Funviralpark Ever heard of Alice in Wonderland? Have you read it by any chance? not required.
It was replicated on a very recent flight from west to east Canada. I’m going to give you that theme here.
A traveler with a severe cat allergy on one of the country’s prominent airlines told a flight attendant that he and his sick wife had been removed from a seat row passenger traveling with a cat. I asked if it could be kept away.
Flight attendant: “Excuse me. Do you have a ‘cat allergy’ card? ”
Passenger (delayed flight, “delayed” is probably redundant): “What about me?”
Flight attendant: “A card from a medical institution certifying that you are allergic to cats, especially to window passengers traveling with cats.”
Passenger: “No, I don’t know. And I have nothing against the cat. And as far as I know, the cat has nothing against me. But if you’re nearby I have a severe allergic reaction so can I switch seats with my wife?She suffers from a very debilitating chronic disease so it must be the two of us and I am close to her. I have to be.
Flight attendant: “So you don’t have a card to prove you’re allergic to cats?”
Passenger: (His eyes are now watery and spots appear on his skin.) I thought a passport, driver’s license, medical card and boarding pass would suffice. To be honest, I had never even heard of a “cat allergy card.”
Flight attendant to window passenger: “I also have a cat.”
This next part is my interpolation. The flight attendant may have determined that the passenger hated cats, so her sympathy was with cats rather than humans.
This is the whim of air travel in Canada today, winning an amazing, prestigious, world-first award for customer service.
You may think that this dialogue is an illusion. it’s not like that. A man who was traveling with his sick wife to see his daughter over Christmas encountered this ridiculous interrogation from a flight attendant when he wanted to move out with his wife from a passenger with a cat. did. (By the way, Passengers are all considerate and polite during this episode and are not meant to be considered targets for this account.)
The man was late in Toronto. But that’s like saying Wednesday follows Tuesday. he lost his luggage It’s like saying the sun rises in the east.
he was polite. he was fun I guarantee it. However, he didn’t have a “cat allergy” card and had to put up with the “I’m in charge” arrogance of a uniformed attendant from one of Canada’s leading airlines.
At this point, he may need to provide his own testimony. He was so optimistic that he sent a letter of complaint to the airline. This is not a triumph of hope over experience. That is the definition of futility caused by the smoke of utter despair. You grow old waiting for an answer.
he wrote: She politely informed the attendant that I have an allergy. Then the attendant told me that I was supposed to carry an allergy card (first heard) and she could put me in the front seat, but her wife (who has Parkinson’s) ) informed me that I had to stay in her seat. I told her I couldn’t leave her alone. She, the attendant, informed the lady that she also has a cat!!
“I asked her for a mask twice and had to ask another attendant before I could get it. I decided to go to
I will refrain from the details.
This is one of a hundred, perhaps a thousand stories about how the air travel regime, yes, the regime, has forgotten service, dignity, respect and concern for its passengers. They are paid and have no human accountability.
Any negligence of an airline is always attributable to external circumstances. It’s not the plane that lands, it’s the weather. Lost luggage, canceled flight. Passengers are on the plane on the runway for unnecessary hours. Something mechanical must be holding us up. If you purchased a ticket but your flight was cancelled, please try our online site.
Or jump into a bottomless cave. It contains the silly prerecorded message “Your phone is important to us” that runs from frustration and unexamined cold stupor to expiration.
Calling an airline number and getting an answer holds the same odds of beating out Bobby Fischer’s shady prime. What are the salaries of major airline executives? There’s no shame in taking the money they make, but can you say at least once that they don’t deserve to be paid.
Someone once said, “Canada isn’t broken.” Well, some of its bits aren’t in great shape.
To that poor husband and wife and to the disrespect and disrespect they received, all kind Canadians wish you the best of luck. .
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Rex Murphy is an author, columnist, and former CBC Television and CBC Radio host.
