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bluestateguy

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8. Lovely

Thu Feb 14, 2013, 04:02 PM

Feb 2013

I remember several years ago an airline (that no longer exists today) gave me the run around and took 19 hours to get me from point A to point B (domestic flight). I was never put up in a hotel or given money for food. And no, the weather had nothing to do with this.

I was offered a voucher for another flight in the future as compensation. Of course, the voucher had all kinds of loopholes in the fine print about blackout dates other incomprehensible preconditions, all of which made the voucher essentially worthless.

When I pointed this out to the sniveling little customer service agent he just shrugged.

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Moor delay: Carnival’s cruise from hell won’t dock till dark FoxNews.com [View all] jannyk Feb 2013 OP

Maybe a performance of Othello? treestar Feb 2013 #1

Titus Andronicus. Aaron the Moor is keeping them from docking. nt Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #6

It's a play on "mooring" as in ship moorings. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2013 #2

My thought as well. Just a somewhat clever play on words. cbayer Feb 2013 #26

In their defense... ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #3

Maybe this is a dumb question bluestateguy Feb 2013 #4

Nope. No refunds for those on board. They'll get a voucher for another cruise. Mika Feb 2013 #5

Actually, the company is doing a one-off and refund + voucher Taverner Feb 2013 #7

My cousin works for a law firm hired by Carnival. Mika Feb 2013 #13

They probably wouldn't have given refunds if this wasn't all over the news Taverner Feb 2013 #14

Yep... jberryhill Feb 2013 #20

Lovely bluestateguy Feb 2013 #8

And personal hose-downs from the Carnival board of directors. Safetykitten Feb 2013 #31

they will get refunds CreekDog Feb 2013 #9

I read they will get a refund plus free hotel rooms in Mobile dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #10

Now they say mainstreetonce Feb 2013 #11

Actually GP6971 Feb 2013 #16

Why isn't some entrepreneural person malaise Feb 2013 #19

No doubt they've already done a cost/benefit analysis Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #12

Yep Mika Feb 2013 #15

whatever their cost benefit analysis is, the Alaska cruise that I was thinking about with my friends CreekDog Feb 2013 #24

4th time this has happened to their ships, 3rd time since 2010 CreekDog Feb 2013 #28

$500, free flight back home, and a free cruise voucher is what I am hearing. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #18

Plus reimbursement for the cruise they are on now. Grammy23 Feb 2013 #21

why is that good? CreekDog Feb 2013 #22

They are missing approx 5 days of work. Guy on radio said his wife's boss gave her a hard time Liberal_in_LA Feb 2013 #25

the 1st cruise was a disaster, so you can't say there are getting 2 cruises. they are getting 1 Liberal_in_LA Feb 2013 #27

I was talking about this with my dad. His summary: ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #30

guy interviewed on radio said the smell was so bad, he had to run through hallways to prevent Liberal_in_LA Feb 2013 #33

It's funny, because some are complaining and some are saying it hasn't really been that bad. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #34

In keeping with "The Spitit" of their adventure, the passengers will enjoy going home.... BlueJazz Feb 2013 #17

I wonder if this is planned so that cameras won't record what the passengers look like Cleita Feb 2013 #23

That's what my first thought was too. n/t JimDandy Feb 2013 #32

It's a pun. They are making light of the situation. Journalism FAIL. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #29