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#61
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: body: A stone's throw from SFO, mind: SE Asia
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#62
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Boston MA
Programs: UA 1K/1.5 million miler, SU Gold, JL Sapphire
Posts: 529
I think it is part of the trend, really. The airline treats its passenger like cattles. Cattle pens for boarding. Slimline seats. And food/drink quality that have not been going uphill (very minor improvement as of late). Thing may be better in business, but not very classy. Was better before.
Not to say the grass is greener in other airlines based in the US. And not to excuse gross behavior. I am grossed just as everyone else. But the airline decided to treat passengers less as clients than rear-in-seats. An some people came to think and act like... well, you know.
Is it really so surprising? Isn't it part of the race to the bottom?
Does it really need to be this way?
#63
Join Date: Oct 2009
Programs: UA 1K, Hilton ♦ , Hyatt Carbonado, Wyndham ♦, Marriott PE, "Stinking Bum" elsewhere.
Posts: 4,948
I miss the Westin quiet rooms in the old RCC's. Then I would be able to spread out, put my feet up and tell folks like you to MYOB while I got some shut eye in between delayed flights. Unless those folks were taking up space you needed, did you need to run to teacher to tell?
Agree with you here, brother. Ratting people out seems to be the new national pastime.
#64
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: IAD-DCA
Programs: Won Kay
Posts: 1,324
I miss the Westin quiet rooms in the old RCC's. Then I would be able to spread out, put my feet up and tell folks like you to MYOB while I got some shut eye in between delayed flights. Unless those folks were taking up space you needed, did you need to run to teacher to tell?
"Look! Look! Someone is doing something I don't like! Let's all point and leer at the horrible human who does things we don't like!"
#65
Join Date: Apr 2003
Programs: UA *G 1MM LT United Club & Global Entry
Posts: 2,756
"Look! Look! Someone is disregarding the established rules that the United Club has put in place for good reasons! But we all must be tolerant and politically correct and ignore this type of boorish behavior, even though it is diminishing the experience for the rest of us!"
SunLover
#66
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: DEN
Programs: UA MM Plat; AA MM Gold; HHonors Diamond
Posts: 15,866
More like:
"Look! Look! Someone is disregarding the established rules that the United Club has put in place for good reasons! But we all must be tolerant and politically correct and ignore this type of boorish behavior, even though it is diminishing the experience for the rest of us!"
SunLover
"Look! Look! Someone is disregarding the established rules that the United Club has put in place for good reasons! But we all must be tolerant and politically correct and ignore this type of boorish behavior, even though it is diminishing the experience for the rest of us!"
SunLover
#67
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 19,392
I would vote that the latter is the more egregious act and I am also unhappy to see that some folks think such behavior is okay.
#68
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: DAY
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Posts: 10,136
Yeah, I don't get half the haughtiness on this thread.
Could this guy have taken up less space and looked a little less sloppy? Yes.
Deserving of public ridicule? No.
I blame it mostly on the United Clubs not having appropriate space for napping/resting...you know, like a lot of the *A hub lounges have.
And I never knew that bare feet caused such angst among some people.
Go figure.
Could this guy have taken up less space and looked a little less sloppy? Yes.
Deserving of public ridicule? No.
I blame it mostly on the United Clubs not having appropriate space for napping/resting...you know, like a lot of the *A hub lounges have.
And I never knew that bare feet caused such angst among some people.
Go figure.
#69
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Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: NYC
Programs: DL
Posts: 963
Yeah, I don't get half the haughtiness on this thread.
Could this guy have taken up less space and looked a little less sloppy? Yes.
Deserving of public ridicule? No.
I blame it mostly on the United Clubs not having appropriate space for napping/resting...you know, like a lot of the *A hub lounges have.
And I never knew that bare feet caused such angst among some people.
Go figure.
Could this guy have taken up less space and looked a little less sloppy? Yes.
Deserving of public ridicule? No.
I blame it mostly on the United Clubs not having appropriate space for napping/resting...you know, like a lot of the *A hub lounges have.
And I never knew that bare feet caused such angst among some people.
Go figure.
But, I do feel that if you make a public spectacle of yourself, then you open yourself to public comment.
#70
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: ORD
Programs: UA Silver, Marriott Platinum/LT Platinum, Hilton Gold
Posts: 5,594
You might if you knew where else those bare feet have been .
#71
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: LAX/TPE
Programs: United 1K, JAL Sapphire, SPG Lifetime Platinum, National Executive Elite, Hertz PC, Avis PC
Posts: 42,008
DEN is where I almost had a fight with someone over sticking their hand into the cheese cubes - is there something in the air out there causing excess stupidity and slobbery?
#72
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I am going to take a wild guess these same bare feet found their way into the lav during the flight and became covered in a blend of OPU (other people's urine).
#73
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: DEN
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#74
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: NYC / TYO / Up in the Air
Programs: UA 1k (12 year fallen GS) 1.7MM, AA 2.1MM, EK, BA, SQ, CX, Marriot LT, Accor P
Posts: 6,190
Yes, in fact they did. And since this is UA - OPU is a certainty. I love flying on some of the other carriers that clean the bathroom after each use....
#75
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Plat 1.99MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Plat/LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 66,576
Thread has run its course (and some).
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