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United Breaks Guitars (Song One)
In the spring of 2008, the band Sons of Maxwell were traveling to Nebraska for a one-week tour. A Taylor guitar was witnessed being thrown by United Airlines baggage handlers in Chicago and it was discovered later that the $3500 guitar was severely damaged. United didnt deny the experience occurred but after nine months finally determined that they would do nothing to compensate for my loss. The band did the only thing they knew to do -- write and produce three songs about the experience.… (www.youtube.com) Plus d'info...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Tom Paxton also has a song about an airline breaking the NECK of his guitar--forget which airline.
navypilot51: You were much too kind to Chiefenderkats.
A much better response would be - thanks but you wouldn't want to take a position away from him that could later help his climb up his ladder of success.
Navypilot-- he is probably just now mastering microsoft Flight Simulatr X.
A much better response would be - thanks but you wouldn't want to take a position away from him that could later help his climb up his ladder of success.
Navypilot-- he is probably just now mastering microsoft Flight Simulatr X.
Gosh Chiefenkerkats- and I didn't think you cared.
Navypilot51 - I can tell you would make a great baggage handler; pay and all.
I would be willing to be that if an investigation was to be started against this person, you would find some things that would send shivers down your spine.
What's scarey here is that Edwardjb is probably not an isolated case with United.
Even if I agreed with his animosity toward his employer- why such hostility to the customer?
Let's just hope that safety isn't comprimised.
Even if I agreed with his animosity toward his employer- why such hostility to the customer?
Let's just hope that safety isn't comprimised.
Oh yeah, definitely better to do shoddy work, lose customers and your job as a result. "Don't expect your employees to treat the customer any better that management treats the employee" is a foolproof recipe for disaster. I'm a registered nurse and if I treated my patients the same way administration treats nursing staff, I'd be up on charges.