“Do You Know Who I Am?”: The Definitive Thread of DYKWIA Stories
Jul 21, 2015, 6:29 pm
#5221
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Jul 21, 2015, 6:46 pm
#5222
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: MCO
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Back when the Boston Garden was the real Gahden I remember seeing Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult and standing on the floor (before general admission was banned because of the deaths in CIN) and smelling all forms of burning matter just prior to the M80 going off overhead. It was common for people in the nose bleeds to light them and throw them to the floor below.
Ah the good ole days ....
Now back to your regularly scheduled programming....
Ah the good ole days ....
Now back to your regularly scheduled programming....
Jul 21, 2015, 6:46 pm
#5223
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I tend to also plant myself strategically near the SP line. If others knew how to store their bags properly, I would resist, but I seem to always travel with the not so frequent flying elites that cannot figure out that the big bag goes on 3 seat side and the smaller bag goes on the 2 seat side. Amongst other missteps... nah, call me a gate louse, but I get on and out of the way of the crazies, especially the seat poachers...
Funny thing, I am never alone.
And I know how you people that hold back play. You are the ones that come in and try to pass in front of those in the line to board.
Having a decent size build and a well positioned rollerbag, is my defense against the party crashers.
Funny thing, I am never alone.
And I know how you people that hold back play. You are the ones that come in and try to pass in front of those in the line to board.
Having a decent size build and a well positioned rollerbag, is my defense against the party crashers.
Jul 21, 2015, 8:55 pm
#5225
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Jul 21, 2015, 9:21 pm
#5226
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: ATL
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Jul 22, 2015, 4:03 pm
#5227
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: PBI/FLL/MIA
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AA has this nailed. They do NOT call people needing assistance. That is pre-arranged prior to boarding and done without an announcement. Then they call FC ONLY. No elites, no anything, just FC. Everyone knows it and it is very organized (at least for FC). I have a DL FC trip coming up next week and I dread the boarding process.
Last edited by krlcomm; Jul 23, 2015 at 4:47 pm
Jul 23, 2015, 4:50 pm
#5229
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Clearly nobody was there for a while. I wonder if he ever bothered to check to see what time it was.
Jul 23, 2015, 9:36 pm
#5230
Join Date: May 2014
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Wow. Was he looking out the window to see if the plane was still there? Well, he tried, lol
Jul 24, 2015, 9:28 am
#5231
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Jul 24, 2015, 11:58 am
#5232
Join Date: Nov 2012
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I got lost on youtube - started off searching Delta 747's (hopefully one day will fly on the Upper Deck) and after clicking next video, after video, after video - I cam across this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh3QznpjyDc
had to share it with you all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh3QznpjyDc
had to share it with you all.
Aug 10, 2015, 1:27 pm
#5233
Join Date: Dec 2014
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Today on an IND to ATL flight there was a DM traveling with his two children with a carry on that clearly did not fit in the size checker.
The GA made an announcement to come up and check to make sure all carry on bags fit into the size checker. The guy did not move.
She made another announcement. Again he did not move.
She then called him up directly. She told him to put it in the checker. He said it clearly does not fit and he was going to ask the FA to store it in the closet.
GA throws a fit telling him he has to check it and then calls a red coat. He states that it is art and it cannot be checked. She makes the DM wait while everyone else boards.
Red coat arrives. Realizes he is DM. Apologizes for the rude GA, but prints a checked bag tag and then walks him down to the plane. Explains the situation to the FA. FA states no problem. Art goes into the closet and DM takes his seat.
The DM was me and I have never seen one GA throw such a fit while the rest of the staff were spot on with the CS that I have come to appreciate.
So I had to pull my own DYKWIA today.
The GA made an announcement to come up and check to make sure all carry on bags fit into the size checker. The guy did not move.
She made another announcement. Again he did not move.
She then called him up directly. She told him to put it in the checker. He said it clearly does not fit and he was going to ask the FA to store it in the closet.
