[QUOTE]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.
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.
The crew tried to calm the unidentified man, but he refused to back down and continued hectoring them.
He was escorted off the plane as other fliers burst into cheers and applause.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://nypost.com/2014/12/25/plane-passenger-tossed-after-angry-reaction-to-merry-christmas/[/url]
He must have felt so offended!
The staff do as instructed.. no need to excessively shit on their parade, even if you have a valid critique.
Christ just take it and move on.
I wonder if the person opposes people saying "Have a nice day" because not everyone has nice days.
[QUOTE=gokiyono;46797509]I wonder if the person opposes people saying "Have a nice day" because not everyone has nice days.[/QUOTE]
"Don't tell me what to do"
from the title I thought it meant he was thrown off the plane while it was flying
Hectoring? I learned a new word.
What an asshole, I had two women wish me a Happy Solstice the other day, even though I found it very odd since they were both white and dressed like scene girls, I just said thank you and moved on with my day. It's the well wishing that matters, not the label put on it.
Well we found this year's Grinch.
I hate cunts like this.
Even if its not how you celebrate the holidays, just fucking say "You too" or something. I say Merry Christmas to EVERY customer at work out of habit. Even those I (secretly) know are Jewish. But even then they say "You too" or say "Happy Holidays"... God damn.
The way this guy acts offends me, please arrest him. If someone posting a joke online can get arrested, people like him should be arrested too
I think he needs a trigger warning for season greetings
I always wondered how some people can be offended by a simple "merry christmas". Maybe he should be greeted with "hello dickhead" instead?
or perhaps he's wondering why you'd wish someone a merry christmas before escorting him out of a plane
It's fuckin Christmas. I say Merry Christmas to people on Christmas. If it was Hanukkah someone said, "Hey, happy Hanukkah" to me, why the fuck would I feel offended? I'd probably just say it back.. Problem avoided. It's not like people are saying merry christmas on any other day of the year. If someone wishes me a happy Ramadan/Kwanzaa/christmas/[I]fucking anything[/I], it's probably because it's what they're currently celebrating.. Why anyone has to take that clear fact and shit on other people's cheer is beyond me
[editline]26th December 2014[/editline]
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My family received "Merry Christmas" calls/texts from friends that are jews. What is the huge deal about these stupid differences that disgusts people so goddamn much
I hope the police wished him a merry Christmas.
[QUOTE]He was escorted off the plane as other fliers burst into cheers and applause.[/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSxPTlJ1nOA[/media]
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This is a reason why people need a thicker skin, not everything is perfect.
i dont get why people care, these are probably the kind of people that complain when someone says "god bless you" like come on man, it's just being polite
Why is it offensive if someone celebrates a different holiday than you? That's essentially what's going on here.
This is like the opposite of what I heard in a podcast yesterday. Instead it was some Southern dude who got angry at the phrase "Happy Holidays", so the person telling the story kept saying that to him to piss him off.
Was he wearing a fedora?
Merry Jesus Christ-mas.
[QUOTE=FunnyStarRunner;46798731]This is like the opposite of what I heard in a podcast yesterday. Instead it was some Southern dude who got angry at the phrase "Happy Holidays", so the person telling the story kept saying that to him to piss him off.[/QUOTE]
I had something like this happen a few years ago when I was doing bell ringing for the Salvation Army. I was instructed to say Happy Holidays for obvious reasons. Said it to an older couple, the man stopped in his tracks, stomped right up to me and flew into a rage about how the Salvation Army is a "Christian organization" so I need to say Merry Christmas to everyone, no matter what. People are fucking great around the holidays.
I will never understand people who get worked up by this stuff, either way.
"Happy holidays!" is a nice way to greet someone festively if you don't know their religious beliefs and want to be safe. you would have to be a total man-child to insist "no say it again but my particular way!"
but at the same time i wouldn't get offended if someone offered me their own cultures version of a greeting, its kinda sweet of them to be so friendly, how could you react negatively to that? :c
[QUOTE=meppers;46798734]Was he wearing a fedora?[/QUOTE]
In that moment he was euphoric and not ready to allow some phony god's religious holidays to seep into his enlightened mind.
But seriously what kind of person gets this angry at someone saying "Merry Christmas?" Especially living in a Western country with a significant Christian history, it's sort of expected someone will say merry Christmas just like I expected to meet a buttload of people fasting during Ramadan back in Malaysia.
[editline]26th December 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=fulgrim;46798973]I will never understand people who get worked up by this stuff, either way.
"Happy holidays!" is a nice way to greet someone festively if you don't know their religious beliefs and want to be safe. you would have to be a total man-child to insist "no say it again but my particular way!"
but at the same time i wouldn't get offended if someone offered me their own cultures version of a greeting, its kinda sweet of them to be so friendly, how could you react negatively to that? :c[/QUOTE]
Eh, Happy Holidays feels kind of white-washed and corporate, personally I'd just default to Merry Christmas unless told otherwise.
My dad gets pissed when people say happy holidays
so I say happy holidays
i say happy easter at christmas and if people dont like it then thats just tough
[QUOTE=murple;46797596]from the title I though it meant he was thrown off the plane while it was flying[/QUOTE]
I thought he fired a gun on the plane
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