Comments on: Someday I May Get Arrested http://www.anwyn.com/2007/07/12/someday-i-may-get-arrested/ Sometime editor, all-the-time mother, delivering facts, reviews, commentary, and rants. Occasionally in that order. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:46:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: SlithyToves http://www.anwyn.com/2007/07/12/someday-i-may-get-arrested/#comment-66326 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:34:54 +0000 http://www.anwyn.com/2007/07/12/someday-i-may-get-arrested/#comment-66326 My wife did get a response from the Communications director at ExpressJet. It stated that she had forwarded her concerns to the appropriate customer care representative... So, we can now be assured that nothing at all will come of her letter. My wife did get a response from the Communications director at ExpressJet. It stated that she had forwarded her concerns to the appropriate customer care representative…

So, we can now be assured that nothing at all will come of her letter.

]]> by: exdem13 http://www.anwyn.com/2007/07/12/someday-i-may-get-arrested/#comment-65037 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:41:44 +0000 http://www.anwyn.com/2007/07/12/someday-i-may-get-arrested/#comment-65037 I got a lot more tolerant about small children after I became an uncle. It is the nature of young children to be noisy, and repetitively noisy. After all, that is how they learn. A colicky infant is a trial, as is a genuine spoiled brat, but I did not read about anything fitting that description in the article. I don't see anywhere in the story where other passengers complained, just the stewardess. I was more upset by the stewardess's behavior, since it is in her position to assist the needs of the passengers, not act like a nanny or an assistant principal. Verily, if I had been the parent put off the flight like that, I would have given TSA an earful on it. I got a lot more tolerant about small children after I became an uncle. It is the nature of young children to be noisy, and repetitively noisy. After all, that is how they learn. A colicky infant is a trial, as is a genuine spoiled brat, but I did not read about anything fitting that description in the article.

I don’t see anywhere in the story where other passengers complained, just the stewardess. I was more upset by the stewardess’s behavior, since it is in her position to assist the needs of the passengers, not act like a nanny or an assistant principal. Verily, if I had been the parent put off the flight like that, I would have given TSA an earful on it.

]]> by: nk http://www.anwyn.com/2007/07/12/someday-i-may-get-arrested/#comment-64923 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:59:00 +0000 http://www.anwyn.com/2007/07/12/someday-i-may-get-arrested/#comment-64923 If I had been on that plane, I would have walked out with that family. And then found the nearest TSA officer and told him that there was a dangerous person aboard that plane -- the stewardess. If I had been on that plane, I would have walked out with that family. And then found the nearest TSA officer and told him that there was a dangerous person aboard that plane — the stewardess.

]]> by: Anwyn's sister http://www.anwyn.com/2007/07/12/someday-i-may-get-arrested/#comment-64776 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:04:21 +0000 http://www.anwyn.com/2007/07/12/someday-i-may-get-arrested/#comment-64776 I'd love to take my darling nephew on one of that woman's flights. "Why did you say, 'Please put on your own mask before assisting others?' Why did you say 'There are three exits on this plane?' Why did you say 'Your luggage must fit in an overhead bin or under the seat in front of you?' Why are there peanuts? What road are we on? Why are we going on a plane? If I scratch, you get ball in hand. I'm going to do an upside-down marseille shot with the orange two ball. I'm going to play pop-pops at granny's house." I’d love to take my darling nephew on one of that woman’s flights.

“Why did you say, ‘Please put on your own mask before assisting others?’ Why did you say ‘There are three exits on this plane?’ Why did you say ‘Your luggage must fit in an overhead bin or under the seat in front of you?’ Why are there peanuts? What road are we on? Why are we going on a plane? If I scratch, you get ball in hand. I’m going to do an upside-down marseille shot with the orange two ball. I’m going to play pop-pops at granny’s house.”

]]> by: Anwyn http://www.anwyn.com/2007/07/12/someday-i-may-get-arrested/#comment-64221 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:23:36 +0000 http://www.anwyn.com/2007/07/12/someday-i-may-get-arrested/#comment-64221 SlithyToves, do let us know if your wife gets a response. If she sues, the company would be nuts not to settle since undoubtedly there are as many witnesses to this nuttery as there were passengers within earshot, all in a conveniently organized manifest. I hope they try to avoid lawsuit by firing the attendant posthaste. Provided all this is accurate. SlithyToves, do let us know if your wife gets a response.

If she sues, the company would be nuts not to settle since undoubtedly there are as many witnesses to this nuttery as there were passengers within earshot, all in a conveniently organized manifest.

I hope they try to avoid lawsuit by firing the attendant posthaste. Provided all this is accurate.

]]> by: Jae http://www.anwyn.com/2007/07/12/someday-i-may-get-arrested/#comment-64137 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:58:28 +0000 http://www.anwyn.com/2007/07/12/someday-i-may-get-arrested/#comment-64137 I don't take sucker bets (unless I've got the upper hand!) I like Allen's suggestion. Bye-bye plane! Bye-bye lady! I don’t take sucker bets (unless I’ve got the upper hand!)

I like Allen’s suggestion. Bye-bye plane! Bye-bye lady!

]]> by: Anwyn http://www.anwyn.com/2007/07/12/someday-i-may-get-arrested/#comment-64131 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:47:55 +0000 http://www.anwyn.com/2007/07/12/someday-i-may-get-arrested/#comment-64131 Gotta find a mole in the company who would send us her month's "line" ... but I like the way you think. :) Gotta find a mole in the company who would send us her month’s “line” … but I like the way you think. :)

]]> by: Allen http://www.anwyn.com/2007/07/12/someday-i-may-get-arrested/#comment-64124 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:36:09 +0000 http://www.anwyn.com/2007/07/12/someday-i-may-get-arrested/#comment-64124 I wonder how hard it would be to find out which flights this particular attendant attends? Start a mobblog action to have all of the willing adults on the plane start muttering "Bye, bye plane" just loud enough to be heard. :-) I'll be in the next jail cell tapping on your wall. I wonder how hard it would be to find out which flights this particular attendant attends? Start a mobblog action to have all of the willing adults on the plane start muttering “Bye, bye plane” just loud enough to be heard. :-)

I’ll be in the next jail cell tapping on your wall.

]]> by: SlithyToves http://www.anwyn.com/2007/07/12/someday-i-may-get-arrested/#comment-64093 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:33:33 +0000 http://www.anwyn.com/2007/07/12/someday-i-may-get-arrested/#comment-64093 My wife was so enraged about this story that she tracked down the e-mail of the company's communications director (kristy.nicholas@expressjet.com) to fire off an e-mail. Not that we fly much anyway, but I can now cross Continental off the list of potential carriers for our next trip... My wife was so enraged about this story that she tracked down the e-mail of the company’s communications director (kristy.nicholas@expressjet.com) to fire off an e-mail.

Not that we fly much anyway, but I can now cross Continental off the list of potential carriers for our next trip…

]]> by: Anwyn http://www.anwyn.com/2007/07/12/someday-i-may-get-arrested/#comment-64084 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:57:19 +0000 http://www.anwyn.com/2007/07/12/someday-i-may-get-arrested/#comment-64084 That's funny you say that, Jae--I was thinking as I wrote about the gulf of perception and manners separating the unsympathetic childless from parents. Five'll get you ten, though, that she'll never have kids. That’s funny you say that, Jae–I was thinking as I wrote about the gulf of perception and manners separating the unsympathetic childless from parents. Five’ll get you ten, though, that she’ll never have kids.

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