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[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 day ago

If I was next to her and knew about this post, my introverted self would suddenly be the most chatty asshole to ever fly.

[-] Manmoth@lemmy.ml 48 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Tbf calling it peasant class is more honest. The new planes economy sections must have been designed by the same people who designed cattle cars.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Temple Grandin has done a significant amount of work on designing animal handling facilities for minimal stress and ease of flow.

We would be so lucky if she turned her skills towards airlines.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Knowing Boeing, there would be a boltgun waiting for you at the exit.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Yeah but it wouldn't work anyway

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago

This is why I hate the Boeing max line. It's not because of the safety things, for those I decide are self-correcting and thus I can wait those out.

No, it's the new layouts they enable and offer that has seats cramped even harder, washrooms without full enclosure - no really, a public restroom divider with a 4-inch gap at the bottom between my farts and the galley - and cheap porous plastic everywhere. The whole this is a McDonald's lobby you can't escape for ours at a time, nor express the slightest frustration at being in.

If it's Boeing, I'm not going.

[-] Shortstack@reddthat.com 161 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

She IS peasant class. Working for a living is peasant class

[-] interurbain1er@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 days ago

She could be merchant class. Probably is.

[-] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I'm guessing this person isn't a real frequent flyer if shes expecting a chatterbox and has a sandwich with her.

Probably just shock how how much worse planes have gotten.

But who knows

[-] pdxfed@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Bought airport food? Didn't have free corporate airline lounge meal as high-margin customer? Peasant.

Not knowing poster, is anyone sure this isn't ironic usage of "peasant" before the pitchforks are distributed?

I just got off of a flight, it was about 40 minutes in the air, and there were people who paid to upgrade to 'first class' for a 40 minute flight.

I'd rather be peasant class than so weak that I couldn't stand 40 minutes sitting 6 inches closer to the person next to me.

[-] Iampossiblyatwork@lemmy.world 54 points 2 days ago

How do you know they paid? When I was a frequent flier I'd always get upgraded on short flights because... No one paid for first class on those flights but the airline could consume an upgrade.

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

If you had chronic back pain, you might consider paying for that upgrade. Normal plane seats are painful.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Hell, some airlines have seat pitches so low that I can't even fit in the seat.

[-] criticon@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 days ago

If you have a long layover, flying business or first on any leg gives you (or used to) access to the premium lounge, so sometimes you can recover what you pay for the upgrade, but most of the time they give them to the gold or whatever members who are flying

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

They give out money in the lounge?

[-] criticon@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

They give food, beverages and comfortable chairs

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[-] Kushan@lemmy.world 54 points 2 days ago

.. Am I the only one who doesn't have a problem calling it "peasant class"? It's the kind of slang I'd use and I always fly economy.

[-] criitz@reddthat.com 74 points 2 days ago

That's our word, she can't use it

[-] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 2 days ago

Exactly haha. A poor person can say it to joke about themselves and their circumstances, a rich person doing so is just in poor taste..

[-] interurbain1er@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

Imho it's less about calling out the airplane than preemptively shitting on her neighbour. It's the whole "I'm with the plebes so my neighbour will be a pita" that makes her sounds so disdainful.

Also, I call it cattle class when I fly because that's how it makes me feel.

[-] systemglitch@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days ago

Yeah, but would you post a picture of yourself online saying that, with a fake smile and undertone of smug superiority?

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 30 points 2 days ago

I joke about calling it steerage. Just keep walking back until you hear the Irish fiddles.

[-] ccunix@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 days ago

Personally, I call it cattle class.

[-] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 75 points 2 days ago

Is she someone I should know? Otherwise I could see my peasant-ass joking about the same thing, especially if I’m grinding for a middle seat on a row that apparently didn’t even have a window.

Now, if she’s one of the privileged, that’s an entirely different joke.

[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 55 points 2 days ago

Apparently she's an author of self help books. "#1 Bestselling Author of The Six Habits, CEO of Vision Advertising, TEDx Speaker and America's Happiness Coach."

[-] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 75 points 2 days ago

Yeah, she can eat a bag of dicks. But, we’re not the audience for her terrible joke, it’s her rich friends.

