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"I hope he doesn't remember MY saying that… I wonder if I should apologise."
Thought we had that one sorted, Damian...!
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Undoubtedly aprocryphic, but anyway
A long line at the American Airlines counter. Finally, a particularly well-dressed man gets to the front, loudly announcing that he wants to check in for first class.
The harried agent does her best, but there's no room. He starts getting louder and more angry. He's blathering about his power and authority.
She tries to placate him, but to no avail.
Finally, he yells, "**Do you know who I am?**"
Without missing a beat, the gate agent grabs the microphone. "Attention in the gate area. We have a medical emergency. The man at gate 11 has just suffered a serious bout of amnesia and doesn't know who he is. If anyone recognizes him, can they please come forward and help him?"
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And didn't you once leave your cellphone in the Koru Lounge somewhere?
Damian, face it. You're accident-prone.. -
Had open tickets AKL-WLG and WLG-NSN, tried to check in at Auckland for a direct flight to Nelson and the guy at check-in reckoned "No, you have to fly to Wellington and THEN to Nelson"
I countered with "Look, I KNOW that's not the case"
"LISTEN." he says "I'M the airline" and stomps off to talk to his supervisor.
Comes back, checks us in - direct flight - not a word of apology.Then there was http://youmustbefromaway.blogspot.com/2008/03/catch-22-reloaded.html, which was so frustrating that I flagged it to the Executive Board and their airport manager. (No joy, obviously)
Sometimes you'd really think that they're still state-owned.
Oh, that's RIGHT. They ARE state-owned....
There was the episode with the forge
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<quote>I know know how closely you watch these things, Damien, but Senator Clinton is no slough at having plenty of folks who will piss their pants on cue.</quote/>
And not only for Senator Clinton.
I'm quite convinced that a dominant incontinence chromosome pair has at some stage insinuated itself into America's DNA, making large chunks of the populace highly susceptible to ANY flavour of fluff/waffle/overtly charismatic behaviour/wuggawuuga.
If I had the 3 remaining viable candidates as applicants for a senior project management role in a business environment, I'd take Hillary.
I'd be severely tempted to take a chance on Obama, but keeping the project team motivated and starry-eyed doesn't get the job done......
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On behalf of the 800,000 strong Kiwi diaspora - thank you, TVNZ, for marginalising us .
Hone Tuwhare is OUR Te Mata Poet Laureate.
Hone Tuwhare is OUR Icon Artist
He's not YOURS exclusively.
Shame on you!
PS Can someone please Youtube this for us?
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I suggested perhaps that was as likely as me seeking out the opinion of the Pakistani expat community for a story on New Zealand politics.
I suggested perhaps that was as likely as MY seeking out the opinion of the Pakistani expat community for a story on New Zealand politics.
I thought we had this one sorted....
Must be the curry.
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Every country gets the government it deserves - Aristotle
Observing from a safe distance, I'm amazed by the gullibility of the Auckland voters.
John Banks?
AGAIN?
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Christ, talk about thread drift.....
If (IF.....) they were clued up, they'd have taken his phone, toddled down to the nearest Post Office, packed it properly and sent it Priority.
Which would be on their next-but-one flight.
And they'd absorb the cost, because if you're a Koru Club member, you're a high value customer.
(Apart from being a famously stroppy bugger, who can make their lives shit..)
Be interesting to know if this is how Rob Fyfe (rob.fyfe@airnnz.co,nz) wants to run his airline -
This comes down to a key senior management task.
You can't read everything, but you have people for that.
It's your job (my job) to train those people to analyse and distribute accordingly. They need to know I need to see for my decision and what I need to see as having been actioned by my department/division.
Plus the stuff that I don't even need to be aware of, because it's routine.It's never going to be perfect, but there are 2 (and only 2 outcomes) of a major glitch
Either I - as a senior manager - haven't instructed my staff clearly or my staff didn't follow instructions or made an erroneous judgement and - as a senior manager - you take steps to ensure it doesn't happen again.I've found that it's a fairly self-regulating system and devolves responsibility effectively.
Mind you, if you're a megalomaniac prick, it might not work....