American Airlines is the scum of Airlines

by miles on Nov 24, 2008 4:15 AM CST Comment 116 comments

American Airlines has no priority, they are terrible.

I had to fly out of Columbus Airlport to get to Dallas, and my mom got American Airlines tickets... Big mistake... They are the only Airlines to fly to Dallas though, but still.

Side note real quick. Whats with all of these business guys that walk around the airport like they own the place? They think that since they dress up that they are better than everyone else.. Well I have news for them, I am better than them. What do they have to say about that?

Talk about overcrowded, they didn't even have enough seats I don't think. The 3 hour flight seemed like 3 days.

So I finally get called to go on the plane, I'm like the last group. There is no space for my freaking one carry on backpack. I have to go like searching all over the plane for any open spot. I finally find a spot but my straps apparently hit some old guy and he got all huffy and puffy.

I get to my seat, and I have the window seat so I politely ask the person if I can get by. They get up and I have so much trouble getting in. My freaking head hits the ceiling of the plane as is, so I put my two hands around this business casual guy and yank his seat to help me get in. Lets just say he didn't like that. Well I have news for him, he's has a huge bald spot.

Then bald spot puts his chair all the way back, I didn't even have any room before he even moved his chair back. So I was sitting like sideways, and I even got a cramp which was not fun. I didn't confront him because I am not confrontational to chumps like him, not worth it. It would be to easy, I deal with guys like him for brunch, no biggy.

The plane takes like 30 minutes to take off because there's like sleet on the plane. I love how they try to deceive everyone on the flight. "Oh folks, I'm the captain. We will take off in 10 minutes." Bullshit, more like 20.

I have to go to the bathroom in the middle of the flight, so I tell the person next to me to let me out please. So I am walking down to the bathroom and they have that drink cart in the way. They get all huffy and puffy that I am causing them trouble. I AM THE CUSTOMER, YOU TEND TO ME!!!. They are like "sir, please wait a second". First of all, I am not sir, second of all... Hurry up. They take forever, I am just standing there in the middle of the aisle awkwardly standing there with everyone staring at me. If they knew my status, they wouldn't have the nerves to stare at me like that, if they only knew. If I am in a situation like this anywhere else, I usually get out my cell phone and act like I'm texting. But there is no service in the airplane so I would just be looking like a fool. So 3 minutes goes by, and they finally let me get by.

The Airlines service sucks, they need to get their shenanigans together. Stop cutting jobs, your staff is very angry and is being mean to me.

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by DSheppard on Nov 24, 2008 4:40 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

What the hell

does that mean?

"You can be a leader or follower.... Or you can be elite...." - Me

by miles on Nov 24, 2008 4:43 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That I thought your story was generic.

the preceding post was a great success.

by DSheppard on Nov 24, 2008 9:21 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Stop saying "like" so much.

Typing this made your status go way down.

by CMF on Nov 24, 2008 8:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Heh

Valley Girls say “like”, like a lot. I mean like totally. Saying “like” is like grodie to the max, like for sure! Like gag me with a spoon.

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by Chaim Witz on Nov 24, 2008 8:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You know what?

If you get a job and stop having your mom buy your airline tickets, you can fly whichever airline you want.

"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."

by benmor78 on Nov 24, 2008 6:30 AM CST reply actions 14 recs

Amen

by mattrpav on Nov 24, 2008 7:23 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

awesome

""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley

by ab03 on Nov 24, 2008 7:42 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Remember?

Sports Management major.

by aggierangerfan00 on Nov 24, 2008 8:53 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't usually defend miles

(even though I have his quote in my sig)..

But he did say this:

had to fly out of Columbus Airlport to get to Dallas, and my mom got American Airlines tickets… Big mistake… They are the only Airlines to fly to Dallas though, but still.

I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles

by Dirk Diggler on Nov 24, 2008 11:04 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

But still...

“my mom got American Airlines tickets…Big mistake…they are the only Airline to fly to Dallas…”

613photo

by Black Francis on Nov 24, 2008 11:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't understand

I’m 25 and gainfully employed so don’t think I’m one of miles’ army of defenders here…

But, when I was in school my parents bought plane tickets for me to come home for the holidays. I was working, going to school, etc etc…I don’t think it’s that big of a deal…

I mean there are plenty of things to rip him for in this obvious attempt at humor, but ripping him because his mom bought an airline ticket is rather funny to me….

