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Post by frenchie on Jun 26, 2017 1:40:58 GMT
Honestly? It wouldn't be a job per se. I'd like to be able to afford to stay home. I'm currently working 2 jobs. If I could stay home I could make sure everyone is taken care of. DH has terminal cancer and will not do anything/go anywhere until I'm there to encourage him to do so. So I feel a lot of guilt that I'm not home to help him with that because he tends to stay in the house. DS has Autism and DH won't do anything with DS unless I'm around. My Dad has had terrible health since the beginning of the year. I had to fly down to Florida to bring him home (snow bird) and he had surgery, is currently in rehab, and I'm working on moving him to assisted living. He has 2 properties that need to be cleaned out and sold. So add that to 'my list'. I'm tired of juggling everything. I'm doing so much I'm not doing anything well. I'm doing enough to survive at this point and there seems to be no end in sight. So if I could have my dream job it would be to quit my 2 jobs so I can be around to take care of everyone the way I want to take care of them. There's not enough of me to go around and everyone's getting shorted and I feel incredibly guilty about it. I'm so sorry you have so much to deal with. That's just overwhelming. I hope in some way you can find a little time for yourself to decompress.
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Post by frenchie on Jun 26, 2017 1:32:18 GMT
Prayers being said for Joey and for you! It's stressful as a parent to watch your child go through surgery. My DD had similar surgery when she was 7 also (14 years ago!) and she recovered pretty quickly. Hoping for a fast recovery for your son as well.
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Post by frenchie on Jun 25, 2017 20:00:49 GMT
I'd like to move to LA and foster/assist with Roadogs (a dog rescue). The woman who runs it does an amazing job and I wish I could help!
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Post by frenchie on Jun 16, 2017 2:02:57 GMT
I ended up walking around the store with it then putting it back. Unfortunately, it's a metal board and I love the look of the felt boards. Super nit picky, but I'm trying to not buy stuff I don't love! Can't believe I didn't even notice that😳. I get what you mean about trying to not buy stuff. My scrap room could be featured on "Hoarders" !
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Post by frenchie on Jun 15, 2017 2:55:36 GMT
pancakes, in my store, they were in the last row of the scrapbook section.
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Post by frenchie on Jun 14, 2017 19:10:46 GMT
I have the HS xl board and a few of the letters. Got some of the DCWV and they work! Heidi's font is nicer ( my opinion) but for the price, I can live with the DCWV letters.
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Post by frenchie on Jun 14, 2017 17:57:04 GMT
I was just at my local Jo Anns and they now have letter boards and letters. There is a nice assortment of colors and letters as well as boards, and they are significantly cheaper than Heidi Swapp's!
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Post by frenchie on Jun 12, 2017 13:31:38 GMT
I did a layout for each of my girls about the election and both candidates only because it was the first election both of them could vote in.
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Post by frenchie on Jun 1, 2017 2:42:37 GMT
Wow! She is incredibly talented!!!
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Post by frenchie on May 28, 2017 0:19:49 GMT
If it was a hard landing, sometimes the masks will drop. If it was all of the masks, they are only supposed to drop in the event of a decompression and you have to use them until the pilot can get the plane down to an altitude where you can breathe without oxygen masks. If the oxygen masks were actually kicking out O2, then the plane will be out of service for awhile. Not fun!
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Post by frenchie on May 18, 2017 1:58:40 GMT
Definitely gonna grab some of the Shark Attack! Love the theme and the colors!
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Post by frenchie on May 8, 2017 16:07:03 GMT
We have taken the kids' friends on trips. When we offer to take the friends, it's with the understanding that we will cover everything. I would never offer to take a child with and then expect reimbursement. I think if you did, then you should have been crystal-clear on the terms before you left. This.
