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Many things could go wrong, I am not saying it did, or would, but could. Perhaps it was too crowded, perhaps she was really tired, perhaps she is not confident

Many things could go wrong, I am not saying it did, or would, but could. Perhaps it was too crowded, perhaps she was really tired, perhaps she is not confident with her english, perhaps she was not feeling well otherwise. Also, US cities are quite strange compared to european cities, they are not exactly pedestrian friendly. Check out the front of the venue: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=morial+convention+center+new+orleans&ll=29.940284,-90.06315&spn=0.011473,0.016716&client=safari&oe=UTF-8&fb=1&gl=us&hq=morial+convention+center&hnear=0x8620a454b2118265:0xdb065be85e22d3b4,New+Orleans,+LA&cid=0,0,4916217434850032151&t=h&layer=c&cbll=29.941549,-90.064444&panoid=UWb7_rSprKvLrlGzxfLuuw&cbp=12,215.76,,0,10.25&z=16 https://maps.google.com/maps?q=morial+convention+center+new+... All in all, cut him some slack, he as a very valid point. They could have solved this easily, yet they chose to treat him like he doesn't matter.

codezero 13y ago
I agree, all the points are valid, I'm just pointing out that the comments here which are making an emphatic point about his wife being thrown to the curb are not compelling unless his wife is disabled or unable to communicate. Everything about the situation is all kinds of wrong, and singling out this one detail is a huge distraction to the real issue -- that Microsoft dropped the ball and treated a valued contributor like shit.
- rhizome 13y ago
  singling out this one detail is a huge distraction to the real issue That's because some guy is kind of egging on Internet commenters, saying, "oh, she should just be an adult."
  - codezero 13y ago
    It felt like it was the other way around when this started.
    - rhizome 13y ago
      It "started" in the text of the post itself, since the author, the person actually affected here, didn't much like his wife being kicked out. So it was straight-up threadshitting to call it no-big-deal.
      - codezero 13y ago
        There's nowhere in this thread where I said it ("it" being that his wife was escorted out) was no big deal. What I've said is that focusing on this particular detail and equating it to abandoning his wife in a dangerous, threatening place, which is what's been done here (note the repeated citing of crime statistics), distracts from the real issue, Microsoft mishandling their guests.

codezero 13y ago

I agree, all the points are valid, I'm just pointing out that the comments here which are making an emphatic point about his wife being thrown to the curb are not compelling unless his wife is disabled or unable to communicate. Everything about the situation is all kinds of wrong, and singling out this one detail is a huge distraction to the real issue -- that Microsoft dropped the ball and treated a valued contributor like shit.

rhizome 13y ago
singling out this one detail is a huge distraction to the real issue That's because some guy is kind of egging on Internet commenters, saying, "oh, she should just be an adult."
- codezero 13y ago
  It felt like it was the other way around when this started.
  - rhizome 13y ago
    It "started" in the text of the post itself, since the author, the person actually affected here, didn't much like his wife being kicked out. So it was straight-up threadshitting to call it no-big-deal.
    - codezero 13y ago
      There's nowhere in this thread where I said it ("it" being that his wife was escorted out) was no big deal. What I've said is that focusing on this particular detail and equating it to abandoning his wife in a dangerous, threatening place, which is what's been done here (note the repeated citing of crime statistics), distracts from the real issue, Microsoft mishandling their guests.