Bladders know no rules?
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I don't like to say it but... what a moron!
This is the stupidest article I've seen in a long time. Guess there's not much news in Mid-Michigan.
This is EXACTLY the type of customer I can't stand. Wants her butt wiped because she's traveling with kids. Who is going to PAY for Jimmy Neutron on the TV in the airport somewhere? Surely she expects someone else to. Must be a Democrat. You spawned the little beast; you should be responsible for entertaining and feeding it. I have a child and I don't expect someone else to do that for me, and certainly not when I'm paying $1.65 to fly it to Orlando.
Her e-mail address is included at the bottom of the article. I think we ought to bombard her with e-mails telling her to pile her kids into her minivan and to stop acting like someone who is entitled to have someone else take care of them and to pick up the tab for it too (see previous political reference).
This is EXACTLY the type of customer I can't stand. Wants her butt wiped because she's traveling with kids. Who is going to PAY for Jimmy Neutron on the TV in the airport somewhere? Surely she expects someone else to. Must be a Democrat. You spawned the little beast; you should be responsible for entertaining and feeding it. I have a child and I don't expect someone else to do that for me, and certainly not when I'm paying $1.65 to fly it to Orlando.
Her e-mail address is included at the bottom of the article. I think we ought to bombard her with e-mails telling her to pile her kids into her minivan and to stop acting like someone who is entitled to have someone else take care of them and to pick up the tab for it too (see previous political reference).
The following was sent to lsnyder@lauraonlife.com
Ms. Snyder:
You have got to be kidding, right?
Your rhetoric is exactly what is wrong with American travelers today. For that matter, American society. You prattle on about there being tricycles, Jimmy Neutron and free video games in the airport. Who, exactly, is going to pay for that? Are you willing to have a “kid tax†added to the cost of everyone’s airline ticket, in addition to the myriad taxes already in place today? And what happens when your kid on the tricycle mows down some old lady? I guess that’s something someone else with have to foot the bill for, too. Are you a Democrat? Sounds like it…acting like you’re entitled to XYZ service, at someone else’s expense.
Regarding food: pack your own. Sounds like you are one of those parents who lets his or her kid subsist on Chicken McNuggets and television. He or she is going to grow up to be a fine, productive member of society. Or, maybe a fatso with gray matter dribbling out of his ear from watching too much Nickelodeon.
Airlines don’t turn on the seat belt sign for the fun of it. There is usually a reason, like predicted turbulence or the anticipation of maneuvers (i.e. twists, turns, descent, etc) to get the aircraft in place for landing that might cause someone to lose his or her balance. You act like it’s a personal affront that your kid can’t pee. As a parent, you should be predicting that, and proactively saying “let’s go potty†while the aircraft is at cruising altitude or the seatbelt sign is off. You have a watch, no doubt, and you know the arrival time of your flight, so YOU should be responsible for taking junior to the bathroom when the seatbelt sign isn’t on. As the son of an airline employee, my child has logged thousands of travel miles, and he’s never urinated on the seat. Ever.
Did you ever stop to think that your indignant approach to the flight attendant might have gotten you the snooty response you mentioned?
I hope the airline sent you a bill for the soiled seat cushion.
Ms. Snyder:
You have got to be kidding, right?
Your rhetoric is exactly what is wrong with American travelers today. For that matter, American society. You prattle on about there being tricycles, Jimmy Neutron and free video games in the airport. Who, exactly, is going to pay for that? Are you willing to have a “kid tax†added to the cost of everyone’s airline ticket, in addition to the myriad taxes already in place today? And what happens when your kid on the tricycle mows down some old lady? I guess that’s something someone else with have to foot the bill for, too. Are you a Democrat? Sounds like it…acting like you’re entitled to XYZ service, at someone else’s expense.
Regarding food: pack your own. Sounds like you are one of those parents who lets his or her kid subsist on Chicken McNuggets and television. He or she is going to grow up to be a fine, productive member of society. Or, maybe a fatso with gray matter dribbling out of his ear from watching too much Nickelodeon.
Airlines don’t turn on the seat belt sign for the fun of it. There is usually a reason, like predicted turbulence or the anticipation of maneuvers (i.e. twists, turns, descent, etc) to get the aircraft in place for landing that might cause someone to lose his or her balance. You act like it’s a personal affront that your kid can’t pee. As a parent, you should be predicting that, and proactively saying “let’s go potty†while the aircraft is at cruising altitude or the seatbelt sign is off. You have a watch, no doubt, and you know the arrival time of your flight, so YOU should be responsible for taking junior to the bathroom when the seatbelt sign isn’t on. As the son of an airline employee, my child has logged thousands of travel miles, and he’s never urinated on the seat. Ever.
