Do you take stuff from United Club? or seen others do that?
Apr 7, 2015, 4:40 pm
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EWR right now just watched a couple with 2 of the plastic cups full of trail mix etc try to sneak it into one of their bags only to completely drop one of them all over the floor...and then just proceed to walk out.
Apr 7, 2015, 7:19 pm
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I frequently re-fill my water bottle from that type of station - is that wrong of me?
How about if my water bottle is the same size as their bottles, so I end up emptying an entire one? Is it wrong yet?
What's the line here - the quantity of the water "stolen", or the stealing of the bottle itself? What if the bottle is empty - would it still be a crime to steal it? Does this only in states where there's a refund available on the empty bottle, or all states?
What about the bottle of water United gives you in business class? Am I allowed take the bottle from the plane, or only the water within in? I hope I'm allowed take the bottle, because I've got one here next to me that I stole otherwise...
I do have to admit to stealing a Sprite Zero from the UC in IAD the other day. I knew they weren't going to have them on the plane, so I took one from the UC fridge and gave it to the flight attendant when I boarded. Was that wrong of me, or is taking a can of soda from the lounge and giving it to the flight attendant so she can serve it to me wrong for a 14 hour business class flight??
How about if my water bottle is the same size as their bottles, so I end up emptying an entire one? Is it wrong yet?
What's the line here - the quantity of the water "stolen", or the stealing of the bottle itself? What if the bottle is empty - would it still be a crime to steal it? Does this only in states where there's a refund available on the empty bottle, or all states?
What about the bottle of water United gives you in business class? Am I allowed take the bottle from the plane, or only the water within in? I hope I'm allowed take the bottle, because I've got one here next to me that I stole otherwise...
I do have to admit to stealing a Sprite Zero from the UC in IAD the other day. I knew they weren't going to have them on the plane, so I took one from the UC fridge and gave it to the flight attendant when I boarded. Was that wrong of me, or is taking a can of soda from the lounge and giving it to the flight attendant so she can serve it to me wrong for a 14 hour business class flight??
Apr 8, 2015, 3:59 pm
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Swiping a liter bottle of water is not what Delta (or other airlines) have in mind when they set it out on the counter. If that was the case, they would run out of bottled water pretty darn quickly. Did you happen to notice the small glasses that are typically set alongside those bottles of water? Well, believe it or not, those glasses are meant to be filled by the bigger bottle of water and not for the swipage of the bottle itself.
Apr 8, 2015, 7:45 pm
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Apr 8, 2015, 10:00 pm
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Because bottled tap water is somehow better than regular tap water? That's the only "logical" explanation for the behavior.
Apr 9, 2015, 2:01 am
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Apr 9, 2015, 5:23 am
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The marketing of dehydration to the masses is a constant source of amusement to me. It's amazing to see grown men and women carrying around baby bottles to suck on periodically. Freud is laughing hardest.
Apr 9, 2015, 7:36 am
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Apr 9, 2015, 9:47 am
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Yes. Somehow humanity managed to survive even to recent memory without everyone having a water bottle in front of them 24 hours a day.
Apr 9, 2015, 10:37 am
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Apr 9, 2015, 11:06 am
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Maybe someone can answer this for me. I have never been inside an airline club, but I have been inside many hotel clubs. Most of these clubs have areas set aside for bottled/canned drinks and packaged food items to be taken out of the club, do any of the US airline clubs have this?
Oh, and to answer the OP's question, this man (or anyone) taking stuff out of the club is not the reason we can't have nice things, it's the airlines who feel they don't need to upgrade their product or offer anything more than the bare minimum. Not saying it's a bad thing, but there is a reason why International clubs are highly rated and the US clubs have a negative reputation elsewhere.
Oh, and to answer the OP's question, this man (or anyone) taking stuff out of the club is not the reason we can't have nice things, it's the airlines who feel they don't need to upgrade their product or offer anything more than the bare minimum. Not saying it's a bad thing, but there is a reason why International clubs are highly rated and the US clubs have a negative reputation elsewhere.