Passenger hysterics

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26-Feb-2009, 11:04 AM
Migflanker

A HKG passenger missed her flight and became an online sensation.

Pax meltdown

If this is how she reacts to a missed connection, I would hate to see her response to lost luggage. http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...#>/biggrin.gif

For fun, post pax meldowns you've witnessed

I was traveling MSY to LAX with a connection in DFW.
Because of a weather event (thunderstorms http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...DIR#>/wink.gif ) DFW was shut down. Thousands of passengers were stranded and AA had started to handout cots and blankets. Now most of the people took things in stride, after all, we all could hear and see the thunder and lighting. However, there was this one guy whose level of agitation seem to rise with each thunder clap. Eventually he broke, couldn't take it and launched into a tirade lambasting AA, the goverment, nicotine patches and refined sugar (yeah, it was kinda disjoined http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...DIR#>/wink.gif ) and promised a million dollar lawsuit.
And as I sat there eating my "take home" sugary sweet pralines and listening to this 4 minute outburst, it occurred to me, maybe giving him that third praline wasn't the best idea after all.
http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...IR#>/laugh.gif http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...IR#>/laugh.gif http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...DIR#>/wink.gif

Anybody else?
26-Feb-2009, 07:00 PM
Nick

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Migflanker @ Feb 27 2009, 03:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

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A HKG passenger missed her flight and became an online sensation.

Pax meltdown

If this is how she reacts to a missed connection, I would hate to see her response to lost luggage. http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...#>/biggrin.gif

For fun, post pax meldowns you've witnessed

I was traveling MSY to LAX with a connection in DFW.
Because of a weather event (thunderstorms http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...DIR#>/wink.gif ) DFW was shut down. Thousands of passengers were stranded and AA had started to handout cots and blankets. Now most of the people took things in stride, after all, we all could hear and see the thunder and lighting. However, there was this one guy whose level of agitation seem to rise with each thunder clap. Eventually he broke, couldn't take it and launched into a tirade lambasting AA, the goverment, nicotine patches and refined sugar (yeah, it was kinda disjoined http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...DIR#>/wink.gif ) and promised a million dollar lawsuit.
And as I sat there eating my "take home" sugary sweet pralines and listening to this 4 minute outburst, it occurred to me, maybe giving him that third praline wasn't the best idea after all.
http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...IR#>/laugh.gif http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...IR#>/laugh.gif http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...DIR#>/wink.gif

Anybody else?[/b]

I was on QF94 late last year LAX-MEL and there was a guy about 19 or 20 years old seated 3 rows in front. He seemed very talkative with any woman he could find, and kept turning around and looking around all flight.

We got to near Melbourne and due to a fuel situation the capt announced we would divert to SYD to re-fuel and go back. Naturally i'm starting to worry i'm going have to pay another $70 to use my SYDMEL coupon (but this didn't occur). Meanwhile the kid flips it out, his arms are flying everywhere and he rushes down the aisle to the rear door. I thought he was going to try and jump! Flight attendants gave him a stern talking to, and that's the last we heard until we reached Sydney when he called everyone in his phone book and told them how he was "f***ing stuck in sydney as qantas sucks" etc... better than falling out of the sky, mate.
26-Feb-2009, 07:35 PM
mrs767er

I dunno Nick--maybe we'd all be better off if he jumped? Maybe the "stern talking to" should have been "walk thru the exit astern?"
26-Feb-2009, 09:22 PM
Jumper

Famous words -

Last winter during some NASTY storms, I got a call from a guy who *INSISTED* he had to be on the next flight - I mean, SCREAMING and throwing a temper tantrum in the APT -

Quote: "I'm SILVER ELITE! I DEMAND that you put me on that flight...

http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...>/rolleyes.gif

I could actually hear him stamping his feet...
27-Feb-2009, 01:11 AM
septquatresept

My favorite reply to "You cancelled MY flight!" during crazy weather days is (with a big smile and a voice sweet as pie) "Oh, I'm sorry, I wasn't aware we were operating any charter flights today! Please step to the back of the line and the next available agent will assist you with your rebooking."