Did you ever stop to think that your indignant approach to the flight attendant might have gotten you the snooty response you mentioned?
I hope the airline sent you a bill for the soiled seat cushion.
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And, no doubt she would have a lawyer suing the airline before the funeral was even held if junior ended up with a broken neck from hitting the cabin ceiling during severe turbulence.
How many times have I heard, "But, he doesn't like to wear the seat belt." (In reference to a 2-year old. Whose supposed to be in charge of these kids?)
By the way, NCFL, I am a Democrat and I don't expect anyone to provide my entertainment, etc. That's why the political system in this country is broken, because people want to put a political label on someone who is just selfish and spoiled--a condition definitely not limited to Democrats.
How many times have I heard, "But, he doesn't like to wear the seat belt." (In reference to a 2-year old. Whose supposed to be in charge of these kids?)
By the way, NCFL, I am a Democrat and I don't expect anyone to provide my entertainment, etc. That's why the political system in this country is broken, because people want to put a political label on someone who is just selfish and spoiled--a condition definitely not limited to Democrats.
Point taken.
OH woe is me. I have children I have to travel with. Oh woe is me.
GET A FRAKKING LIFE HONEY !
My parents dragged me and my sister for our family vacations all over this country in a CAR. An amazing invention. Yes they could have flown but why should they when they have a CAR.
We amused ourselves by playing the license plate game. We amused ourselves with toys and games we brought from home. We even made pit stops to pee when our bladders were full and didn't have to worry about turbulence. And we even wore seatbelts way back in the 70's for safety.
This lazy "columnist" has nothing better to write about in a small town paper that is only used for birdcage droppings.
But Oh woe is me I have children I have to travel with.
Get real.
GET A FRAKKING LIFE HONEY !
My parents dragged me and my sister for our family vacations all over this country in a CAR. An amazing invention. Yes they could have flown but why should they when they have a CAR.
We amused ourselves by playing the license plate game. We amused ourselves with toys and games we brought from home. We even made pit stops to pee when our bladders were full and didn't have to worry about turbulence. And we even wore seatbelts way back in the 70's for safety.
This lazy "columnist" has nothing better to write about in a small town paper that is only used for birdcage droppings.
But Oh woe is me I have children I have to travel with.
Get real.
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Traveling with children is a challenge whether it's in a car or an airplane. And oh, yes, my parents drove everywhere. We could have been in the old commercial, See The USA In Your Cheverolet...
I think my little brother hit every pit stop between here and Canada.
I was always amazed at how much pee pee he could generate. Ah, yes, those were the days. Not. Traveling with little bro was a pain. I was always wanting to boink him over the head with the book I was trying to read that he wanted to destroy. Dad became quite adroit at driving one-handed while he smacked at one of us in the back seat when we got to squabbling. We laugh over it now.
I see both sides of this one.
I think my little brother hit every pit stop between here and Canada.
I was always amazed at how much pee pee he could generate. Ah, yes, those were the days. Not. Traveling with little bro was a pain. I was always wanting to boink him over the head with the book I was trying to read that he wanted to destroy. Dad became quite adroit at driving one-handed while he smacked at one of us in the back seat when we got to squabbling. We laugh over it now.I see both sides of this one.
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She is just adding to the stereotype of how awful it is to travel these days. The stereotype of all mean flight attendants and how much we hate children. And we go to work dreading to clean all the pee off the seat cushions. Stereotype of how the airlines hates children and families. She is wrong on this one. Laura needs to get a life and tell her kids its time to "go potty" cause in a few minutes we will need to sit down for the rest of the flight.
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Perfectly stated!
I don't necessarily agree with the Democrat statement, but I get the point you were trying to make.
Let us know if that so-called journalist replies to you.
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I think yinz guys are missing the point. The author of the OP’s story is a self-syndicated humor columnist for hayseed newspapers all over flyover country.
The sarcastic humor most of us are used to does not play well in Pierre, South Dakota.
The sarcastic humor most of us are used to does not play well in Pierre, South Dakota.
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I hate to sound like an old poop, but then I AM an old poop...
When I was growing up, my parents raised us on the compromise method. In today's terms it went something like...
"Jim, honey. Let's make a deal. You behave yourself on the airplane, and I won't kill you. Does that sound fair?" Furthermore, we knew that retribution was swift and sure for non-compliance with the terms of the deal.
When I was growing up, my parents raised us on the compromise method. In today's terms it went something like...
"Jim, honey. Let's make a deal. You behave yourself on the airplane, and I won't kill you. Does that sound fair?" Furthermore, we knew that retribution was swift and sure for non-compliance with the terms of the deal.
