[Max]

sarcasm? how's this:

Maybe the attention should now focus on KK and his "stick"...

[nivantj]

lol... thats nasty one Max.. Now get ready, KK is back.

[kombuchakid]

My My!
This thread has certainly woken up.

BTW during the advent season I give up the old java for mojitos.

I was given this link to holiday tips which had some dodgy bits so I decided to copy the relevant bit for posting;alas my java deprived system decided to do the macarena just then and I must have overshot.

Anway any publicity is good publicity, which is probably why KIA has not waded in with his cleanser brigade.

[kombuchakid]

hijinks up north via HK Confidential

Money for nothing

Mainland officials are often accused of getting paid to do nothing. One woman recently out- did her comrades, allegedly taking a prostitution fee for abstaining.
Eight mandarins in Sanxi village, Liaoning province, formed an alliance to equally share among themselves the spoils from their abuses of power. One evening, the group - which included a married woman - encountered a problem when the male officials wanted to call prostitutes, and of course, charge them to the village entertainment kitty. But either because there were no gigolos around or the woman did not want to cuckold her husband, the female official shunned the revelry.
To keep true to their deal, the group gave her cash commensurate to the average price they paid for a prostitute. Keeping a deal: now that's a novel concept.

[kombuchakid]

I am going to be on this same flight later this week ; should I be worried?

Even siller is that this dude has emailed this complaint to all Srilankan Airlines offices around the world, all 150 of them, so far no replies.

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from Infolanka forum

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Dear Sir/Madam Complaint against the Srilankan Airlines Craziest Cabin Crews.

Passenger Details:


Name : xxxxx
Sex : Male
Age : 35 years
Nationality : Indian
Passport validity : 20 years till 2020
Passport Issued at : Hong Kong.
Profession Senior Manager-Communication
Hobby : Photography (freelance photographer)
Company : Import / Export
Contact No in Bangkok:
Purpose of visit : Have to sign the business contract @ Bangkok airport
Time : 9:00 pm.


Total No. of countries visited: 17 countries
Total No. of Airlines travelled: 20++ airlines


Complaint against cabin crew in charge:


Airlines : Srilankan Airlines UL 423
Seat No. : 20G
Destination : Bangkok
From : Hong Kong
Date travelled : 24th November 2005
Time of Departure : 18:05 (as per boarding pass)
Departure time : 18:30


I would like to write a few words about your cabin crew and your airlines cabin crew in charge.


I am a freelance photographer, and my hobby is Photography. I took 4 photos of aerial view of Hong Kong and 4 photos of aerial view of Bangkok and 4 photos of Interior lighting. The Interior lighting of the cabin was superb, so I took photos. Also I have to mention, I like the in-house entertainment, lovely songs,


After 10 years, I had a chance to listen to these wonderful old songs. Thanks for the service.


While taking the pictures, memory in the camera was full, so I transferred to my small notebook and started listening to the songs. The cabin crew in charge approached me, and he told me, to delete all the photos…I told him, I am listening to my favourite music, I will talk to you after 10 minutes regarding this matter. Please don’t disturb me now. He shouted at me, and said, if you don’t delete those photos NOW, I will instruct the pilot to turn back to Hong Kong. I got angry, and told him, whatever you can do legally, please go ahead. I cannot delete now.


Then another fat lady approached me, (no name badge, no uniform) looks like a passenger, She did not introduced herself, She also started shouting, You don’t have mother, you don’t have sister, why don’t you go and take their pictures?? I asked her, who the hell are you??? Then she said, she is the in charge. I told her, please do not disturb me, I am listening to my favourite music, I will talk to you later. Then the male in charge said, you are a bloody Indian.


Flight landed at Bangkok. All the passengers were getting out one by one… When my turn comes, these 5 male cabin crews stopped me, and they hand over to the Bangkok airport security. The security asked for my passport, and they hold my passport. Also I saw another lady who is the in charge for ground staff. She asked me, don’t you know, photos are not allowed inside the aircraft??? I said, I don’t know. According to her, only terrorist take photos, she doesn’t think out of the box, I don’t know how she becomes the in-charge.


As soon as I came out from the aircraft, one of the male cabin crew, grabbed my camera from my hand, and I can show you his nail marks in my hand. He immediately took out the Memory stick and told me, he is going to confiscate my memory stick. The other cabin crew was searching my camera for the pictures, and the third cabin crew searching my notebook for the photos.


But what are they searching???? It’s a funny question. Are they searching for any naked photos of any cabin crews???? NO, No, NOOO.


