I rode Amtrak last May from Boston to Washington. It was essentially on time, but price was twice what a flight taking a third of the time would have been (up from the 133% price I'd been quoted in an unpleasant little surprise) and customer service was abominable.
Yeah... That went well.
Mal ,'Trash'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 28, 2005 8:13:12 am PST #6534 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Betsy HP - Nov 28, 2005 8:15:12 am PST #6535 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Then again, I flew over Thanksgiving, and the customer service was consistently wretched except in first class (which I got at a normal fare, don't ask me how.) Rotten customer service is the American way.
Nilly - Nov 28, 2005 8:23:28 am PST #6536 of 10001
Swouncing
Rotten customer service is the American way.
Hee. In Israel people always complain about the lousy customer service, usually ending it up with "in the USA it would never have happened. Why can't we be more like them?".
Katie M - Nov 28, 2005 8:23:33 am PST #6537 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Favorite flight attendant comment of the weekend, on a Delta flight showing March of the Penguins:
"I didn't even know penguins laid eggs!"
§ ita § - Nov 28, 2005 8:24:32 am PST #6538 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Where is the land of the great customer service? Somewhere in Europe, I'm thinking, on the continent.
Somewhere I've never been, surely.
Aims - Nov 28, 2005 8:25:48 am PST #6539 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Where is the land of the great customer service?
6.5 nautical miles due east of the LOST island, I'm guessing.
Betsy HP - Nov 28, 2005 8:26:45 am PST #6540 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Where is the land of the great customer service?
Chez Panisse and Nordstrom lingerie fitting. (I don't know if CP fits bras, but I'm sure they'd do a great job.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 28, 2005 9:07:53 am PST #6541 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Where is the land of the great customer service? Somewhere in Europe, I'm thinking, on the continent.
Definitely not Paris, judging from friends who've travelled there. Perhaps Amsterdam?
§ ita § - Nov 28, 2005 9:08:55 am PST #6542 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Isn't everyone in Switzerland nice?
Nilly - Nov 28, 2005 9:11:50 am PST #6543 of 10001
Swouncing
Isn't everyone in Switzerland nice?
There's a piece by a famous Israeli humorist (Kishon) about how in a trip to Switzerland he wanted to throw away a wrap of a cake that he ate, but everything there was so clean and spotless that people frowned even on littering the trashcans, so after many attempts he had to end up with packing the wrap in his suitcase and take it back to Israel.
And the hearts of its citizens would be broken if they heard that "America" is not the perfect customer service heaven. I'll keep my mouth shut, so that I won't have so much pain on my conscience.