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This makes me so angry. This was one of the reasons I got out of consulting. Every fucking time, I would get an enhanced check. Surprisingly enough, it is nothi
by eshvk 13y ago
This makes me so angry. This was one of the reasons I got out of consulting. Every fucking time, I would get an enhanced check. Surprisingly enough, it is nothing new. This is something you face if you are a minority. Hell, I remember a friend from back in Africa whose dad got blacklisted in the nineties because he had a beard. Brown catholic guy with a beard got blacklisted. The only difference now is that at least this guy is articulate enough to vocalize organized discrimination.
And Fuck Jet Blue while we are at it.
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- mninja 13y agoI'm assuming his consulting work involved frequent travel, and he happens to "fit the profile".
- ngoel36 13y agoNo, consultants travel often enough that the frequency of enhanced checks starts adding up to a lot
- jlgreco 13y agoI believe he means that being a consultant required that he fly frequently, and they happened to single him out as well.
- lambda 13y agoMy reading was that as a consultant, he had to fly more often.
- acchow 13y agoFuck Jet Blue. I'm boycotting them.
- chiph 13y agoIf I were a consultant today, I'd look into buying an RV. No more dirty hotel rooms or questionable restaurant food. And a much lower chance of a TSA encounter.
- rfnslyr 13y ago"Yeah can you give me about two weeks? I'm going to take my RV." -1 client. How bout no.
- chiph 13y agoThree possible replies to this. #1. I have a MiFi device, so I can get started with the preliminaries as my spouse drives. And of course, once I arrive I'll be on-site with your team. #2. Because I provide my own living arrangements, my expenses will be much lower. I'll charge you diesel from my current location instead of a round-trip business-class airline ticket, and the RV park is $300 a month, vs. $150 a night at a hotel. Since I tow my car, you won't be paying for a rental. And you won't be billed for bi-weekly weekend trips home, as I bring my home with me. #3. (fudge it a bit...) I can be there as soon as I finish wrapping things up with my current client. Probably on the 9th.
- eshvk 13y ago#2 A huge enterprise company would probably reject you for nickel and diming on their behalf. The billing rate is incredibly high mainly because they just want their job done. #3 A consequence of high billing rates is that you will be required to be there as soon as possible.
- rfnslyr 13y agoWhen I pay someone $3000 for the day, I expect them to arrive in two hours in a fucking G6.
- chiph 13y agoWinston Wolfe arriving in an NSX. Gotcha.
- mundizzle 13y agono idea if it accomplishes anything, but i wrote a strongly worded complaint through the jetblue website here - http://www.jetblue.com/contact-us/email/concern/ http://www.jetblue.com/contact-us/email/concern/
- twilightfog 13y agoSome other options to directly contact JetBlue: Justin Thompson Director Customer Support Justin.thompson@jetblue.com (801) 449- 2732 David Barger Chief executive officer (718) 286-7900 david.barger@jetblue.com
- wwweston 13y agoPossibly worth noting that Jet Blue has had some other problems in their history: http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2008/09/30/the-video-that-got-a-jetblue-passenger-escorted-off-the-plane-in-handcuffs/ http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2008/09/30/the-video-that-... http://www.jessdugan.com/blog/13699650/JetBlue-stole-my-cameras http://www.jessdugan.com/blog/13699650/JetBlue-stole-my-came...