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08-05-2013, 10:23 AM
#4292
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Mostly applies to passengers but pilots can do this also.
People who step out of the elevator, theater, airliner, crew bus/van, or any other confined space and stop, right in the path, to adjust something, greet a friend, orient themselves or any other idiotic activity. STEP OUT OF THE WAY! Please.
People who step out of the elevator, theater, airliner, crew bus/van, or any other confined space and stop, right in the path, to adjust something, greet a friend, orient themselves or any other idiotic activity. STEP OUT OF THE WAY! Please.
Are you stupid?! 
08-05-2013, 10:34 AM
#4293
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Joined APC: Jan 2011
Posts: 270
Mostly applies to passengers but pilots can do this also.
People who step out of the elevator, theater, airliner, crew bus/van, or any other confined space and stop, right in the path, to adjust something, greet a friend, orient themselves or any other idiotic activity. STEP OUT OF THE WAY! Please.
People who step out of the elevator, theater, airliner, crew bus/van, or any other confined space and stop, right in the path, to adjust something, greet a friend, orient themselves or any other idiotic activity. STEP OUT OF THE WAY! Please.
08-05-2013, 10:53 AM
#4294
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Other variations on this theme: the group of five travelers walking abreast (slowly), right down the middle of the terminal. They're like a rolling roadblock! Or the queue in front of Starbucks or McDonalds that goes straight out from the cash registers, blocking the passengers trying to get to their gates. What's so difficult about putting a 90 degree bend in the queu, and standing along the wall instead of blocking the hallway? Or the travelers who have to stop right in the middle of the flow of traffic to look in their bags or read a text! Can't they move to the side of the hallway first?
Sorry, but if TWO adults can't handle ONE child, put the kid on one of those kid leashes.
08-05-2013, 12:00 PM
#4295
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Yup. Also gotta love the "parents" who let their kids walk around (more like run) freely without any supervision. I just recently heard a story of a regional FA who saved a toddler from sure death by grabbing him dangerously close to a moving prop when he walked out the door during boarding while the parents were at the podium changing seats. Sorry, but if TWO adults can't handle ONE child, put the kid on one of those kid leashes.
Sorry, but if TWO adults can't handle ONE child, put the kid on one of those kid leashes.
08-05-2013, 12:42 PM
#4296
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08-05-2013, 12:53 PM
#4297
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Really? I'm more than fit to be a parent and did a damn fine job on the 3 (including twins) I raised and toted around town. There was a two and a half year age difference and when my oldest one (son) was in his terrible twos and playing hide and seek in stores while I had the twins in a carriage, etc. it worked wonderfully. Of course, as soon as he got out of that stage, there was no need for it. While it might seem like a bad idea to some, it's actually MORE responsible than letting an child run loose and get hurt or worse.
08-05-2013, 01:11 PM
#4298
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Nothing wrong with a leash. Some toddlers are rambunctious, death-seeking micro-apes, without the slightest clue about danger, or how their activities can annoy others. The leash keeps them from harm.
We COULD do it native american style... wind them up like mummies, tie them to a board, then squash their foreheads with another board. That'll keep them safe.
We COULD do it native american style... wind them up like mummies, tie them to a board, then squash their foreheads with another board. That'll keep them safe.
08-05-2013, 01:19 PM
#4299
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Joined APC: Apr 2011
Position: retired 767(dl)
Posts: 5,761
Really? I'm more than fit to be a parent and did a damn fine job on the 3 (including twins) I raised and toted around town. There was a two and a half year age difference and when my oldest one (son) was in his terrible twos and playing hide and seek in stores while I had the twins in a carriage, etc. it worked wonderfully. Of course, as soon as he got out of that stage, there was no need for it. While it might seem like a bad idea to some, it's actually MORE responsible than letting an child run loose and get hurt or worse.
08-05-2013, 01:28 PM
#4300
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Now that you mention it, I most certainly am. My son who was on a leash for a short bit of time graduated Summa Cum Laude from a private college, will get his Master's degree in 1 year (took enough courses in his senior year to achieve that), was on 3/4 academic scholarship his entire time there and is a child EVERY parent wishes for. He has turned into a fine, outstanding young man who never gave me even a minute of trouble. My twins were a little more challenging but have also turned out to be every parent's dream.
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