JSA wrote:
veganerd wrote:
JSA wrote:
veganerd wrote:
"i earned this, its mine, i should get to keep it and you should not take it to give it to someone who didnt earn it"
"i bought this, its mine, i should get to keep it and you should not take it to give it to someone who didnt buy it"
i see a striking similarity in these positions. yet i notice a few here who seem to historically hold the first position say the second position represents entitlement or is crybaby behavior.
Ok, you are going to have to give examples b/c I have not seen anything close to that.
1) taxes
2) airline seats
for the stupid: im not saying taxes and airline seats are the same. im saying the arguments sound the same yet it appears that somw here seem to be on opposite sides depending on the argument.
its just an observation.
Who is making inapposite arguments? I stopped following the UA thread, but while I was active in it, almost everyone agreed the seat was his and he should not have been made to give it up.
Well, if those four UA flight crew folks didn't get seats on that flight then some 200+ others would have been bumped from their flights, and all the down the line.
Booking flights is a balancing act and UA fucked this one up.
And airline passengers do not own the seats they buy. They are buying a service contract with conditions agreed to upon purchase. One of those conditions is that you can get kicked off the plane due to over booking (or plane is over weight).
Just a personal observation, I've never had any issues with airline staff and that is partly because when I fly I'm really nice to them.
TSA? Assholes.
My biggest complaint? The fucking passengers. By far the vast majority of issue arise because passengers are being fucking idiots. Usually alcohol is involved.
Civilize the mind, but make savage the body.
- Chinese proverb