I also love, "Can you transfer me to another airline?" and again, with a big smile, "Sir, I believe it is also snowing over American, Delta, and Northwest, so I'm pretty sure the weather is an issue for them as well."

http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...IR#>/smile.gif Gotta love the crazy passengers we deal with on a daily basis...
27-Feb-2009, 01:34 AM
Nick

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mrs767er @ Feb 27 2009, 11:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

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I dunno Nick--maybe we'd all be better off if he jumped? Maybe the "stern talking to" should have been "walk thru the exit astern?"[/b]

True, aside from the whole explosive decompression thing http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...DIR#>/cool.gif Might have been worth it.
02-Mar-2009, 12:57 PM
Migflanker

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nick @ Feb 26 2009, 10:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

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True, aside from the whole explosive decompression thing http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...DIR#>/cool.gif Might have been worth it.[/b]

There you go, always pointing out the negative. http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...IR#>/laugh.gif
02-Mar-2009, 03:03 PM
Nick

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Migflanker @ Mar 3 2009, 04:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

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There you go, always pointing out the negative. http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...IR#>/laugh.gif[/b]

It's the Australian way http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...DIR#>/cool.gif
03-Mar-2009, 04:22 PM
mrs767er

how about this for a commentary on some aspects of airline travel?
http://copywriterunderground.com/2009/02/1...spoiled-idiots/
03-Mar-2009, 06:50 PM
vulindlela

That's funny!

I love this one too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1_lSS_VUlU
03-Mar-2009, 07:21 PM
mrs767er

I actually don't see anything funny about this guy--he's a danger to the crew and passengers, aside from the horrible disturbance.

People who record and post these things serve no purpose--sorry, just my opinion--I was expecting humor and I'm sorry I wasted even a few minutes waiting for a reason to laugh
03-Mar-2009, 10:27 PM
Migflanker

Well M767, lets see if this one brings a smile U-tube - Lost Luggage
04-Mar-2009, 10:13 AM
mrs767er

Chortle, chortle
05-Mar-2009, 08:20 AM
Migflanker

OK, here's another clip you might enjoy--(the wonder of technology-humor. )
u-Tube-late Show Conan O'Brien)

Although I doubt C-19 and Jumper will understand the rotary phones (huh) and carbon paper-mechanical swipe credit card machine reference. http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...DIR#>/wink.gif

BTW M767, I had to look up "chortle", what are you trying to do, broaden my vocabulary? http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...#>/biggrin.gif
05-Mar-2009, 10:15 AM
mrs767er

c'mon--doesn't the word chortle just make you wanna?
05-Mar-2009, 11:19 AM
Jumper

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Migflanker @ Mar 5 2009, 08:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

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Although I doubt C-19 and Jumper will understand the rotary phones (huh) and carbon paper-mechanical swipe credit card machine reference. http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...DIR#>/wink.gif[/b]

I don't know whether to be flattered or insulted! http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...R#>/tongue.gif - I'll take flattered though *snicker*

Yes, I remember rotary phones, and carbon mechanical swipes...

Hell, the first PCs I worked with only used DOS and those 10" 'floppy discs" - In college we had Macs with RAM doublers that were supersonic at 32 Megs!!!
05-Mar-2009, 11:28 AM
mrs767er

we had a Wang in college
05-Mar-2009, 12:06 PM
29palms

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumper @ Mar 5 2009, 05:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

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I don't know whether to be flattered or insulted! http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...R#>/tongue.gif - I'll take flattered though *snicker*

Yes, I remember rotary phones, and carbon mechanical swipes...

Hell, the first PCs I worked with only used DOS and those 10" 'floppy discs" - In college we had Macs with RAM doublers that were supersonic at 32 Megs!!![/b]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mrs767er @ Mar 5 2009, 05:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

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we had a Wang in college[/b]

WANG is old school. That was the first PC I ever saw. Circa 1977 in High School. Mr. Dragseth was telling us that everything was going to become computerized one day. He had about three computers in his class and the ONLY computers in the school. We played FOOTBALL on it. Like you moved a key and a dash moved for the football. It would make kids today laugh if they saw how we played football on a WANG computer. We used to call Mr. Dragseth Mr DRAG BREATH cuz he could drag on about math and numbers like a real geek. Nice guy though. How about that? WANG COMPUTER. I wonder if they still teach METAL SHOP today. How many kids know how to use a RIVET GUN???
05-Mar-2009, 12:21 PM
29palms

Do you think this is funny? I can tell you what. It may seem funny but when you are there paying for this man's mistakes, it definately is NOT FUNNY. Been on the receiving end of these screw ups many a time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IayHnA0cGuc
05-Mar-2009, 01:05 PM
Migflanker

Jumper, it's always with love. http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...DIR#>/wink.gif

I guess I'm the only one who remembers typewriters.

