Gothamist: Lawsuit Says Shushed Flight Attendant Got Payback

NannyState

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:52:21 -0500

She works for a non-profit, she's paid nearly $400,000 a year, she flies Business Class to Europe, and she sues over a bad customer experience. Think they should fire her?

other_islander

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:42:11 -0500

If Meadow had been a Staten Island girl, she wouldn't be takin no crap from a two-bit pansy flight attendant--she'd rip his freakin heart out! Yo. Then again, she'd be an unwelcome guest at Jersey Shore towns. What a price to pay.

robingee

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:49:33 -0500

Chris Boone definitely has problems, but I agree that shushing is a dickhead thing to do. The attendant still should have acted like a human. His actions show that he most likely was indeed talking loud with no regard for passengers.

Spiritof76

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:42:17 -0500

Shushing makes you an asshole. No exceptions. Am I so beneath you that I don't merit a polite sentence. Instead you scold me with a sound? Shh isn't a word. perhaps the next time someone near you forgets to use their indoor voice you should ask them politely to simmer down lest the loudest noise in the room be your screams. Just listen to yourself. You have such a massive sense of entitlement. "I deserve respect! I demand a polite sentence or I'll scream at you!" Get over yourself. You're an asshole and it wouldn't have been any different if somebody had asked you politely. You would have just said something like, "If you don't like it, go away, bitch!" Shushing was a polite way to quiet people down in otherwise quiet environments without making a lot of noise in times past, until jerks like you felt you were too good for that. Read the article. The other flight attendants tried to comfort the woman. Just this one Chris Boone was a major asshole. I've dealt with some of them over the years. He deserves to lose his job.

Hawk

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:43:38 -0500

Please stop insulting Tim Curry.

maevemealone

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:05:47 -0500

#26, no it wasn't at all. they were both unattractive people and his mangled missing arm was facing me, it was seriously chewed up and unsightly. When she wasn't digging in his crotch, he was rubbing it himself. Nothing about it was sexy or discreet. I felt ill.

allthewine

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:03:47 -0500

Tim Curry in a wig is pretty outstanding.

maevemealone

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:53:14 -0500

She didn't have earphones? Last flight I was on I had to watch the couple next to me openly jerk each other off and suck face throughout the entire flight. I would gladly listen to chatter for 6 hrs over seeing that one armed man digging in the crotch of his girlfriend. Yes, he had one arm chewed off.

interlard

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:37:52 -0500

Wow. Being paid a lot of money, traveling first class and saying "shush" to a noisy a-hole sure is a crime to many people today.

UnrepentantFenian

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:33:47 -0500

JacqueMehoff

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:27:06 -0500

what is she suing for? and the flight attendant was right, some people you just know would be troublesome. gee, now who would say a thing like that?

sj

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:26:00 -0500

The only reason the FBI was involved is because the FBI has jurisdiction over incidents that happen in the air. Not a big deal and fairly routine for fights and other BS that happens on planes. I'm sure they interviewed both parties to get the story ("interrogated" is a bit of a stretch I'm sure but based on the attitude of the woman as reported in the article, it doesn't surprise me that she and her lawyers would choose a loaded word like that to describe it) and that was likely the end of it as it doesn't say that any charges came out of it for either party.

The Edge

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:23:33 -0500

No wonder they're called non-profit -- all the money goes to these douches.

dev

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:17:48 -0500

non-profit theatre organizations? hmmm...

Kojak

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:05:23 -0500

"More importantly, why does she make $395,000 a year at a non-profit?" You'd be surprised. Most directors and presidents of non-profit organizations in the New York area alone can make upwards of $800k

Bubba

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:03:36 -0500

A.G. Cuomo should investigate how a tax exempt non-profit entity is paying this woman almost $400K a year. I bet she's got a hefty expense account and that business class trips to Rome are being footed indirectly by the tax-payers.

NannyState

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:03:05 -0500

#7, my thoughts exactly. I'm surprised the TSA didn't do a gender check on this one.

thisisbuddha

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:02:05 -0500

She looks like Tim Curry in a wig...

Spiritof76

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:49:48 -0500

I don't see shushing somebody as being a pain in the ass. Too many people don't know when to shut up nowadays, especially in places like planes, trains and buses, where others don't have the luxury of getting away from your loud conversation. The flight attendant sounds like he should not be in the hospitality industry at all. [8], is shushing somebody such a crime that the FBI should be involved? How much did the flight attendant's hissy fit cost the taxpayers in terms of FBI agents diverted from other matters?

slappy

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:46:00 -0500

How the hell does she justify paying herself $395,000 a year in a non-profit?

theevilone

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:42:18 -0500

Man, someone has a persecution complex.

Dirk

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:39:49 -0500

They both seem like idiots. The woman probably felt entitled and was being a pain in the ass. And the flight attendant was probably on a power trip since he knows he can sic the FBI on someone. I would love it if I could call Homeland Security on every annoying person I ran into on a daily basis.

sweatyelectric

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:31:39 -0500

She reeks of a sense of entitlement. They should have water-boarded her.

theloofyourlife

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:17:30 -0500

she could of just ASKED the talking flight attendants politely to lower their voices and this whole ordeal could of been avoided.

thedroog

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:10:16 -0500

wait, that's a woman? you're joking, right?

metarobotic

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:09:22 -0500

it's not every day that you "accidentally" break a tv monitor. sounds like she might have done it on purpose, in which case the attendant did nothing wrong. the opening shush, who no one is denying, doesn't speak well for her either.

babyhitler

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:07:02 -0500

my dream is for rich snobby white ladies to be not taken care of by inept uncouth lazy black dudes. Oh wait, it came true.

drewo

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:59:52 -0500

I'd be glad to support an airline that has absolutely no flight attendants (assuming the savings are passed on to the passengers). What do they really do these days besides clog the aisle in that ridiculously elaborate scene of pushing a cart back and forth to (begrudgingly) hand out a paltry "complimentary" beverage?

dev

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:53:58 -0500

More importantly, why does she make $395,000 a year at a non-profit?

robingee

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:49:50 -0500

Wait - the woman thought the man was out to destroy her? And then he yelled that she sabtotaged his equipment? Who was destroying whom?

Politburo

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:47:46 -0500

Yet another example of someone becoming a little dictator when given the chance.