pinworm

"Saw a woman not long ago trying to go through security with two one-liter bottles that were frozen! She argued at length that TSA regulations only prohibited liquid items, and that ice as a solid was exempt. This went on for several minutes. She even tried arguing then that metal should be forbidden, since metal can also be liquified at high temperatures."

Actually, that sounds pretty intelligent to me! First of all, it's ACCURATE. Ice is not a liquid. Unless the rules say you cannot bring SOLIDS through, she was technically correct.

All matter is a solid, gas, liquid and some is plasma. With the exception of plasma I think, they can all undego phase transition between gas solid and liquid..including metal. All solids are just liquids at differing levels of viscosity. From a reasonable standpoint however, unless she had the means to melt metal on her person, arguing the concept in a philosophical context with TSA agents is a big waste of time and slows up the line.

rollafan

Quite some time ago, this older guy who assumed I was in the wrong line when the GA started making announcement that first class can now start boarding. I did have a first class ticket and the guy told me that this line is only for first class people. I showed my ticket and I replied "are you one of the 4 people who will be sitting in first?"

He didn't say a word after that. I couldn't find him in first though

xolinlevh

Oh related to that:

couple weeks ago flying CHS-ATL-MSP, at the ATL-MSP leg, i arrive to the gate about 5 min before boarding is gonna start, with my PB for first. Normal horde of people, but notice a family (dad + 3 kids ages prob 12-16) standing near the gate. They are all holding their BPs and i notice they are in row 20 something, cant make out the zone but dont think it was zone 1. GA makes announcement for pre-board, elderly couple boards. She then makes announcement for "First class is welcome to board now through the Sky Priority lane" and the family bolts to the front of the line, while rest of the F group lines up behind them. The dad hands his BP to the GA, who looks at it and says:
"I'm sorry sir we aren't boarding this zone yet, please move out of the line and wait till we call it"
"You called for sky priority, we are sky priority"
"No sir this is first class only"
"then why did you call for sky priority?!"
"I didn't"
They turn around and plow back through the line of first class passengers now waiting to board, the whole time grumbling "why the **** did she call for us to board then?!?!"

I take my seat in 1D and its a good 10+ min before they board, guessing they were zone 2 or 3. Really wish people could listen and know what zone they are sometimes

jamesteroh

If they were zone 2 or 3, I wonder if they tried boarding with Sky Priority as well when Zone 1 was called

Ancien Maestro

One could try boarding before the zone is called..

all the GAs will do is say no.. and when the zone is called.. basically first one on if standing at the gate..

Linda VH

On the opposite tack of the people with kids not being in first - first class boarding is called and there is a couple with two kids starting to move forward and this man in front of me starts yelling that they weren't called to board and they should get out of his way - really rude and keeps on yelling - they let him through and he's still muttering. Turns out the couple AND both kids paid for first class (no upgrade as I heard her say she paid). They asked me if I was with the rude guy and I was thankful to say NO! He was nonplussed to see them sitting across the aisle from him - kids were very well-behaved and we never heard them - I kind of wish they annoyed him

Ancien Maestro

LOL!

Making assumptions that families don't fly first class.. in this case was wrong..

Really, the flyer who was yelling should relax and not make assumptions..

xolinlevh

^^^ would have paid to see the look on his face

Ancien Maestro

We get a similar sense from the OP of this thread..

similar sentiments I suppose..

QueenOfCoach

Groggy passenger trudged up to the AA check in desk at ICT out of habit. Pulled out ticket for 6 am flight.

AA ticket agents said "That ticket is for a United flight."

That was me. I was so used to flying AA out of Wichita that I forgot that this particular flight was on United.

Ancien Maestro

That was at checkin I presume.. just a one minute detour supposedly to get to the UA counter?

QueenOfCoach

Yeah. I had to trudge another 25 feet or so to the United counter.

I felt like such an idiot.

WIRunner

in honour of this thread I think I am going to start making stupid pax comments of my own. Just need some ideas...

crabbing

the important thing is that you got out of wichita. how you got out of doo-dah is a lesser consideration.

mapleg

^^

Love it!