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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]OrwellwasRight
(5,170 posts)63. I agree but it will NEVER happen.
Dems who get elected President NEVER nominate actual liberals to the bench. Just center-left people. That is why we have such an imbalance.
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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