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MichMan

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18. Customers can also be unreasonable

Sun May 31, 2015, 01:21 PM

May 2015

I really don't agree with that oft used statement. Many customers can be unreasonable in their demands and at times outright abusive. Does that still make them "right"

What if the flight attendant was AA, and the customer was white and didn't want to be served the opened can because it was "unclean" Would they be justified? My guess is that DU would call the customer a racist in that case.

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'No Diet Coke for you': Islamophobia at 30,000 feet leads to viral United Airlines boycott [View all] cosmicone May 2015 OP

I can't get excited about it. Sgt Preston May 2015 #1

As stupid as a gazillion Americans. nt valerief May 2015 #2

I was just on a United Airlines flight. They gave me an unopened can of tomato juice. mainer May 2015 #3

you don't have muslim superpowers to turn a can into a WMD yurbud May 2015 #7

Even worse was the passenger's comments to her. NutmegYankee May 2015 #4

So, flight attendant, you gotta ask yourself... gregcrawford May 2015 #5

FYI! This was NOT United Airlines. SoapBox May 2015 #6

Boycott them anyway. Boycott someone. Anyone. TheCowsCameHome May 2015 #8

there is not a day that goes by where someone is NOT a victim. niyad May 2015 #38

Yep, some real, some not so much. TheCowsCameHome May 2015 #45

"breathless and dramatic", eh? and why chaplain in quotes? niyad May 2015 #14

Pretty important distinction if you ask me still_one May 2015 #30

No problem with the policy, but you HAVE to enforce it the same for everyone. Lizzie Poppet May 2015 #9

what kind of weapon do you think can be made of an unopened, or niyad May 2015 #15

I wasn't saying it's a policy I'd make. Lizzie Poppet May 2015 #20

My experience has been that... 47of74 May 2015 #16

I really don't have any problem with that--One Can, One Person! Demeter May 2015 #19

That's basically the only way I see it done any more. Lizzie Poppet May 2015 #21

I sometimes ask for a can of soda... Adrahil May 2015 #48

I wonder if it's more with pressure/movement of cans 47of74 May 2015 #49

You can thank FOX and their ilk bluevoter4life May 2015 #10

Thanks for seeing the whole point of this nonsense. Whether or not the policy is BLAH BLAH BLAH NoJusticeNoPeace May 2015 #28

Exactly right. Rossi May 2015 #31

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2015 #11

what flavour pizza do you like? niyad May 2015 #12

He didn't hang around long enough for us to find out. 47of74 May 2015 #46

I would've guessed "beef", not pepperoni....... lastlib May 2015 #47

Sounds like someone is looking for an issue MichMan May 2015 #13

MIRT!!! BrotherIvan May 2015 #24

THANKS, MIRT! catrose May 2015 #53

With the level of anti-Islam sentiment I would worry about contaminants csziggy May 2015 #26

That's why I never send anything back in a restaurant. Rossi May 2015 #35

welcome to du. niyad May 2015 #39

On occasion, I may give credence to something what you posted cosmicone May 2015 #33

Some people like to clean the top of the can first jberryhill May 2015 #52

Customer Service 101 ananda May 2015 #17

Customers can also be unreasonable MichMan May 2015 #18

It was a perfectly reasonable request. eggplant May 2015 #25

Just disagreeing with "The customer is always right" statement n/m MichMan May 2015 #27

No, you're not. eggplant May 2015 #32

Most people who say that seem never to have SheilaT May 2015 #37

Thank you MichMan May 2015 #43

Customer Service 102 jmowreader May 2015 #51

I can see one difference between a can of pop and a can of beer... cab67 May 2015 #22

As the article is about the can being open, not a cup of soda from a can.... Moonwalk May 2015 #34

The guy had to have paid for the beer, because alcoholic beverages are not free. LisaL May 2015 #41

The article makes it quite clear sarisataka May 2015 #36

I haven't flown for a number of years, But.... jdadd May 2015 #23

I have flown recently, and they always fill more than one cup from the same can. LisaL May 2015 #40

At least "The soup Nazi" discriminated against everyone. Now we have the Coke Nazi. BlueJazz May 2015 #29

Flight attendants are nasty and mean nowadays bluestateguy May 2015 #42

They have been given outrageous powers after 9/11 cosmicone May 2015 #44

I've never had problems with US carriers 47of74 May 2015 #50

I have a hard time believing Helen Borg May 2015 #54

I guess you can throw an unopened can with great force...? Beartracks May 2015 #55

Locking thread. TexasTowelie May 2015 #56