The Gate Lice are coming... the GATE LICE are coming
Need more orange spray.
Feb 26, 2013, 10:53 am
#1233
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Feb 26, 2013, 11:07 am
#1234
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: VPS
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I can't say that I really mind people getting in line early...I know how frustrating it is to find OH space in short supply or nonexistent. As long as things remain orderly.
I hate it when there is a huge, disorganized cloud of lice in the boarding area blocking access to the Sky Priority lane. Or when a late arriving DYKWIA F pax bullys (or is that "bullies"?) his way up to the front thinking he must be the only pax traveling in F.
I hate it when there is a huge, disorganized cloud of lice in the boarding area blocking access to the Sky Priority lane. Or when a late arriving DYKWIA F pax bullys (or is that "bullies"?) his way up to the front thinking he must be the only pax traveling in F.
Last edited by DLFan2; Feb 26, 2013 at 12:16 pm
Feb 26, 2013, 11:16 am
#1235
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: BDU
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I can't say that I really mind people getting in line early...I know how frustrating it is to find OH space in short supply or nonexistent. As long as things remain orderly.
I hate it when there is a huge, disorganized cloud of lice in the boarding area blocking access to the Sky Priority lane. Or when a late arriving DYKWIA F pax bullys (or is that "bullies"?) his way up to the front thinking he must be the only traveling in F.
I hate it when there is a huge, disorganized cloud of lice in the boarding area blocking access to the Sky Priority lane. Or when a late arriving DYKWIA F pax bullys (or is that "bullies"?) his way up to the front thinking he must be the only traveling in F.
Feb 26, 2013, 11:23 am
#1236
Join Date: Jan 2010
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Once I got the .... "this is Zone 1 only .... they just got done boarding first class..." from a fellow passenger spread eagled across the Sky Priority lane protecting his louse spot (you've all seen it - shoulder width apart stance, roller at arms length to the side covering 6 plus feet of carpet left to right)
....And just the other day...as a quasi louse about 2 minutes before boarding (right after the pre-boards) had the question asked of me ....are you Zone 1? Well, at least she asked before "bullying" her way past me. No ma'am, FC.
Feb 26, 2013, 12:51 pm
#1237
Join Date: Feb 2008
Programs: DL 4MM; DM
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The DYKWIA lice are the ones that annoy me. We've all seen the ones who see what is obviously a line for FC already formed and decide they're not going to the back of the line. Instead they try to wedge in because they must be more important than those of us already in line.
Feb 26, 2013, 1:13 pm
#1238
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Portland, OR
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If they received their lice-in-training certificate over at WN, they're trying to line everybody up in numerical SM membership order by peeking at your BP, like some Australian Blue Heeler. Unless they purchased an Early Bird Sky Priority Cut-the-Queue BP for an extra $30.
Feb 26, 2013, 1:31 pm
#1239
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Feb 26, 2013, 1:39 pm
#1240
Join Date: Jun 2008
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The DYKWIA lice are the ones that annoy me. We've all seen the ones who see what is obviously a line for FC already formed and decide they're not going to the back of the line. Instead they try to wedge in because they must be more important than those of us already in line.
Even in EC, the last row means no worries about OH space.
Feb 26, 2013, 1:41 pm
#1241
Join Date: Jan 2010
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The DYKWIA lice are the ones that annoy me. We've all seen the ones who see what is obviously a line for FC already formed and decide they're not going to the back of the line. Instead they try to wedge in because they must be more important than those of us already in line.
Feb 26, 2013, 1:52 pm
#1242
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SRQ
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Yea this is a tough situation. I know that often when I arrive at the boarding area and F is called - you have to battle thorough the cloud to get to the SP line.
Feb 27, 2013, 11:23 pm
#1244
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Had a friend show me this picture he snapped recently. Maybe you shouldn't sleep on those pillows anymore.
Feb 28, 2013, 3:06 am
#1245
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 805
I'm new to DL as I have done nearly all my US flying with AA until now. Since the tie up with VA (Virgin Australia), I've been putting some business over to DL.
In January I was flying ATL-SFO in first (I forget the flight number) and I joined the SP queue for first when boarding was called. I was then rather unceremoniously bumped aside by Mr. Bossy Boots who believed he was the only one travelling in First. I told him to get to the back of the queue, at which point he said that he was Gold Medallion which meant that he was more important!
It was my first real experience of DYKWIA on DL. I feel I'm part of the place now!
In January I was flying ATL-SFO in first (I forget the flight number) and I joined the SP queue for first when boarding was called. I was then rather unceremoniously bumped aside by Mr. Bossy Boots who believed he was the only one travelling in First. I told him to get to the back of the queue, at which point he said that he was Gold Medallion which meant that he was more important!
It was my first real experience of DYKWIA on DL. I feel I'm part of the place now!