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NewHampshire Black Bears
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Oh Jesus..WNforlife.
Spare me.. from the hypocratic ..family values..conservative..Red State..Bible belt..BULL SHET !!
You sound like the Republican Party(The party of Abe Lincoln, Ted Haggard/Mark Foley/Larry Craig and David Vitter)
HOWEVER, your not 100% wrong(and trust me I'm no PRUDE)
Between "pierced Clitoris's"...More TATTOO's than a 40 year merchant mariner, and ABSOLUTE SLAVES to the so called fashion Industry, it's painfully clear that an ever increasing number of American Women...have LOST their FUUKING Minds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ain't that the truth. I always thought that God did his best work on the female body...why mess with perfection? Tattoo's on a woman's body looks like graffiti on a highway overpass.
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AN "APOLOGY" FROM SOUTHWEST
http://startelegram.typepad.com/sky_talk/2...west-ceo-d.html
As we both know, this story has great legs, but the true issue here is that you are a valued Customer, and you did not get an adequate apology. Kyla, we could have handled this better, and on behalf of Southwest Airlines, I am truly sorry.
http://startelegram.typepad.com/sky_talk/2...west-ceo-d.html
As we both know, this story has great legs, but the true issue here is that you are a valued Customer, and you did not get an adequate apology. Kyla, we could have handled this better, and on behalf of Southwest Airlines, I am truly sorry.
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Southwest Airlines turns miniskirt incident into marketing ploy
By DAVID KOENIG
The Associated Press
DALLAS | Southwest Airlines, after getting grief for telling a young woman her outfit was too revealing to fly, is now using the brouhaha as a marketing ploy — announcing a fare sale to honor miniskirts.
The airline on Friday offered Kyla Ebbert, 23, two free round-trip tickets and issued a double-entendre-laced news release announcing “skimpy†sale fares of $49 to $109 each way, available for 10 days.
Ebbert took her case to “The Dr. Phil Show†on Friday. Host Phil McGraw read an apology from Southwest’s chief executive officer, Gary Kelly, during the show, which is scheduled to be broadcast Tuesday.
Ebbert said she was on a Southwest plane ready to take off from San Diego on July 3 when an airline employee asked her to change her miniskirt, top and sweater or get off.
In a compromise, the 23-year-old Californian was allowed to stay on the flight to Tucson, Ariz., after pulling her skirt down a bit and her top up.
Kelly said the airline apologized to Ebbert in August and thought the affair was over. But in the past two weeks, Ebbert went on NBC’s “Today Show†and was scheduled to tape an episode of “The Dr. Phil Show†on Friday to recount her tale.
Ebbert’s account, and a similar one by another woman this week, led to unfavorable news coverage and Internet chatter about Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co. Newspaper columnists and bloggers derided the airline — which in the 1970s put its flight attendants in hot pants and called itself “the love airline†— as prudish.
So Kelly decided to change the tone Friday by issuing another apology to Ebbert — company President Colleen Barrett was dispatched to phone her — and announce a lighthearted fare sale pegged to the controversy.
“It is quite humorous, given that we were born with hot pants,†Kelly said. “We’re trying to be good-humored about all this.â€
Kelly declined to give his opinion of Ebbert’s outfit but said the airline needs to “lean towards the customer.â€
“We don’t have a dress code at Southwest Airlines, and we don’t want to put our employees in the position of being the fashion police,†he said, “but there’s a fine line you walk sometimes in not offending other passengers.â€
By DAVID KOENIG
The Associated Press
DALLAS | Southwest Airlines, after getting grief for telling a young woman her outfit was too revealing to fly, is now using the brouhaha as a marketing ploy — announcing a fare sale to honor miniskirts.
The airline on Friday offered Kyla Ebbert, 23, two free round-trip tickets and issued a double-entendre-laced news release announcing “skimpy†sale fares of $49 to $109 each way, available for 10 days.
Ebbert took her case to “The Dr. Phil Show†on Friday. Host Phil McGraw read an apology from Southwest’s chief executive officer, Gary Kelly, during the show, which is scheduled to be broadcast Tuesday.
Ebbert said she was on a Southwest plane ready to take off from San Diego on July 3 when an airline employee asked her to change her miniskirt, top and sweater or get off.
In a compromise, the 23-year-old Californian was allowed to stay on the flight to Tucson, Ariz., after pulling her skirt down a bit and her top up.
Kelly said the airline apologized to Ebbert in August and thought the affair was over. But in the past two weeks, Ebbert went on NBC’s “Today Show†and was scheduled to tape an episode of “The Dr. Phil Show†on Friday to recount her tale.
Ebbert’s account, and a similar one by another woman this week, led to unfavorable news coverage and Internet chatter about Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co. Newspaper columnists and bloggers derided the airline — which in the 1970s put its flight attendants in hot pants and called itself “the love airline†— as prudish.
So Kelly decided to change the tone Friday by issuing another apology to Ebbert — company President Colleen Barrett was dispatched to phone her — and announce a lighthearted fare sale pegged to the controversy.
“It is quite humorous, given that we were born with hot pants,†Kelly said. “We’re trying to be good-humored about all this.â€
Kelly declined to give his opinion of Ebbert’s outfit but said the airline needs to “lean towards the customer.â€
“We don’t have a dress code at Southwest Airlines, and we don’t want to put our employees in the position of being the fashion police,†he said, “but there’s a fine line you walk sometimes in not offending other passengers.â€
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"Skimpy Fares" ????
