“Do You Know Who I Am?”: The Definitive Thread of DYKWIA Stories
Jan 21, 2016, 6:36 pm
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Jan 21, 2016, 8:02 pm
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Jan 21, 2016, 9:42 pm
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CRJ flight ATL/LEX yesterday.
I board, put my small bag in the overhead, and take my aisle seat in F. Gentleman comes in with roll aboard. Several people told him, inc FA that the bag would not fit. He insisted it would and proceeded to shove it in the OH with my bag and tried to slam the door. Door broke. Flight delayed while maintenance came in and took the door off. Not sure where roll aboard went, but my small bag had to go back to the middle of the plane.
Perp then tried to shrink into his seat.
I will add that when we landed in LEX FA held off deplaning until my bag was passed up. I guess she "knew who I am."
j/k
I board, put my small bag in the overhead, and take my aisle seat in F. Gentleman comes in with roll aboard. Several people told him, inc FA that the bag would not fit. He insisted it would and proceeded to shove it in the OH with my bag and tried to slam the door. Door broke. Flight delayed while maintenance came in and took the door off. Not sure where roll aboard went, but my small bag had to go back to the middle of the plane.
Perp then tried to shrink into his seat.
I will add that when we landed in LEX FA held off deplaning until my bag was passed up. I guess she "knew who I am."
j/k
Jan 22, 2016, 6:05 am
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Jan 22, 2016, 7:38 am
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CRJ flight ATL/LEX yesterday.
I board, put my small bag in the overhead, and take my aisle seat in F. Gentleman comes in with roll aboard. Several people told him, inc FA that the bag would not fit. He insisted it would and proceeded to shove it in the OH with my bag and tried to slam the door. Door broke. Flight delayed while maintenance came in and took the door off. Not sure where roll aboard went, but my small bag had to go back to the middle of the plane.
Perp then tried to shrink into his seat.
I board, put my small bag in the overhead, and take my aisle seat in F. Gentleman comes in with roll aboard. Several people told him, inc FA that the bag would not fit. He insisted it would and proceeded to shove it in the OH with my bag and tried to slam the door. Door broke. Flight delayed while maintenance came in and took the door off. Not sure where roll aboard went, but my small bag had to go back to the middle of the plane.
Perp then tried to shrink into his seat.
Jan 22, 2016, 9:56 am
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Jan 24, 2016, 7:12 pm
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XY or XX: proportional representation of DYKWIAs?
just wonderin'...what proportion of DYKWIAs are male compared to female? And do you notice a difference in behavior by gender in premier cabins? this is a straight-up, genuine curiosity question here.
Jan 26, 2016, 8:33 am
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I suspect the male to female DYKWIA ratio mirrors the male to female overall passenger ratio. Their victims, OTOH, may be disproportionately female.
Jan 26, 2016, 5:29 pm
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I am flying out on one of the first flights out of lga following the this weeks snow storm - flight is a little late and completely booked with people trying to make connections - i am in first and there are these two woman irate that the flight is late (as opposed to being happy they were getting out) Plane is boarding and they start hitting the call button fa comes over and they say we are in first where are the pre-flight beverages - fa says something I cant hear - they say loudly that is just unacceptable we are in first and we are suppose to get drinks now - fa says something else I can't hear and goes back to closing over head bins and pushing to get flight pushed back - woman gets out phone and says i am writing to delta about this right now - we push back FA stands in front of the first class section and announces to the passengers - we are very sorry that we were unable to provide pre-flight beverages but we were specifically told by operations not to so that we could get this flight out and have all of you make your connections - women says to her friend well i can see not serving everyone drinks but he should have gotten us our drinks
Jan 26, 2016, 7:37 pm
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Jan 26, 2016, 8:24 pm
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I am flying out on one of the first flights out of lga following the this weeks snow storm - flight is a little late and completely booked with people trying to make connections - i am in first and there are these two woman irate that the flight is late (as opposed to being happy they were getting out) Plane is boarding and they start hitting the call button fa comes over and they say we are in first where are the pre-flight beverages - fa says something I cant hear - they say loudly that is just unacceptable we are in first and we are suppose to get drinks now - fa says something else I can't hear and goes back to closing over head bins and pushing to get flight pushed back - woman gets out phone and says i am writing to delta about this right now - we push back FA stands in front of the first class section and announces to the passengers - we are very sorry that we were unable to provide pre-flight beverages but we were specifically told by operations not to so that we could get this flight out and have all of you make your connections - women says to her friend well i can see not serving everyone drinks but he should have gotten us our drinks
Jan 27, 2016, 7:50 am
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