As I mentioned earlier, I took 4 photos of the cabin interior lighting, unfortunately, while taking the photo, in 2 of the 4 photos, a cabin crew crossed, so she was in the photo, so they want to delete all the photos. But they cannot mix their personal affair with business. It’s a mental torture for me. If she is their girlfriend/ friend, whatever affair they have no need to show to the passenger, do what ever, outside the air-craft.


In the mean time, the ground staff in-charge disappeared with my passport for more than 30 minutes. I asked the security, where is my passport, both said, they don’t have, She took my passport to her office, and took photocopy. I can sue her for ID theft. May be she want to send a threat letter, to my address, (as in passport) if I make any complaint against her.


At last they hand over me to the Bangkok Airport Police. The Police asked these funny idiots, How I can lodge a complaint, the concerned person is not around. They wrote something in Thai language, and asked me to sign. I left the airport at 11:10pm.


The reason I travelled to Bangkok is to meet the person at the Meeting Lounge between 9pm to 10pm and have to sign the contract of US$20,000/- He was on his way back to his country.


I searched him everywhere, I tried to reach his mobile, but he already left Bangkok.


Next day morning there was shocking sad news waiting for me. They cancelled the 20,000 US$ deal, because I was not there to sign the contract.


Hong Kong, Bangkok return ticket cost 970hk$ + airport tax, for this, you are charging a no-show fees of 300hk$.


In business, no-show fees are very expensive. I will get 10% and my company will get 10% as a commission upon successful deal. Because of these illiterate / nasty / rowdy cabin crews, me, and my company lost 4,000 US$.


Why I use the word Illiterate??? One cabin crew (male) took out the Memory Stick from the camera, and said, you delete the photo; I will give you back the Memory Stick. I told him, You put the memory stick in the camera, then only I can delete, he don’t want to listen to me, How can I delete the photo if he holds the memory stick??? Funny, Crazy, Stupidity……..


After I made several calls, I found the name of the cabin crew is CHERYL. I am going to sue the Sri Lankan airlines for the following reasons.


I lost the business deal.
Evidence: Contract cancellation letter from a British Company.


Does the cabin crew have any rights to search files in a notebook computer which belongs to the passenger, without their consent?


Witness: 2 Securities. + Passengers inside the aircraft.
Evidence: Finger print of your cabin crew in my notebook.


Does the cabin crew have any rights to confiscate /remove my memory stick from the camera?


Witness: 2 securities
Evidence: Finger print of your cabin crew in the Memory Stick.


Does the cabin crew have any rights to search for photos from a camera, which belongs to the passenger, without his/her consent?


Witness: 2 Securities
Evidence: Finger print of your cabin crew in my Camera.


Does the cabin crew in charge have rights to ask questions to passengers like, don’t you have mother, don’t you have sisters, why don’t you go and take their photos???


Your cabin crews deleted the wrong folder in my camera, which was my friend’s wedding ceremony. I am answerable to my friend. I cannot tell him to re-marry again, because these funny / crazy / idiots deleted your photos.


You put me in your shoes, and then you can feel the pinch. How hard time I was facing with your insane cabin crews.


Both my family lawyer and Company lawyer told me not to use either my notebook or camera, which will destroy their finger print.


Cabin crews should stick with their code of conduct. If there is any violation, then this is going to happen.


Is it an offence taking photos inside the air-craft? (As the in charge (lady) shouted). If so, why not they put the NO PHOTOS sign board, next to the NO SMOKING sign board????


If you appoint any crazy/idiots/illiterates as cabin crews, then you have to pay for it. Never ever play with a business man’s time. TIME IS MONEY…. FOR US….


Your cabin crew In-charge told me, CHERYL (cabin crew) she don’t want anyone to take her photo. I am not in love with her. I am not desperate to take her photo. I remember in Malaysia, in a forest I was focusing a parrot, a monkey crossed, same as that; I was taking the interior cabin lighting CHERYL CROSSED.


In the Hong Kong airport 500+ cameras, In the Bangkok Airport 400+ cameras, and if you travel MTR, or MRT in Hong Kong, more than 100 + cameras, If you take a bus in Hong Kong, Driver can see any passenger through Camera, and they record too…If you go Singapore, they placed the camera in the public places 200+ cameras. If you visit U.K. or U.S more than 400,000++ cameras placed in public places in each city. You go any shopping malls; can see 100’s of cameras. You enter inside the lift, there is a camera. There is no place without a camera.


Since CHERYL doesn’t like cameras, these funny idiots (5 male cabin crews) will insist all the securities to shut down all the cameras all over the world where ever she travels. If she doesn’t like cameras, better sit at home. No one will come and disturb you.