I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles

by Dirk Diggler on Nov 25, 2008 7:26 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm sure there are plenty of people on here...

whose parents didn’t pay for them to go to school out of state and kindly pay for plane tickets home, either. Indeed, many people may have even (gasp) paid their own way.

"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."

by benmor78 on Nov 25, 2008 7:36 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm sure that is the case also

But, I don’t get why so many people are bitter about that sort of thing. Miles shouldn’t have to apologize for the fact that his parents were in the position to do that sort of thing. I mean he constantly plays up the status thing…you think he’s 100% serious? He’s just playing up to that stereotype.

FWIW, I went out of state but I had a scholarship and a job that paid for my school — but my parents would’ve paid for it had I not had those things….just so you know where I’m coming from.

I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles

by Dirk Diggler on Nov 25, 2008 7:42 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

People aren't bitter about his parents paying for school...

and plane tickets, they’re bitter that Miles is such a douchebag.

"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."

by benmor78 on Nov 25, 2008 7:51 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Then

why didn’t you say

You know what? Stop being a douchebag and go buy your own tickets.

I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles

by Dirk Diggler on Nov 25, 2008 7:58 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You say to-may-to...

I say to-mah-to.

"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."

by benmor78 on Nov 25, 2008 8:00 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

heh

alright

I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles

by Dirk Diggler on Nov 25, 2008 8:10 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not ripping him for his mom buying his ticket

I paid my own way through school but I don’t begrudge people whose parents paid their way at all.

It was more the ungrateful attitude. Plus there was the obvious thing about calling it a mistake when he thought they were the only airline flying out of there, which was really what I was aiming at.

I don’t begrudge Miles for his background, though. I just have a feeling that in person he’d be a huge douche. That is common among people with his background, but I know plenty who are cool so there’s no excuse. The kid has no humility whatsoever.

613photo

by Black Francis on Nov 26, 2008 3:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Don't you think

it’s just his bit?

I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles

by Dirk Diggler on Nov 27, 2008 9:32 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You should have taken out your cell and acted like you were texting anyways.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

There are two kinds of men in this world: Men who make jump throws, and men who wish that they were Derek Jeter so that they could make jump throws.

by thedirkatron on Nov 24, 2008 7:37 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Then they would have known your true status.

Bring up Matt West '09

by Chase Irwin on Nov 24, 2008 8:37 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Which is...

…negative.

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by Black Francis on Nov 24, 2008 11:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I still think

English is miles’ second language.

I had a paper route when I was a kid. I was supposed to go to 2,000 houses. Or two dumpsters.

by TheBZA on Nov 24, 2008 8:22 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

I don't understand...

…how any of this supports the idea that AA sucks.

by Adam J. Morris on Nov 24, 2008 8:24 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

Because if he thinks any other airline is going to be different he is sorely mistaken.

"Colt mccoy sucks, mack brown needs to be fired." - Longhorn

by DaheelzCM on Nov 24, 2008 8:35 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

What it shows

is that Miles sucks.

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by t ball on Nov 24, 2008 9:59 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

this is my favorite line...

They are the only Airlines to fly to Dallas though, but still.

by 1man5stools on Nov 24, 2008 10:09 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Also

Take down that underaged tramps photo and use your true avatar

I had a paper route when I was a kid. I was supposed to go to 2,000 houses. Or two dumpsters.

by TheBZA on Nov 24, 2008 8:32 AM CST reply actions 5 recs

Genius

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by lisa w on Nov 24, 2008 8:33 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

+1

Miles either goes back to the dog, or I’m going back to ’Ran Lambert again.

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by lonestarJon on Nov 24, 2008 8:39 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You should go with Jeter.

He’s good at jump throws.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

There are two kinds of men in this world: Men who make jump throws, and men who wish that they were Derek Jeter so that they could make jump throws.

by thedirkatron on Nov 24, 2008 8:46 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Jeter is nothing compared to the legacy of Scott Brosius.

