More Filth & Lack Of Upkeep
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Go back and read the OP's post--FILTH and DUCT-TAPED overhead bins.
HINT: These are BAD things.
This is NOT the norm for aircraft cabins. When customers see things like this, they DON'T want to buy another ticket on that carrier. What else is there to explain?
THE LARGER PROBLEM, just in case you did not see it the first time:
When people pay for something and get something much less than expected, THEY GO AWAY AND TAKE THEIR BUSINESS ELSEWHERE.
When people pay for something and get something much less than expected, THEY GO AWAY AND TAKE THEIR BUSINESS ELSEWHERE.
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vantheman63
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Oooohhhh....you really are such a sweet little slice of perfection aren't you? I can't imagine how much fun it would be to have you in a focus meeting...."First and foremost, #1, customers suck, period, and when in doubt, go back to #1....")
Okay...the gentleman who was the mechanic on board and who's mug appears in the pics was kind enough to send me a PM to remind me of an error in my post....that line cut was a phone line, not an IFE wire.
I do stand corrected....
And, as he was there, why not ask him if there was anything other then laughter on my part? On anyone's part? We all thought it was pretty funny....and at the same time, sad.
As a matter of fact, I mentioned exactly ZERO time my status. What happened, since you missed it on the original post, the G/A came on and said, "if they can't figure it out, 2C stays, he's a CP." So in fact, the G/A "flaunted my status." (Momma always told me, "never get down in the mud and wrestle with a pig, so I'm not sure why I'm explaining myself to someone as clearly gifted as you are.)
Look....this situation goes to a bigger point...."airplanes on other airlines aren't full of duct tape....aren't in filthy disrepair and aren't falling apart." (Did I ever tell you about the time I was on an HP B733 shortly after the merger, seated in 2D, I pulled my luggage out of the overhead....and it fell down into the seat? Or the time I was on an HP A320 flying YVR-LAS and the pilot had to rush from the cockpit to go to the back of the airplane because a big chunk of something fell on a passenger? THAT KIND OF STUFF DOESN'T HAPPEN ON OTHER AIRLINES!!!)
If US wants to run filthy, unkept airplanes, and after this many years of seeing airplanes in this condition, I believe they do....then pardon me while I (a.) fly other airlines (b.) fly US ONLY when it's cheap (c.) fly US ONLY when there is no other way and (d.) note it when I see it.
Yes, things break, yes things happen...no, US doesn't care about clean, well kept airplanes....and how you feel so high and mighty to hurl all that love onto the screen is no doubt, mind boggling.
It is the PUBLIC'S PERCEPTION that when something does not fit in the overhead compartment, that it should not be shoved forcefully in - bending the bins' structure to the point where the lamination on the edges comes off, correct? Stuff should be placed carefully in the bins and taken out carefully so as to not damage the aircraft. Correct?
It is the public's perception that when we say, ONE carry on item and ONE small personal item is allowed on board, that there will be compliance. How can you explain that we still have people come on board with two oversized carry-ons and an additional purse and still want to fight you?
It is common sense that you should not change your diapers in the cabin with hundreds of other people around smelling the s#it.
It is common sense that you should bring head-phones when you intend to play cartoons for your kids on your private DVD player.
It's all about public perception, isn't it? Something that most people forget, correct?
The unfortunate truth is that most people like the OP need to be ####-slapped into their common sense.
It is the public's perception that when we say, ONE carry on item and ONE small personal item is allowed on board, that there will be compliance. How can you explain that we still have people come on board with two oversized carry-ons and an additional purse and still want to fight you?
It is common sense that you should not change your diapers in the cabin with hundreds of other people around smelling the s#it.
It is common sense that you should bring head-phones when you intend to play cartoons for your kids on your private DVD player.
It's all about public perception, isn't it? Something that most people forget, correct?
The unfortunate truth is that most people like the OP need to be ####-slapped into their common sense.
What!? These problems have NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TOPIC or the OP. The issue here is that the OP had a regrettable on-board experience which he described in his original post.
And why should he be slapped, pray tell? How is this his fault?
I don't understand your line of thinking, and I can tell you I certainly find it appalling that you continue to bring up irrelevant issues to the topic at hand and continually blame customers for negative experiences.
Mr. Van,
If you took everything so lightly and were laughing, why the need to post it all on here?
Please, what's the agenda?
Why did you carry it within you to the point where you still couldn't let go and needed to rant about it on the net?
Did you get anything good out of this? Did you get money and/or compensation?
Please, enlighten us.
Somehow you are speaking out of both sides of your mouth at the same time. You talked about your status!!!! Nobody cares about your status as a frequent flier. Then later you defend that by saying that you ZERO times mentioned you had a status. I don't see the G/A posting on here. It's all your story - your words.
If you took everything so lightly and were laughing, why the need to post it all on here?
