Boarding Area's Fall
Feb 18, 2015, 1:25 pm
#421
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Let's chat about about VFTW's apparent inability to proofread a single thing he writes before posting it.
Every. Single. Post. Today. has numerous grammatical errors that are just plain shameless. One of his posts this morning slaughtered a quote to the point where it was almost incomprehensible.
What gives? My money is on Gary just [redacted]
How the mighty have fallen
Every. Single. Post. Today. has numerous grammatical errors that are just plain shameless. One of his posts this morning slaughtered a quote to the point where it was almost incomprehensible.
What gives? My money is on Gary just [redacted]
How the mighty have fallen
Last edited by oliver2002; Feb 18, 2015 at 2:42 pm Reason: lets not get profane, shall we?
Feb 18, 2015, 2:43 pm
#422
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I'm all for having a conversation about the lack of quality, but I think we should keep the conversation from heading in this direction.
Last edited by oliver2002; Feb 18, 2015 at 2:46 pm Reason: removed quoted profanity
Feb 18, 2015, 3:31 pm
#424
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Business travelers want to hear from others who know firsthand the travails of business travel (not leisure travel a la OMAAT/Delta Points).
Gary holds a traditional corporate job and he wants to use that to his advantage -- by signaling that he is so busy with his full time work that he has no time to proofread his blog, which he casts as a side project.
The typos give him authority and credibility in his comments on business travel. He's a real traveler, not a full time travel blogger.
Feb 18, 2015, 4:04 pm
#425
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Signaling.
Business travelers want to hear from others who know firsthand the travails of business travel (not leisure travel a la OMAAT/Delta Points).
Gary holds a traditional corporate job and he wants to use that to his advantage -- by signaling that he is so busy with his full time work that he has no time to proofread his blog, which he casts as a side project.
The typos give him authority and credibility in his comments on business travel. He's a real traveler, not a full time travel blogger.
Business travelers want to hear from others who know firsthand the travails of business travel (not leisure travel a la OMAAT/Delta Points).
Gary holds a traditional corporate job and he wants to use that to his advantage -- by signaling that he is so busy with his full time work that he has no time to proofread his blog, which he casts as a side project.
The typos give him authority and credibility in his comments on business travel. He's a real traveler, not a full time travel blogger.
Gary's a successful businessperson though. Maybe he has an assistant or associates at work who proofread his work product.
That said, given his subjects recently, I agree that he's seeking a business traveler audience lately. I've noticed that he mentions the fact that he is a business traveler over and over in posts.
I think it's smart. I certainly relate more to Gary's posts lately than Ben's.
Last edited by kokonutz; Feb 18, 2015 at 5:26 pm
Feb 23, 2015, 5:43 pm
#427
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59 blogs now
I just went over to see what was being said about the UA DOT ruling and took a look at the list of bloggers. It keeps growing. It's now at 59. I think it's out of control and whomever is supposed to check them (I guess someone may have that job) is missing the fact that Miles Professor hasn't posted since Dec. 4. I wonder what the parameters are as to how often a new post has to go up.
I think this is part of the fail as there are just too many blogs there.
I think this is part of the fail as there are just too many blogs there.
Feb 23, 2015, 6:30 pm
#429
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And please, don't you ever stop blogging.
Feb 23, 2015, 6:41 pm
#430
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Signaling.
Business travelers want to hear from others who know firsthand the travails of business travel (not leisure travel a la OMAAT/Delta Points).
Gary holds a traditional corporate job and he wants to use that to his advantage -- by signaling that he is so busy with his full time work that he has no time to proofread his blog, which he casts as a side project.
The typos give him authority and credibility in his comments on business travel. He's a real traveler, not a full time travel blogger.
Business travelers want to hear from others who know firsthand the travails of business travel (not leisure travel a la OMAAT/Delta Points).
Gary holds a traditional corporate job and he wants to use that to his advantage -- by signaling that he is so busy with his full time work that he has no time to proofread his blog, which he casts as a side project.
The typos give him authority and credibility in his comments on business travel. He's a real traveler, not a full time travel blogger.
Feb 24, 2015, 9:54 pm
#431
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If you want to know the extent to which many (though certainly not all) BA bloggers have lost touch with reality and their entitlement mindset, look no further than today's posts about the DOT decision.
Deals We Like and VFTW take the cake here.
DWL says United's systems should know to reject a US billing address combined with a Denmark Country so it isn't his fault that he falsified this information. Spare me...
And Gary... Well... I'm concerned he's just flat out lost touch with regular Joes.
(On the flip side, I am indescribably jealous of his photo with Kristen Bell)
Deals We Like and VFTW take the cake here.
DWL says United's systems should know to reject a US billing address combined with a Denmark Country so it isn't his fault that he falsified this information. Spare me...
And Gary... Well... I'm concerned he's just flat out lost touch with regular Joes.
(On the flip side, I am indescribably jealous of his photo with Kristen Bell)
Feb 25, 2015, 6:39 am
#432
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Feb 25, 2015, 9:05 am
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Feb 26, 2015, 7:32 am
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