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windwalker Mar 18, 2010 5:38 pm


Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 13602998)
... Even worse than some of the mass conference calls I've seen, or a case where an employee was called at home, she wasn't there, and a voicemail was left with the news.
.

I had a former boss Sale's Manager show up to home office while I as on a MR.
Left walking papers on the doorstep
Two days before Christmas


Originally Posted by msv (Post 13603296)
P.R.

What is a P.R?

ssullivan Mar 18, 2010 5:49 pm

Anyone here ever stayed at either of the Westins attached to the Galleria in Houston? I've been in both, but only in the meeting room areas. Just wondering how the rooms are. I need a few SPG stays, and would prefer to do Westins as much as I can to max out the Amazon.com gift card promo they're running.

msv Mar 18, 2010 5:49 pm


Originally Posted by windwalker (Post 13603322)
I had a former boss Sale's Manager show up to home office while I as on a MR.
Left walking papers on the doorstep
Two days before Christmas


What is a P.R?

Not Puerto Rico



link

mwg25 Mar 18, 2010 5:52 pm


Originally Posted by mnmag (Post 13602394)
I'm game!;)^


Originally Posted by Olton Hall (Post 13602753)
That's two. Anymore?

Lunch please? In NJ? I have to drive up to CT tomorrow - have to be in Guilford by 5 pm - so I'll be driving through the area anyway and that would be just lovely! :D


Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 13602441)
A 12 beats a 5 pretty much every year.

Go Big Red! :D (I didn't go to Cornell, but several family members, including both parents, did - I grew up going to reunions, learning all the songs, etc. :))


Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 13603026)
I can't stand milk. So I eat my cereal dry and crunchy.

I basically wave the milk over the cereal a couple times before eating it. :)


Originally Posted by photog72 (Post 13601911)
I can guarantee I won't be buying ELR seats anytime soon (ever). With a 16 month old, I'm not eligible for exit row seating.

What I want to know is what happens when someone pays for ELR and then the FA discovers that the row is populated by a non-English speaker, a 12-year-old, and [insert description of someone else who shouldn't be in the exit row]. Do they get moved? Refund?

photog72 Mar 18, 2010 5:54 pm

BBQ yum! Think I may do that this evening.

photog72 Mar 18, 2010 5:56 pm


Originally Posted by mwg25 (Post 13603406)
What I want to know is what happens when someone pays for ELR and then the FA discovers that the row is populated by a non-English speaker, a 12-year-old, and [insert description of someone else who shouldn't be in the exit row]. Do they get moved? Refund?

That's a good question. I would hope they get a refund or else they would be :mad: at CO. CO should specifically state that you can't purchase ELR seats if you are exempt from sitting in them for one of the reasons listed above.

cheepneezy Mar 18, 2010 5:58 pm


Originally Posted by msv (Post 13603387)
Not Puerto Rico



link

"The Town of Friendly :rolleyes:"

mwg25 Mar 18, 2010 6:01 pm


Originally Posted by photog72 (Post 13603427)
I would hope they get a refund or else they would be :mad: at CO. CO should specifically state that you can't purchase ELR seats if you are exempt from sitting in them for one of the reasons listed above.

I agree, though the actual processing of said refund would have to happen post-flight, of course, and I can imagine it would be a huge pain in the :rolleyes: for the FA, CO, and the miscreants alike. And yes, it needs to be painfully clear in the booking process who is and isn't eligible to do this.

msv Mar 18, 2010 6:01 pm


Originally Posted by cheepneezy (Post 13603440)
"The Town of Friendly :rolleyes:"

That would be me!!

Xyzzy Mar 18, 2010 6:01 pm


Originally Posted by msv (Post 13603387)

Yow -- I know exactly where that is!

What's burning?

ConciergeMike Mar 18, 2010 6:01 pm


Originally Posted by mwg25 (Post 13603406)
What I want to know is what happens when someone pays for ELR and then the FA discovers that the row is populated by a non-English speaker, a 12-year-old, and [insert description of someone else who shouldn't be in the exit row]. Do they get moved? Refund?

The blame-someone-else victimization culture that has risen in this country would lead to the unable person suing for mental distress, demanding an apology, and the head of whatever special interest group representing their problem refusing to fly CO. :rolleyes:

Oh yeah, they are also due compensation.

msv Mar 18, 2010 6:02 pm


Originally Posted by xyzzy (Post 13603458)
Yow -- I know exactly where that is!

What's burning?

A house.

Xyzzy Mar 18, 2010 6:03 pm


Originally Posted by photog72 (Post 13603427)
That's a good question. I would hope they get a refund or else they would be :mad: at CO. CO should specifically state that you can't purchase ELR seats if you are exempt from sitting in them for one of the reasons listed above.

One now needs to agree to a large list of conditions in order to select an exit row seat. I didn't read the fine print, but there is certainly a lot of it in a pop-up box that shows up when such a seat is selected.

icurhere2 Mar 18, 2010 6:06 pm


Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 13602998)
Years ago, I had a coworker who used to work for an outplacement firm. She was once asked by a client to lay off someone who was on vacation. The client didn't care that this employee was on vacation, so they asked that my former co-worker communicated the layoff by calling the employee while she was on a beach in Hawaii with her family on her cell phone, and telling her that her position no longer existed, she was getting a severance package, she needed to mail in her office key and access card from Hawaii (unless she had left it at home, in which case they wanted a neighbor or relative with a key to go get it and mail it for her), and that they would pack her things and send the box via UPS to her home address. I've been involved on all ends of layoffs multiple times, and to this day that remains the single worst layoff story I've heard. Even worse than some of the mass conference calls I've seen, or a case where an employee was called at home, she wasn't there, and a voicemail was left with the news.

I once flew from WAS to DEN to lead a week-long course at a client site - my students were all laid-off while I was en route ...

mnmag Mar 18, 2010 6:06 pm


Originally Posted by belynch (Post 13603216)
Yup, it is. Sucks.

Oh, dear!:eek: So sorry for your friend.:(


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