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Maybe if you showed them your John Kerry T-shirt, they would have been nicer to you. In honor of Teresa, they would have provided you with Botox-McNuggets and an Al Sharpton sleeping bag complete with a matching sweatsuit/pajamas. Wake up with your hair fried, dyed, and laid to the side.
Keep hope alive...
Q: if they are going to constantly be late or cancel flights - why can't the airport put in some couches that are more than 4 feet long so I can catch some winks.
A: Those hard metal things won't wear out until 2059
Continental? Isn't that the same airline that recently announce it was doing regular flights from JFK to Lagos. Maybe they should think locally instead of globally.
Um..sorry Jack, no sympathy here. It's like you bought a Geo and are now complaining that the engine conked out on you....uh, duh. Not that their bad service is your fault, just that you could of probably shown a bit better judgement. I mean, come on...Continental? Haha, don't make me laugh...
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Comments (18)
Q. Months before Continental Airlines files for bankruptcy?
A. 8
Posted by Justin | February 14, 2005 10:33 AM
Q. Executives who will get millions anyway and therefore don't care?
A. At least one.
Posted by Jack Bog | February 14, 2005 10:38 AM
That is why they serve liquor to combat the bad service
Posted by ken | February 14, 2005 11:00 AM
Jack,
Do you mean that lawyers get the same treatment as commoners? Can't you show ID or something?
Seriously, don't you ever want to say, "I'm an attorney"? I sure would.
Al
Posted by Deep Blue Hole | February 14, 2005 11:33 AM
Maybe if you showed them your John Kerry T-shirt, they would have been nicer to you. In honor of Teresa, they would have provided you with Botox-McNuggets and an Al Sharpton sleeping bag complete with a matching sweatsuit/pajamas. Wake up with your hair fried, dyed, and laid to the side.
Keep hope alive...
Posted by brother gary | February 14, 2005 11:46 AM
"I'm an attorney"??!!!! They'd spit in your food!
Posted by Jack Bog | February 14, 2005 11:46 AM
It might be even worse to say "I help train 150 future attorneys every year."
Posted by Isaac Laquedem | February 14, 2005 12:25 PM
You think you got problems. I hate to fly, I don't drive, and Congress is threatening (it would seem seriously) to defund Amtrak. :(
Posted by Sally | February 14, 2005 12:30 PM
And if Amtrak goes, my girlfriend and I are only going to get to see one another if one of us wants to brave (ugh!) Greyhound.
I hate Greyhound. And the station in Seattle is a hellhole of biblical proportions.
Posted by GreyDuck | February 14, 2005 1:01 PM
Q: if they are going to constantly be late or cancel flights - why can't the airport put in some couches that are more than 4 feet long so I can catch some winks.
A: Those hard metal things won't wear out until 2059
Posted by Rod | February 14, 2005 1:30 PM
Hrm. What happened to the post about toys and candy disappearing? Did some airline employee steal that post? ;)
Posted by The One True b!X | February 14, 2005 8:05 PM
Great bad service complaint called "You have a very bad hotel" on this link- got this from Twisty's site awhile back.
http://www.hyperorg.com/misc/DoubleTreeShow_files/frame.html
Posted by Lily | February 14, 2005 9:50 PM
The bastards didn't even pony up som extra pretzles?
Posted by Jim - PRS | February 15, 2005 2:35 AM
Continental? Isn't that the same airline that recently announce it was doing regular flights from JFK to Lagos. Maybe they should think locally instead of globally.
Another thought - just blame bushy.
Posted by brett | February 15, 2005 8:27 AM
jack you're a lawyer. you know what to do. sue em
lars
Posted by lars | February 15, 2005 8:30 AM
just as lars, as a gun owner, would just start firing.
Posted by Rod | February 15, 2005 1:55 PM
Um..sorry Jack, no sympathy here. It's like you bought a Geo and are now complaining that the engine conked out on you....uh, duh. Not that their bad service is your fault, just that you could of probably shown a bit better judgement. I mean, come on...Continental? Haha, don't make me laugh...
Posted by pdxkona | February 15, 2005 3:11 PM
write a letter. they should send you some vouchers. not that it can compensate you fully, but at least it's something.
Posted by Jyah13 | February 15, 2005 4:18 PM