"Somewhere out there, between 14-32 BBWAA NL MVP voters are trying to get cheaper winter heating by drilling a hole in the microwave." - Jeff at LoL

by lonestarJon on Nov 24, 2008 9:00 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes.

Is there somebody with enough status around here to put that photo in MIles’ signature or something? Permanently, of course.

613photo

by Black Francis on Nov 24, 2008 11:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You're trying to hard

Just let it come to you

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by bigsteve on Nov 24, 2008 8:34 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Speaking of status

Shouldn’t your own mommy know yours and book you a seat in 1st class?

"Colt mccoy sucks, mack brown needs to be fired." - Longhorn

by DaheelzCM on Nov 24, 2008 8:34 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

if you were my son

i wouldn’t want you to come home for Thanksgiving

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by willamos2 on Nov 24, 2008 9:29 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

yeah

Everyone bow down before the Highland Park High graduate. Miles, no one cares.

"You’re the only here who contributes schtick only." - brettgardner

by trza on Nov 24, 2008 9:43 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

As a disabled veteran of the airline industry.....

…..who used to handle complaints and manage the ramp services operation, after you telling me that story, I would have not said a word but think to myself, “That’s it?”

No baby puked on you?
No guy grabbed your arse?
Nobody pee’d in your bag?

The worst thing(s) that happened to you was:

“You flew coach and had a hard time finding a place for your carry-on in the overhead, but did manage to hit some guy in the head with your backpack? My goodness, what in the world was that guy thinking?”

“My goodness! You had a window seat and had to get past other passengers to get to it? That’s just horrible! The only thing that could have made it worse is if you had to yank the chair of a man, with a bald spot, who is sitting in front of you, in order to get to your seat. The audacity of that man to lean his chair back. I bet if he didn’t have a bald spot, he would have never leaned that seat back.”

“Sir, are you serious? There was sleet on the plane and it took you like 20 minutes to take off? They must have known your status and moved your plane to the front, because that usually takes like 45 min. to an hour.”

“Oh my, I too have never understood why our airline serves complimentary drinks on the flights. That cart causes so many problems for like one passenger every flight who has to use the restroom. I was thinking, if we just took out two-thirds of the seats in the plane, then we could eliminate window seats, and create a row on each side of the plane, so that it would be easier for you to get to your seat AND not be impeded by a drink cart as you try to make your way to the restroom. Sir, I agree that just because most other passengers use the restroom before getting on the plane or go during the flight, but only before or after the drink cart has made its way down the aisle, does not mean you should have to do that also. BTW, I apologize for them calling you "Sir” and saying “please”."

“Sir…..ummm, I mean ma’am, that whole cell phone thing. Well, I didn’t realize they didn’t have service anymore. It must be that after all those cell phone calls from airplanes on 911, we must have taken all cell phone usage from the planes. I guess it just caused so many problems on that day. Honestly, I believe the service does work, so you still could have stood there texting and looked like an idiot.”

“Mr. Miles, I don’t know why the agents didn’t realize your status. They should have been able to pick you out from the crowd, since you were there in plain clothes and a backpack amongst a group of business men in suits with bald spots. They always seem to cater to their repeat business travelers…. what fools!”

“Mr. Miles, on behalf of the airline and all of the employees, we would like to say we appreciate your mother’s business and helping us realize that although we are losing jobs, the true reason we are angry and mean to people is because our passengers and our employees have to deal with motherf’rs like you everyday! BTW, here’s a banana for your cramp.”

Geez Miles.

I miss 1989. I miss 1996. Please make me miss another season in 2008.

by Chaim Witz on Nov 24, 2008 10:25 AM CST reply actions 5 recs

The 40 Trumps All!!!

There are two kinds of men in this world: Men who make jump throws, and men who wish that they were Derek Jeter so that they could make jump throws.

by thedirkatron on Nov 24, 2008 10:49 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

You know

I thought that picture was funny the first time you posted it. But every time I look at it, its as if his face gets grouchier and prunier. Clint Eastwood continues to entertain even in his time of senility.

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by Gdawg on Nov 24, 2008 11:25 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

He has obviously just remembered

that stupid Grenada movie.

