Hall of Rants: Whats the Most Random and Pathetic Thing You Can Complain About?
May 21, 2017, 10:29 am
#1323
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A two-fer:
Someone poached the PDB water for my row, 2A/2B. There was a pre-board couple with a young child in a car set, but I suspect someone else in F because there was also an extra blanket in 2B.
The wifi is sloooow here in SLC (hmm... might just be the speed of DNS lookups).
Someone poached the PDB water for my row, 2A/2B. There was a pre-board couple with a young child in a car set, but I suspect someone else in F because there was also an extra blanket in 2B.
The wifi is sloooow here in SLC (hmm... might just be the speed of DNS lookups).
May 21, 2017, 10:32 am
#1324
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Preparing for my current trip to MEX on Thursday, I took my newly minted 2MM DM tags out of the envelope they came in, and, I peeled them off of the advertising material they were stuck to, and, I couldn't get the little sticky pads off the back of the tags! Oh, the horror! I had to get out some Goo Gone! 
It took a while, and the tags were a little greasy at first from the Goo Gone, but they're OK now. The regular DM card had no problem with the the sticky pads, just the luggage tags.
Now, THAT'S random and pathetic!
It took a while, and the tags were a little greasy at first from the Goo Gone, but they're OK now. The regular DM card had no problem with the the sticky pads, just the luggage tags.
Now, THAT'S random and pathetic!
May 21, 2017, 11:02 am
#1325
Join Date: Sep 2016
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Preparing for my current trip to MEX on Thursday, I took my newly minted 2MM DM tags out of the envelope they came in, and, I peeled them off of the advertising material they were stuck to, and, I couldn't get the little sticky pads off the back of the tags! Oh, the horror! I had to get out some Goo Gone!
It took a while, and the tags were a little greasy at first from the Goo Gone, but they're OK now. The regular DM card had no problem with the the sticky pads, just the luggage tags.
Now, THAT'S random and pathetic!
It took a while, and the tags were a little greasy at first from the Goo Gone, but they're OK now. The regular DM card had no problem with the the sticky pads, just the luggage tags.
Now, THAT'S random and pathetic!
It took me about 15 minutes to get that crap off my first PM luggage tag. The second one went a little faster as I figured out how to use the blob that I'd gotten from the other one to repeatedly dab away little bits of it. Seriously annoying though, I cannot fathom why such a strong adhesive is needed
May 21, 2017, 11:49 am
#1326
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This may win the thread:
The buckle side of my seatbelt is attached "upside-down" so that the only way to fasten it causes a half-twist in the belt, which is really bothersome from an OCD perspective.
The buckle side of my seatbelt is attached "upside-down" so that the only way to fasten it causes a half-twist in the belt, which is really bothersome from an OCD perspective.
May 21, 2017, 11:54 am
#1327
Join Date: Jun 2015
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That drives me crazy, and it seems as though half the seats I get have that problem.
May 21, 2017, 11:56 am
#1328
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I mean, I guess I could fasten it upside-down, but that's no better from an OCD perspective. This must be what Sophie's Choice felt like.
May 21, 2017, 11:56 am
#1329
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During one of my check rides I had a FAA examiner insist that twists in a seatbelt reduced its strength. Needless to say, I ensured my seatbelt and shoulder strap were not twisted.
May 21, 2017, 12:26 pm
#1331
Join Date: May 2014
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I suppose it makes me equally random and pathetic, but this is a huge pet peeve of mine as well! I actually haven't noticed it on DL, but it happens frequently (read: just barely often enough to keep me ticked off by the memory) on Southwest.
May 21, 2017, 12:30 pm
#1332
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this can happen in Y when your neighbor grabs the "wrong" belt (depending on how they were installed), but in my case today I'm in F.
May 21, 2017, 4:18 pm
#1334
Join Date: Mar 2016
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This drives me batty on rental cars, too. Enough so that I have been known to pull off to the side of the road and wrestle with the slidey part until I can work the twist out of it.
May 22, 2017, 9:55 am
#1335
Join Date: Jun 2014
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I disassembled and fixed it once. Thinking better now, I could have ended in a big trouble, if some FA had noticed it...