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Post by frenchie on May 5, 2017 1:29:23 GMT
#813 on the first video. They were higher as the videos went on. He's a great player! I hope he gets a scholarship! Keep us posted-
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Post by frenchie on May 5, 2017 1:09:16 GMT
Yes, the passengers who have tickets are named, regardless of age. Minors may not have ID for domestic flights, but essentially, as his or her parent, I am saying that the ticket is for the child/children who are flying with me. With regard to the family on Delta, it was reported that the son who didn't fly but had the ticket was 18. So he would have had to show ID when checking in at some point.
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Post by frenchie on May 5, 2017 0:57:41 GMT
When you fly, you have to have ID and be accounted for. Can you imagine if a plane crashes and people just decided to use their brother's or another family member's or anyone else's ticket for that flight--how do officials account for who is on that airplane? And can you imagine the clusterf!ck of lawsuits after that crash? "Hey, my uncle was on that flight, he was using his sister's ticket....." even though there is absolutely no record of him having been on the flight. You also can't ignore the possibility of a terrorist handing over a ticket to a relative with the same last name. One of whom might be on the no-fly list, the other not. It's just not the way an airline can handle those situations. They must have proof of the people who are actually on board.
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Post by frenchie on Apr 26, 2017 1:11:54 GMT
get your dad to put your mother in place that can deal with her. There are nursing agencies and groups who can go to your parents' home to help. Sometimes Alzheimers facilities are houses of horror. My mother was brutally abused in one and we were fortunate to get it on tape and have them prosecuted. Alzheimers' patients are obviously extremely vulnerable. To the OP, I'm so sorry you have so much to deal with. Hopefully we will be able to give you some support here. Vent away.
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Post by frenchie on Apr 24, 2017 4:25:12 GMT
I fly Southwest any chance I get, the staff is truly incredible. When I have had a bad experience it is because of a fellow passenger, not a staff member. You should post this on their Facebook page or send an email with details of your flight (flight number, confirmation number) so those involved can be recognized. Yes! The letter will go into their personnel files. So happy that you all had a wonderful experience!
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Post by frenchie on Apr 24, 2017 4:09:23 GMT
I don't know what's going on with the airlines these days. On our flight to Nashville last month, I carried on two small items: my purse and my coat. I put my coat in the overhead bin and shoved it to the back, and put only my purse under the seat in front of me, because I didn't want to try to cram two things under there. As the flight grew more full and people were looking for room for their giant carry-on luggage, the flight attendant looked in our overhead bin and snapped, "Whose coat is this?" I said that it was mine. He said angrily, "Hold it in your lap - nothing but suitcases in the overhead bins," and snatched my coat out of the bin and literally threw it at me. Something similar happened to me on Southwest out of Nashville. Billy Currington was the last guy on the plane and wanted everyone to take their computer bags and coats out of the overhead bin so he could put his guitar and suitcase inside. I told him there was no way. He and the flight attendant said something. I stood up and towered about a good foot over both them (I am 6'1") and said "if you can find a seat with more leg room I'll be happy to put my bags in the foot area in front of me. Until that happens my legs need a place to reside. I'm sure FAA policy mandates my feet and lower legs are safe before his guitar. They both left me alone after that. I've flown as a business woman, a woman on vacation, and a woman flying with small children. I was treated differently each time and it was VERY noticeable when a male flight attendant was working my part of the cabin. One attendant was so rude when I was traveling with my kids that the guy I was sitting next to (who also happened to be a co-worker flying back home, too) told the attendant to back off. I've seen a lot of things flying the past 20+ years. More situations were caused by a stressed out flight crew than the passengers. I was a flight attendant for 25+ years, and from my experience, more situations were caused by stressed out passengers. We've all heard customer service nightmare stories, but multiply them by 1,000. Many people have lost their sense of decency. And I say this knowing there are rude flight attendants out there, but there are many, many who are not rude and put up with a lot of shit and still smile. I could tell stories that no one would believe. I personally was spit on, hit, cursed out and even had things thrown at me. You know why? I didn't have an entree choice left. Or I couldn't serve the drunk guy in seat 7B another drink. Or maybe because I asked the lady in 24D to hold her coat for a minute until I helped another passenger get their suitcase into that bin and didn't want her coat to be destroyed in the process (which, by the way, if I injured my back while helping the passenger put her luggage into the OH bin, the company would NOT have covered the injury. We were not supposed to lift bags, even though many of us did, to be helpful) Yes, there are times when the flight attendant may come across as short, but they are trying to get everything stowed before the door is closed to have an on time departure. I think there are unspoken rules on airplanes that are basic common sense, but not everyone has common sense.
