Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras

2021-10-12 Thread Clay via Mercedes
Maybe Karen needs to be put on the do not fly list. Hysterical passengers are a threat to crew safety. clay 'Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.' Henry David Thoreau > On Oct 12, 2021, at 9:47 AM, G Mann via Mercedes > wrote: > > Just to put the

Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras

2021-10-12 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Well if nothing else, I learned there's a magazine called *Bitch...* On Tue, Oct 12, 2021, at 12:49 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > All about the word "karen" in slang use today... in the interest of > expanding ourselves and accepting others. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_(slang) > >

Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras

2021-10-12 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
rcedes@okiebenz.com > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras > > Thanks. I wonder if the airline will offer to compensate the > misunderstood/handcuffed/humiliated passenger with a $300 travel voucher. > > On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 1:25 PM Jim Cathey wrote: > > > &g

Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras

2021-10-12 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Thereby propping up the market for our old jalopies. On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 2:17 PM G Mann wrote: > To have shame for your acts, you must have a conscience. In my personal > experience with "karens" self satisfaction with acts done supercede > conscience... thus "shame" is not on their

Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras

2021-10-12 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
To have shame for your acts, you must have a conscience. In my personal experience with "karens" self satisfaction with acts done supercede conscience... thus "shame" is not on their function list. Somewhere, there is a PhD thesis on the evolution of psyche to become a "karen" and how that

Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras

2021-10-12 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> I wonder if the airline will offer to compensate the > misunderstood/handcuffed/humiliated passenger with a $300 travel voucher. Probably just put him on the no-fly list, no extra charge. Does he now forever have to answer the "Have you ever been arrested?" question with "Yes?" Karen should

Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras

2021-10-12 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Mid-afternoon (3 pm) NYC surcharge. On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 1:48 PM G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > Just to put the hard cost of this incident into perspective. > Two emergency slides were deployed. Cost per slide [general overview, it > may vary based on exact model of aircraft. This is based on

Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras

2021-10-12 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Just to put the hard cost of this incident into perspective. Two emergency slides were deployed. Cost per slide [general overview, it may vary based on exact model of aircraft. This is based on a 737.]

Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras

2021-10-12 Thread mitch--- via Mercedes
On 2021-10-12 13:25, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: OK, I get it. The air hostess ("Karen") misinterpreted what the law abiding citizen was doing. D'oh. Still not right. The Karen was another _passenger_. I mostly blame the airline staff for overreacting based on the unsubstantiated word

Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras

2021-10-12 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
; mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras Thanks. I wonder if the airline will offer to compensate the misunderstood/handcuffed/humiliated passenger with a $300 travel voucher. On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 1:25 PM Jim Cathey wrote: > > OK, I get it. The air hostess (

Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras

2021-10-12 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Thanks. I wonder if the airline will offer to compensate the misunderstood/handcuffed/humiliated passenger with a $300 travel voucher. On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 1:25 PM Jim Cathey wrote: > > OK, I get it. The air hostess ("Karen") misinterpreted what the law > > abiding citizen was doing.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras

2021-10-12 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> OK, I get it. The air hostess ("Karen") misinterpreted what the law > abiding citizen was doing. D'oh. Still not right. The Karen was another _passenger_. I mostly blame the airline staff for overreacting based on the unsubstantiated word of a passenger. Karen was just another idiot,

Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras

2021-10-12 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
OK, I get it. The air hostess ("Karen") misinterpreted what the law abiding citizen was doing. D'oh. On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 12:50 PM G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > All about the word "karen" in slang use today... in the interest of > expanding ourselves and accepting others. >

Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras

2021-10-12 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
All about the word "karen" in slang use today... in the interest of expanding ourselves and accepting others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_(slang) On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 9:19 AM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Why "Karen"? This was a male passenger

Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras

2021-10-12 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Why "Karen"? This was a male passenger making the bomb threat. There was no bomb threat. Just a guy playing with his camera, which 'Karen' didn't recognize, and subsequently pulled the fire alarm, so to speak, rather than investigating further. Flight diverted, massive delays and

Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras

2021-10-12 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Why "Karen"? This was a male passenger making the bomb threat. On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 11:24 AM Jim Cathey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > How about billing the karen who actually caused this "incident" for costs > > There are ALWAYS idiots. The real problem is the

Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras

2021-10-12 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> How about billing the karen who actually caused this "incident" for costs There are ALWAYS idiots. The real problem is the supposedly-trained staff allowing things to get this far. Just following the playbook? Anybody remember the movie "Die Hard"? -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras

2021-10-12 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
How about billing the karen who actually caused this "incident" for costs incurred to the airline, the emergency response teams, etc.? The demonstrated lack of situational awareness of the general passengers is stunning... Is everyone so completely tuned out these days? Sorry, I know the answer to

Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras

2021-10-12 Thread mitch--- via Mercedes
On 2021-10-12 01:10, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: Moral of this story: don't play with with your old Leica on a flight with a Karen on it. I miss my old Minolta XG1. https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/update-la-guardia-emergency-freakout-caused-by-super-paranoid-karen/ ...because

Re: [MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras

2021-10-11 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
One would hope she would be charged for the wasted fuel, crew wages, and everyone's time. Alas there's a general tolerance for utter stupidity in the world today. On Tue, Oct 12, 2021, at 1:10 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > Moral of this story: don't play with with your old Leica on a

[MBZ] OT: Vintage Cameras

2021-10-11 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Moral of this story: don't play with with your old Leica on a flight with a Karen on it. I miss my old Minolta XG1. https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/update-la-guardia-emergency-freakout-caused-by-super-paranoid-karen/ Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com