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LanternWaste

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68. I obviously missed the sign-up sheet for the Highest Gross Percentage of Victimhood.

Thu Jul 6, 2017, 08:23 AM

Jul 2017

"Meanwhile a real victim today, is that a black female cop was murdered and lost her life..."

I obviously missed the sign-up sheet for the Highest Gross Percentage of Victimhood Competition... that is, if we believe that victimhood is a finite resource, doled out only to the most worthy.

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United re-sold 27 month old's paid-for seat -- made Mom hold him for the flight. [View all] pnwmom Jul 2017 OP

More than an apology, they owe her the cost of the ticket and $10,000 or so. Shrike47 Jul 2017 #1

This is disgusting. What other industry can treat paying customers like this. Catmusicfan Jul 2017 #2

Insurance? Flaleftist Jul 2017 #8

True. But no company should treat paying customers like that. Catmusicfan Jul 2017 #10

Comcast and other major ISPs treat their customers like crap mythology Jul 2017 #9

+10000 Catmusicfan Jul 2017 #11

Did they take his candy too? Tiggeroshii Jul 2017 #3

I remember when airlines would give kids ProudLib72 Jul 2017 #4

Sorry, have to post this. VermontKevin Jul 2017 #5

I remember getting to sit in the cockpit of a Canadian Pacific DC-8 inflight Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2017 #38

I remember that, too ProudLib72 Jul 2017 #61

They apologized five days later - because of the publicity dalton99a Jul 2017 #6

United should have gone straight into Chapter 7 in 2002 Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2017 #7

Full story isn't being told... HipChick Jul 2017 #12

It isn't the Mom's job to scan the child's ticket -- it's the ticket agent's job. It is their most pnwmom Jul 2017 #14

Your link does NOT show that it was the mother's fault csziggy Jul 2017 #16

The kid had a boarding pass exboyfil Jul 2017 #17

Twice you said "unless," and twice you had no reason to. THERE WAS NO "UNLESS." WinkyDink Jul 2017 #81

It's not the mother's job to get the kids boarding pass scanned properly. LisaL Jul 2017 #23

+1 Blue_Tires Jul 2017 #74

United didn't handle it well but it wasn't the end of the earth. Hamlette Jul 2017 #13

Well, I've gotten a DVT from a long plane flight, and it IS a big deal to have a leg go numb pnwmom Jul 2017 #15

Why are people in this thread blaming the mother? csziggy Jul 2017 #20

Price of ticket is determined by class of the ticket... HipChick Jul 2017 #22

Because we feel the need to blame and punish somebody. Igel Jul 2017 #26

It did not work. The mother paid for a full price seat and they acknowledge pnwmom Jul 2017 #31

So if the mother was flying with another adult, and that boarding pass wasn't scanned properly, LisaL Jul 2017 #32

Best answer yet! pnwmom Jul 2017 #62

Yes. narnian60 Jul 2017 #79

But.. but... snowflakes! Buttercups! Millennials! Rock and Roll music! Warren DeMontague Jul 2017 #76

Because they didn't 'scan the ticket incorrectly', they chose to sell that seat SPECIFICALLY... WoonTars Jul 2017 #91

The links I posted indicate that the mother did present the ticket for the child csziggy Jul 2017 #43

Every plane in the United fleet should be crushed into scrap Orrex Jul 2017 #69

Lol! cwydro Jul 2017 #82

Exactly...I fly a lot... HipChick Jul 2017 #21

She took what they offered because she wasn't up for a beating. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2017 #30

You don't have to be insufferable about it CreekDog Jul 2017 #42

Seems like passengers that fly the least HipChick Jul 2017 #45

Passengers who flew a lot would complain just as much. pnwmom Jul 2017 #58

I obviously missed the sign-up sheet for the Highest Gross Percentage of Victimhood. LanternWaste Jul 2017 #68

She was traveling alone with a small child and she was AFRAID. pnwmom Jul 2017 #48