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Post by frenchie on Apr 14, 2017 22:57:13 GMT
I love it! I'm a sucker for anything Pink Paislee!
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Post by frenchie on Apr 14, 2017 22:11:42 GMT
And that was my last experience with United. Long story,but it began with a flight attendant NOT LISTENING and she escalated it from there. It's not hard to open your fucking (yes I'm saying that word) ears and then using some rudimentary problem solving skills. This is customer service 101. I wonder if the horrible attitude you experienced is linked to the fact that Cabin Staff are only paid for the time the plane is actually in in the air. That might explain why so many of them just could not give one rats butt. Don't believe everything you read. On duty time starts when flight crews sign in at the airport, which is one hour prior to take off. The pay for on duty time is from the time a crew signs in, until the crew lands. But, on duty pay is much less than flight pay. Flight pay starts the minute the aircraft door is closed until the door is open at the destination. So, flight pay and on duty pay intersect at a certain point, but the flight pay is the higher hourly wage. I understand the outrage over this whole incident. I can thankfully say that I never had to deal with anything like that. I was flying on 9/11 and obviously it was extremely difficult. But there are so many hard working flight attendants who bust their asses under some really crappy circumstances and will still smile and be nice. I think a lot of people (in comments on all different sites) are solely blaming the flight crew. In an oversold situation, the crew really has nothing to do with it. The agents and ground supervisors are the people handling it. I just feel the need to clarify. Sorry for the long post:)
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Post by frenchie on Apr 12, 2017 16:09:32 GMT
I agree with Belia. All it probably would've taken is for them to keep raising the voucher amount. Eventually, they would have made it worthwhile for 4 people.
Just for what it's worth, the person making that decision (voucher amount) is not the flight crew or even the gate agent. It's a supervisor or lead agent who has the authority to do so. Forcibly removing a passenger is not worth ANY amount of money. I can't figure out that whole thought process.
In all of my years flying, I can't ever remember a situation where any passengers who took vouchers for oversold flights were ever forced to do so.
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Post by frenchie on Apr 12, 2017 5:03:02 GMT
This question is for those of you with knowledge of flight crews, etc WHY or HOW would the gate agents board an entire plane load of people (which takes quite a while as any traveler will attest) without realizing they had FOUR crew members standing around waiting to board? It looks like complete incompetence at every level with United. I sure as hell hope these employees didn't take their sweet ass time strolling to the boarding gate until after the plane was boarded. I assumed the crew showed up at the gate after the plane boarded so it was a surprise to the gate agents. It would be almost impossible for that to happen. Crew members must be put on the standby list by crew schedule if they are deadheading. Crew cannot just show up at a gate and tell the agents they need to be put on a flight.
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Post by frenchie on Apr 12, 2017 4:59:56 GMT
QueSeraSera, usually a deadeading crew -crew that will be passengers on a flight because they need to get to a city to work another flight-are put on the standby list as soon as the company realizes that the crew is needed in that other city. Depending on the need, some deadheading crew will have the highest boarding priority, even over full fare passengers. Sometimes the crew just has to get somewhere to work a flight the next day, so their boarding priority won't be as high. I'm just assuming that In this situation, the crew was needed in Louisville asap to work a flight back(probably to work that particular airplane because the crew working over to Louisville was laying over for the night and maybe weren't legal to work back to Chicago). It's definitely possible that the crew legalities were realized shortly before the flight to Louisville was leaving and they had to use standby crew members to deadhead to Louisville to cover the flight back. So, the agents may not necessarily have known before boarding the flight that they were going to have to get 4 crew members on the flight. I hope that makes sense. The agents at the gate sometimes have to take a lot of shit for things that they absolutely cannot control! It's definitely possible that the situation arose pretty quickly and they had to scramble to get the deadheading crew on board and it all just unraveled from there.
