Back Again: First Impressions

[sleslie23]

Somewhere-- either on a distant planet or at GCHQ-- someone is laughing her azz off watching us silly mortals bicker and quarrel over the minuscule fifth of a cubic metre allotted to us by our airline overloads.

It's like an instant replay from the grammar school cafeteria line: I'm gonna get that burrito before you do!

These are the words of someone under 6 feet / 183 cm

 

[Ceviche]

Dude sorry to trigger your roid rage.

Poor you! still cribbing about steroids?

have you any concrete evidence on my alleged steroid abuse or you just keep barking like a stray dog roaming on the streets of Salta, in the middle of the night! For no reason watsoever! Just because it gives you a high doing that?

Go ..stuff yr belly with more burritos and continue barking and laughing yr ass off.

 

[Ceviche]

These are the words of someone under 6 feet / 183 cm

or one who travels on a long distance flight ( over 8 hours) once in 5 years

 

[Hybrid Ambassador]

or one who travels on a long distance flight ( over 8 hours) once in 5 years

Well, your case at least the CA came to you and tried to whichmatake you, in to swindle your paid-for-up graded seat.
But one a long time ago, in my return flight from L.A. my reserved seat was occupied when I got there, showed my seating
ticket and the person said, take it up with the attendant ! Then the attendant came and said to me, she assigned that reserved seat
to that person and she scolded me for trying to create a chaos and then took me to the back of the plane and said you sit here !
As soon as got back at SFO went straight to their office to lodge a complain but to no avail! Never flew that airliner again and lesson
learnt that "reserved and paid for it" means nothing!

 

[Dublin2BuenosAires]

Well, your case at least the CA came to you and tried to whichmatake you, in to swindle your paid-for-up graded seat.
But one a long time ago, in my return flight from L.A. my reserved seat was occupied when I got there, showed my seating
ticket and the person said, take it up with the attendant ! Then the attendant came and said to me, she assigned that reserved seat
to that person and she scolded me for trying to create a chaos and then took me to the back of the plane and said you sit here !
As soon as got back at SFO went straight to their office to lodge a complain but to no avail! Never flew that airliner again and lesson
learnt that "reserved and paid for it" means nothing!

I would have went straight to business, sat down and said take it up with the guy in my seat in economy or the airline who re-assigned it.

 

[Hybrid Ambassador]

I would have went straight to business, sat down and said take it up with the guy in my seat in economy or the airline who re-assigned it.

Ha,haaa, it was the "shuttle" flights between Los Angels and SFO, all the seats were "economy" I think, but I could be wrong!

 

[Ceviche]

I would have went straight to business, sat down and said take it up with the guy in my seat in economy or the airline who re-assigned it.

I would do exactly.

 

[mmoon]

I think part of the issue here is that (at least speaking for people like me from the US), we are very comfortable and accustomed to making advance reservations, standing in line, etc.
In South America IN GENERAL, people generally show up when they want and have more of a self-focused attitude about having their needs accommodated. There's not a lot of respect for waiting your turn, not crowding the person in front of you, or noticing when there are a dozen people waiting for a table and you've been sitting there with your empty cup of coffee and cell phone for the past half hour or more. That all said, I do love that you don't have to make reservations here a million years in advance to go to a good restaurant. And, it's pretty great not to have a check shoved in your face the minute you put down your fork.
Anyway, my husband is from South America, and he (as well as all of his family) is still is the worst about making an advance airline seat reservation when he is traveling without me. Luckily, he doesn't really care or complain if he gets stuck in a middle seat that doesn't recline by the bathroom and with a broken TV monitor.
I've noticed more than once on airplanes to and from SA that families do show up and expect that that everyone will move seats so they can sit together. I used to be a nicer person, I guess, but now I just ignore the requests over the sound system, because I did call way in advance (and wait semi-patiently on hold for forever) or go online to reserve my window seat so that there is even a slight chance that I will get some sleep. Luckily, no one has ever asked me directly to move, but I think I would say no. Get your act together people if you really want to sit together, make some advance effort. It may not be the Argentine way, but it's the way it works on airlines.

 

[ghost]

You really should read what you just wrote. You are NOT sounding exactly PC.
Nancy

You really should read what you just wrote. You are NOT sounding exactly PC.
Nancy

"PC" What does PC have to do with his statement? PC is BS.

 

[DontMindMe]

Some of y'all might appreciate this:

http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/leaving-united-airlines-after-merger