What's the Stupidest, Least Substantive UA-Related Thing You Can Complain About?
Jun 4, 2010, 11:23 am
#31
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: NYC
Programs: UA MileagePlus 2MM
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drinks service in C
I always feel that the time between the first drink service in business class, after takeoff, and the top up that follows (just before the meal service begins) is a bit rushed. I mean unless you are a die hard alcoholic (which I am borderline) who can down an entire glass of champagne in 3 minutes, i just sort of feel it is almost pushy "Here have your drink and have some more". Especially when you are on a flight of 9 or more hours, what is the rush. Anyway, it's a small thing but it bugs me.
Jun 4, 2010, 11:23 am
#32
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: SFO
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Too much jewelry on the flight attendants. I swear I was woken up every five minutes the other day HKG-SFO as they roamed the aisles with their big water bottles with the racket their many bracelets were making clanking together. It was like trying to sleep in the middle of a construction zone. For this I paid $200 r/t and used a SWU to upgrade?? 
I developed a technique to solve this. Put it under your breakfast dish (or dinner dish). The dishes are usually too hot, and the butter too cold. By the second law of thermodynamics, the heat is transferred from the dish to the butter, thus reducing the chances of burning your fingers while simultaneously making your butter spreadable. 
My complaint...not enough bad wine in DOM F.
Jun 4, 2010, 11:56 am
#33
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: SEA & RDM
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My problem is that i leave the butter under the plate too long and it is liquid by the time I remember to take it out.
Jun 4, 2010, 12:07 pm
#34
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Why is my crossword puzzle already done?
Jun 4, 2010, 12:09 pm
#35
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: MBS/FNT/LAN
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I developed a technique to solve this. Put it under your breakfast dish (or dinner dish). The dishes are usually too hot, and the butter too cold. By the second law of thermodynamics, the heat is transferred from the dish to the butter, thus reducing the chances of burning your fingers while simultaneously making your butter spreadable.
Depends on how long ago.... my favorite were the eagle snacks from Anheuser-Busch
Jun 4, 2010, 12:18 pm
#36
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: San Francisco
Programs: 1K MM
Posts: 48
Remember those great little matted glass salt and pepper shakers? How I do miss them! They elevated the whole meal into the "tolerable" range.
Jun 4, 2010, 12:51 pm
#37
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Boston
Programs: UA 1K, SPG
Posts: 1,577
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...-soy-nuts.html.
Jun 4, 2010, 1:03 pm
#38
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: DEN
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Second law works fine in this case, too. Heat is the transfer of energy from a warmer body to a colder body. The second law states that heat cannot be completely transferred into work. And, heating butter with a hot dish increases entropy of the system, as well, with increased kinetic energy of the butter molecules. The first law simply states that the U = q + w, that total internal energy equals heat plus work, and that the energy of the universe is conserved.
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Jun 4, 2010, 1:20 pm
#39
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Seattle & Seoul.... and now, Maastricht....
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Least Substantive?
Flying in General?: ...Those little ice-crystal snowflake-looking shapes that form on the windows at cruise altitude..... 
United Airlines?: .....The windows are too dirty to see those little ice-crystal snowflake-looking shapes that form on the windows at cruise altitude....
United Airlines?: .....The windows are too dirty to see those little ice-crystal snowflake-looking shapes that form on the windows at cruise altitude....
Jun 4, 2010, 1:56 pm
#40
Join Date: Dec 2009
Programs: Hilton Diamond Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 1,181
When I was younger (I was still 6'2") some guy was complaining about how I got an exit row and that I'm too young for it and he should have it instead. He claimed he was more deserving of the better seat.
Jun 4, 2010, 1:56 pm
#41
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: PDX
Programs: Free agent!
Posts: 1,427
Mid flight snack in C invariably looks like something that could be purchased for $1.99 (or less) at a store on the ground. Ramen in styrofoam, sandwiches in saran wrap, etc.
The mid-flight snack on AC in Y YVR-HKG looks better than the ones in C on UA.
The mid-flight snack on AC in Y YVR-HKG looks better than the ones in C on UA.
Jun 4, 2010, 2:01 pm
#42
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Orchard Field
Posts: 1,421
Since this is in the UA forum, shouldn't this thread be "What's the Stupidest, Least Substantive Thing You Can Complain About And Get Compensation For?"
Jun 4, 2010, 2:04 pm
#43
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: On strike
Posts: 8,135
Despite my repeated requests, UA still hasn't outfitted the 757-200 fleet with holodecks.
Jun 4, 2010, 2:12 pm
#44
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Chicago, IL USA
Programs: UA Premier Platinum 1MM, HH Diamond
Posts: 251
When the industrial diswashers magnetize the silverware! I hate it when the handles stick together and the knife comes up dangling off the fork! Either that, or the knife handle moves three centimeters to the right while I'm picking up my spoon and I have to spend precious, precious calories retrieving it from its elaborate utensil mating ritual!
Jun 4, 2010, 2:20 pm
#45
Join Date: Jul 2006
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I believe that is purely an economic decision. Holodecks use an enourmous amount of power. Even if one were to be installed 9 out of 10 times the door would be covered up with a piece of plastic.