unit731 Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 From my limited understanding, there are super discounts on caskets with deseased. A small amount of paperwork and fill the empty casket with whatever. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyinEwa/Perv Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Somebody showed up at my check-in position with 2300kg of extra weight, I would be licking my chops. I'm sure we could cut a "deal" that would be satisfactory to both parties. hehehe As far as the casket thing......ppwk is a must. No getting around that. Must have funeral home documentation, photo ID from the shipper, prepaid/no collect, might even need a death cert in some cases. At least with the shitty U.S. airline I worked for. Sorry, but that one wouldn't work too well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rchapstick Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 I knew a woman who worked for PeoplExpress long ago. She swore that one time a person brought a cadaver on-board, with a $19 ticket, to avoid the cost of shipping a casket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USVirgin Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 I knew a woman who worked for PeoplExpress long ago. She swore that one time a person brought a cadaver on-board, with a $19 ticket, to avoid the cost of shipping a casket. I don't doubt it. Corpses don't complain, and I'm certain the airline's staff would have preferred a bunch of stiffs to their average passengers. What a whining lot they were (I witnessed it when I worked at LAX T-2 for a while). You get what you pay for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USVirgin Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Somebody showed up at my check-in position with 2300kg of extra weight, I would be licking my chops. I'm sure we could cut a "deal" that would be satisfactory to both parties. hehehe So would just about any Indian check-in agent I ever saw. So as not to sound prejudiced, I should mention I also know a Chinese guy who works for an airline and basically operates a travel agency from behind the counter via mobile phone, selling discount tickets to walk-ups as opposed to the airline's published fares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyinEwa/Perv Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Honestly I never did shit like that but have seen people who have and were fired. It takes the company awhile to catch on but when they do, you're gone. At least where I worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo_bill Posted October 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Gentlemen , If anybody here suffers from kind of an excess baggage fetish I recommend to watch checkin procedure in Guangzhou around 19:00 , Ethiopean Airlines bound for Kharthoum via Bangkok . Typically you would observe sort of moving mountains on trolleys held together by 50 meters of rope heading for the counter . These are tons of counterfeit articles , destination Africa . The owners of the moving mountains are coloured tradesmen who again carry about 5 Vuitton handbags in each hand and some on their head plus a few over the shoulder . The art of clarifying what is hand carried luggage has been invented in Guangzhou at Ethiopean Airlines checkin . I usually get myself a beer and position myself on a chair close to the counter and watch the Chinese agent looking silently at the tradesmen who are insisting to get all this on board without extra chrges . The wonderful moments are when their ladies panic , start screaming and threaten the Chinese to bite their balls off . The world of excess baggage is a world full of charm as long as it is not yours . BuBi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyinEwa/Perv Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 I've never had anyone attempt to bite my balls off but I did have a nice Aussie gentleman once put his hand on my shoulder as he was leaving the counter after I wouldn't grant his federally illegal request telling me in my ear "don't fuck with me." I've had to go to court and testify against a passenger who I denied boarding to because of being drunk after he threw his briefcase at me. But never has anyone wanted to bite my balls clean off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matta330 Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 A couple of times, I had a passenger that had an issue with how my airline (and more than likely me) handled something, and said to me "I'll your job." My standard reply was "You are welcome to it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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