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Originally Posted by T8191
(Post 27221790)
I confess t being 'careless' with my back-pack on occasion. ;)
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As this essentially is generic for all scheduled flying we'll move this thread.
Also, please mind the language. Thanks, Petrus |
Originally Posted by MPH1980
(Post 27221745)
Not quite on a plane ... but on the subject of calls ...
I was sat in CDG a couple of weeks ago and a woman came over to near where I was sat (from near her companion) and proceeded to have a conversation at volume about how they weren't going to make their delivery targets for Christmas unless something significant changed in warehouse processes (like upping production 50%). She strongly felt - and I recall this - that having sat the warehouse teams down and told them to find a solution was enough and they should have found one by now and apparently they'd just told her there wasn't a solution due to under investment in people and this wasn't good enough. She was deeply concerned about their new operations director who was supposed to have been brought in to fix the processes and didn't seem to have done anything in the 3 months he'd been there and which members of the management team should sit in on his appraisal to deliver the "get on with it or get out" message. Anyway - she gave me enough information to work out who the delivery director was, look him up on linkedin and from there derive the company, from there find her, figure out who she was talking to and also work out which of their clients weren't getting their deliveries. All in the space of about 15 minutes. I was seriously tempted to message him. But I figured that would make me as unprofessional as her. But I was more amused by the idea that this particular company would be majorly failing on their orders for major retailers which (apparently) they've known about for 6 months and have failed to scale for and I felt that amusement would satisfy me. |
I was in the Heathrow T3 Admirals Club (or Flagship Lounge, don't remember, doesn't matter) a while back when one of these types was having a very loud discussion on his mobile. I wrote a short note and put it in front of him. It said, as best I remember:
You don't know who I am. You don't know what industry I work in. You don't know who I know. |
Originally Posted by Efrem
(Post 27222320)
I was in the Heathrow T3 Admirals Club (or Flagship Lounge, don't remember, doesn't matter) a while back when one of these types was having a very loud discussion on his mobile. I wrote a short note and put it in front of him. It said, as best I remember:
He quieted WAY down, REALLY REALLY fast. And - I admit in advance - I'm stealing it. Thank you. |
Originally Posted by MPH1980
(Post 27221745)
Anyway - she gave me enough information to work out who the delivery director was, look him up on linkedin and from there derive the company, from there find her, figure out who she was talking to and also work out which of their clients weren't getting their deliveries. All in the space of about 15 minutes.
Originally Posted by Efrem
(Post 27222320)
You don't know who I am.
You don't know what industry I work in. You don't know who I know. |
OP, if you overheard what company it was, you should contact that company's president and let him know that confidential company information was being disseminated publicly by this jerk.
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How tacky...just....how tacky....:rolleyes:
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I'm just amazed you flew a 7-6 for that short of distance! :D
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Originally Posted by Zorak
(Post 27222381)
Time for a loud fake phone call to my stockbroker telling them to short 20,000 shares of XYZ, I hear they aren't going to make their Christmas sales numbers etc. :)
^ this is awesome Some people have no manners, or sense for confidentiality. |
I've had a few of these 'suits' on flights into LCY.
There's the guy working during taxi and flight on his power point presentation. It was nice to read though. There's the guy holding a team meeting. There's the guy explaining in depth what he thinks of a case and how to handle a client. But I overhear such conversations on the ground too. Whenever I enjoy my weekend at home, I occasionally end up sitting on terrasse next to a couple of lawyers, that openly discuss their clients, strategies (that usually are extremely bad), etc... . In any case, this shows a bad work attitude. A lawyer or financial consultant should know of the importance of confidentiality, especially on flights, that are filled to the brim with passengers working in the industry. |
A 767 from LHR to EDI?
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Originally Posted by EricH
(Post 27222983)
A 767 from LHR to EDI?
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Originally Posted by Hengilas
(Post 27221360)
Put on some headphones and roll your eyes...life goes on. Or ask him to politely tone it down, perhaps. It's not out of line to ask someone to be respectful in a small compact place.
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Originally Posted by Efrem
(Post 27222320)
I was in the Heathrow T3 Admirals Club (or Flagship Lounge, don't remember, doesn't matter) a while back when one of these types was having a very loud discussion on his mobile. I wrote a short note and put it in front of him. It said, as best I remember:
He quieted WAY down, REALLY REALLY fast. |
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