post the hundred-seventy-first, 2013

i meant to write you about this the other day, but i don't know... time just got away from me.

a few days ago, there was a news report about a christian singer-songwriter-performer going on a twitter rant from the nashville airport. the singer had a business-class boarding pass for herself and one daughter. another daughter, 4-years old, did not have the same class of pass, so she wasn't allowed to board during business-class boarding.

stop here and think for a moment about what you might do in this situation.

seriously, stop and think. you are faced with boarding early along with one child and leaving a 4-year old to board alone.

hmm... what would you do?

here's what the christian singer did. she tore the gate agent a new one, via twitter. she ranted. she raved. she called out the gate agent by first name.



according to a lawsuit filed by the gate agent, here are all the statements made via twitter:

-- "Gracie is 4. FOUR! she wanted her to board by herself or make us wait Till A34. Even though I was business select!"
-- "I fly @southwestair at least 75x/year. just had WORST experience. Me; A1, Sadie: A3 Gracie A34. Woman refused 2 let Gracie board w/ me."
-- "Nashville. Gate A25. Flight to Denver. Her name is Jennifer. She said "get over it. Follow the rules. Or don’t fly."
She has done this to me before. She has the WORST customer service. My daughter is FOUR.
-- "that is ridiculous! [W]hat did she expect? Her walk on herself & find her seat like a grown adult?"
-- "If your [sic] sympathize with me, when you respond be sure & include @southwestair in tweet. They need to know this WRONG."
-- "Sadie had MAJOR blowout. I think it’s in response to our southwest air experience. She decided to leave them a gift on their plain.[sic] Teehee."

so.

have you thought about it? about what you would do?

i know what i would have done. i'd have boarded A34 - without even batting an eye! least common denominator is A34, so we all board A34. should have bought both girls an upgrade, eh?

that's what i would do.

but, i am not this christian singer-songwriter. her real situation had an advantage over my hypothetical one because... get this... her husband was travelling with her.

I KNOW, RIGHT??

what the hell, christian-singer-songwriter-lady?? firstly, let the 4yo board with your husband. boom. done. secondly, to absofocking rip apart the gate agent when she was merely doing her job AND saw your husband there... that's icky. thirdly, to misrepresent the situation to your twitter followers, naming names of companies and people, calling out someone for doing their job in a circumstance which you haven't fully revealed... that's beyond icky -- that's just wrong.

yes, i am judging her, and i feel okay with that because i'm confident in saying that if i did this same thing, i'd be in the wrong, too. in fact, if i, as a persona non-publica with a fraction of the twitter followers and a much less obvious claim to organized gatherings of any sort (religious or otherwise) -- if i were to do this thing, even in my circumstances, i would still be IN. THE. WRONG.

here's a thought: turn the other cheek, for christ's sake.