What next......."Topless Fares" .........................OOOP's, almost forgot that ol' saying;
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
What next......."Topless Fares"
.........................OOOP's, almost forgot that ol' saying;BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
“We don’t have a dress code at Southwest Airlines, and we don’t want to put our employees in the position of being the fashion police,†he said, “but there’s a fine line you walk sometimes in not offending other passengers.â€
Ok so if there is no dress code then who is taking it upon themselves to enforce a code that does not exist? If these rouge enforcers of a policy that does not exist are still employed at SWA do future travelers have to worry about being removed for not complying with a policy that does not exist? The act of contrition on the part of SWA is a strong indication that this young lady has a very valid lawsuit and I certainly hope she takes the legal steps to ensure that SWA is seeing more problems than just hemlines in the courtroom.
I wonder how the argument given by so many here that she was of low moral character due to a web page will fly as a defense for SWA. Will those traveling on SWA have to sign disclosures prior to taking flight? Will we see the closure of flights to LAS as a result of SWA's perceived moral high ground?
May the scales of justice weigh heavily in this case. SWA has admitted fault and this should be an easy case for the plaintiff.
Ok so if there is no dress code then who is taking it upon themselves to enforce a code that does not exist? If these rouge enforcers of a policy that does not exist are still employed at SWA do future travelers have to worry about being removed for not complying with a policy that does not exist? The act of contrition on the part of SWA is a strong indication that this young lady has a very valid lawsuit and I certainly hope she takes the legal steps to ensure that SWA is seeing more problems than just hemlines in the courtroom.
I wonder how the argument given by so many here that she was of low moral character due to a web page will fly as a defense for SWA. Will those traveling on SWA have to sign disclosures prior to taking flight? Will we see the closure of flights to LAS as a result of SWA's perceived moral high ground?
May the scales of justice weigh heavily in this case. SWA has admitted fault and this should be an easy case for the plaintiff.
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So mags...if I show up for a UAL flight in my Borat style bathing suit, the crew would have no problems with me boarding? SWA can't win with you - in anything. You make posts about the caliber of clientèle on Southwest flights (as I recall, making mention of their manner of dress - several times), but suddenly Southwest is wrong to question the manner of dress of a passenger. So what is it...is the manner of dress that you have blasted over the years suddenly okay? If so, I trust that we won't be seeing posts from you about that in the future.
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"Skimpy Fares" ????
What next......."Topless Fares"
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
Topless fares...I can live with that
black bears;
perhaps you are confusing hypocratic (as in medical profession) with hypocritic[al]
I'm not sure you know a red state from a blue state from your hiney.
You're (not "your") not 100% right about much in your written word, as it stands.
There is no possessive form of the word "clitoris". A clitoris is not capable of possessing any object.
If you have tatoos that possess something, that might be one for the books!! "Tatoos" is the correct form for plural pictures painted in your skin with a needle and dye.
I rest my case. I can comfortably say that you are quite ignorant of the language which you most likely purport to speak, since you certainly are not capable of writing it with much skill. Perhaps you should not think before you write?
perhaps you are confusing hypocratic (as in medical profession) with hypocritic[al]
I'm not sure you know a red state from a blue state from your hiney.
You're (not "your") not 100% right about much in your written word, as it stands.
There is no possessive form of the word "clitoris". A clitoris is not capable of possessing any object.
If you have tatoos that possess something, that might be one for the books!! "Tatoos" is the correct form for plural pictures painted in your skin with a needle and dye.
I rest my case. I can comfortably say that you are quite ignorant of the language which you most likely purport to speak, since you certainly are not capable of writing it with much skill. Perhaps you should not think before you write?
The reason is this:
After the plane filled, and the flight attendants began their safety spiel, Ebbert was asked to step off the plane by a customer service supervisor, identified by the airline only as “Keith.â€
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They walked out onto the jet bridge, where Keith told Ebbert her clothing was inappropriate and asked her to change. She explained she was flying to Tucson for only a few hours and had brought no luggage.
“I asked him what part of my outfit was offensive,†she said. “The shirt? The skirt? And he said, 'The whole thing.' â€
Because someone like "Keith" feels he can single out the attractive ladies and let them board while I suspect "Keith" would have allowed some male in a tinkerbell costume to board and probably get the number of the designer so he could order one himself. It is because in the world of passenger interaction SWA has very few choices and they tend to pick the wrong one every time. Also, I take umbrage with your character assassination of this young lady for having a fun photo on her myspace page. She did not deserve the attack that was leveled against her by the SWA crowd. I suppose she should have pooped on the serving cart and we would have been in agreement on her being taken off the plane.
Really? Your's doesn't have it's own name? I guess that's the differance between men and women...my penis owns it's own car!!
I am REALLY offended by the way this pax was dressed!! If she were on my jet, I think I would have made her sit up front so I could keep my eyes on her! I hereby volunteer to personally inspect her outfit (and confirm commando status) on behalf of all the good moral passengers of the country... Anybody got her number?
On the way to Tucson in the summer? Having lived there, let me be the first to say she was OVER dressed!
You beat me to it! Except, I figured it was a jealous FA that was past her "prime" ..(Is khaki slimming?).....
Actually, the offended pax/employee was probably just one of those over zealous bible thumpin' types that's milking America's welfare system, been to prison, had 4 DUI's, went through rehab (three times), and was blessed enough to "find god" and now has the unique ability to judge everyone, and be offended by all things unholy.
Just a guess.
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