Please, what's the agenda?
Why did you carry it within you to the point where you still couldn't let go and needed to rant about it on the net?
Did you get anything good out of this? Did you get money and/or compensation?
Please, enlighten us.
Somehow you are speaking out of both sides of your mouth at the same time. You talked about your status!!!! Nobody cares about your status as a frequent flier. Then later you defend that by saying that you ZERO times mentioned you had a status. I don't see the G/A posting on here. It's all your story - your words.
Let me break it down again one more time in little understandable pieces, then Van can have at it, because I do not think there is any reasoning with you.
Broken seat = negative
Filth = negative
Duct-taped bins = negative
While I guess there is some humor to be found in the experience--although if someone had gotten hurt, it might not have been something to chuckle at--all of these are visual evidence of the state of the company, a company who thinks that it's OK to slap some tape on a dirty aircraft and make do with bare minimum effort, because employees and customers are low priority.
How's that?
Broken seat = negative
Filth = negative
Duct-taped bins = negative
While I guess there is some humor to be found in the experience--although if someone had gotten hurt, it might not have been something to chuckle at--all of these are visual evidence of the state of the company, a company who thinks that it's OK to slap some tape on a dirty aircraft and make do with bare minimum effort, because employees and customers are low priority.
How's that?
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vantheman63
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Oh my, you are just such a peach of a human! Wow....I guess I've never believed people like you exist! You area such a dreamy person.....
Incorrect....I travel CONSTANTLY....I care about my belongings....I don't overstuff it or over-cram overheads.
I carry the smallest sized rollerboard and a small back pack that has my laptop on it....fits under the a seat SUPER easy.
Yeah, I don't have kids....but if I did, I'd be sure to have my kids diapers changed as close to you as possible. (We should find out where Andromeda works so he/she can smell the sweet, wafting air of a fresh diaper.)
See above....I don't have kids...but when I watch South Park, I do wear my Bose headphones....we should SERIOUSLY approach Matt and Trey about making a South Park based on your hatred of customers...wouldn't that be fun?
Yup.....and my perception is that US Airways, much like you, hates their customers.
Damn, you are one magnificent person....do you, by chance, put Vodka in your corn flakes in the morning to dull the pain?!?!
Not that it is anyone's business, but I carry one computer bag (over the shoulder, if you must know!) on board with me when I travel that fits under the seat. I rarely bring my own IFE and if I do, I have a headset or earbuds. I don't have kids and I do not travel with my cat. And I am one of the nicest people you will ever meet. But this thread is really testing my Southern grace and hospitality and I am trying really hard not to get tossed off of here!
I repeat my question, since you and your cronies are desperately and unsuccessfully trying to make this about me.
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Mr. Van,
Why did you post this?
What is the real reason for posting this?
Did you think you were solving something and/or motivating someone into taking corrective action based on a blog?
Please, I am curious. And only answer the questions. Your comments such as "Oh my, you are just such a peach of a human" are not an answer to these very important questions.
I realize though that when you can't come up with a reasonable answer that you will have no other choice than to desperately try to throw-in anything you can, such as the vodka comment.
It's a sign of someone in desperation.
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Mr. Van,
Why did you post this?
What is the real reason for posting this?
Did you think you were solving something and/or motivating someone into taking corrective action based on a blog?
Please, I am curious. And only answer the questions. Your comments such as "Oh my, you are just such a peach of a human" are not an answer to these very important questions.
I realize though that when you can't come up with a reasonable answer that you will have no other choice than to desperately try to throw-in anything you can, such as the vodka comment.
It's a sign of someone in desperation.
Sounds to me like some folks at US need to quit the service business and go into a line of work that doesn't involve other people: forest ranger; letter carrier; lighthouse attendant, night watchman, for example.
The beotch slapping that needs to take place should take the form of Tempe ridding its house of the infestation of employees who have such disdain for the customer. Without us pain-in-the-butt, whining, fat, littering, bitching, toenail clipping, overhead bin stuffing, rude, obnoxious, etc. customers, there's likely not going to be much coming your way on payday. That money comes from ticket sales, after all.
Too bad Tempe, like so many here and on the front-line, doesn't get that either.
This thread is SO not about you!
It's about a negative experience the OP had on a US Airways plane, remember? Click back, post #1, read again.
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Good,
then answer the question:
Why did you post this?
What is the real reason for posting this?
Did you think you were solving something and/or motivating someone into taking corrective action based on a blog?
longing4piedmont
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Oh drama QUEEN, allow me to ask YOU a question. Please don't dodge or deflect in YOUR answer.
Why do I not see the same condition on the other 10 or so airlines I fly in the course of the year? If all pax all the same, I should be seeing the same conditions on the other airlines.
So one more time here is your chance to hit one out of the park..... Why do I not see the same condition on the other 10 or so airlines I fly in the course of the year?
