Sending a drink to a passenger in coach: pretentious?
Apr 22, 2023, 2:36 am
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Not sure how you can reach so many conclusions without hearing both sides of the story.
For example, how did wife & neighbor get along before the flight? Maybe neighbor already had a negative of opinion of wife before this, and drink incident just confirmed the previous opinion.
There's just one side posted here, and too few facts, to reach a conclusion on the why's and how's of this story.
For example, how did wife & neighbor get along before the flight? Maybe neighbor already had a negative of opinion of wife before this, and drink incident just confirmed the previous opinion.
There's just one side posted here, and too few facts, to reach a conclusion on the why's and how's of this story.
Apr 22, 2023, 8:47 am
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It looks to me like there's a lot more to this story than has been posted here.
Apr 22, 2023, 10:58 am
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Apr 23, 2023, 8:21 am
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Whether or not there is pre-flight history with encounters between the two travelers or persons closer to the drink-refusing traveler may color the situation and result in this kind of reaction is hard to know. But even in the face of unwelcome gestures, there are ways to handle it that may be more dignified. [There are also more aggressive and unfriendly ways to respond too -- such as buy drinks for the whole cabin on the card-presenter's account.] It could just be that the drink-refusing neighbor had a bad day and lacked impulse control in the face of having suffered the TSA or something at the airport.]
When this incident occurred, it was Ramadan. Unlikely as it may have been for this situation, what if the passenger happened to be observing Ramadan, when being sent an alcoholic beverage? Or if the woman was known in the neighborhood to be pregnant and thus avoiding alcohol intake? [Yes, there is also food and/or non-alcoholic beverages for sale too.]
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Apr 23, 2023, 8:36 am
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The comment is also an extremely sexist criticism of someone, with its use of a sexist epithet directed against women.
Whether or not there is pre-flight history with encounters between the two travelers or persons closer to the drink-refusing traveler may color the situation and result in this kind of reaction is hard to know. But even in the face of unwelcome gestures, there are ways to handle it that may be more dignified. [There are also more aggressive and unfriendly ways to respond too -- such as buy drinks for the whole cabin on the card-presenter's account.] It could just be that the drink-refusing neighbor had a bad day and lacked impulse control in the face of having suffered the TSA or something at the airport.]
When this incident occurred, it was Ramadan. Unlikely as it may have been for this situation, what if the passenger happened to be observing Ramadan, when being sent an alcoholic beverage? Or if the woman was known in the neighborhood to be pregnant and thus avoiding alcohol intake? [Yes, there is also food and/or non-alcoholic beverages for sale too.]
Whether or not there is pre-flight history with encounters between the two travelers or persons closer to the drink-refusing traveler may color the situation and result in this kind of reaction is hard to know. But even in the face of unwelcome gestures, there are ways to handle it that may be more dignified. [There are also more aggressive and unfriendly ways to respond too -- such as buy drinks for the whole cabin on the card-presenter's account.] It could just be that the drink-refusing neighbor had a bad day and lacked impulse control in the face of having suffered the TSA or something at the airport.]
When this incident occurred, it was Ramadan. Unlikely as it may have been for this situation, what if the passenger happened to be observing Ramadan, when being sent an alcoholic beverage? Or if the woman was known in the neighborhood to be pregnant and thus avoiding alcohol intake? [Yes, there is also food and/or non-alcoholic beverages for sale too.]
Apr 23, 2023, 8:55 am
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Apr 25, 2023, 7:20 am
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I think I'm beginning to see why the neighbor reacted the way they did, and I doubt belonging to the Episcopalian faith is the reason.