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- From: bsmg9810@dcl-nxt32 (Bhaskar S. Manda)
- Subject: Re: Bad experience on Malaysia Airlines
- References: <1eeoalINNl9v@uwm.edu> <1992Nov19.175107.9090@doug.cae.wisc.edu> <1992Nov20.031117.22136@athena.cs.uga.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:15:17 GMT
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- venugop@athena.cs.uga.edu (ABDUL PETER IYENGAR) writes:
- >>>I travelled to India from California during the month of October on
- >>>Malaysia Airlines. I had heard a lot about the *EXCELLENT* service on
- >>>Malaysia and Singapore Airlines, but my experience was just the
- >>>opposite. The flight leaving from LA was delayed by almost 2 hours and
-
- ... description of bad service ...
- >>>Aruna
- >>
- >>I have an even more interesting story to tell about Malaysian Airlines.
- >> .....
- >>THe service throughout was pathetic and they were discourteous. I
- >>would strongly recommend that people dont travel by Malaysian Airlines.
- >>The first time I travelled I didnt have any problems, but last
- >>december it was pathetic. Spent 6 days of my 25 days vacation at
- >>--Shivakumar
-
- >MS Aruna Mahadevan thinks like most Indians abroad do,A couple of
- >trips between here and India and they nominate themselves as members of the
- >elite jetsetting club and expect the air hostess and stewards to wait hand
- >and foot on them.Apart from getting your meals on time and soft drinks or
- >liquor which they promptly do are they supposed to to a song and dance
- >sequence to prove the are polite.
- >I don't understand what every netter means when he or she say service
- >was courteous.
- >This may be related to the thread of tipping the waiters. For the
- >paltry salary and gratuity if they earn any,what else do we expect
- >pay obeisence to us for the one meal we eat or the one trip we take.
- >In any case a bulk of the price we pay goes to the owners of the
- >concerns and these people are just a rung on the ladder that is above
- >the cleaner and sweepers. even if this job is to quench the fire in their
- >belly how many of us will do the job without being frustrated?
- >How many of us can maintain a consistent face with the hundreds of
- >different people with their different peculiarities and whims and fancies.
- >The amount we spend posting these ridiculous anecdotes and gripes would
- >be more expensive than waiters we can tip for a coupole of years. That
- >is how priviliged we are.
- >It is like discussing poverty in a five star hotel.
- >gopa
- >ABDUL PETER IYENGAR
-
- Man oh man oh man ....
- Talk about missing the point.
- By the way, you forgot to mention the standard disclaimer about
- you not being in the employ of or being related in any other way
- to the airline under discussion.
-
- Bhaskar
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