"DevilsPGD" wrote in message
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> In message shmat@xenon.Stanford.EDU
> (VS) wrote:
>
>>In article ,
>>SMS wrote:
>>
>>>The $100 bill idea, also mentioned in Arthur Hailey's novel _Airport_
>>>isn't really doing anything wrong.
>>
>> That's because you don't view lying in order to save two bucks as
>> doing anything wrong.
>
> Well, you could do this without lying, just make a point to not have any
> small change on you.
>
> Of course, were I the airline, I'd just switch to an exact-change-only
> system, without offering any change at all. Another profit center, plus
> it closes off an avenue to be abusive. Sure glad you buck the system.
>
>>>If everyone did this, the
>>>airline would get the message about nickel and diming passengers.
>>
>> Everyone would not do this. I suspect that most normal people find
>> lying to save a few bucks distasteful.
>>
>>>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.
>>
>> Ryanair and other European discounters do it all the time, no problem.
>
> Indeed., especially once people get trained.
>
>>>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
>>
>> An airplane is not a snack bar. Even now, flight attendants don't put
>> a new set of gloves when they switch between taking money for alcohol
>> and serving food.
>
> Nor do most waiters or waitresses.
Which brings me to another thought. Airport bars and restaurants are always
packed with people paying inflated prices for food & drink, but you seldom
hear complaints about that.
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