[-] frunch@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

That's the fun thing about social media though--the size of the audience can rapidly expand! I would say people should be more careful what they say online but nobody that should hear that will be listening anyway 🙂

[-] Laser@feddit.org 39 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

#1 Bestselling Author of The Six Habits

Notice how Bestselling refers to author, not the book, and with her probably being the only author, she can prefix it with any superlative she wants.

CEO of Vision Advertising

Imagine calling yourself CEO unironically for the maybe 3 person gig you're running to have some overpaid management fill their calenders with instead of doing actual work.

TEDx Speaker

This is not the flex you (edit: she) think(s) it is

America's Happiness Coach

Complains about other travelers... preemptively.

[-] HorreC@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

Dont you have to fund getting a TEDx talk, Like they didnt invite you, you paid to have the time and platform.

[-] Laser@feddit.org 30 points 2 days ago

Yeah, TED as far as know invites you to present, TEDx you pay for a platform to talk on... which shows how much people value your message.

[-] Good_morning@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 2 days ago

Ah, that makes more sense, I haven't seen either in years, but I remember thinking that they used to be decent but went downhill, I bet it was tedx I was seeing.

[-] Cypher@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Both are trash now and are happy to push partisan rhetoric and outdated science.

[-] exasperation@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

Author of The Six Habits

Is this lady the hitchhiker from There's Something About Mary, copying Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People?

Hitchhiker : You heard of this thing, the 8-Minute Abs?

Ted : Yeah, sure, 8-Minute Abs. Yeah, the exercise video.

Hitchhiker : Yeah, this is going to blow that right out of the water. Listen to this: 7... Minute... Abs.

Ted : Right. Yes. OK, all right. I see where you're going.

Hitchhiker : Think about it. You walk into a video store, you see 8-Minute Abs sittin' there, there's 7-Minute Abs right beside it. Which one are you gonna pick, man?

Ted : I would go for the 7.

Hitchhiker : Bingo, man, bingo. 7-Minute Abs. And we guarantee just as good a workout as the 8-minute folk.

Ted : You guarantee it? That's - how do you do that?

Hitchhiker : If you're not happy with the first 7 minutes, we're gonna send you the extra minute free. You see? That's it. That's our motto. That's where we're comin' from. That's from "A" to "B".

Ted : That's right. That's - that's good. That's good. Unless, of course, somebody comes up with 6-Minute Abs. Then you're in trouble, huh?

[Hitchhiker convulses]

Hitchhiker : No! No, no, not 6! I said 7. Nobody's comin' up with 6. Who works out in 6 minutes? You won't even get your heart goin, not even a mouse on a wheel.

Ted : That - good point.

Hitchhiker : 7's the key number here. Think about it. 7-Elevens. 7 dwarves. 7, man, that's the number. 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby.

[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

Ah yes, a bloodsucker.

[-] vikingtons@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

wait people write shit like this on LinkedIn?

[-] telllos@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

There was a post where a kid was shooting a penalty against a professional goal keeper and the goalkeeper was blocking every shot. He was also posturing against the kid.

People were commenting on how great that was to make strong men.

[-] vikingtons@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That's the kind of weird shit I've sorta come to expect from LL but people referring to economy as peasant class is kind of wild even for this kinda community haha

[-] nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 2 days ago

I don't care who you are, on a plane I'm putting on my noise canceling headphones and reading.

I wouldn't have known who she is without the comments and even then i still have never heard of her books.

[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

I bought earbuds in flesh color. I tend to only ever have one on to stay alert and I listen to podcasts. I'm not ashamed to admit that I bought them in flesh color so that I can pretend it's a hearing aid so I can ignore strangers on transit. I like to pretend like it's off and I can't hear you

[-] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago

That's why I like headphones, sends a clearer signal I feel.

[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 50 points 2 days ago

Peasant class? I like that. Where is my pocket guillotine again?

[-] Bread@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

I think the thing you are looking for is a cigar cutter. A bit small, but it is great for cutting off another type of head.

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[-] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

What an asshole.

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