G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....

by t ball on Nov 24, 2008 11:45 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Blasphemer

What that movie needed: more Bo Svenson.

Bo Svenson = The Mayor of Beatyoulikeasundaymorningbonerville…

Those who would sacrifice liberty for safety deserve neither.

by Brian Thomas on Nov 24, 2008 1:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Looks like he is grunting

on the shiter to get a miles dislodged from his anus.

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by boomer1 on Nov 24, 2008 7:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Fitting

Whatever Miles disses, turns out to be spectacularly good.

Welcome to the real world. You have no status. You are clums, and tend to irritate others around you. Your Mom tries hard, booking you on the best domestic connection, and all you do is bitch about it. Was it worse than driving up there through less than status conscious Kentucky?

Real world, Miles. Miles, real world. Heh … hang in there. First experiences are always off putting. Just wait until you meet a girl you truly like!

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)

by Ed Coffin on Nov 24, 2008 10:25 AM CST reply actions 1 recs

Yes.

Wait until you meet a girl you truly like, and you’ll realize that you actually have to pay for things with…you know…your own money.

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by ghtd36 on Nov 24, 2008 10:27 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

ive never had any probs w/ AA

had issues w/ everyone else though

flight back from cairo got delayed an hour and 45 min on the runway (we had already boarded) in cairo and ended up missing our connecting flight from JFK to DFW (delta)

be glad it waas just 20 min

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Nov 24, 2008 10:56 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

The only problem I've had with AA...

is as I was returning from my hometown for my grandmother’s funeral I had packed some mementos of her in my checked luggage. These things included photos and breakables that I packed in a box along with bubble wrap within my suitcase. When I got home and opened the box I noticed it had been rifled through which I expected but they left it open, took out the bubble wrap and the breakables where completely destroyed. The photos were spilled out among my clothes and such and fairly badly damaged as well.

When I emailed customer care (which I had to do because they don’t have a care phone number past luggage claim) seeking only an explanation or apology they replied back over a week later basically claiming I was lying. I at that point wrote them an hand-written letter about the situation and have yet to receive correspondence back. This was two and half years ago. It was pretty disappointing the lack of accountability they have.

by ghostofErikThompson on Nov 24, 2008 11:29 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

wow

sorry :(

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Nov 24, 2008 11:37 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

The luggage thing

Isn’t done by AA employees. And they have to be tight lipped about it. All bag opening and searching is done by Homeland Security employees, some of whom aren’t trained in restoring order to the bags they open. At least, that’s my understanding of it.

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)

by Ed Coffin on Nov 24, 2008 4:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

some of whom aren’t trained in restoring order to the bags they open. At least, that’s my understanding of it.

this is part of my problem with the whole situation

airport security is security theater

even better article from the atlantic

at least TSA works…

And because I have a fair amount of experience reporting on terrorists, and because terrorist groups produce large quantities of branded knickknacks, I’ve amassed an inspiring collection of al-Qaeda T-shirts, Islamic Jihad flags, Hezbollah videotapes, and inflatable Yasir Arafat dolls (really). All these things I’ve carried with me through airports across the country. I’ve also carried, at various times: pocketknives, matches from hotels in Beirut and Peshawar, dust masks, lengths of rope, cigarette lighters, nail clippers, eight-ounce tubes of toothpaste (in my front pocket), bottles of Fiji Water (which is foreign), and, of course, box cutters. I was selected for secondary screening four times—out of dozens of passages through security checkpoints—during this extended experiment. At one screening, I was relieved of a pair of nail clippers; during another, a can of shaving cream.

During one secondary inspection, at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, I was wearing under my shirt a spectacular, only-in-America device called a "Beerbelly," a neoprene sling that holds a polyurethane bladder and drinking tube. The Beerbelly, designed originally to sneak alcohol—up to 80 ounces—into football games, can quite obviously be used to sneak up to 80 ounces of liquid through airport security. (The company that manufactures the Beerbelly also makes something called a "Winerack," a bra that holds up to 25 ounces of booze and is recommended, according to the company’s Web site, for PTA meetings.) My Beerbelly, which fit comfortably over my beer belly, contained two cans’ worth of Bud Light at the time of the inspection. It went undetected. The eight-ounce bottle of water in my carry-on bag, however, was seized by the federal government.

