Mom, baby booted from plane
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http://www.wsoctv.com/family/13668816/detail.html Snip: GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. -- A Georgia mother said she wants answers and action after she and her baby were kicked off a plane. Mom, Babbling Baby Booted From Plane Kate Penland said she was glad to board the plane in Houston to visit her father in Oklahoma after an 11-hour delay. But she said a rude and aggressive flight attendant caused her to get to Oklahoma a day late. Penland thinks her 19-month-old son, Garren, has a bubbly personality. But Penland said when they were aboard a Continental Express plane, a flight attendant became annoyed by Garren's personality when he kept saying three words. "As we started taxiing, he started saying, 'Bye, bye plane,'" said Penland. "At the end of her speech, she leaned over the gentleman beside me and said, 'It's not funny anymore. You need to shut your baby up.'" In disbelief, Penland asked the woman if she was kidding. It was then, Penland said, the flight attendant went too far. "She then said, 'You know, it's called baby Benadryl.' And I said, 'Well, I'm not going to drug my child so you have a pleasant flight,'" Penland said. |
Mom, baby booted from plane
On Jul 12, 9:49 am, Duh_OZ wrote:
In disbelief, Penland asked the woman if she was kidding. It was then, Penland said, the flight attendant went too far. "She then said, 'You know, it's called baby Benadryl.' And I said, 'Well, I'm not going to drug my child so you have a pleasant flight,'" Penland said. Post-911, you do not dribble your attitude upon flight attendants, even if you think they are "rude and aggressive". "Well, I'm not going to drug my child so you have a pleasant flight" is right up there with "No, officer I will NOT step out of the car, what are you gonna do about it!" in the list of "responses that create predictable results". |
Mom, baby booted from plane
Darryl wrote:
Post-911, you do not dribble your attitude upon flight attendants, even if you think they are "rude and aggressive". In the soviet era of siberian prison camps and no due-legal-process, you also never ever argued with anyone of authority. |
Mom, baby booted from plane
On Jul 12, 10:49 am, Duh_OZ wrote:
Full story:http://www.wsoctv.com/family/13668816/detail.html Snip: GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. -- A Georgia mother said she wants answers and action after she and her baby were kicked off a plane. Mom, Babbling Baby Booted From Plane Kate Penland said she was glad to board the plane in Houston to visit her father in Oklahoma after an 11-hour delay. But she said a rude and aggressive flight attendant caused her to get to Oklahoma a day late. Penland thinks her 19-month-old son, Garren, has a bubbly personality. But Penland said when they were aboard a Continental Express plane, a flight attendant became annoyed by Garren's personality when he kept saying three words. "As we started taxiing, he started saying, 'Bye, bye plane,'" said Penland. "At the end of her speech, she leaned over the gentleman beside me and said, 'It's not funny anymore. You need to shut your baby up.'" In disbelief, Penland asked the woman if she was kidding. It was then, Penland said, the flight attendant went too far. "She then said, 'You know, it's called baby Benadryl.' And I said, 'Well, I'm not going to drug my child so you have a pleasant flight,'" Penland said. Fifty bucks say the f.a. was black. Her behavior sounds VERY negroidy. |
Mom, baby booted from plane
Hilary wrote:
On Jul 12, 9:49 am, Duh_OZ wrote: In disbelief, Penland asked the woman if she was kidding. It was then, Penland said, the flight attendant went too far. "She then said, 'You know, it's called baby Benadryl.' And I said, 'Well, I'm not going to drug my child so you have a pleasant flight,'" Penland said. Post-911, you do not dribble your attitude upon flight attendants, even if you think they are "rude and aggressive". "Well, I'm not going to drug my child so you have a pleasant flight" is right up there with "No, officer I will NOT step out of the car, what are you gonna do about it!" in the list of "responses that create predictable results". Given that the FA wanted the mother to give her child a sedative - one which, by the way, sometimes causes children to become hyperactive - simply for saying 'bye bye'... No, there was no attitude. There WAS a mother protecting her child, possibly wondering whether this FA would try to drug her toddler anyway (as another FA did last year). If the child were throwing a tantrum, or generally being restless and not settling, the matter might be different. If passengers were complaining, it might be different. It sounds like the FA was the only person with a problem, and *she* was the one with the attitude. Did you base this all on one slanted "news" story? |
Mom, baby booted from plane
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:23:13 -0700, NotABushSupporter
wrote: Did you base this all on one slanted "news" story? There have been several different srticles about it. |
Mom, baby booted from plane
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:23:13 -0700, NotABushSupporter wrote:
Did you base this all on one slanted "news" story? For education, how can I tell when a news story is a news story and when it's a "slanted "news" story"? DaveM |
Mom, baby booted from plane
Duh_OZ wrote:
"She then said, 'You know, it's called baby Benadryl.' And I said, 'Well, I'm not going to drug my child so you have a pleasant flight,'" Penland said. Which is the attitude of most parents with unruly kids on public transport. I guess they feel we should all experience the misery they go through every day. -- ant Don't try to reply to my email addy: I'm borrowing that of the latest scammer/spammer |
Mom, baby booted from plane
On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:26:06 +1000, "ant"
wrote: Duh_OZ wrote: "She then said, 'You know, it's called baby Benadryl.' And I said, 'Well, I'm not going to drug my child so you have a pleasant flight,'" Penland said. Which is the attitude of most parents with unruly kids on public transport. I guess they feel we should all experience the misery they go through every day. Sadly, it's the attitude of most unruly adults, too. Roll on Brave New World and Soma, that's all I can say. In the interim I'd just like to point out I've had more unpleasant flights due to the behaviour of adults than children. DaveM |
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