A passenger was tossed off a plane at La Guardia Airport on Tuesday after flipping out — because airline workers wished him a merry Christmas.
The man was waiting to board American Airlines Flight 1140 to Dallas when a cheerful gate agent began welcoming everyone with the Yuletide greeting while checking boarding passes.
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The grumpy passenger, who appeared to be traveling alone, barked at the woman, “You shouldn’t say that because not everyone celebrates Christmas.”
The agent replied, "Well, what should I say then?"
"Don't say, 'Merry Christmas!'" the man shouted before brushing past her.
Once on the plane, he was warmly greeted by a flight attendant who also wished him a “merry Christmas.” That was the last straw.
"Don't say, 'Merry Christmas!'" the man raged before lecturing the attendants and the pilot about their faux pas. He was eventually led of the plane to a round of applause from passengers.
A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
When a passenger is booted from a flight, do they have to pay for another one or does their ticket transfer or how do they handle that?
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A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
People should take a holiday greeting in the spirit in which it was meant. "Merry Christmas" doesn't mean "If you don't believe, I hope you rot in hell", it means exactly what it says, Merry + Christmas. If you aren't Christian, use the non-religious version for your reply "Happy Holidays to you too!" if it hurts too much to say "Merry Christmas".
I bet all the other passengers were grateful he was booted
Anyone who is loud and obnoxious during the boarding process, is presenting a risk to the other passengers, because he (usually it's a man) is likely to get louder and more drunk during the flight.
I was once in the next-to-last row in a 747 flying from LAX to JFK, in front of 3 drunks who'd been denied boarding on two earlier flights. One of them was yelling and cursing American Airlines from the moment he sat down, until we were taxiing for take off, when I convinced him to STFU.
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