Budget airlines in child fare price scam
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From: Mister Niceguy on 7 Aug 2010 12:00 Cats <ramwater(a)uk2.net> wrote in news:a4001894-8284-4f70-8ead- 99cb34ff967c(a)f6g2000yqa.googlegroups.com: > On Aug 7, 9:12�am, Mister Niceguy <mister.nice...(a)rocketmail.com> > wrote: > <snip> >> >> You guys are unbelievable. �What's happened to society when it doesn't >> treasure its children? > <snip> > > It's bad behaviour I don't treasure. Well-behaved people of all ages > are a delight, badly behaved ones I sometimes want to push out without > a parachute... I guess I feel that way when pushed. But then having been through the trials of parenthood I know how difficult and unrealistic it can be to have perfect toddlers in tow.
From: Mister Niceguy on 7 Aug 2010 12:05 pete <no_one_you_know(a)notthisaddress.com> wrote in news:slrni5qcuj.use.no_one_you_know(a)corv.local: > On Sat, 7 Aug 2010 08:12:38 +0000 (UTC), Mister Niceguy wrote: >> You guys are unbelievable. What's happened to society when it doesn't >> treasure its children? How will these kids grow up - knowing that their >> sheer presence is resented as an inconvenience. > > And what about the parents' responsibilities to bring up their children > as conforming and considerate members of society? Where they don't think > the entire planet is there simply for their amusement and convenience? I think most parents at least try to do that. Believe me there's nothing worse than trying to control your child in public and at the same time some grumpy old git telling you that you're not doing a good enough job. > There was a piece on BBC1 breakfast this morning (Sat, 7 Aug) and one > lady suggested drugging children with antihistamines before long flights. For whose benefit? If she's having problems then it's her that needs the drugs. > Another suggestion was to have "family only" sections of flights - > hopefully with a large, soundproof, barrier between it and the rest of > the plane. I would be against apartheit like that. Anyone who wants to buy peace can get a business class ticket, rather than try and impose their will on a minority.
From: Buddenbrooks on 7 Aug 2010 12:22 "Mister Niceguy" <mister.niceguy(a)rocketmail.com> wrote in message news:Xns9DCDADFA75EBniceguyonzetnet(a)94.75.214.90... > I would be against apartheit like that. Anyone who wants to buy peace can > get a business class ticket, rather than try and impose their will on a > minority. > That is what children who are badly behaved do.
From: Clive on 7 Aug 2010 13:31 "Mister Niceguy" <mister.niceguy(a)rocketmail.com> wrote in message news:Xns9DCDADFA75EBniceguyonzetnet(a)94.75.214.90... > pete <no_one_you_know(a)notthisaddress.com> wrote in > news:slrni5qcuj.use.no_one_you_know(a)corv.local: > >> On Sat, 7 Aug 2010 08:12:38 +0000 (UTC), Mister Niceguy wrote: >>> You guys are unbelievable. What's happened to society when it doesn't >>> treasure its children? How will these kids grow up - knowing that their >>> sheer presence is resented as an inconvenience. >> >> And what about the parents' responsibilities to bring up their children >> as conforming and considerate members of society? Where they don't think >> the entire planet is there simply for their amusement and convenience? > > I think most parents at least try to do that. Believe me there's nothing > worse than trying to control your child in public and at the same time > some > grumpy old git telling you that you're not doing a good enough job. > >> There was a piece on BBC1 breakfast this morning (Sat, 7 Aug) and one >> lady suggested drugging children with antihistamines before long flights. > > For whose benefit? If she's having problems then it's her that needs the > drugs. > >> Another suggestion was to have "family only" sections of flights - >> hopefully with a large, soundproof, barrier between it and the rest of >> the plane. > > I would be against apartheit like that. Anyone who wants to buy peace can > get a business class ticket, rather than try and impose their will on a > minority. These people have obviously opted out of society, so they can jog on. They can just stay at home in their miserable old bachelor pad and have another microwave meal for one while scouring the dating channels or writing letters of complaints to themselves... C
From: Joe Curry on 7 Aug 2010 14:03
On Sat, 7 Aug 2010 08:12:38 +0000 (UTC), Mister Niceguy <mister.niceguy(a)rocketmail.com> wrote: >> The worst is toddlers having a tantrum because they (eg) can't sit by >> the window, and those who kick the seat in front all the trip. Some >> parents seem completely unable to control the situation. >Yes, they are probably in tears themselves. Or awaiting the invention of 'rubber hammers'? :-) |