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USA never cease to amaze me. Sometimes it seems police is the only solution to all problems, like talking to people is not even an option.
by albertopv 4y ago
USA never cease to amaze me. Sometimes it seems police is the only solution to all problems, like talking to people is not even an option.
- mbg721 4y agoTalking to airline employees who are stuck doing their jobs is maybe 8% or so of talking to actual people otherwise.
- xienze 4y ago> Sometimes it seems police is the only solution to all problems, like talking to people is not even an option. “You need to leave.” “No.” Now what?
- sliken 4y agoJust doesn't seem reasonable. You buy a ticket, get a SMS saying your flight is delayed, and proceed through security and to the gate. Sure things happen, but shouldn't the airline figure out what to do with you before saying "get out of the secure area"
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- albertopv 4y agoYou explain the reason?
- xienze 4y ago“I don’t care, I’m not leaving until you get me on my flight.” Now what? You’re making the flawed assumption that you’re dealing with reasonable people who will simply obey whatever someone without legal authority says (and even then, they’ll argue with the cops).
- sliken 4y agoBut why should the passengers leave? If southwest accepts your money and says board at gate #3, shouldn't they have a staff at gate #3 to handle those passengers? Being a pain in the ass for the airline seems fair. You wan't the airline to have a same interest in getting you to your destination as you do. Instead of saying "leave the secure area, walk for half an hour, get in line with everyone else that's flying today, and then have fun going through security for the 2nd time". The idea the gate staff shouldn't manage the the customers sent to the gate seems insane to me.
- Turing_Machine 4y ago> But why should the passengers leave? Because having a huge traffic jam of people crammed into the limited capacity of the secure side cannot possibly improve the situation, and is in fact likely to make it worse (e.g., when the overflow starts interfering with passengers for other airlines)? > Being a pain in the ass for the airline seems fair. Southwest is far from the only airline flying out of that airport. Even if you look at their terminal alone, there are three outer airlines flying out of there.
- undersuit 4y agoI was stuck in San Diego from Monday afternoon to early this morning because of these delays. Would you like me to become one more transient?