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Jul 26, 2011, 12:33 pm
#241
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Flying into Toronto Island airport last night. Couple behind me did nothing but ..... and moan at ear splitting volume from the moment we boarded until after they walked into the Fairmont on Front (they picked the seat in front of me on the shuttle just for variety!) Anything and everything was woeful, from the type of wine 'You'd think they would have something international' (what with it being a Canadian flight and all, of course...) to the air conditioning (10 minutes before landing to FA - 'my foot is very cold you know [floor vent] you should tell the pilot, it is really unbearable' response 'Well you are welcome to move seats if you like madam, we have plenty of free seats and the cabin temperature is currently 24 degrees which we consider reasonable for a flight at this time of year' to which she responded 'oh well no, we are nearly there now' (so really unbearable then!) and then continued, once the FA left to ..... for the remainder of the flight.
But the one that deserves to be here was the announcment from the male idiot to the female moaner 'well clearly we are coming in from the west you know'. This was said with the big, hard-to-miss CN tower on our right and in a 'can't miss because it rather dominates the landscape even more' way, the pretty setting sun in front of us.
I did chuckle while waiting for the ferry, to hear the staff member tell them not once, not twice, but three times to move up to the start of the queue - they wanted to stand in the middle of the clearly marked queue and .....ed and moaned (while obviously not letting anyone in front of them) that they had to move forward - it was a busy waiting area. Credit to the young guy, he made them look like complete idiots and I was very grateful for the giggle!
But the one that deserves to be here was the announcment from the male idiot to the female moaner 'well clearly we are coming in from the west you know'. This was said with the big, hard-to-miss CN tower on our right and in a 'can't miss because it rather dominates the landscape even more' way, the pretty setting sun in front of us.
I did chuckle while waiting for the ferry, to hear the staff member tell them not once, not twice, but three times to move up to the start of the queue - they wanted to stand in the middle of the clearly marked queue and .....ed and moaned (while obviously not letting anyone in front of them) that they had to move forward - it was a busy waiting area. Credit to the young guy, he made them look like complete idiots and I was very grateful for the giggle!
Jul 26, 2011, 1:24 pm
#242
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Flying into Toronto Island airport last night. Couple behind me did nothing but ..... and moan at ear splitting volume from the moment we boarded until after they walked into the Fairmont on Front (they picked the seat in front of me on the shuttle just for variety!) Anything and everything was woeful, from the type of wine 'You'd think they would have something international' (what with it being a Canadian flight and all, of course...) to the air conditioning (10 minutes before landing to FA - 'my foot is very cold you know [floor vent] you should tell the pilot, it is really unbearable' response 'Well you are welcome to move seats if you like madam, we have plenty of free seats and the cabin temperature is currently 24 degrees which we consider reasonable for a flight at this time of year' to which she responded 'oh well no, we are nearly there now' (so really unbearable then!) and then continued, once the FA left to ..... for the remainder of the flight.
But the one that deserves to be here was the announcment from the male idiot to the female moaner 'well clearly we are coming in from the west you know'. This was said with the big, hard-to-miss CN tower on our right and in a 'can't miss because it rather dominates the landscape even more' way, the pretty setting sun in front of us.
I did chuckle while waiting for the ferry, to hear the staff member tell them not once, not twice, but three times to move up to the start of the queue - they wanted to stand in the middle of the clearly marked queue and .....ed and moaned (while obviously not letting anyone in front of them) that they had to move forward - it was a busy waiting area. Credit to the young guy, he made them look like complete idiots and I was very grateful for the giggle!
But the one that deserves to be here was the announcment from the male idiot to the female moaner 'well clearly we are coming in from the west you know'. This was said with the big, hard-to-miss CN tower on our right and in a 'can't miss because it rather dominates the landscape even more' way, the pretty setting sun in front of us.
