Making a buck cleaning Lester's spittle trays on Sequels' 22-year old supermodel abs

[Mister_Ruysbroeck]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Are you paying with blowjobs?

TM

Fuck.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Mister_Ruysbroeck
Not sure I completely agree with you. I travel a LOT (gold status, baby) and have generally found that airline employees treat you how you treat them. If you smile and say hello, etc., they will usually bend over backwards for you. Yes, occassionally one of them is having a bad day and you need to slap them around a bit, but that has been the exception to the rule, in my experience.

This actually might be a good poll: what's the rudest thing you've ever seen done or done yourself to an airline employee or, conversely, the rudest thing you've seen an airline employee do to a customer.

I'll start.

So, I get done with a mediation early and I head to the airport in an attempt to get on an earlier flight. In front of me there was a woman who was trying to get on the same flight I wanted to get on, but it was very full. The ticketing agent told her that should could, indeed, get on the flight, but she would have to be ticketed for coach and be on standby for first class.

From the woman's reaction, you'd think the agent just told her she was fat, ugly AND stupid (Hi ltl!). Apparently, this women paid for a first class ticket and, to quote, "would NEVER sit in coach." It was "completely unacceptable." And this was not a rude fat, either. She was actually pretty hot, until you uncovered the very ugly sense of entitlement.

After much screaming (seriously, she was yelling so loud the entire airport had to hear it) about how she paid for a first class fare and deserved to sit in first class and there was no way she could bear sitting in coach (with all the proles, I guess), the agent finally got her to calm down. He carefully explained to her that first class was full, that everyone who had a booked ticket in first class had also paid for their seats, that many of them paid more than she did, and that when you switch flights, you are not guaranteed the same class/fare code as the seat you originally booked. He told her that if she really felt that strongly about it, she could just wait three hours and use her original ticket and fly first class.

She finally relented and took the coach ticket after he said they would give her the first class meal and drink service. Funny thing is, the agent didn't even put her in an exit row, though I know some were available. Probably b/c he was so fed up with her.

When I got to the counter I laughed and made a comment along the lines of "some people." We chuckled. I then asked to be put on the exact same flight as the woman in front of me and asked him if it wouldn't be too much trouble, I'd also like to be put on the standby list for first class. He said: "No problem. You've been such a good customer for us, MR, that I'll put you at the top of the list." He asked me if I wanted an exit row aisle and I accepted.

When I got to the gate, they gave me my boarding pass for first class, while the bitch sat toward the back of the plane in coach.

I hope she enjoyed her chicken breast and pinot gris while slumming with all the proles. I'm sure the smell from the bathroom complimented the whine's bouquet quite nicely.

She should have paid with blowjobs?


I don't travel as much lately, but my goal is to avoid the ticket counter at all costs. I have an East coast and a West Coast travel agent to maximize office hours. When I see I can make it I have them switch. 95% of the time I fly, its on NW. I use the Worldclub ticket counter for any changes at airport. One cancelled flight fixed in 5 minutes at the Worldclub ticket agent (as opposed to the hour wait at the prole counter) makes the Club fee worthwhile. Honest its not the free booze. (trivia worldclub in Seoul has Jameson's)




The only time I've been stuck was when flights were cancelled at 8PM in Charlotte NC (no club)

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Dude. Once you're there maybe we can share clothes! I'm a warm spring, no plaids, navy blue=black, kind of guy.

I'm going to need some bermuda shorts, a pair of black socks, some brown sandles and a lawnmower.

[Mister_Ruysbroeck]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I don't travel as much lately, but my goal is to avoid the ticket counter at all costs. I have an East coast and a West Coast travel agent to maximize office hours. When I see I can make it I have them switch. 95% of the time I fly, its on NW. I use the Worldclub ticket counter for any changes at airport. One cancelled flight fixed in 5 minutes at the Worldclub ticket agent (as opposed to the hour wait at the prole counter) makes the Club fee worthwhile. Honest its not the free booze. (trivia worldclub in Seoul has Jameson's)

They keep tempting me to join the Worldclub by giving me free passes every now and then. While it's nice, I'm not sure the service justifies the fee.

