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What kind of customer service is this?

Gokhan Mutlu of New York City is suing JetBlue for making him sit in the bathroom. While on a five hour flight Mutlu was ordered by the pilot to sit in the toilet for three hours.

Apparently the flight was full, and a flight attendant who had been assigned a seat said that she would take the jump seat so Mutlu could have one on the plane.

The only reason I can think of for a flight attendant to be assigned a seat is if they are deadheading. Otherwise they would be in a jump seat and working the flight.

If the flight attendant didn't want to sit in the jump seat, they would have been well within their rights to not give up a "comfortable" seat. Especially if they are deadheading to meet another flight. Also the fa should have already known that a jump seat isn't the most comfortable seat to sit in for five hours.

As someone who works for an airline, I always hate seeing news about poor customer service. While I don't work for JetBlue, this does reflect poorly on the airline industry as a whole. I hope Mutlu has a good lawyer and gets what he rightfully deserves from this incident. I hate to think what would have happened if the plane had encountered severe turbulence, or if an emergency occurred and he was in a seat that provided a seat belt.

There's no way I could have made this up. If you click the picture for the larger version, you'll see that I did a Netflix search for a cheesy sounding movie called Zombie Strippers. Don't judge me, just keep reading.

The reason I'm posting this is simple. I want to know what does Academy Award winning actress, Meryl Streep have to so with zombie strippers. Why would she come up as one of the recommended actors for such a weird search term?

Go ahead, click the picture to see the larger version. I know you want to do it. When you do, you'll probably wonder what in the hell does one have to do with the other.

While checking the local aviation blog to see what they had to say about my company, I found this amusing story about the Allied Pilots Association. The APA is the union that represents our pilots.

I find it ironic that the union headquarters was being picketed five days after the pilots picketed in Dallas, Chicago and London.

I could talk until I'm blue in the face about how being GLBT is not a choice. Instead I'll let this delightful cartoon do it for me.




via: [Slap & Tickle]

Why is it when truly sever weather hits the area, it is late at night when I'm in bed? Tonight some "severe weather" was moving through the area and I decided to break out my new Flip Video camcorder and catch some of it on (is this really the right word?) film.

The first video didn't turn out that great. Mainly due to the fact that it is always dark looking out that side of my balcony.



The second one turned out a little better. It is still kind of grainy, but still better than what I would have recorded with my cell phone.



I think the camera will be better in the daylight. I mainly bought it for when I take day trips and want to catch something on (here's the word I was looking for earlier) video. Not that it will probably happen that much, but still for something about the size of a cigarette pack, it's not like it will take up a lot of space in a backpack.

Oh, and for the severe weather. What a bunch of bullocks. The most exciting part was about 20 minutes after it had passed. My power went off for all of two seconds.

You know those work weeks that feel like they are never going to end? That was my week that just ended yesterday. Thanks to thousands of flights being canceled, I think it was the most hectic and frustrating week in my 13 years working for an airline.

Thankfully it is over. Now all we have to look forward to is contract negotiations for the pilot's union. It will probably be too much to ask for both the company and the union to quickly reach an agreement they can both be happy with. As long as it doesn't result in the pilots going on strike, any outcome will be a good one.

Is there really a need for a dildo renting version of Netflix?

This is just too creepy.

via: [Joe.My.God]

I'm showing some linkage lovin' by updating my blogroll. Check some of them out on the sidebar...

What started out as a quick, "I should add Sam's blog to my blogroll," quickly became "let me add all the new blogs I've recently added Google Reader." So there you have it, about a dozen new blogs that I've been reading lately.

A better question may be, how many labels does one person need? I started thinking about this yesterday after a friend on Facebook called me a "cute bear." For some reason, I've never been comfortable with someone labeling me as a bear. I don't mind that I can be labeled as gay, a Democrat, a geek, or even a nerd. Wiccan would even be an accurate label to apply to me. I don't even mind queer as a label to describe me. But bear? That label has always bothered me.

Sure I fit the physical description of a bear. I usually keep my hair buzzed short. I have facial/body hair, and I'm of a large body type. As far as I'm concerned that's where the similarities end. When it comes to choice of clothing, I don't like what my friend calls "bear drag," which is usually involves dressing like a lumberjack. I do enjoy just wearing jeans and a t-shirt, which is a common bear uniform. In general, however, I would rather wear things from Old Navy, or Gap. Also I'm not attracted to most bearish type of guys. So why would I want the label of bear attached to me?

I'm sure there is probably a good explanation as to why being called a bear would bother me. I'm just not able to fully express why it does. I'll have to think on it some more to see if I can figure out why I don't like it... Anyone have any thoughts on this?

I'm trying to figure out where I want to go this year. I stumbled upon the GLBT travel section at Wikitravel. I'll have to check it out further.

Because of the way my company handles vacations, I've ended up with most of September and October for my vacation this year. It's been split up where I work a week, take vacation, work a week... Well you get the picture. I'm going to see if I can't have a week or two changed so I don't have those odd weeks that I work. If I can I'm going to try to go to Europe for a few days. Then, maybe, go to South America for a few days. After that I will try to go visit my old roommate in Chicago, and another old roommate in Florida.

It sucks though that I have to wait a year before I get to take vacation. After 14 years with the company, I got spoiled by being able to spread my vacation throughout the year. It might be nice taking all four weeks at once (I'll keep telling myself that and we'll see how it goes).