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Post by frenchie on Apr 12, 2017 0:49:12 GMT
Hoping and praying that this sweet child will pull through. It's just not fair for a baby to have to go through so much. Praying for all of them.
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Post by frenchie on Apr 12, 2017 0:20:04 GMT
I'm so sorry your brother is dealing with so much. And then to worry about losing his job.. That's heartbreaking. I'll be praying for him-and you, too. You sound like a wonderful. caring sister.
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Post by frenchie on Apr 12, 2017 0:05:10 GMT
The problem here is it wasn't any old passenger - it was a flight crew that needed to be in Louisville for a subsequent flight. I'm sure the plane load of people in Louisville wouldn't have been too pleased with their inability to fly because United couldn't get their crew to the airport. I haven't seen any report about whether this was a typical situation with the crew or a different flight or airport delay/cancellation impacted the crew. I'll reiterate my initial comment which is they never should have started boarding before they had their volunteers - BUT I do understand why they needed the crew in Louisville and weren't going to simply tell them you're the last ones here too bad so sad. And I know enough about crew scheduling now to know that they could have picked another crew from a different location. There are dozens if not hundreds of crew members on standby at any given time. If this particular crew had been unable to get to Louisville due to a mechanical problem with the plane, or due to bad weather, United would have had to find another crew. This happens all the time. There is always another option. They chose not to take it. I don't think there is any more to this story than that the doctor refused to get off, and United got heavy-handed. This is in no way any kind of defense for United, just giving my 2 cents on crew scheduling. I was a flight attendant for 25+ years for American Airlines. There are a lot of different legality issues at play sometimes and even if there are a lot of standbys, it doesn't mean they can just pick up any flight. Standbys are legal for a certain amount of flying hours, some will be legal for more than others. And then there is the issue of what type of aircraft a crew member can work. The Louisville flights look like they are operated by United Express. That's a "commuter" airline, which is operating in United's name, but their crew are probably not United employees. That's the way it was at American--American Eagle flights were not staffed by American flight attendants and pilots--they had their own crews. The "commuter" airlines have less employees than the larger airlines, so that alone cuts down significantly on crew availability--I am pretty sure that they don't have dozens of employees on standby waiting to staff flights, not to mention that standbys are only sitting in airports where there is a crew base. Someone else mentioned that the crew could be driven to Louisville. Yes, that's an option, but that driving time is going to be factored in to on-duty time. So now, we are back to the legality issues. The logistics can be much more complicated than they appear to passengers. With all that said, I have never seen anything like what happened to that poor passenger. I never saw a situation escalate to where a passenger was forcibly removed from a flight. Just unbelievable.
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Post by frenchie on Apr 8, 2017 0:03:00 GMT
What I'm envisioning down the road is when we are all going to be quizzed on our parents'/ grandparents' health histories. Diabetes in your family history? Pay 100.00 more for your insurance. Cancer? Forget it, you're not getting insured. The way things are going, I feel like this isn't too far off.
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Post by frenchie on Apr 6, 2017 4:08:45 GMT
I think there is a lot of great advice above. It's very important for dealerships to have positive reviews from their customers because sometimes it's the way the companies divvy up cars to all of their dealers. Find out if you can legally picket near their lot. They will not want that to happen. It's important to shed light on their shady practices. I don't know anyone who could hear your story and think it's even close to being okay!
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Post by frenchie on Apr 4, 2017 19:25:14 GMT
It's all the crap they've been trying to get rid of forever. But I bet we will see people on the SC boards saying they couldn't believe what a great sale it was.
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Post by frenchie on Apr 4, 2017 13:55:52 GMT
As a parent, there are few things worse than watching your child struggle. Praying for all of you and sending positive thoughts.
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