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Galley Gossip: How to get free beer in flight {Gadling}
Oct 16th 2009 11:57AM I think she means to not ask for a FREE drink, but then, I just might be misunderstanding her.
Galley Gossip: How to get free beer in flight {Gadling}
Oct 16th 2009 11:50AM At the risk of sounding like a Puritan (and as someone who, admittedly, enjoys a beer on her long-haul flights) I really think that in flight, especially in coach, there should be a two- or three-drink limit. I've seen someone get dehydrated AND drunk from imbibing too much alcohol on a plane, as well as the usual instances of someone being a drunken fool. In the air there's no way for me to walk away like I can in the ballpark, at a concert, etc., and while I don't think alcohol should be removed from flights (even though it would make life so much easier on everyone involved in many cases), I do believe that it should be limited however, and that the limits should be enforced. Conservatively, half of the problems I have seen on the flights I've been on were directly caused by one passenger's alcohol overconsumption and subsequent inability to act like a (civilised) human being.
Road testing the KOR ONE water bottle {Gadling}
Aug 13th 2009 2:16PM "with a hinged opening at the top instead of the more common, screw lids."
Is anyone but me bothered by the unnecessary comma after common?
Galley Gossip: Nonrevs, deadheads & commuters in (and out) of uniform {Gadling}
Aug 6th 2009 11:00AM Ohhh Heather... yet another reason I could NEVER be an F/A, and respect the hell out of people who ARE. My very first international flight, I sat in the VERY back of coach (where I prefer because of my own neuroses :)) and there were two free seats behind me. I asked the very nice F/A if I might have one of those, since sitting way in the back tends to calm my fear of flying. She said they were reserved for two F/As (four all total, two on either of the last row of windows in the cabin) who had to fly out pretty much as soon as we hit the ground.As with your incident, some folks started causing a spoiled-child fuss whenever the two F/As arrived on my side of the plane. The F/A I had spoken to (a very kindly, almost grandmotherly woman in her midfifties) explained, as if to a very small child, what the seats were reserved for. She didn't take this tone with me, and I can only assume it's because I asked politely instead of standing up DURING taxiing to start problems.
Personally, I'd have given the offender(s) on your flight a lecture-lesson in basic damn courtesy- and how to use the online seat choice function that's available on pretty much every airline out there today! I never fail to get ta seat I enjoy when I fly (which is as far back as possible, never in the middle on a large flight) because I ALWAYS choose my seats immediately after the purchase of the ticket, and then go one step further to call and confirm with the airlines that those seats ARE under my name. It's a little trouble that goes a long way, and prevents me from looking like an ass on a flight when my "preferred" seating arrangement (what a joke for someone like me who flies maybe once or twice a year) isn't available.
Galley Gossip: More flight attendant pet peeves - the summer edition {Gadling}
Jul 23rd 2009 1:02PM Firstly, an FA can easily get in trouble if that happens on his/her shift, and it's presumed that they gave the darling little brats the first-class goodies. Second, if you can afford to fly yourself first class, let your kids do it, too, or suck it up and deal with the coach seats. I cannot stand selfish parents, and it's no less selfish to force your brats on the coach customers and crew unattended than it is to force the same children to ride in coach while you get first class. The way the world is today, if I had kids, there is no way in hell I would let them fly alone in coach if I were in first. I just don't trust people anymore.
Plus, if someone sees Soccer Mom Judy bringing back the meal, goodies etc. from first for her kids, there is going to be an inevitable stink from some other, similarly spoiled and selfish passenger who wants it as well, leading to even more grief for the FAs.
I had to deal with this on my last flight, and I must say that I agree with the poster who says that children flying alone in coach should have a nanny or something (which I am glad to say, the FAs are NOT for you to use as such) of the like. It's a blatant discourtesy to your fellow passengers and everyone involved to allow children, alone, to run amok in an unsupervised environment, expecting people who are not trained for such things to babysit them. I cannot stand parents who refuse to take responsibility for their barely-human offspring that make everyone else miserable, be it on a plane or on the ground.
Here's the back of the Tatsunoko vs Capcom T-shirt {Joystiq Nintendo}
Jun 3rd 2009 2:23AM Now, about this giveaway? When? Where? Who do I have to sleep with?
E3 News: PlayStation Motion Controller, PSPgo, DSi Adds Facebook {Switched.com}
Jun 3rd 2009 2:11AM I smell a Sony fanboi. Calm down, kiddo. Not everyone likes the same thing, and there's no reason to be that way about it. It only shows your immaturity.
Galley Gossip: Airline uniforms (plus a chance to win free tickets on Olympic Airlines) {Gadling}
Jun 1st 2009 1:45PM All in all I prefer the Lufthansa uniforms- add a string of pearls and I don't think you can look more professional serving that many people. The ones I despise are the ones which try to incorporate the button-down-shirtdress. I cannot imagine that being at all comfortable, and it's a really hard look to pull off. Also, scarves- yes. Floppy ties- no.
Galley Gossip: Cell phones on the airplane {Gadling}
May 28th 2009 6:36PM To anyone who calls this a "customer service" issue- anyone who has ever worked with the public will tell you that when there is someone who may pose a risk to yourself or other customers, courtesy goes way down the list. This person was violating government regulation, not just being a pain in the ass. In any situation where the person is just being overly-self-important, you can smile and ignore their idiocy.
For example; I am a fuel clerk putting myself through college. I deal with just about everything you might imagine, from being propositioned to dealing with angry customers over the prices of gas, cigarettes, etc. I can grin and bear it, but if I think for one moment you're going to put my customers or myself in a dangerous situation (cell phone, or cigarette while pumping, having a lovely marital dispute by the pump), my first priority is the safety of everyone in my vicinity. While I will TRY to maintain a level of professionalism and courtesy, there comes a time when I am can and will put my foot down and be as stern or "rude" as some might put it as I have to be to ensure the safety of myself and those around me.
The Beginning of the End for Tabbed Browsing? {Switched.com}
May 27th 2009 3:30PM Well, I like browsing some sites that may have many links to possibly open (deviantArt, some shopping sites, even Switched if there are multiple interesting stories) and then go to later. I don't call it ADD so much as I do "finish this first, then do this later".