I did chuckle while waiting for the ferry, to hear the staff member tell them not once, not twice, but three times to move up to the start of the queue - they wanted to stand in the middle of the clearly marked queue and .....ed and moaned (while obviously not letting anyone in front of them) that they had to move forward - it was a busy waiting area. Credit to the young guy, he made them look like complete idiots and I was very grateful for the giggle!
Jul 26, 2011, 4:05 pm
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Just about when the baby was about to sleep, a Chinese couple 2 rows behind me in J started talking loudly in their broken Engrish/Chinese complaining about how babies should be kept in check and all that.. it was loud and rude, based on their comments in Chinese and broken Engrish..., being able to understand both, and seeing how the lady next me, and others around me were frowning and getting ready to murder, and of course, being young and impulsive, I "went off" on the couple..
"You know, just because the baby was crying, doesn't mean you have the right to talk loudly on a quiet flight like this. Look around you, whoelse complained, and listen again, the baby was sound asleep. Now look at yourself, you should be ashamed not for your broken Engrish, but your rude comments in Chinese. Just because you said it in a different country, doesn't mean there aren't people who wont understand. You two have been loud for the past 10 minutes nonstop, and the baby was sound asleep. Now do us a favor, shut up and sit down!"
Even now, I still get my adrenaline pumping when I think of that incident. Of course, after I berated them, they were murderous! But the crowd around me stuck up for me with applause and cheers. Boy, that felt good! And just to add salt to their wound, the FA loudly said "Thank you for making my job a lot easier", and personally escorted me off the plane before everyone else. (so I can run for my life I suppose).
Oh, the young days!
Jul 26, 2011, 4:09 pm
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Actually had a "ran in" incident that I can relate personally when I was younger. Back in 1996, when flying from SFO to ORD, a baby on board was crying because of the pressure change, but the parents were good about it and the baby went straight to sleep w/o anymore crying. However, the crying did last about 3-5 minutes and everyone was nice about it, and of course, it could of been a plesant flight, or so you think.
Just about when the baby was about to sleep, a Chinese couple 2 rows behind me in J started talking loudly in their broken Engrish/Chinese complaining about how babies should be kept in check and all that.. it was loud and rude, based on their comments in Chinese and broken Engrish..., being able to understand both, and seeing how the lady next me, and others around me were frowning and getting ready to murder, and of course, being young and impulsive, I "went off" on the couple..
"You know, just because the baby was crying, doesn't mean you have the right to talk loudly on a quiet flight like this. Look around you, whoelse complained, and listen again, the baby was sound asleep. Now look at yourself, you should be ashamed not for your broken Engrish, but your rude comments in Chinese. Just because you said it in a different country, doesn't mean there aren't people who wont understand. You two have been loud for the past 10 minutes nonstop, and the baby was sound asleep. Now do us a favor, shut up and sit down!"
Even now, I still get my adrenaline pumping when I think of that incident. Of course, after I berated them, they were murderous! But the crowd around me stuck up for me with applause and cheers. Boy, that felt good! And just to add salt to their wound, the FA loudly said "Thank you for making my job a lot easier", and personally escorted me off the plane before everyone else. (so I can run for my life I suppose).
Oh, the young days!
Just about when the baby was about to sleep, a Chinese couple 2 rows behind me in J started talking loudly in their broken Engrish/Chinese complaining about how babies should be kept in check and all that.. it was loud and rude, based on their comments in Chinese and broken Engrish..., being able to understand both, and seeing how the lady next me, and others around me were frowning and getting ready to murder, and of course, being young and impulsive, I "went off" on the couple..
"You know, just because the baby was crying, doesn't mean you have the right to talk loudly on a quiet flight like this. Look around you, whoelse complained, and listen again, the baby was sound asleep. Now look at yourself, you should be ashamed not for your broken Engrish, but your rude comments in Chinese. Just because you said it in a different country, doesn't mean there aren't people who wont understand. You two have been loud for the past 10 minutes nonstop, and the baby was sound asleep. Now do us a favor, shut up and sit down!"