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Nov 24, 2008 4:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hahahaha

Zing at the end.

Bring up Matt West '09

by Chase Irwin on Nov 24, 2008 4:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah...

that’s what my online investigations have always led me to as well. That said, since I purchased a ticket with AA and trusted in them to get my belongs to me in safe order as long as I followed the rules, I would hope they could invest in training the people or making these complaints known to the people that are handling their customer’s bags.

I know I’ll never get the things I lost back, but, I mainly wanted my voice heard to hopefully prevent it from happening again. AA wouldn’t even acknowledge that much.

by ghostofErikThompson on Nov 24, 2008 4:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Not exactly..

While TSA/Homeland Security folks perform the screening functions, whether upstairs or randomized searches down below the terminal, there are in fact other times when bags are opened by airline employees.

It has been my experience that TSA employees are the first ones “out the door” when something has gone awry, and the last ones to the show when their presence is “required”.

Examples of “Searches” performed by individuals other that TSA/Homeland Security:

1) Thieves like to open bags too see the stuff they want to steal. Its actually pretty hard to do with so many people around, but there are several techniques that work out in the open. (eg. the old “the bag popped open and all this stuff fell out as I was moving the bag trick”)

2) Those locks on most luggage are crap, and I can open them without the use of any tool or gadget. Motivated thieves could do it much faster than I.

3) After a bag goes through screening and ends up in a bagroom or transferred to an aircraft, the bag has been slung around by either an employee or the baggage system itself. However, after this has occurred, many times there will be certain situations that require the bag to be opened before getting on the aircraft. An example would be a vibration being caused by an alarm clock, vibrator, massager, or electric toothbrush. There sinister things that also make this same noise/vibration, and must checked prior to being loaded on the aircraft. Sometimes, if they cannot/ do not visually check it, the bag will not be loaded on that flight. Advice: take the batteries out of your vibrator, if you want to avoid them having to open your luggage and mess everything up.

4) Sometimes liquids spill or powdered “stuff” trigger the opening of a bag at the ramp level. Liquids – so they don’t damage the aircraft, other bags, or are flammables that got past the initial screening
Powdered/Gel Stuff – From Anthrax to illegal drugs, this is quite common

I am truly sorry about the contents of your bag being destroyed. I hate hearing that, because there is no way to make you whole on material items that cannot be replaced. People’s time is valuable, but is much easier to compensate for.

I am perplexed by the bubble wrap being missing……

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by Chaim Witz on Nov 24, 2008 8:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

And once again, Miles is wrong.

Southwest flies Columbus to Dallas Love at least four times a day, and almost assuredly for cheaper.

by ghtd36 on Nov 24, 2008 11:07 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

HP don't travel SWA

by robert_d_wilfong on Nov 24, 2008 11:10 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

heh

I figured the elite had peeps that could check on this stuff for them

I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles

by Dirk Diggler on Nov 24, 2008 11:13 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Just genius

Well I have news for them, I am better than them. What do they have to say about that?

In Smoak We Trust

by Smoak Some on Nov 24, 2008 11:54 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Okay, I propose a new rule

Rec’ing Miles’ diaries is a penalty box offense

by JBImaknee on Nov 24, 2008 12:37 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

No doubt.

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by Rodney on Nov 24, 2008 1:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for reminding me

to rec it.

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by DJCahill on Nov 24, 2008 1:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Shennanigans

That word doesn’t mean what you think it means.

That said, I agree. AA sucks.

Those who would sacrifice liberty for safety deserve neither.

by Brian Thomas on Nov 24, 2008 1:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

AA

But if Miles hates them, that knocks them up a notch in my book.

G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....

by t ball on Nov 24, 2008 1:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

"you keep using that word...

I do not think it means, what you think it means."

I guess you heard Fat Joe left Atlantic.

by Haeger Champ on Nov 24, 2008 2:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Nice

Just watched the Princess Bride for the first time since I was a kid yesterday. Great movie.

"You’re the only here who contributes schtick only." - brettgardner

by trza on Nov 24, 2008 2:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Top Ten Guilty Pleasures for me....