Palms, Full Metal Jacket..... you do take a winding road. http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...#>/biggrin.gif *more cowbell*

I think this Marine ad goes over a little better.

Marine Corp Ad
05-Mar-2009, 02:11 PM
mrs767er

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (29Palms @ Mar 5 2009, 05:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

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WANG is old school. That was the first PC I ever saw. Circa 1977 in High School. Mr. Dragseth was telling us that everything was going to become computerized one day. He had about three computers in his class and the ONLY computers in the school. We played FOOTBALL on it. Like you moved a key and a dash moved for the football. It would make kids today laugh if they saw how we played football on a WANG computer. We used to call Mr. Dragseth Mr DRAG BREATH cuz he could drag on about math and numbers like a real geek. Nice guy though. How about that? WANG COMPUTER. I wonder if they still teach METAL SHOP today. How many kids know how to use a RIVET GUN???[/b]

Cough, gasp--1977? old school? My Wang was 1972 and I was already out of college when you had your Wang in HS. Just having some fun!
Shop??---I wonder if schools are ALLOWED to have shop any more--I figured lawyers did away with shop a long time go! I loved rivet guns and tools--i was a daddy's girl who still prefers hardware stores to malls! Kids should make shop projects--but no ashtrays (not PC)--any ideas?

We programmed our Wang to change a tire on paper...
05-Mar-2009, 07:06 PM
29palms

Very cool commercial indeed. Thanks for showing that one up here. Recruiting commercial likes to show "8th and I" Marines because they look crack sharp and drill like no other. Do you know what "8th and I" is? It's a STREET location in WASHINGTON DC. They intersect each other and that is where the Marine Corps DRILL TEAM is headquartered. Not far from the Washington DC Mall area. Most Marines will never become part of that team. They are HAND PICKED. Other Marines you don't see much in commercials are involved with INFANTRY, COMMUNICATIONS, AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE, TRACKED VEHICLE MECHANICS, MP'S, RADAR REPAIR and the list goes on and on.
05-Mar-2009, 07:20 PM
29palms

Wang PC's in 1972 in colleges? I bet not all colleges had that kind of sophistication back then. For shop projects, we made rockets, with CO2 cartridge and shot them up in the air. Made racing cars again with co2. These guys loved co2. I remember making a wooden spice rack, I made a half table shelf, a metal tool tray. I remember dipping metal in chemicals to form lettering, melting down aluminum with blow torch and using sand for making the imprint of what you wanted to make and then you poured the melted aluminum in the sand pit to form what you were making. We used to make throwing stars out of aluminum. This guy tried to drill a hole in the middle and the star spun and cut up his thumb. What project do I recommend to students today? First you have to get them motivated and run them a few times around the school. Get the laziness out of them.
05-Mar-2009, 07:37 PM
mrs767er

I went to New College--a league of its own then...that Wang was its own monster!

love your humor and opinions but 29palms--your avatar is making me nervous....
06-Mar-2009, 07:26 AM
Nick

Y'all lost me at wang computer... and what's this more cowbell business? http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e..._DIR#>/huh.gif

Oh and guess what came out in the wash - we ended up aplogizing to the woman from the youtube clip and offering her miles and upgrades *sigh*
06-Mar-2009, 09:54 AM
29palms

Ok, how's this for an avatar? BEEP BEEP. He went thataway.
06-Mar-2009, 11:51 AM
vulindlela

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mrs767er @ Mar 3 2009, 07:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

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I actually don't see anything funny about this guy--he's a danger to the crew and passengers, aside from the horrible disturbance.

People who record and post these things serve no purpose--sorry, just my opinion--I was expecting humor and I'm sorry I wasted even a few minutes waiting for a reason to laugh[/b]

I don't think he was a danger. An idiot and disturbance? Big time! He is lucky he did not get a beat down from the passengers.
As a former F/A I do think the recording of this would serve a purpose in training and also in any prosecution that may have come about. That was probably not the objective of the videographer though.
I wonder what caused him to lose it. Is he mental? Is he afraid to fly or clausterphobic? I had two different flights in which a man started screaming and kicking and flailing his hands all around. It turns out on both of them they had been sleeping and had a dream the plane crashed.
I dealt with two drunks that wanted to be served more alcohol. One kept coming back to the galley and yelling. There were some big guys seated nearby that were close to taking him down. The other guy actually was taken down cold by someone and all the witnesses did not say a word.

