“Do You Know Who I Am?”: The Definitive Thread of DYKWIA Stories
Feb 9, 2011, 10:11 am
#316
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: SEA
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Feb 9, 2011, 10:15 am
#317
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: NYC
Programs: AMEX Plat, Hilton Diamond, Delta Gold
Posts: 11
Feb 9, 2011, 10:18 am
#318
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: MSP
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Feb 9, 2011, 10:24 am
#319
Join Date: Jan 2010
Programs: AA Plat 2MM/UA G MM/DL MM DM 2015/BA Silver/Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 3,103
I am all for enforcing the limits on size and qualtity - but is this really the TSA's job and do we really want to give them even more ways to touch our junk?
Feb 9, 2011, 10:28 am
#320
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: MSP
Programs: DL DM MM, HH Diamond, Marriott Gold, National Exec
Posts: 473
Shows how much the redcoats really care -- didn't bother to question the TSA agent? Explain to the TSA agent that he was out of line and well beyond his level of responsibility?
Feb 9, 2011, 10:38 am
#321
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: SEA - DL DM/2MM, *A Gold, SPG Lifetime Plat, some other car and hotel stuff
Posts: 5,649
Wow. Just wow. I'm speechless. If that were me, I'd be way too ashamed to admit that here. Then again, I'd be too ashamed to utter the phrase (and cock my head and roll my eyes, etc.).
Feb 9, 2011, 10:46 am
#322
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: MKE
Programs: DL-MM-Diamond HH-Diamond
Posts: 3,218
WOW, really? Was that really necessary? That was rude behavior on your part! All you had to do was say that you fly often, hand him your boarding pass, he would have seen that you were a PM. No reason to talk to someone like that,
Feb 9, 2011, 10:49 am
#323
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: CLT
Programs: AA ExPlat, Hyatt Globalist, Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 1,551
Your mistake was attempting to have an intelligent conversation with TSA agents. It is easier to just ignore them and walk away. They won't chase after you too far as their electronic collars will tell their probation officers that they have left their place of employement.
Feb 9, 2011, 10:59 am
#324
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: BOS
Programs: DL Gold, Marriott PPE,
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Feb 9, 2011, 11:08 am
#325
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: MSP
Programs: Delta PM, Hertz Plat
Posts: 1,224
Have you every BEEN to New York? That's pretty much what you have to do to get some respect. Don't try this anywhere else, however.
Feb 9, 2011, 11:11 am
#326
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: DCA
Programs: AA EP, HH LT Diamond
Posts: 1,001
Feb 9, 2011, 11:56 am
#327
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Somewhere
Programs: Delta Plat
Posts: 3,363
Seems like I need to fill in the blanks, as omiting the details makes me look rude.
For those curious about the bag in question is a samsonite xspace spinner, its not even the 18" version its the half version.
http://www.ebags.com/category/carry-on-luggage/2003536
As for those who say I was rude, how would you have acted if the TSA grabs your companions bag that you know is of legal size and says its too big when people with even bigger bags are walking by. He grabbed the bag and would not let it go and insisted she follow him. He got even more annoyed when I claimed posession of the bag and tried to say something suspicious was going on.
I also don't feel I should have to announce my status to get good customer service. I don't walk around with my tags on my carry-ons announcing my status they are only on my checked luggage which I hardly ever use.
I was being wronged by a 3rd party not Delta and Delta wants to side with the 3rd party simply because they don't know my status? All of you who feel I should of announced my status are those people who play the DYKWIA card every time you fly. the last thing on my mind when so close to the flight leaving is not my status but making the flight.
For those curious about the bag in question is a samsonite xspace spinner, its not even the 18" version its the half version.
http://www.ebags.com/category/carry-on-luggage/2003536
As for those who say I was rude, how would you have acted if the TSA grabs your companions bag that you know is of legal size and says its too big when people with even bigger bags are walking by. He grabbed the bag and would not let it go and insisted she follow him. He got even more annoyed when I claimed posession of the bag and tried to say something suspicious was going on.
I also don't feel I should have to announce my status to get good customer service. I don't walk around with my tags on my carry-ons announcing my status they are only on my checked luggage which I hardly ever use.
I was being wronged by a 3rd party not Delta and Delta wants to side with the 3rd party simply because they don't know my status? All of you who feel I should of announced my status are those people who play the DYKWIA card every time you fly. the last thing on my mind when so close to the flight leaving is not my status but making the flight.
Feb 9, 2011, 11:59 am
#328
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: LAS
Programs: PA FT, TW Gold, NW/CO PE, VK Eagleflyer
Posts: 7,173
That was my question: Aren't the recoats there to be an advocate and problem-solver for the customer? I'll agree that there was plenty of boorish behavior on all sides.
Feb 9, 2011, 12:04 pm
#329
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Formerly HPN, but then DCA and IAD for a while, and now back to HPN!
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Posts: 10,677
Seems like I need to fill in the blanks, as omiting the details makes me look rude.
For those curious about the bag in question is a samsonite xspace spinner, its not even the 18" version its the half version.
http://www.ebags.com/category/carry-on-luggage/2003536
As for those who say I was rude, how would you have acted if the TSA grabs your companions bag that you know is of legal size and says its too big when people with even bigger bags are walking by. He grabbed the bag and would not let it go and insisted she follow him. He got even more annoyed when I claimed posession of the bag and tried to say something suspicious was going on.
I also don't feel I should have to announce my status to get good customer service. I don't walk around with my tags on my carry-ons announcing my status they are only on my checked luggage which I hardly ever use.
I was being wronged by a 3rd party not Delta and Delta wants to side with the 3rd party simply because they don't know my status? All of you who feel I should of announced my status are those people who play the DYKWIA card every time you fly. the last thing on my mind when so close to the flight leaving is not my status but making the flight.
For those curious about the bag in question is a samsonite xspace spinner, its not even the 18" version its the half version.
http://www.ebags.com/category/carry-on-luggage/2003536
As for those who say I was rude, how would you have acted if the TSA grabs your companions bag that you know is of legal size and says its too big when people with even bigger bags are walking by. He grabbed the bag and would not let it go and insisted she follow him. He got even more annoyed when I claimed posession of the bag and tried to say something suspicious was going on.
I also don't feel I should have to announce my status to get good customer service. I don't walk around with my tags on my carry-ons announcing my status they are only on my checked luggage which I hardly ever use.
I was being wronged by a 3rd party not Delta and Delta wants to side with the 3rd party simply because they don't know my status? All of you who feel I should of announced my status are those people who play the DYKWIA card every time you fly. the last thing on my mind when so close to the flight leaving is not my status but making the flight.
Last edited by dchristiva; Feb 10, 2011 at 8:23 am
Feb 9, 2011, 12:45 pm
#330
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: DCA
Programs: AA EP, HH LT Diamond
Posts: 1,001
You WERE rude, no two ways about it. Doesn't matter whether someone else was rude to you first. As I said before, I'd have tried to handle the situation with more tact, but you played the DYKWIA card (and seemed proud of it). You got what you want. Good for you. But don't expect everyone here to applaud you for the way you handled it.