You'd think airlines would do a little more to make the whole experience of catapulting through the sky in a metal tube at screaming velocities a little less nerve wracking. Sadly, this is not the case.
Take these four airlines, which recently decided to go the distance in the incompetence race with the unbelievable audacity of a dog who looks you in the eye while pissing on your baby. And if you think that analogy is over the top, you're not ready for the following stories ...
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Airline Loses Someone's Dog, Emails the Press About How Little They Care
Everyone has a lost-luggage story, but for most of us that luggage wasn't a living, breathing thing like Larry, an Italian greyhound that made a leash break at San Francisco International.
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"I see how they're handling the luggage. Fuck this."
It's a terrible mistake that could happen anywhere, so when asked for a statement by local TV, all Air Canada really had to do was make some kind of attempt at basic human empathy for little Larry's owners. Or ... they could write a dismissive email instructing employees to ignore the media's interest and accidentally send it to the same TV station. Either way!
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"Hey, forget the email. Just smear some dog shit on a letterhead and send that."
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