This movie is still a stopdown whenever I catch it on TV.

by bking on Nov 24, 2008 2:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Who recs this stuff?

I guess you heard Fat Joe left Atlantic.

by Haeger Champ on Nov 24, 2008 2:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Fagwell
Agreen

…And eight other wee-wees.

GREINKE HO!!!!!

by oc on Nov 24, 2008 9:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Miles of status...

How did a 6’5" strapping guy get into that tiny little seat?

I know it’s annoying when someone puts their seat all the way back especially when they are as tall as you are. On my last flight I was a little annoyed when this 6’4" 300 lb man sat next to me. I felt like charging him for half my ticket because I was smashed against the window the whole flight.

Oh well that’s the chance you take when you buy the cheap ticket. The only way to avoid that is to buy the first class ticket and quite frankly I’d rather spend the $1,000 on other things.

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by LAMuscleFag on Nov 24, 2008 2:05 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

high five Miles

Bobby Jindal '12

by dstar442005 on Nov 24, 2008 2:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Haters of Miles are pathetic excuses for human beings

You sit here and bash Miles, yet you live your boring, pathetic lives hoping and waiting for Miles’ newest thread so you can finally get some excitement in your life by posting about how much you hate Miles. It’s embarrassing.

Haeger Champ asks “who recs this stuff?” Everybody does because they love it. They are either in denial with themselves or too embarrassed to admit that Miles’ threads are the brightest and best things in their lives.

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Nov 24, 2008 4:25 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

-1 MM

Bring up Matt West '09

by Chase Irwin on Nov 24, 2008 4:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Thank you for proving my point...

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Nov 24, 2008 4:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I always find you to be a funny self-parody

keep defending miles though because my life may never experience a moment as bright as these threads …

Bring up Matt West '09

by Chase Irwin on Nov 24, 2008 4:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

See I admit that I enjoy Miles' threads...

On the other hand you every thread he has you bash him and the content of the thread. You’d think you would get tired of it but you continuously come back. It’s because you like it, maybe even love it. Yet for some reason you’re afraid to admit that, it’s really weird.

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Nov 24, 2008 4:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Wrong on all counts, again

I try to ignore the majority of anything he puts out. The same goes for you.

I think you’re speaking for yourself here, though. Since I’m really weird, I’ll step out of your thread and let you get back to picking up chicks.

Bring up Matt West '09

by Chase Irwin on Nov 24, 2008 4:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Ignore?

Oh so you always posting about how much Miles’ threads bother you is equivalent to ignoring the threads? Interesting…

Picking up chicks? Do you need some advice on that front? Maybe we could work something out.

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Nov 24, 2008 5:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Even you have to admit...

this isn’t Mile’s best work.

by ghostofErikThompson on Nov 24, 2008 4:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

How would you define

“Miles’ best work”?

by Brett Perryman on Nov 24, 2008 5:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hmm...

touché.

Though, usually he brings something more than a vanilla flight story. Unless he is now a master of satire. In which case, Miles is something of a savant.

by ghostofErikThompson on Nov 24, 2008 5:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Has Miles posted better stuff?

Sure. But here’s the thing. People that post diaries that have boring content don’t get much response here. But Miles is like Howard Stern. People that love his stuff, love it. And those that hate it, love to hate it. Yet those that hate it probably post more in response to Miles’ threads than the people that love it.

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Nov 24, 2008 5:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I will say this on miles' behalf

His rants aren’t nearly as bizarre and uncomfortable as your rants defending them.

by Brett Perryman on Nov 24, 2008 5:24 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

Couldn't agree more.

This is getting kind of creepy.

by ghtd36 on Nov 24, 2008 5:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Your just

jelous that Agreen’ status is higher than yours

"You can be a leader or follower.... Or you can be elite...." - Me

by miles on Nov 24, 2008 7:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You're

by Brett Perryman on Nov 24, 2008 8:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

jealous

but are we back to trying to correct miles? he spells incorrectly on purpose. who the fuck doesn’t know jealous has an “a?”

""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley

by ab03 on Nov 24, 2008 11:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Typo?

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Nov 25, 2008 9:12 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

It's not a typo

When you do it repeatedly.

