Congratulations to AirTran Airways for removing a 3-year-old who was having a tantrum and her parents on a flight departing from Miami to Boston. The child apparently was crawling under the seat and hitting her parents, and would not sit down in her seat for takeoff, a requirement of all children over age two. The child delayed the flight 15 minutes before the airline asked the family to leave the plane. In return, they were booked on a flight home the following day, refunded the cost of the three tickets, and offered a free voucher anywhere in the US.
This is obviously annoying for the parents, who insist they will never fly AirTran again, but it is a well deserved occurrence considering they could not control their child. Thanks to the airline, the other 112 passengers on the flight did not have to put up with a pesky brat screaming and hitting people for the three hour flight, and were not subject to a continued delay by parents who could not get their child to sit for a mere 20 minutes while the plane took off.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070123/ap_on_re_us/flight_tantrum
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Thursday, January 18, 2007
How To Be Less Approachable
Something about me invites random people to start conversations. Someone, please tell me what it is so that I can NOT do it anymore, at least when it's convenient.
Yesterday on my way to work, I turned the corner at 49th & 8th, and a guy in a bright yellow jacket starts talking to me about how cold it is. He's walking in the same direction. I walk faster, to no avail. It's cold and I don't feel like walking an extra block out of my way. He introduces himself as. I say "nice to meet you, I'm going this way" and cross the street, hoping he doesn't know I work in that building.
Who says New Yorkers aren't friendly? And why are people who talk to random people on the street NEVER cute? I have friends I can hook up!
Yesterday on my way to work, I turned the corner at 49th & 8th, and a guy in a bright yellow jacket starts talking to me about how cold it is. He's walking in the same direction. I walk faster, to no avail. It's cold and I don't feel like walking an extra block out of my way. He introduces himself as
Who says New Yorkers aren't friendly? And why are people who talk to random people on the street NEVER cute? I have friends I can hook up!
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
I Miss Having A Super!
Anyone I've talked to in the past few days knows the saga, because it's been all I've talked about. What does it take to get a simple faucet drip fixed? We live in a building without a super that is privately owned. We've had a light switch broken since about a month after moving in, but it's in the guest bedroom so we haven't worried much about getting it fixed. More recently, my shower faucet developed a worsening leak. I went to the web site my landlord recommended last Wednesday, booked a plumber, and emailed him the quote, only to find out that he has a contractor working in the empty downstairs apartment he wants us to use.
So I call the contractor, cancel the plumber, and find out that we're unable to be home within the week to let in the contractor to do his thing. So I get a call from my landlord on Saturday, where he tells me that this puts him in an "awkward spot" since we weren't able to run home on short notice to let this guy in.
Yesterday, I get a call from the plumber I originally made an appointment with, saying my landlord called him to call me for an appointment. So I schedule him for next Tuesday, and one of us will need to be home to let him in.
Then another email from my landlord this morning, saying he booked his contractor to fix the light and the faucet, which prompts the question, who should be fixing my shower?
I don't want to let the plumber fix it if my landlord is going to claim he didn't approve it and not reimburse the expense, and I don't want to cancel on the plumber again if this contractor won't return my call (2 voicemails for him since Sunday, and no response from him yet).
$#@! What would you do?
So I call the contractor, cancel the plumber, and find out that we're unable to be home within the week to let in the contractor to do his thing. So I get a call from my landlord on Saturday, where he tells me that this puts him in an "awkward spot" since we weren't able to run home on short notice to let this guy in.
Yesterday, I get a call from the plumber I originally made an appointment with, saying my landlord called him to call me for an appointment. So I schedule him for next Tuesday, and one of us will need to be home to let him in.
Then another email from my landlord this morning, saying he booked his contractor to fix the light and the faucet, which prompts the question, who should be fixing my shower?
I don't want to let the plumber fix it if my landlord is going to claim he didn't approve it and not reimburse the expense, and I don't want to cancel on the plumber again if this contractor won't return my call (2 voicemails for him since Sunday, and no response from him yet).
$#@! What would you do?
Friday, January 12, 2007
Gym Freaks
Weird incident #1:
Last Friday 1/5 I checked out a new class called "Boot Camp" at the gym. Anyone who has worked out with me knows that I have a preference towards intense workouts, mainly attributed to my gymnastics background. It was a good class, and afterwards I proceed to the locker room to shower off.
When I get back to my locker, precariously wrapped only in a skimpy gym towel because I am not SO brazen as to strut nude, a girl is standing in front of my locker, pinching her "flab" (you know when thin people slouch and then pinch their belly and say it's fat) and looking in the mirror, so I say excuse me and proceed to open my locker and start getting dressed. Little do I know, she's still standing behind me wanting to get into her locker, which was right below mine. First of all, she had not a drop of sweat on her body, and was wearing workout clothes, so I assumed she was on her way in, but apparently she was ready to change and head home. No wonder she's "flabby". Anyway, after she got her stuff (which was neatly tucked into a bag and easy to move, whereas mine was strewn in a little pile) she moved over to the next bench and gave me dirty looks while I finished getting ready.