Ok, let’s forget about the flight incident. Let us assume, she is going back to the Hotel, from Bangkok airport. I am sitting inside the taxi; she is waiting for the chartered bus. She saw I took a photo, she will follow the taxi, and she will grab my camera, and will delete her photos?? Or these funny idiots will chase my taxi like a movie style??? and will catch me, and delete her photos????


I never got-up from my seat for the entire journey. They deleted all the photos, including my friends wedding ceremony and handed over to the police.


I told this incident to my friend. Not only me, many travellers facing these types of problems. He told me, these people are RACIST.


My friend told me, Always ask for beer can with seal. If the cabin crew doesn’t like you, and if they are racist, they will spit and bring the beer.


One day he saw, one cabin crew accepted bribe from the passenger who is travelling in Economy class, and he allowed the passenger to enjoy the Business class service.


Now I know why some airlines applied for bankruptcy.


MY OPINION ABOUT SRILANKAN AIRLINES.


In-flight entertainment: excellent. But they never allowed me to listen. They always come and disturb you.


Cabin crews: Male: Sri Lankan Airlines appointed some COLOMBU ROWDY’S Rogues / RACIST / Beggars as cabin crews. (As a cost cutting measure)


Cabin crews: Female: No complaints.


Cabin Crew In charge: Both male and female, GARBAGE. Need training. Need more exercise, too fat.


Last but not least, One Million Dollar Question: If you are a business executive or a business man, do you allow any beggars / monkeys to use your personal notebook???

They showed their power inside the air-craft, Every Dog has a day. Now, It's my turn.


Thanks for your time.

[BenderBends]

lol....that is by far the most uneducated letter i have ever read. That guy needs to check himself before he wrecks himself....lol


it was a strain to read....
and what does he hope to gain by calling them names and using words inappropriately (like his definition of illiterate...lol)

its no wonder the company hasn't responded...its obvious the man crawled out from a rock

[BenderBends]

also....since 9/11...most places do not allow taking photos, although security cams are allowed....

this is for security concerns...

as a fellow photographer...i agree it sucks.

but.....you take the risk regardless...and hope for the best.

in order to escape with the images whenn casught...you need good skills in talking to people. you dont say "im sorry im listening to my favorite music so bother me in 10 mins"...thats putting the "man" down and that gets your images lost....jack ass

[Laughing_Monkey]

Be that as it may, I aint ever flying with Sri-Lanken Airways....

[kombuchakid]

Aiya KIA methinks you closed the spleen venting thread a little to sharpishly. Thankfully Hemlock's Monday take on the events is silly enough for this thread

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Mon, 19 Dec
The mood on the Mid-levels Escalator this morning is vengeful. What are we to do with the hundreds of revolting, jet-setting Korean peasants arrested on Saturday for – among other things – attacking our pert, svelte women police constables with bamboo sticks? Despite speaking from beneath several layers of lime and puce cashmere scarf, Mrs Chan the marketing manager voices a clear suggestion – hang the brutes in public at the Tamar site, simultaneously. “Just the sort of logistical challenge our civil service excels at,” she notes. “The whole point of hosting WTO here was to put Hong Kong on the map and help us recover from SARS wasn’t it? What could be better?”





Mr Wong the lawyer, who has a deep – some would say unwholesome – interest in corrective techniques, reminds us of a fascinating device used in England and her American colonies, namely the ducking stool. “It was particularly effective in calming boisterous, troublesome and aggressive country folk,” he explains. “We could dip them in the harbour, and maybe let members of the public do it in exchange for a donation to charity, like firing the noonday gun.” Mr Wong warms to his theme and regales us with a description of how the British dispatched Indian mutineers by strapping them to the front of cannon.

Being in a merciful and rehabilitative frame of mind as we count down the days before Christmas, I urge my fellow commuters to consider a more educational approach. “We should put the thugs to work on a prison farm,” I tell them, “then make them sit in chains in street markets, trying to sell their produce at 10 times the price other stall holders are asking. For this, they would receive 10 dollars a day, but they would have to pay for their food. Their menu would have two options – Korean beef and rice for 25 dollars a bowl, or foreign beef and rice for 5 dollars. Plus extra kimchee for good behaviour in economics classes.”

[goergeWbush]

In other US news:

Q: what does a struggling baseball team who lost $85 million dollars last year do in preparation for the new season?

A: Overspend for an aging outfeilder just to spite another team in their division... http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2266983

Ahh, the MLB evil empire at its best.