Even now, I still get my adrenaline pumping when I think of that incident. Of course, after I berated them, they were murderous! But the crowd around me stuck up for me with applause and cheers. Boy, that felt good! And just to add salt to their wound, the FA loudly said "Thank you for making my job a lot easier", and personally escorted me off the plane before everyone else. (so I can run for my life I suppose).
Oh, the young days!
Wait you got kicked off the flight?
Jul 26, 2011, 4:56 pm
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Actually had a "ran in" incident that I can relate personally when I was younger. Back in 1996, when flying from SFO to ORD, a baby on board was crying because of the pressure change, but the parents were good about it and the baby went straight to sleep w/o anymore crying. However, the crying did last about 3-5 minutes and everyone was nice about it, and of course, it could of been a plesant flight, or so you think.
Just about when the baby was about to sleep, a Chinese couple 2 rows behind me in J started talking loudly in their broken Engrish/Chinese complaining about how babies should be kept in check and all that.. it was loud and rude, based on their comments in Chinese and broken Engrish..., being able to understand both, and seeing how the lady next me, and others around me were frowning and getting ready to murder, and of course, being young and impulsive, I "went off" on the couple..
"You know, just because the baby was crying, doesn't mean you have the right to talk loudly on a quiet flight like this. Look around you, whoelse complained, and listen again, the baby was sound asleep. Now look at yourself, you should be ashamed not for your broken Engrish, but your rude comments in Chinese. Just because you said it in a different country, doesn't mean there aren't people who wont understand. You two have been loud for the past 10 minutes nonstop, and the baby was sound asleep. Now do us a favor, shut up and sit down!"
Even now, I still get my adrenaline pumping when I think of that incident. Of course, after I berated them, they were murderous! But the crowd around me stuck up for me with applause and cheers. Boy, that felt good! And just to add salt to their wound, the FA loudly said "Thank you for making my job a lot easier", and personally escorted me off the plane before everyone else. (so I can run for my life I suppose).
Oh, the young days!
Just about when the baby was about to sleep, a Chinese couple 2 rows behind me in J started talking loudly in their broken Engrish/Chinese complaining about how babies should be kept in check and all that.. it was loud and rude, based on their comments in Chinese and broken Engrish..., being able to understand both, and seeing how the lady next me, and others around me were frowning and getting ready to murder, and of course, being young and impulsive, I "went off" on the couple..
"You know, just because the baby was crying, doesn't mean you have the right to talk loudly on a quiet flight like this. Look around you, whoelse complained, and listen again, the baby was sound asleep. Now look at yourself, you should be ashamed not for your broken Engrish, but your rude comments in Chinese. Just because you said it in a different country, doesn't mean there aren't people who wont understand. You two have been loud for the past 10 minutes nonstop, and the baby was sound asleep. Now do us a favor, shut up and sit down!"
Even now, I still get my adrenaline pumping when I think of that incident. Of course, after I berated them, they were murderous! But the crowd around me stuck up for me with applause and cheers. Boy, that felt good! And just to add salt to their wound, the FA loudly said "Thank you for making my job a lot easier", and personally escorted me off the plane before everyone else. (so I can run for my life I suppose).
Oh, the young days!
Jul 26, 2011, 10:50 pm
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Not a comment but an action that boggled my mind:
A few years ago we invited my brother and his family to visit and watch the 4th of July fireworks on The Mall with us. My brother travels alot, but his family doesn't, so I did everything I could to prep them. For example, I warned them that the Metro would be a sardine can and to hold tight to the kids when exitting/entering the train cars. Sister in law is a huge control freak and insisted on holding everybody's Metro tickets. After DH and I got passed the exit gates, we had to wait for the family to come through as they were having problems. The gates wouldn't open when SIL swiped the cards. More precisely one kid got out, but everybody else was held "hostage". We called over the station manager to help her. Turns out she was swiping the same card for each person.
I was too polite to say it out loud, but I wondered what possessed her to think that would work. As in, if the system gives you separate cards to get IN, you probably shouldn't try to use one card to get out. Duh. (Need a forehead-slap emoticon.)