GA throws a fit telling him he has to check it and then calls a red coat. He states that it is art and it cannot be checked. She makes the DM wait while everyone else boards.
Red coat arrives. Realizes he is DM. Apologizes for the rude GA, but prints a checked bag tag and then walks him down to the plane. Explains the situation to the FA. FA states no problem. Art goes into the closet and DM takes his seat.
The DM was me and I have never seen one GA throw such a fit while the rest of the staff were spot on with the CS that I have come to appreciate.
So I had to pull my own DYKWIA today.
Aug 10, 2015, 1:33 pm
#5234
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Boston MA
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Today on an IND to ATL flight there was a DM traveling with his two children with a carry on that clearly did not fit in the size checker.
The GA made an announcement to come up and check to make sure all carry on bags fit into the size checker. The guy did not move.
She made another announcement. Again he did not move.
She then called him up directly. She told him to put it in the checker. He said it clearly does not fit and he was going to ask the FA to store it in the closet.
GA throws a fit telling him he has to check it and then calls a red coat. He states that it is art and it cannot be checked. She makes the DM wait while everyone else boards.
Red coat arrives. Realizes he is DM. Apologizes for the rude GA, but prints a checked bag tag and then walks him down to the plane. Explains the situation to the FA. FA states no problem. Art goes into the closet and DM takes his seat.
The DM was me and I have never seen one GA throw such a fit while the rest of the staff were spot on with the CS that I have come to appreciate.
So I had to pull my own DYKWIA today.
The GA made an announcement to come up and check to make sure all carry on bags fit into the size checker. The guy did not move.
She made another announcement. Again he did not move.
She then called him up directly. She told him to put it in the checker. He said it clearly does not fit and he was going to ask the FA to store it in the closet.
GA throws a fit telling him he has to check it and then calls a red coat. He states that it is art and it cannot be checked. She makes the DM wait while everyone else boards.
Red coat arrives. Realizes he is DM. Apologizes for the rude GA, but prints a checked bag tag and then walks him down to the plane. Explains the situation to the FA. FA states no problem. Art goes into the closet and DM takes his seat.
The DM was me and I have never seen one GA throw such a fit while the rest of the staff were spot on with the CS that I have come to appreciate.
So I had to pull my own DYKWIA today.
Aug 10, 2015, 1:35 pm
#5235
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Long Beach, CA
Programs: DL DM
Posts: 5,292
Today on an IND to ATL flight there was a DM traveling with his two children with a carry on that clearly did not fit in the size checker.
The GA made an announcement to come up and check to make sure all carry on bags fit into the size checker. The guy did not move.
She made another announcement. Again he did not move.
She then called him up directly. She told him to put it in the checker. He said it clearly does not fit and he was going to ask the FA to store it in the closet.
GA throws a fit telling him he has to check it and then calls a red coat. He states that it is art and it cannot be checked. She makes the DM wait while everyone else boards.
Red coat arrives. Realizes he is DM. Apologizes for the rude GA, but prints a checked bag tag and then walks him down to the plane. Explains the situation to the FA. FA states no problem. Art goes into the closet and DM takes his seat.
The DM was me and I have never seen one GA throw such a fit while the rest of the staff were spot on with the CS that I have come to appreciate.
So I had to pull my own DYKWIA today.
The GA made an announcement to come up and check to make sure all carry on bags fit into the size checker. The guy did not move.
She made another announcement. Again he did not move.
She then called him up directly. She told him to put it in the checker. He said it clearly does not fit and he was going to ask the FA to store it in the closet.
GA throws a fit telling him he has to check it and then calls a red coat. He states that it is art and it cannot be checked. She makes the DM wait while everyone else boards.
Red coat arrives. Realizes he is DM. Apologizes for the rude GA, but prints a checked bag tag and then walks him down to the plane. Explains the situation to the FA. FA states no problem. Art goes into the closet and DM takes his seat.
The DM was me and I have never seen one GA throw such a fit while the rest of the staff were spot on with the CS that I have come to appreciate.
So I had to pull my own DYKWIA today.