Larry in AZ wrote:
> Waiving the right to remain silent, "Buster" said:
>
>> "Benjamin Dover" wrote in message
>> news:Xns9ACE9CB6573FBBOHICA@194.177.96.78...
>>> A far better strategy is to bring a lot of ones with you and let the
>>> flight attendents know you can help them make change. I take between 20
>>> and 50 ones with me and the flight attendents have always been very
>>> appreciative. Over the years, I've never had to pay for headsets, have
>>> gotten free drinks, and several times the first class meal all while in
>>> coach.
>> cough-cough-cough-BULLSHIT!-cough-cough.
>
> Yeah, no shit. As if they'd ever give a first-class meal to someone sitting
> in coach. There would be a friggen rebellion on board...
While I'm never rude to front-line employees of any business, it also
doesn't help the consumer if management gets the message that the
customers are sheeple willing to accept whatever fees management decides
they can get away with, just to avoid doing anything to upset the front
line employees. In fact management counts on the basic goodwill of
passengers in setting policies, knowing that most passengers loathe the
idea of ever challenging anything, since the employees carrying out the
policies aren't the one's that implemented them.
The latest idea of charging for checked luggage could easily be defeated
if enough people silently protest by bringing as much luggage as airline
policy allows onto the airplane. It will contribute to lengthy delays as
excess cabin luggage needs to be gate checked since there isn't room for
every passenger to bring on a rollerboard type suitcase. If they begin
to charge for beverages that used to be complimentary, then their are
ways to protest that as well.
The $100 bill idea, also mentioned in Arthur Hailey's novel _Airport_
isn't really doing anything wrong. Offer to let them take the cash and
bring you change whenever they have it. If everyone did this, the
airline would get the message about nickel and diming passengers.
Personally I think that charging for non-alcoholic beverages isn't going
to catch on simply because it would take an inordinate amount of time to
collect money from every passenger. Also, if you ever notice employees
at snack bars that both handle money and serve food, they have to put on
a new set of latex gloves every time they switch between handling money
and serving food, even if it's just handling packaged food and pouring
beverages, and there's no way that the airline is going to deal with this. |