A few years ago we invited my brother and his family to visit and watch the 4th of July fireworks on The Mall with us. My brother travels alot, but his family doesn't, so I did everything I could to prep them. For example, I warned them that the Metro would be a sardine can and to hold tight to the kids when exitting/entering the train cars. Sister in law is a huge control freak and insisted on holding everybody's Metro tickets. After DH and I got passed the exit gates, we had to wait for the family to come through as they were having problems. The gates wouldn't open when SIL swiped the cards. More precisely one kid got out, but everybody else was held "hostage". We called over the station manager to help her. Turns out she was swiping the same card for each person.
I was too polite to say it out loud, but I wondered what possessed her to think that would work. As in, if the system gives you separate cards to get IN, you probably shouldn't try to use one card to get out. Duh. (Need a forehead-slap emoticon.)
What to do but to let things turn naturally disastrous at times..
Jul 27, 2011, 12:14 pm
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My brother told me this story last night. He and his wife were on a delayed LAX-SJC QX DH4 flight and tempers were flaring due to a three hour delay on a 9 PM flight. Apparently they were taxiing with one propeller running and someone behind him yelled "no wonder this airline is always delayed, they taxi around without using both engines!".
Jul 28, 2011, 10:35 am
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) and other amazing insights.The best was 'ohhhh it is just like Paris!' Her friend said 'I didn't know you'd been to France'. To which she replied 'Oh no, I haven't, but I've seen it in the movies!'
At top volume. Of course.
Jul 28, 2011, 7:01 pm
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Not a comment but an action that boggled my mind:
A few years ago we invited my brother and his family to visit and watch the 4th of July fireworks on The Mall with us. My brother travels alot, but his family doesn't, so I did everything I could to prep them. For example, I warned them that the Metro would be a sardine can and to hold tight to the kids when exitting/entering the train cars. Sister in law is a huge control freak and insisted on holding everybody's Metro tickets. After DH and I got passed the exit gates, we had to wait for the family to come through as they were having problems. The gates wouldn't open when SIL swiped the cards. More precisely one kid got out, but everybody else was held "hostage". We called over the station manager to help her. Turns out she was swiping the same card for each person.
I was too polite to say it out loud, but I wondered what possessed her to think that would work. As in, if the system gives you separate cards to get IN, you probably shouldn't try to use one card to get out. Duh. (Need a forehead-slap emoticon.)
A few years ago we invited my brother and his family to visit and watch the 4th of July fireworks on The Mall with us. My brother travels alot, but his family doesn't, so I did everything I could to prep them. For example, I warned them that the Metro would be a sardine can and to hold tight to the kids when exitting/entering the train cars. Sister in law is a huge control freak and insisted on holding everybody's Metro tickets. After DH and I got passed the exit gates, we had to wait for the family to come through as they were having problems. The gates wouldn't open when SIL swiped the cards. More precisely one kid got out, but everybody else was held "hostage". We called over the station manager to help her. Turns out she was swiping the same card for each person.
I was too polite to say it out loud, but I wondered what possessed her to think that would work. As in, if the system gives you separate cards to get IN, you probably shouldn't try to use one card to get out. Duh. (Need a forehead-slap emoticon.)
Jul 28, 2011, 7:04 pm
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Actually not totally stupid. In New York, you can use swipe one MetroCard N times in a row for N passengers to get into the Subway, and if you get out and transfer into a bus, when you swipe the first time, the driver gets a message that N passengers are transfers. Swiping N times in the bus would actually result in wasting N-1 tickets.
Jul 28, 2011, 9:59 pm
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Sorry by SP lane, I was talking about the tsa screening line not at the boarding gate. Had a kettle a few weeks ago at DTW who thought they could use the priority security lane because they had an Iphone boarding pass
I got to use the employee lane at MCO earlier this year because it was the only one with an electronic boarding pass reader that worked.
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