CO employees who will bear the brunt of this.
It's only a question of when and what cost as to beating the United 'tude out of the merged employees and customers.
I have a sharp tongue and I'm not afraid to use it in public - and had this woman been sitting next to me, I would have lit into her in a pretty nasty way.
This GS-buffoonery will only get worse as more of them end up on Continental pending the merger. I really feel sorry for the CO employees who will bear the brunt of this.
Sep 20, 2010, 8:55 am
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You are correct. 3 years ago I did have a jaded opinion of the flying public. FT changed my view as I read about how the other side of the counter viewed us. My interaction with the flying public is short and often not pleasant since I am the 'last resort' for the company to fix their problem.
Sep 20, 2010, 9:53 am
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You are correct. 3 years ago I did have a jaded opinion of the flying public. FT changed my view as I read about how the other side of the counter viewed us. My interaction with the flying public is short and often not pleasant since I am the 'last resort' for the company to fix their problem.
I think once you start meeting and working with the UA customers, you'll find them to be decent as well. I hope you enjoy the UA open house and SFO DO, which is probably comprised of many UA folks.
Sep 20, 2010, 9:55 am
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Getting back to the OP's post --
because you said the 'lady' was across the aisle from you, and the FA had to fight the stream of boarding passengers to get back to the galley, I'm assuming you weren't in the bulkhead row on this flight (wouldn't be much of a fight for the FA from the first row is all I'm sayin') -- is that correct? If so, how do you know the object under your foot wasn't from someone in front of you? You know how things on the floor tend to slide backward upon takeoff.... Anyone of interest in those seats? Just a thought. 
As for the rest of this thread...I figure as long as human beings continue to fly, people like this woman will continue to spread their obnoxiousness across the lately-not-so-friendly skies.
because you said the 'lady'
was across the aisle from you, and the FA had to fight the stream of boarding passengers to get back to the galley, I'm assuming you weren't in the bulkhead row on this flight (wouldn't be much of a fight for the FA from the first row is all I'm sayin') -- is that correct? If so, how do you know the object under your foot wasn't from someone in front of you? You know how things on the floor tend to slide backward upon takeoff.... Anyone of interest in those seats? Just a thought. As for the rest of this thread...I figure as long as human beings continue to fly, people like this woman will continue to spread their obnoxiousness across the lately-not-so-friendly skies.
Sep 20, 2010, 10:33 am
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The airline would rather give away revenue than lose a high-mile flyer who will also counter-recruit to their friends and colleagues. It's a sound idea that has been misapplied. The airline is giving away too much for too little, and the savvy consumer of today is expecting more and more for less and less.
This lesson in the slippery slope brought to you by the letter J and the number 7.