Weird incident #2:
Last night, I bend over to tie my shoe to go home, and a girl comes by to grab her stuff out of a locker above mine. She leaves the locker door open and walks away, and I stand up and of course smack my head on the corner of the door. Who the $#@! leaves a door open when someone is right under it? Now I have a lump on my head, thankfully under my hair where you can't see it. $#@!
Last Friday 1/5 I checked out a new class called "Boot Camp" at the gym. Anyone who has worked out with me knows that I have a preference towards intense workouts, mainly attributed to my gymnastics background. It was a good class, and afterwards I proceed to the locker room to shower off.
When I get back to my locker, precariously wrapped only in a skimpy gym towel because I am not SO brazen as to strut nude, a girl is standing in front of my locker, pinching her "flab" (you know when thin people slouch and then pinch their belly and say it's fat) and looking in the mirror, so I say excuse me and proceed to open my locker and start getting dressed. Little do I know, she's still standing behind me wanting to get into her locker, which was right below mine. First of all, she had not a drop of sweat on her body, and was wearing workout clothes, so I assumed she was on her way in, but apparently she was ready to change and head home. No wonder she's "flabby". Anyway, after she got her stuff (which was neatly tucked into a bag and easy to move, whereas mine was strewn in a little pile) she moved over to the next bench and gave me dirty looks while I finished getting ready.
Weird incident #2:
Last night, I bend over to tie my shoe to go home, and a girl comes by to grab her stuff out of a locker above mine. She leaves the locker door open and walks away, and I stand up and of course smack my head on the corner of the door. Who the $#@! leaves a door open when someone is right under it? Now I have a lump on my head, thankfully under my hair where you can't see it. $#@!
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Blame New Jersey!
(to the tune of "Blame Canada" from South Park")
NY smelled funny yesterday due to a possible odor emission from Secaucus, NJ. This time the experts are saying it, too!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070109/ap_on_re_us/nyc_gas_odor
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070109/ap_on_re_us/nyc_gas_odor
Thursday, January 04, 2007
A Scary Time in the Neighborhood
What a horrific time it is to be a parent. A mother in Indianapolis took a nap, and her two year old son wandered downstairs, outside, and onto a highway. Now she is charged with four felony counts of neglect. Not knowing this woman, this could be a valid charge or a simple case of "accidents happen".
This is a scary age to be a parent. Forty years ago, if a child fell off a jungle gym and broke an arm, it was because the child slipped, was clumsy, or maybe wasn't quite strong enough. Twenty years ago, the owner or builder of the jungle gym (or both) was at fault and sued. Today, it's the fault of whomever is present, including a parent, who in every other manner may be the ideal caregiver. We're now teaching children at the youngest ages that their actions have no repercussions, that someone else can always be held accountable.
This being said, a two year old can hardly be expected to remember not to cross the street, but could be physically capable of unlocking a door, which is scary enough in itself.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/01/03/highway.toddler.ap/index.html
This is a scary age to be a parent. Forty years ago, if a child fell off a jungle gym and broke an arm, it was because the child slipped, was clumsy, or maybe wasn't quite strong enough. Twenty years ago, the owner or builder of the jungle gym (or both) was at fault and sued. Today, it's the fault of whomever is present, including a parent, who in every other manner may be the ideal caregiver. We're now teaching children at the youngest ages that their actions have no repercussions, that someone else can always be held accountable.
This being said, a two year old can hardly be expected to remember not to cross the street, but could be physically capable of unlocking a door, which is scary enough in itself.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/01/03/highway.toddler.ap/index.html
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
A Little Nostradamus In Us All
Pat Robertson has announced that God himself told him there would be another terrible terrorist attack in 2007. I wonder if he had maybe just fallen asleep during a viewing of The Sixth Sense and dreamt that "I see dead people" was actually said by God.
Given the fact that Saddam has just been hung, the current presidency is a known sham, and the Democrats have control in Congress, I'm guessing this is just another ploy to sway voters back to the Republican side. What's scary is that there are enough ignorant, careless people that actually respond to unfounded threats like this one, and I wonder how long it will be until everyone sees through this shameless scare tactic.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070103/ap_on_re_us/robertson_prediction_9
Given the fact that Saddam has just been hung, the current presidency is a known sham, and the Democrats have control in Congress, I'm guessing this is just another ploy to sway voters back to the Republican side. What's scary is that there are enough ignorant, careless people that actually respond to unfounded threats like this one, and I wonder how long it will be until everyone sees through this shameless scare tactic.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070103/ap_on_re_us/robertson_prediction_9
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