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This bothered me for some reason. Really, it did. This came off of Yahoo! News by the way, in case you were curious, an Associated Press article.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070712/ap_on_re_us/toddler_booted
( full text below the cut in case the link doesn't work )
If the mother of this child wasn't exaggerating about the way the flight attendant acted, then I'm completely baffled. You don't like listening to a little boy say "Bye bye, plane" as it takes off? Would you rather he was screaming his head off? Have you ever been around a kid that age? I'm getting the feeling this flight attendant is either just like this in general, or she's been on her feet for too long. But to be honest, telling your passenger at the beginning of a flight to, "shut your baby up" is definitely not a way to act. I don't know what's going on in her personal life, but saying that is ridiculous. A "Ma'am, your child is being excessively loud, please quiet him down," probably would have gone a lot further.
And when other passengers started sticking up for the mother? The flight attendant decides the flight should be turned around. If the other passengers have no problem, then just say, "Okay, but if anyone is bothered, please say something." Where does she get off deciding a happy, playful child gets kicked off a plane? Had I been the pilot, I would have laughed at her, but she probably lied to the pilots, saying the woman was causing an uproar.
Meanwhile, me? Still baffled. The flight attendant was either having a bad day, is just like that in general, or the mother is exaggerating the story. I don't know where I stand on it. Too tired to do that right now. I'll look for more on this later.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070712/ap_on_re_us/toddler_booted
( full text below the cut in case the link doesn't work )
If the mother of this child wasn't exaggerating about the way the flight attendant acted, then I'm completely baffled. You don't like listening to a little boy say "Bye bye, plane" as it takes off? Would you rather he was screaming his head off? Have you ever been around a kid that age? I'm getting the feeling this flight attendant is either just like this in general, or she's been on her feet for too long. But to be honest, telling your passenger at the beginning of a flight to, "shut your baby up" is definitely not a way to act. I don't know what's going on in her personal life, but saying that is ridiculous. A "Ma'am, your child is being excessively loud, please quiet him down," probably would have gone a lot further.
And when other passengers started sticking up for the mother? The flight attendant decides the flight should be turned around. If the other passengers have no problem, then just say, "Okay, but if anyone is bothered, please say something." Where does she get off deciding a happy, playful child gets kicked off a plane? Had I been the pilot, I would have laughed at her, but she probably lied to the pilots, saying the woman was causing an uproar.
Meanwhile, me? Still baffled. The flight attendant was either having a bad day, is just like that in general, or the mother is exaggerating the story. I don't know where I stand on it. Too tired to do that right now. I'll look for more on this later.