[Mister_Ruysbroeck]

Come on. It's friday. Stop working and post. I need entertainment and staring at the walls isn't doing it for me anymore.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Mister_Ruysbroeck
They keep tempting me to join the Worldclub by giving me free passes every now and then. While it's nice, I'm not sure the service justifies the fee.

If you guys want to travel the right way, you really need to discover private planes. Get a couple of clients who maintain their own, treat them well, and it's not tough to get where you want to go when you want to go there. But don't buy your own, even though they're not that expensive. Bitch to maintain.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by dtb
Projectile, my man. Projectile.

Projectile vomiting at will?

Congratulations! What is this, number 3? 4?

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
The potential in-house gig will pay more than the law firm gig. If the head hunters can be believed the job I interviewed for today is the lowest paying of the bunch.

It's not about money.

Take the job with the cute single boss who plays soccer.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I used to wear Armani Acqua di Gio, but I haven't worn cologne in years.

Now that I'm getting married, I'm going to grow a big beer belly.

Cologne is for pimps and the toupeed.

You won't grow that gut. I thought the same thing. I let myself go for about a month or two one winter a few years back. Then I had to get all my suits let out and buy new pants. That's a fucking massive annoyance, so I crash dieted and got back to my old waistline instead, and I haven't moved since. Atkins works in amazingly short time.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
If you guys want to travel the right way, you really need to discover private planes. Get a couple of clients who maintain their own, treat them well, and it's not tough to get where you want to go when you want to go there. But don't buy your own, even though they're not that expensive. Bitch to maintain.

bullshit. Even Tom Hagan flew commercial.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Fugee
This'll teach me to take a board moratorium. I can't wait to find out what else I missed. Better break it to me gently if something more shocking happened....like Sebby procreating, Lester taking vows of celibacy, or Slave joining the Democratic party.

I did have a child, but it flipped her. The market's insane right now.

www.naurutradingltd.com

Better resale than an M3.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
bullshit. Even Tom Hagan flew commercial.

2. Nobody puts a Gulfstream in air at $10k an hour for any associate, anywhere. And I don't care how good your blow jobs might be, they ain't $10k and explaining-travel-bills-to-the-board good.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Mister_Ruysbroeck
Come on. It's friday. Stop working and post. I need entertainment and staring at the walls isn't doing it for me anymore.

Well then post something other than travel stuff... I don't know... perhaps something about your wife's asshole.

[Mister_Ruysbroeck]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
If you guys want to travel the right way, you really need to discover private planes. Get a couple of clients who maintain their own, treat them well, and it's not tough to get where you want to go when you want to go there. But don't buy your own, even though they're not that expensive. Bitch to maintain.

I'm in house and only about 5 rungs on the corporate ladder down from being able to use the corporate jet! Woo Hoo!

(in other words, I'll probably never be able to use the corporate jet)

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by Mister_Ruysbroeck
This actually might be a good poll: what's the rudest thing you've ever seen done or done yourself to an airline employee or, conversely, the rudest thing you've seen an airline employee do to a customer.

I know this is generally considered an urban legend, but I saw this in the late '80s (at Stapleton, the old Denver airport):

Asshole is holding up the entire line trying to get an upgrade or whatever, and is basically making himself loud and obnoxious. The ticket agent is coping OK but clearly getting to the end of her rope. Finally, the guy pulls out the "Do you know who I am?" line (the only time I've seen that line work was for John Delorean at LAX, incidentally).

Ticket agent finally snaps, picks up the up the microphone and announces to the ticket area in general "Attention, ladies and gentlemen, we have a customer at the ticket counter who does not know who he is. If anyone knows who he is, please come and get him. Thank you." There was a round of applause.

I, too, have found that being nice to the ticket agent, particularly after they've just dealt with a jerk, results in some nice perks. That, in itself, is rather unprofessional (because they're clearly refusing to do their job properly for someone else if I'm getting an upgrade or flight change immediately after they've told someone else they can't have one), but nice if you're one of the nice ones. I have general sympathy for anyone who has to deal with large numbers of the general public for a paycheck - most people are pretty decent, but the number of totally rude assholes is shocking.

BR(incidentally, I understand that, for some in the travel and tourism industries, "New Yorker" is code for a rude customer because of the high correlation)C