You know what is a danger to passengers and crew?
The TSA.
They did a test at our checkpoints the other day in which they tried to get 6 phony bombs through and they got 5 of them through.
That scares the hell out of me. If that had been terrorists, we would have 5 blown up airliners and 100s of people dead.
07-Mar-2009, 09:34 AM
ColoAvs19

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Migflanker @ Mar 5 2009, 02:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

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OK, here's another clip you might enjoy--(the wonder of technology-humor. )
u-Tube-late Show Conan O'Brien)

Although I doubt C-19 and Jumper will understand the rotary phones (huh) and carbon paper-mechanical swipe credit card machine reference. http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...DIR#>/wink.gif

BTW M767, I had to look up "chortle", what are you trying to do, broaden my vocabulary? http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...#>/biggrin.gif[/b]

I've used both of these devices in my many years.

I saw the Seinfeld the other day when they're lost in the parking garage. I remember before cell phones were commonplace, it was a different time.

The first time I called my mother on her first cell phone, she was in the grocery store, she said "how did you know I was here?"
07-Mar-2009, 10:52 AM
29palms

WANG computer days. These guys were on the radio. BIG BROTHER may have actually been Bill Gates. May as well listen to the tune while your at the page.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkymBF32Z6I
09-Mar-2009, 06:53 PM
Migflanker

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nick @ Mar 6 2009, 05:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

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and what's this more cowbell business? http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e..._DIR#>/huh.gif[/b]

"more cowbell" refers to a classic Saturday Night live skit starring Will Ferrell & Christopher Walken. Blue Oyster Cult song (Don't Fear) The Reaper, needs more cowbell.
"I've got a fever....and the only prescription is MORE COWBELL."

Couldn't find the whole skit, but this will give you the flavor
more cowbell
09-Mar-2009, 09:16 PM
29palms

I never saw that skit, but this was real funny. And Don't Fear the Reaper is an excellent tune by the Blue Oyster Cult. Thanks for showin it.
10-Mar-2009, 06:23 AM
Nick

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Migflanker @ Mar 10 2009, 10:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

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"more cowbell" refers to a classic Saturday Night live skit starring Will Ferrell & Christopher Walken. Blue Oyster Cult song (Don't Fear) The Reaper, needs more cowbell.
"I've got a fever....and the only prescription is MORE COWBELL."[/b]

Hmmmm OK. For some reason i always thought it had something to do with Taco Bell. I'm a weird kid...
10-Mar-2009, 10:33 AM
Migflanker

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nick @ Mar 6 2009, 05:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

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Oh and guess what came out in the wash - we ended up aplogizing to the woman from the youtube clip and offering her miles and upgrades *sigh*[/b]

I assume the apology is for the clip finding it's way to u-Tube, and not, for her missing her connection. http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...DIR#>/wink.gif
10-Mar-2009, 10:57 AM
Migflanker

Palms asked "Ok, how's this for an avatar? BEEP BEEP. He went thataway."

Palms, love the new avatar. At one time I was going to change my airplane avatar to Wiley Coyote, but I thought no one would recognize me. http://www.nonrev.net/forums/style_e...#>/biggrin.gif

Wiley Coyote is my personal non-rev hero.
He's creative (never runs out of ideas)
Highly motivated
Never loses sight of his objective
AND
Has a never say die attitude, even when everything (including the fundamental laws of nature) are against him.
Wiley E. Coyogte, now there's a hero to inspire any non-rev.

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/8808/wiley.th.png
10-Mar-2009, 11:26 AM
ColoAvs19

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nick @ Mar 6 2009, 01:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

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Oh and guess what came out in the wash - we ended up aplogizing to the woman from the youtube clip and offering her miles and upgrades *sigh*[/b]

I hate when people/airlines cave when pax yell and scream enough or as mig said because the exposure this one got. I love standing my ground in those kind of situations. I hate for them to occur, and I love to do what I can and help pax out, but I really hate it when people give in to childish behavior.