Heres your fuckin peanuts!!
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This post was deleted for the following reason: It's a funny story but this is a really slight news-of-the-weird post. -- cortex
That guy is a goddamned hero.
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 5:24 PM on August 9, 2010 [5 favorites]
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 5:24 PM on August 9, 2010 [5 favorites]
"Your trash. You're trash. Your family's trash."
posted by toodleydoodley at 5:25 PM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by toodleydoodley at 5:25 PM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
Slater was later arrested at his home in Belle Harbor, Queens by Port Authority officials. He was found by police in a sexual embrace with his partner, sources said.
Livin' the American dream.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 5:27 PM on August 9, 2010
Livin' the American dream.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 5:27 PM on August 9, 2010
I feel really badly for him. There's only so much time you can put up with other people being total assholes while you smile politely before something snaps, and I wish there were better mechanisms in place to help people out before they get to this point.
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 5:33 PM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 5:33 PM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
I feel really badly for him. There's only so much time you can put up with other people being total assholes while you smile politely before something snaps, and I wish there were better mechanisms in place to help people out before they get to this point.
JetBlue needs JetGray.
posted by zarq at 5:34 PM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
JetBlue needs JetGray.
posted by zarq at 5:34 PM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
somebody's got a case of the mondays...
posted by Glibpaxman at 5:35 PM on August 9, 2010
posted by Glibpaxman at 5:35 PM on August 9, 2010
On the one hand, good for him. Cut him a break.
On the other hand, part of your job as a flight attendant is to keep it together even in the face of totally douche-ish-ness. Plus, he could have probably made a call and had the woman escorted off the plane by Sky Marshalls for ignoring his instructions.
Anyhow, I imagine the passengers that were not the douchenozzle probably didn't deserve to be cursed out.
posted by Joey Michaels at 5:40 PM on August 9, 2010
On the other hand, part of your job as a flight attendant is to keep it together even in the face of totally douche-ish-ness. Plus, he could have probably made a call and had the woman escorted off the plane by Sky Marshalls for ignoring his instructions.
Anyhow, I imagine the passengers that were not the douchenozzle probably didn't deserve to be cursed out.
posted by Joey Michaels at 5:40 PM on August 9, 2010
I don't understand how he was in the industry for 28 years if he's only 38 years old.
posted by thirteenkiller at 5:42 PM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by thirteenkiller at 5:42 PM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
Anyhow, I imagine the passengers that were not the douchenozzle probably didn't deserve to be cursed out.
No, but they were probably either on his side or found it funny.
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 5:43 PM on August 9, 2010
No, but they were probably either on his side or found it funny.
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 5:43 PM on August 9, 2010
Must've been a cabin boy, thirteenkiller.
I do not approve of this, and yet I love it. If I had a nickel for all the times I dreamed of pulling a ripcord on a situation and exiting stage left, I'd have very jingly pockets.
posted by Countess Elena at 5:44 PM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
I do not approve of this, and yet I love it. If I had a nickel for all the times I dreamed of pulling a ripcord on a situation and exiting stage left, I'd have very jingly pockets.
posted by Countess Elena at 5:44 PM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
Unfortunately, the next JB employee to storm out is going to have to even more dramatically do it midflight with a parachute.
posted by Eideteker at 5:46 PM on August 9, 2010
posted by Eideteker at 5:46 PM on August 9, 2010
I feel bad about his ruined career but he should have remembered "bortaS bIr jablu'DI' reH QaQqu' nay".
posted by Iron Rat at 5:47 PM on August 9, 2010
posted by Iron Rat at 5:47 PM on August 9, 2010
"No one was injured in the incident. JetBlue, in a statement, added, "At no time was the security or safety of our customers or crewmembers at risk.""
And yet: "Slater faces up to 7 years in prison if convicted."
Absurd.
posted by jedicus at 5:48 PM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
And yet: "Slater faces up to 7 years in prison if convicted."
Absurd.
posted by jedicus at 5:48 PM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
28 years of 'thank you... goodbye... thank you... thank you... goodbye' would do it to anyone.
The guy's 38 years old, has worked for JetBlue since 2008, but says he's been "in the business" for 28 years?
Oh, and apparently, "Inflight Values Committee Member" is the new "flight attendant." Hurgh.
posted by Gator at 5:49 PM on August 9, 2010
The guy's 38 years old, has worked for JetBlue since 2008, but says he's been "in the business" for 28 years?
Oh, and apparently, "Inflight Values Committee Member" is the new "flight attendant." Hurgh.
posted by Gator at 5:49 PM on August 9, 2010
This guy is my new hero, I hope he somehow gets a book deal out of this.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 5:49 PM on August 9, 2010
posted by Potomac Avenue at 5:49 PM on August 9, 2010
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He snapped, poor guy. 28 years of 'thank you... goodbye... thank you... thank you... goodbye' would do it to anyone. 28 minutes would do it to me.
I'd like to send him some more beer I think.
posted by unSane at 5:24 PM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]