Comments on: A New Addition to the Cranky Family

By: daryth

daryth — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:31:06 +0000

NW gave my wife and I at least a couple of bottles of champagne when we flew after our engagement. We flew from the west coast to Hawaii and on to Asia and had a couple of bottles to lug around ( back when you could have one in the cabin) :)

By: audit

audit — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:16:50 +0000

I had a similar experience with Delta. On the day my wife and I were married, we originally scheduled to fly first class on America West (using miles). A flight delay caused us to transfer to Delta instead. At the end of our flight, the flight attendants congratulated us and presented a little gift basket that they had put together from whatever they could find on board (bottled water, granola bars, and other snacks).

Although it wasn’t very fancy (and not nearly as nice as is pictured above), we did appreciate it as it was a nice gesture.

By: CF

CF — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:16:23 +0000

ptahcha – Yep, I think you’re probably right, but you know what? That’s great. I wouldn’t have wanted them to run out and spend a lot of money on something when the gesture is what matters more than anything. And, as you say, this was definitely a nice gesture.

Graham – Sorry, but I think she only has brothers. (I’ll have to double check on that for you.)

By: Graham

Graham — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:25:32 +0000

Brett,

Congrats to your brother. That looks like the mother of all baskets. Like they went around and pillaged other lesser people’s gift baskets to create some sort of uber-basket. Does Jeanine have a sister?

/ God I’m pathetic

By: ptahcha

ptahcha — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:57:31 +0000

Kudos to DL! Although, upon closer inspection, looks like they just threw whatever they can find from the club – the pre-wrapped cheese rectangles gave it away. Still, a very nice gesture.

By: CF

CF — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:57:49 +0000

David SF – That’s right. I’m 2.5 years older, and I’m sure he has plenty of stories. I used to enjoy beating him up, as any good older brother should. Of course, that ended once he got to be about the same height as me.

Thomas – No doubt about it. It is definitely a smart move on their part, but you don’t need to worry. If (or shall I say “when”) they do something dumb, I’ll be right there to smack them down. But for now, I’m just impressed that they were able to pull this together so quickly. I didn’t even give them a day and they were able to make it happen. Pretty impressive.

By: enplaned

enplaned — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:48:00 +0000

The Cranky family is definitely getting the better part of this bargain…

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:05:08 +0000

DL is sucking up to you for good publicity. Smart. Don’t let it compromise your editorial opinion next time they royally screw something up.

By: David SFeastbay

David SFeastbay — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:50:43 +0000

Looks like DL gave them a good spread for the event.

So you’re the older Cranky brother from what I read. Does he have little Cranky brother horror stories to tell about you…….hahahaha

“”"”"Quinn Snyder practices Emergency Medicine in the Philadelphia area. This, in case you were wondering, is far easier than growing up as Cranky’s little brother”"”"”"”

By: Nicholas Barnard

Nicholas Barnard — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:05:24 +0000

Hmm.. interesting. I know when you go to a fancy ass restaurant they ask “any special occasions” It would be interesting if with first class airlines started asking this (or offering a field for it) for first class passengers. It probably wouldn’t cost that that much, but would be a nice touch.