Wow Butch, whatever your smokin, you gotta send me some of that because WOW! Just WOW! But air travel will never return to the way it once was, even if the airlines one day became civil, and we're talkin super-happy, syrup sweet customer service of old, the PEOPLE will not change. Do you see the type of people that fly nowadays? There was a time you needed to wear your sunday best to fly and now you have dudes with ripped jeans, gals with the shortiest skirts (not complainin... the shortier the better) and overall people with disgusting atitudes. I and many other business travelers (those that are accustom to the ins and outs of air travel) have maintained our civility, but others... yea ugh!.
But the "true" points of why we are sympathizers rest upon the admin, for these main reasons, not the dumb points that butch pointed out. No one agrees to any of that, no one!
We have been labeled thusly because
- We disagree with those who refuse to accept personal responsibility. Those that arrive late and then say the airline screwed them over. (allegiant air guy admits to arriving 30 mins of his departure and wonders why no one was at the counter, and claims the airline gave him bad customer service)
- we disagree with those who exagerate their story to the extreme, remember the dad who's "poor little baby" workin at a movie studio was stuck in L.A.?
- we disagree with silly frivilous complaints, such as the guy who was upset because he could not get a napkin. A napkin people!!
- we disagree with those that exagerate one sided stories, you know the kind. Such as the ones who get arrested or kicked off a plane. But they were waaaaaaay nice and don't know why it was happening.
but mostly we are sympathizers because if we respond to a complaint in the negative, it won't be taken as seriously by the OP who will merely brush it off and say "Meh, you're just a sympathizer, why should I listen to you?"
If I missed any points please fill em in for me.
Ya, I'm against a lot of things the airlines do, overbooking is one (But then I try to reap the rewards), but I also accept the fact that air travel will never be the same. I speak out for the airlines because someone has to. Flying isn't all that bad, and those that complain are those who are new to the experience. Then again you have Frequent flyers who complain tick me off because they "act" like newbie travelers. They get hit with a change fee and then ask "why????" or they cannot believe a flight is delayed! (3 hours is my max to wait for a flight, after that I get rebooked the next day and am going home or to a hotel).
I'm not against the label, I really don't care, it doesn't change my responses, but I think I pretty much covered the WHY we have the label. so why not label everyone?
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