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In reply to the discussion: I refuse to "voluntarily" give up a seat I have paid for, and am, in fact, occupying, and some [View all]leftieNanner
(15,190 posts)26. Not just so someone else can have your bed -
but so a hotel employee can have your bed. The flight was full, but United had to get four crew members on the plane.
My daughter used to compete in Odyssey of the Mind back in middle school. Her team won the regional competition, and then the state competition. They were flying to Ames, Iowa for the World Tournament, and half the team was bumped off the flight because it was over booked. They flew them to Kentucky and told them to just figure it out. They had to rent a van and drive all night to get to the venue. Needless to say, they didn't do very well. UNITED AIRLINES SUCKS! Always will. Oh, and they didn't compensate the kids and the parents for the hassle.
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I refuse to "voluntarily" give up a seat I have paid for, and am, in fact, occupying, and some [View all]
niyad
Apr 2017
OP
I had this almost happen to me. I booked a hotel room for two weeks. I had been there about
RKP5637
Apr 2017
#15
In my job as nursing supervisor, I learned a tone of voice that was pretty effective.
TNNurse
Apr 2017
#37
I have been told that my "tone" and a certain expression I use, can scare the biggest bullies
niyad
Apr 2017
#55
i never got bullied, or maybe i just stared at them when i was a kid. i had
pansypoo53219
Apr 2017
#105
Wow, that is some story. One never knows what they're getting into. All it takes is the
RKP5637
Apr 2017
#144
They'll claim you deserved it because you didn't read the fine print on your receipt
kcr
Apr 2017
#186
I just read that--how utterly horrifying. the very least they should have comped your room.
niyad
Apr 2017
#27
Thanks, another down-vote for United and MBAs that don't know customer relations
erronis
Apr 2017
#61
Congrats to your daughter and to you! Let's hope her bright mind can lead us out of the dystopia
erronis
Apr 2017
#190
yes but if a business is too stupid to plan how to use its employee force u should suffer nt
msongs
Apr 2017
#2
Turns out they were not sworn officers of the law, but hired thugs. I mean "security." nt
Hekate
Apr 2017
#8
If they were any good at their job, they could have removed the man without splitting his lip.
hamsterjill
Apr 2017
#33
Eff that. By the time TSA was halfway thru with me I was sobbing and I. Don't. Cry. In. Public.
Hekate
Apr 2017
#111
I don't know if this new video is posted elsewhere. Maybe I should post it in a new thread.
suffragette
Apr 2017
#176
A tantrum? You have no idea what happened before the cameras started recording.
Hekate
Apr 2017
#133
When adults have a problem with the airlines, they try and straighten it out, not flail and scream.
EX500rider
Apr 2017
#136
welcome to du. the question of the "duly sworn officer" brings up the question: if there
niyad
Apr 2017
#10
The passenger should be reasoned with, and if he won't leave, he should be left alone.
athena
Apr 2017
#59
And why would an airline pick a senior citizen rather than a younger person
womanofthehills
Apr 2017
#140
"Cops are supposed to be trained to be able to reason with people without using physical force."
The Big Ragu
Apr 2017
#148
Us too. This is just outrageous! Besides, who would want to fly an airline
AgadorSparticus
Apr 2017
#146
the contract you agree to when you buy the ticket is that you will give up your seat
Ohioblue22
Apr 2017
#19
yup..in the nearly illegible tiny print in the 25th paragraph, courtesy of the
annabanana
Apr 2017
#25
The regulations require them to give the bumped passenger a WRITTEN statements of his rights.
pnwmom
Apr 2017
#73
yes I am finding this out . apparently once you've been seated there is only
Ohioblue22
Apr 2017
#123
I'm not sure I can guarantee that, but I will definitely avoid them if possible
Fast Walker 52
Apr 2017
#68
yes, he is a doctor. but, as others have pointed out, doctor or unemployed, NOBODY deserves
niyad
Apr 2017
#54
Why did they randomly select who was to be booted. Shouldn't it have been the last tickets sold?
Snotcicles
Apr 2017
#42
And AFTER everyone was boarded and seated they found out they had crewmembers to transport?
rocktivity
Apr 2017
#87
Being that McConnell has rendered tradition null and void lets do it. And all in the first 100 days.
Snotcicles
Apr 2017
#50
I hope that he sue Untied for all the millions that they pay their CEO and then some
question everything
Apr 2017
#131
I totally agree. What slays me are all the corporate sympathizers on here.
AgadorSparticus
Apr 2017
#82
"slays me" is putting it mildly... sheeple worshiping at the altar of the wolves...
Raster
Apr 2017
#98
Me too. I think DU is infested with bots and sock puppets as they post EXTREMELY un-DU
anneboleyn
Apr 2017
#149
Christ on a trailer hitch. What a bunch of fascist apologists we have collected here.
Hekate
Apr 2017
#135
I'm so glad I don't have to fly, because I'm already where I want to be. n/t
Binkie The Clown
Apr 2017
#157
Rail is fun, which is why Dumb Turnip is cutting over 200 cities from passenger service. n/t
Binkie The Clown
Apr 2017
#161