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    With great respect

    We had an early dinner with our "daughter" and son-in-law yesterday. She was working last night (at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) and he was just getting back from London. He shared this story with us:

    Prior to departure he returned to the end of the jet way after making his pre-flight check just as the gate agent and a few others were coming down the jet way with an old man in a wheel chair. The gate agent stopped our SIL and explained that this was a VIP---the gentleman in the wheel chair was a veteran of the D-Day invasion and was returning home after taking part in those ceremonies, would he like to escort the gentleman to his seat. Most of the passengers were boarded and they had upgraded the gentleman to business class. Our SIL said he would be honored but felt compelled to offer that honor to the Captain first. He went to the cockpit and told the Captain and with the same feeling of honor the Captain went back and escorted the gentleman to his seat. As he did that, one of the flight crew announced who this special passenger was---to great applause

    Through the thoughtfulness of those employees---from the gate agents to the flight crew, a huge American company was "reduced" to a small group of respectful, warm, and caring people---kudos to all
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Grubb View Post
    kudos to all
    Indeed......Ben
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    Nice.

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    Well done....


    If it was United they would have put him in the overhead.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phillbo View Post
    If it was United they would have put him in the overhead.....
    That brings up the question of which airline it was...I don't see the name in Dave's narrative......Ben
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    It is United---in fact our SIL said at the beginning of the story---"we didn't kill any dogs today"

    ...and BTW---there is more to the dog story than ever made it to the media.

    The owner of the dog was asked to put the larger of her two bags in the overhead and the other under her seat. She complied without ever telling the crew that there was a dog in the bag

    But, on the other hand United does break guitars
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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