+1 narnian60 Jul 2017 #80

The kid should have had his own seat. She paid for it. LisaL Jul 2017 #24

oh yes...so if i buy a ticket for my 29 yr old daughter orleans Jul 2017 #56

The airline endangered her child. Aside from that glaring issue delisen Jul 2017 #59

Anyone over 2 must have a paid seat. Would she be expected to suck it up if the child were 10? EllieBC Jul 2017 #60

Seriously Dorian Gray Jul 2017 #63

but but precious little snowflakes everyone gets a trophy culture is to blame! Warren DeMontague Jul 2017 #77

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Jul 2017 #70

I'm weary of 24/7 outrage. But you are right, I'm irrelevant. As are we all. Hamlette Jul 2017 #72

I didn't say you were irrelevant. Pacifist Patriot Jul 2017 #73

Ah, the old "deflect from previous inane statement with vague existential ennui" tactic. Warren DeMontague Jul 2017 #78

Are you fucking serious? She PAID $1000 for the fucking seat. Warren DeMontague Jul 2017 #75

Snowflake? Seriously? WoonTars Jul 2017 #90

They should have settled it by... Laffy Kat Jul 2017 #18

They should have bought back a seat exboyfil Jul 2017 #19

The guy who paid $75 for his stand-by seat should have had to wait for the next stand-by pnwmom Jul 2017 #27

Once he was boarded and in his seat exboyfil Jul 2017 #33

He was only in that seat because he insisted on displacing the 2 year old who was ALREADY THERE. pnwmom Jul 2017 #36

Nope. exboyfil Jul 2017 #41

Yes, if they could have found someone to do that, they should have. They should have offered pnwmom Jul 2017 #44

The problem there is that the airline's idea of the next available flight LisaM Jul 2017 #84

Except the difference is that he saw the child in the seat and made the mom get the boy out of it. pnwmom Jul 2017 #85

There were lots of wrongs in this story. LisaM Jul 2017 #86

No, it appears they honored the wishes of the largest body. nt pnwmom Jul 2017 #87

No, it wasn't. Igel Jul 2017 #29

The kid had a boarding pass and an assigned seat. LisaL Jul 2017 #34

I am saying you pay what you have to exboyfil Jul 2017 #35

The CHILD was already in that seat when the guy turned up, and they ejected the CHILD. pnwmom Jul 2017 #37

Give the rider a free first class ticket on the next flight.... Dorian Gray Jul 2017 #64

My nephew ellie Jul 2017 #53

Good! Glad he stuck to his guns. Sounds like it might be a frequent practice. nt Laffy Kat Jul 2017 #55

Fly the Friendly Skies of United lpbk2713 Jul 2017 #25

27 month old? Proud liberal 80 Jul 2017 #28

I said that to make clear he was over the age even ALLOWED to sit on a lap. pnwmom Jul 2017 #40

Wasn't a dig at you Proud liberal 80 Jul 2017 #65

This is why I jealously guard my elite status (with Delta) brooklynite Jul 2017 #39

I maintain mine too...simply to avoid all these situations...last time I had an issue with United HipChick Jul 2017 #46

What will the FAA fine be? Barack_America Jul 2017 #47

True Meowmee Jul 2017 #52

The mother had a legitimate excuse for not raising a fuss in the plane DFW Jul 2017 #49

Exactly. n/t pnwmom Jul 2017 #50

The only incredibe part of the story is this: DFW Jul 2017 #67

I still carry my American Airlines Platinum card embossed with a 2 Million stamp, Stonepounder Jul 2017 #51

United should be fined heavily for this. SunSeeker Jul 2017 #54

I'm Sorry But... DoctorJoJo Jul 2017 #57

How can they sell a seat twice? And if they do, shouldn't the first buyer get the seat? Vinca Jul 2017 #66

Ah well just another minority complaining malaise Jul 2017 #71

How COINCIDENTAL that the only Boarding Pass "not scanned properly" belonged to a paid-for passenger WinkyDink Jul 2017 #83

Yes, to me this is the crux... Phentex Jul 2017 #88

Quite the co-inky-dink, eh, WinkyDink? WoonTars Jul 2017 #89

I should hope not! WinkyDink Jul 2017 #92