Ann Coulter's seat involuntary changed; posts angry Delta rant on twitter
Jul 16, 2017, 10:48 am
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She's in the news and people are talking about her, so mission accomplished.
Jul 16, 2017, 10:50 am
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If you check her Twitter, she's still posting about this. Insane.
The crazy part is that this is most likely Delta's fault, but she goes out of her way to take a photo and shame the lady, call the lady a "dachshund-legged woman", and then calls all Delta flight attendants "Nurse Ratchets." Ironic since she claims drama queens and snowflakes to be a major problem in the US.
The crazy part is that this is most likely Delta's fault, but she goes out of her way to take a photo and shame the lady, call the lady a "dachshund-legged woman", and then calls all Delta flight attendants "Nurse Ratchets." Ironic since she claims drama queens and snowflakes to be a major problem in the US.
Jul 16, 2017, 10:53 am
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And the same could be said for SLC....Uh... That was satire... Intended to lambast the typical coastal liberal disdain for anyone in "flyover country."
noun: satire
- the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
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Jul 16, 2017, 10:58 am
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This has nothing to do with politics, or at least not real politics. People don't like her because she is a bully and deeply offensive. They don't dislike her because she supports lower taxes or an isolationist immigration policy.
I'm very liberal and one of my very best friends is very conservative. We get a long just fine.
For much of the public she has lost her right to be offended because she is such an reckless iconoclast, and seemingly never in a productive and caring way, and again, not at all because of her "political" perspective. It's about how she treats other people.
I'm very liberal and one of my very best friends is very conservative. We get a long just fine.
For much of the public she has lost her right to be offended because she is such an reckless iconoclast, and seemingly never in a productive and caring way, and again, not at all because of her "political" perspective. It's about how she treats other people.
Jul 16, 2017, 11:03 am
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It's impossible to discuss an issue regarding Ann Coulter without her political opinions becoming an issue (as seen in this thread).
But at face value, it seems like rather poor form on DL's part. Given there was another seat on the plane available and the pax had paid for the seat selection, it's hard to explain why the pax's seat was re-assigned. IT mess-up?
But at face value, it seems like rather poor form on DL's part. Given there was another seat on the plane available and the pax had paid for the seat selection, it's hard to explain why the pax's seat was re-assigned. IT mess-up?
Has there been any evidence that the other pax didn't pay for the seat as well? If Delta tried to move me out of an E+ seat I paid for, because Ann Coulter was ranting on twitter about also paying for it, I'd be furious.
Jul 16, 2017, 11:07 am
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Jul 16, 2017, 11:11 am
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It's poor form but I was trying to think of an innocuous reason that the passenger would be harmed by the photo: guy flying to have an affair and lying to wife that he was going elsewhere on a business trip, someone flying to a sporting event after telling boss he/she was sick,.....In all of my examples, the passenger is at least arguably doing something wrong and doesn't want to be caught, but your surprise example indeed seems to be an innocent party.
Jul 16, 2017, 11:12 am
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Ann Coulter's net worth is reportedly around $8 million, which means she has to be somewhat frugal.
Jul 16, 2017, 11:20 am
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Jul 16, 2017, 11:21 am
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I did not excuse deltas action. I was simply pointing out that this pathetic scum bag of a person does get any sympathy from me. And while the tweets were posted after the fact, I'd assume she was screaming and flipping out on the plane and actively taking the pictures to compose the tweet later.
Jul 16, 2017, 11:26 am
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I was a bit bored this afternoon - too hot/humid out - and by chance came across this thread.
If this happened to anyone else, especially if someone asked for advice in the 'seat change' situation, a valid advice would be 'take to Twitter'. But not for Anne Coulter because folks don't like her (neither do I particularly).
She has the right, like any of us, to the seat we paid for. I could also fly in domestic F, if I wanted to shell out those $, but I choose not to because I tend to be frugal.
It is too bad that folks so often have to apply politics to these threads when they do not like an individual. This thread should be about 'here is the seemingly legitimate problem, and let's hear from others about their similar experiences including resolutions'.
If this happened to anyone else, especially if someone asked for advice in the 'seat change' situation, a valid advice would be 'take to Twitter'. But not for Anne Coulter because folks don't like her (neither do I particularly).
She has the right, like any of us, to the seat we paid for. I could also fly in domestic F, if I wanted to shell out those $, but I choose not to because I tend to be frugal.
It is too bad that folks so often have to apply politics to these threads when they do not like an individual. This thread should be about 'here is the seemingly legitimate problem, and let's hear from others about their similar experiences including resolutions'.
While I am conservative, I often feel that Ann Coulter is a bit too extreme. But that does not change my opinion that anyone who gets hosed by an airline should have the right to speak out and seek redress.
So far we have a large portion of the folks here seemingly implying that one's political beliefs are determinant in how they should be treated in a business dealing.
Then we have the portion who insinuate that, if someone can (in their uninformed estimation) afford to buy FC, they have an obligation to do so, else they are some sort of poseur.
Fortunately, we still have a minority here who believe that customers should be treated fairly regardless of their political inclinations, hair color, bank account balance, or prior dating history.
Congrats to the minority. Others can go find some other way to lick their wounds.
Jul 16, 2017, 11:28 am
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Bumping someone without compensation is against the rules. But as it's been said over and over around FT you are just buying a ticket from point A to point B. Airlines can move you as long as they get you to your final destination and fairly compensate you for any changes.
I did not excuse deltas action. I was simply pointing out that this pathetic scum bag of a person does get any sympathy from me. And while the tweets were posted after the fact, I'd assume she was screaming and flipping out on the plane and actively taking the pictures to compose the tweet later.
I did not excuse deltas action. I was simply pointing out that this pathetic scum bag of a person does get any sympathy from me. And while the tweets were posted after the fact, I'd assume she was screaming and flipping out on the plane and actively taking the pictures to compose the tweet later.
However, I suspect that if anything of this nature had happened, there would be at least one video posted on the internet or at least someone on FT coming here to report about what he/she observed.
Jul 16, 2017, 11:46 am
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I don't get why people are complaining that she wasn't flying first.
How many here don't pay for 1st and hope for an upgrade, you cheap .......s.
How many times have you not paid for 1st and opted for c+ because it's a short flight? I know I have especially if the difference is huge between c+ and 1st.
Sounds like we are all a bunch of hypocrites
But hey if you paid for C+ and didn't get the seat you paid for, you'd be pissed too. I know I was when I got squash by a whale.
But hey at the same time I hope she suffered in her less comfy non c+ seat.
How many here don't pay for 1st and hope for an upgrade, you cheap .......s.
How many times have you not paid for 1st and opted for c+ because it's a short flight? I know I have especially if the difference is huge between c+ and 1st.
Sounds like we are all a bunch of hypocrites
But hey if you paid for C+ and didn't get the seat you paid for, you'd be pissed too. I know I was when I got squash by a whale.
But hey at the same time I hope she suffered in her less comfy non c+ seat.
Jul 16, 2017, 12:01 pm
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Her seat reassignment placed her in a different seat in the very same row, just opposite of where she was originally assigned a seat.