"Colt mccoy sucks, mack brown needs to be fired." - Longhorn

by DaheelzCM on Nov 25, 2008 5:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I am not defending his rants...

When did I defend it? I even said he has posted better stuff. I’m just amused with how much all of you claim to hate Miles and his threads, yet you constantly participate in his threads.

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Nov 24, 2008 6:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

When did you ever defend loitering at and vanalizing Wal Marts, right?

by Brett Perryman on Nov 24, 2008 6:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

And when did you ever say

you weren’t going to comment on Miles’ threads? Remember that one Z-Cake?

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Nov 24, 2008 7:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Huh?

With Miles’ “status”, I wouldn’t think he’d be caught dead near a Wal-Mart.

I miss 1989. I miss 1996. Please make me miss another season in 2008.

by Chaim Witz on Nov 24, 2008 8:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

http://www.lonestarball.com/2008/8/25/600608/joaquin-arias-egomania-as

by Brett Perryman on Nov 24, 2008 9:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Zebra

I thought you didn’t post on Miles’ threads?

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Nov 24, 2008 9:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

wal-mart

whoever defends that deserves a beating

""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley

by ab03 on Nov 24, 2008 8:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You want to fight me?

Cool.

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Nov 24, 2008 9:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Haha,

He wouldn’t dare fight you.

He knows the consequences.

"You can be a leader or follower.... Or you can be elite...." - Me

by miles on Nov 24, 2008 10:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

"Miles is like Howard Stern"...

No he’s not.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Nov 24, 2008 5:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Don't

be a hater.

"You can be a leader or follower.... Or you can be elite...." - Me

by miles on Nov 24, 2008 7:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Not hating on you Miles...

I don’t mind your posts sometimes. However I don’t sit around wondering when they will come up or comparing you to Howard Stern.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Nov 24, 2008 7:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think...

anyone is sitting around and waiting for a Miles thread.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Nov 24, 2008 5:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

agreen07 is

typical encounter with miles thread:

-i skim thread (like i do every thread)

-about 75% of the time, I get angry about his rants because it shows how X he is. I’ll be kind and leave X to others’ imagination. (Sometimes he is just asking for some sort of advice and I do like responding to requests for advice).

-I read the comments and my faith is restored in humanity

I don’t know if that whole experience is all that pleasant.

""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley

by ab03 on Nov 24, 2008 5:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You really think this is true.

wow.

the preceding post was a great success.

by DSheppard on Nov 24, 2008 7:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Clearly there is some hyperbole in there...

but honestly I do believe if you took a blind poll, nearly 90% of the people that supposedly “hate” these Miles threads would not want him to stop posting.

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Nov 24, 2008 8:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

There are thousands of absurd posts you could make and get the attention these threads do.

Just because they get that attention doesnt make them quality or mean that people secretly love them.

Miles alone isn’t too bad since he only shows up every once in a while to post these, but a few copycats getting threads rec’d a lot and it would get pretty annoying.

Now, if these off topic random supposed to be funny threads had something to do with baseball, that would be a little different.

And really, read it again and really tell me you think it was funny. Getting up from an airline seat? Luggage? Really? The only thing he did was throw in a couple of his status jokes he makes constantly. Now if he were just posting normally about actual topics with his… character… that would be fine.

Obviously this is just my opinion though.

the preceding post was a great success.

by DSheppard on Nov 24, 2008 11:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah...

I was reading it and thinking, “Yeah, what’s the deal with airline food?! And the seats, I mean, could there be any less leg room?!” rimshot

"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."

by benmor78 on Nov 24, 2008 11:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

question

what did your “sources in cincy” have to say about AA? heh

who WERE those guys anyway lol

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Nov 24, 2008 7:25 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Yall

are just jelous you aren’t as cool as Agreen… Few are as cool.

"You can be a leader or follower.... Or you can be elite...." - Me

by miles on Nov 24, 2008 7:34 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

How's Ohio been?

You’re hardly ever on here anymore.

"Obama is a Christian - He's always been a Christian...But.........what if he is[a Muslim]? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is no, that's not America." Colin Powell on Obama/Muslim assertions.

by AirJordan on Nov 24, 2008 7:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs