Posts Tagged ‘travel’
Filed under: General
It is good to be back writing, was taking care of some real life issues but those are done now. Time to get back into writing and start sharing all my wonderful thoughts and ideas again. I have come across quite a few interesting things recently but just haven’t had the chance to sit down and actually go over them so that I could share with you all. It is summer now, least it is here and that means fun in the sun when you can and relaxing evening when you can grab them. Finding that it hasn’t really been like that for a bit, just too much to do. Like the rest of you. Lots of things on the plate, but that is fine. I think we would all be very unhappy if the plate were empty. I don’t really know of anybody that like an empty plate. Seriously, who would? To strangle a metaphor, even if the food is getting all mixed together on the plate it is still so much nicer to have it on the plate than to be staring at a plate sadly devoid of anything.
Alright, then figure I should get on with things. Wonder what everyone has been up to? I have spent most of the time learning things and putting out fires here and there. It is somewhat exhausting; don’t think I had much sleep for a couple of weeks there. But, seem to be over the hump and ready for the next set of challenges, only this time I think I want them to be a bit more fun. I would get more specific but I really don’t want to bore everyone. I would like you to come back and see what is going on and some of the stuff I wanted to share my opinion on. Yeah. Who am I kidding, I want to share my opinion on everything. Probably wouldn’t be here otherwise.
Tags: busy, silence, travel, writing
Filed under: Hmmm
Summer is pretty much here and with it comes a lot more travel. People taking time to head out to see their family or friends. Sometimes just heading out to see whatever comes their way. This means a lot more people on already crowded flights in normally unpleasant conditions. They were talking a bit ago about obese people on the planes and how they affect other passengers and what those passengers as well as what the overweight people have to deal with. The airline seats are small and already uncomfortable for skinny or regular sized people. I can imagine what they would be like for someone who is overweight or just plain obese. Other than screaming kids on the plane that is one of the biggest annoyances I can think of.
Having your seatmate attempting to sit only in their seat but also taking up a large portion of yours, the airlines should offer you a discount when that happens. You paid for a whole seat, you should be able to use the whole seat. I understand there are a lot of reasons for people to be overweight but there are not any reasons for them to be forcing themselves upon you. People with broad shoulders can make for more discomfort added to an already uncomfortable seat so you can imagine what it is like when you are having to deal with more of the other person than just their shoulders. I fall into the shoulders category, and I try to position myself so others don’t have to deal with my encroachment into their seat space, but there really is not much you can do for the other person if you are overweight. Some airlines are charging overweight people for an extra seat, which in all honesty I think makes sense. Especially if they are encroaching on another’s seat space; they should be charged or they should pay for the half of your seat space that they take up. I am not trying to be unsympathetic but they should take into account how they are affecting those around them and take steps to minimize that.
Tags: fat, obese, restrictions, travel
Filed under: Hmmm
There was an article on a few things that the airline industry should bring back, and I thought I would share it with you. Plus, of course, allow you to enjoy my opinion about the whole thing as well. Trust me, it wouldn’t be half as much fun if I didn’t give my opinion and just gave you the article. I am sure everyone can come up with some sort of irritation they have had to deal with in regards to the airlines.
Just to be fair I am pretty sure most of us can come up with something good as well, but I am not going to talk about that as it wasn’t what the article focused on. The main thing that caught me was the rule 240 that they talked about, apparently it is not a true rule but only a suggestion. It is a good suggestion and really should be a rule. It basically, if I understand it correctly, states that if things happen beyond your control the airline will do its best to help you arrive at your destination with a minimal of fuss. However, most airlines anymore don’t seem to be following it. The example they give is of a woman who did everything she was supposed to then got stuck in line waiting to check in due to the airline not handling their check in as productively as the probably could have. Since she was stuck in line she missed her flight, she even asked if she could move up and be taken care of because her flight was coming up, and the agents said no. Then the airline, American, wanted to charge her all sorts of fees and charge her another couple thousand for a new ticket because she missed her flight, pretty much due to their idiocy. The article writer apparently talked to them and got her changed for a much smaller fee and got her where she needed to go, but think about it. They were trying to get away with this, and if it hadn’t been brought to someone who would spread it around they most likely would have gone ahead and done it, pretty much screwing the lady. Something the author brought up that I thought very instructive is that the airlines are running on a double standard. If they are late or delayed for some reason, well we are supposed to just forgive and forget, just put up with it. However, if we are delayed for any reason, doesn’t matter if it is because of things beyond our control or not, we are supposed to pay penalties and other things to make it up to the airlines. Does that sound fair to you?
Tags: airline jerks, airlines, complaints, fairness, travel
