please stay in your seat with the seatbelt fastened...
i love all these reports about "increasing complaints" about airlines. i'll give my two cents.
Reasons Airlines are Getting More Complaints
- oil prices suck and all us lazy-ass americans drive inefficient vehicles to our airports that house airplanes that eat up lots of fuel, therefore, the airlines can justify charging you for your peanuts
- we keep bitching about needing more security during the "war on terror" and then we wonder why it takes 5 hours to get from the ticket counter to the gate
- more people are traveling by air, which exacerbates the first two reasons
and the biggest reason why airlines are getting more complaints...
- people are getting dumber, lazier and more selfish. i mean really, you're going to trust your $5,000 wedding dress to the baggage handlers in chicago in the middle of a storm and then expect the airline to reimburse the cost of the entire dress when it gets dirty? how fucking stupid can you be? and guess what, dumbasses, if there's 3 feet of snow on the ground in cleveland, chances are, the plane isn't going to leave the airport you're sitting at...even if you're in miami. it's not the airline's fault that it's snowing...yelling at the poor lady behind the ticket counter won't make it stop. once, i flew from phoenix where it was 72 and sunny to cleveland, where it was -10 and snowing like a bitch. when we landed, the main cabin door was frozen shut. the flight attendant told us what was happening and said "sit down and relax, we'll get you in the gate as soon as possible". people were flipping out, yelling, angrily calling their spouses. they were actually demanding that the flight attendant pull the emergency handle and let the slide out so they could get out! when the flight attendant calmly explained that doing so would render the aircraft inoperable for the rest of the day and further delay its scheduled flights, the man actually said "so what? what does that have to do with ME?". as if there weren't a couple hundred other folks waiting for that plane to get to its next destination!
and while we're at it...
- you KNOW you have to strip before you get in the security line...why the HELL do you wait until you're about to go through the metal detector to start getting ready?
- i realize most airlines don't serve food. bring a sammich on the plane, i do it all the time. however, please leave your kimchi and other stinky food at home
- when the plane is jumping around like crazy and the flight attendants tell you to sit down, sit the fuck down! when you feel like your bladder is going to explode, it's only 1/3 full. you can wait until the turbulence stops, trust me.
- be respectful of the person crammed in the middle seat. i don't think that needs an explanation.
flying is a pain in the ass, i know. don't make it worse by being a dick.
Reasons Airlines are Getting More Complaints
- oil prices suck and all us lazy-ass americans drive inefficient vehicles to our airports that house airplanes that eat up lots of fuel, therefore, the airlines can justify charging you for your peanuts
- we keep bitching about needing more security during the "war on terror" and then we wonder why it takes 5 hours to get from the ticket counter to the gate
- more people are traveling by air, which exacerbates the first two reasons
and the biggest reason why airlines are getting more complaints...
- people are getting dumber, lazier and more selfish. i mean really, you're going to trust your $5,000 wedding dress to the baggage handlers in chicago in the middle of a storm and then expect the airline to reimburse the cost of the entire dress when it gets dirty? how fucking stupid can you be? and guess what, dumbasses, if there's 3 feet of snow on the ground in cleveland, chances are, the plane isn't going to leave the airport you're sitting at...even if you're in miami. it's not the airline's fault that it's snowing...yelling at the poor lady behind the ticket counter won't make it stop. once, i flew from phoenix where it was 72 and sunny to cleveland, where it was -10 and snowing like a bitch. when we landed, the main cabin door was frozen shut. the flight attendant told us what was happening and said "sit down and relax, we'll get you in the gate as soon as possible". people were flipping out, yelling, angrily calling their spouses. they were actually demanding that the flight attendant pull the emergency handle and let the slide out so they could get out! when the flight attendant calmly explained that doing so would render the aircraft inoperable for the rest of the day and further delay its scheduled flights, the man actually said "so what? what does that have to do with ME?". as if there weren't a couple hundred other folks waiting for that plane to get to its next destination!
and while we're at it...
- you KNOW you have to strip before you get in the security line...why the HELL do you wait until you're about to go through the metal detector to start getting ready?
- i realize most airlines don't serve food. bring a sammich on the plane, i do it all the time. however, please leave your kimchi and other stinky food at home
- when the plane is jumping around like crazy and the flight attendants tell you to sit down, sit the fuck down! when you feel like your bladder is going to explode, it's only 1/3 full. you can wait until the turbulence stops, trust me.
- be respectful of the person crammed in the middle seat. i don't think that needs an explanation.
flying is a pain in the ass, i know. don't make it worse by being a dick.