So That Happened

<p>Well, United Airlines is going viral again, and thankfully this time they didn&#39;t<a href="https://www.someecards.com/life/pets/man-calls-out-united-airlines-for-killing-his-dog-by-forcing-it-in-overhead-compartment"> kill anyone&#39;s dog</a>.</p><p>Frederick Joseph (<a href="https://twitter.com/FredTJoseph?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.distractify.com%2Ftrending%2F2018%2F03%2F15%2F1rtcDO%2Funited-airlines-feet-on-table">@FredTJoseph</a>), a marketer, writer, and founder of <a href="https://twitter.com/whsorg">We Have Stories</a>, tweeted his ordeal of dealing with United and an annoying passenger who broke cardinal rule of air travel: putting your feet up on the tray table.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The audacity of white privilege: <br><br>This woman next to me took her shoes off and placed both feet on the table. So I’m waiting for flight staff to say something... <a href="https://t.co/ldOIgwiPWi">pic.twitter.com/ldOIgwiPWi</a></p>&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) <a href="https://twitter.com/FredTJoseph/status/973649160703545344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Spoiler: the flight staff didn&#39;t say anything.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So flight staff walks by numerous times without saying anything, and I’m irate, because no black person would ever get away with this shit. So I start looking at the staff noting that there is an issue. You know, giving them the snitch eye... <a href="https://t.co/953966yubs">pic.twitter.com/953966yubs</a></p>&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) <a href="https://twitter.com/FredTJoseph/status/973649174821470213?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>So Joseph took matters into his own hands:</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So finally I decide to say something to the woman myself. So I say “ma’am, I’m trying to eat, and your feet are next to my food.” <br><br>She says “what do you want me to do, the seats are small” <a href="https://t.co/AlizfVNAMB">pic.twitter.com/AlizfVNAMB</a></p>&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) <a href="https://twitter.com/FredTJoseph/status/973649195063267328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So I’m like “I understand, which is why there is room for your feet and legs under the seat in front of you”<br><br>So she says “this is why I fly first class, and I don’t come back here with everyone else.” <br><br>So I’m like “that’s great, so are you going to put your feet down?” <a href="https://t.co/u3ZAOsrnxB">pic.twitter.com/u3ZAOsrnxB</a></p>&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) <a href="https://twitter.com/FredTJoseph/status/973649210322153472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So she calls over a flight attendant as soon as I say that! <br><br>She says to the flight attendant “this man is disrupting my flight, I’m just trying to be comfortable”<br><br>So I point at her feet and explain my stance.</p>&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) <a href="https://twitter.com/FredTJoseph/status/973649217519579139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The flight attendant says... “well what if she puts her feet closer to the window or puts one down”<br><br>The woman says “if I put one foot down, I want to be accommodated for accommodating him” <a href="https://t.co/NrUHKDj6m9">pic.twitter.com/NrUHKDj6m9</a></p>&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) <a href="https://twitter.com/FredTJoseph/status/973649234011488259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>This is when things get bonkers:</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So the flight attendant speaks to the person in-charge on the plane and they give promise this woman a fucking $1000 voucher ... ONE.THOUSAND. DOLLAR. <a href="https://t.co/0DEZKKDU1e">pic.twitter.com/0DEZKKDU1e</a></p>&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) <a href="https://twitter.com/FredTJoseph/status/973649247697547264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So I ask “what voucher will I be receiving for my suffering” <br><br>The flight attendant says “sir, we can only make but so many accommodations, and she has agreed to move her feet for you.” <a href="https://t.co/617NE2aG06">pic.twitter.com/617NE2aG06</a></p>&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) <a href="https://twitter.com/FredTJoseph/status/973649295294517251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Now I’m on the phone trying to explain how problematic this all was to a white woman in customer service who doesn’t get my issue. <a href="https://t.co/3lVxeqfVrC">pic.twitter.com/3lVxeqfVrC</a></p>&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) <a href="https://twitter.com/FredTJoseph/status/973649308787658752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>But wait, there&#39;s more! The next day, Frederick Joseph updated his followers with part 2 of this saga.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UPDATE: so <a href="https://twitter.com/united?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@united</a> called me this morning to tell me that the passenger didn’t receive any compensation. <br><br>So I told the United representative “I’m happy to hear that, but I still have an issue with the flight attendant pacifying her and essentially taking her side.” <a href="https://t.co/ODLGcRpdv6">pic.twitter.com/ODLGcRpdv6</a></p>&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) <a href="https://twitter.com/FredTJoseph/status/973928371804606470?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The rep says “well, our staff can’t tell someone what to do. But, again, I assure you, she didn’t receive money.”<br><br>So I say “that’s great, again. But by attempting to momentarily pacify her, the flight attendant created a negative situation for me and took her side.” <a href="https://t.co/yJE0SUffYG">pic.twitter.com/yJE0SUffYG</a></p>&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) <a href="https://twitter.com/FredTJoseph/status/973928386241417217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I continue “also, I find it hard to believe that if this was a person of color someone wouldn’t have asked her to put her feet down.” <br><br>She says “sir, I personally don’t believe it has anything to do with race or culture. As you can hear from my last name, I am a Hispanic person” <a href="https://t.co/Z4Y9vkMjee">pic.twitter.com/Z4Y9vkMjee</a></p>&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) <a href="https://twitter.com/FredTJoseph/status/973928394697125888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">She then did the whole “United accepts everyone” etc spiel.<br><br>So I told her that’s fine and she thanked me for my time and offered to give my feedback to the flight staff. <a href="https://t.co/G2NW7IiuTn">pic.twitter.com/G2NW7IiuTn</a></p>&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) <a href="https://twitter.com/FredTJoseph/status/973928403538759686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Basically, United had a woman w/ a Spanish sounding surname tell me there should be no issue because the woman ended up not getting money.<br><br>Oh, and racial bias didn’t matter here, because again a woman with Spanish sounding name at United says it didn’t. <br><br>Tone deaf. <a href="https://t.co/TH9cT9FbjY">pic.twitter.com/TH9cT9FbjY</a></p>&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) <a href="https://twitter.com/FredTJoseph/status/973928416817958913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>In the end, Joseph, maestro of GIFs, decided to drop the issue.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Both <a href="https://twitter.com/united?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@united</a> and the passenger have their view and I have mine. At this point I’m moving on from the situation.</p>&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) <a href="https://twitter.com/FredTJoseph/status/974020463876820993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>This is hardly the first time United has been at the center of controversy. In the past year alone, the airline has been in the media for <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/tweet-picks/united-twitter-reactions-doctor/">bloodying a customer</a> while dragging him from his seat, destroying a $42,000 <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/so-that-happened/united-airlines-destroy-wheelchair/">custom wheelchair</a>, dropping <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/so20that20happened/united-scorpion-sting-passenger/">scorpions </a>on customers, and killing a world-famous <a href="http://https//www.someecards.com/news/so-that-happened/rabbit-united-died/">rabbit</a>...among <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/so-that-happened/daniel-card-united-airlines-passenger-peed/">other things</a>.</p><p>Most recently, United has been scrutinized for instructing a woman to put her <a href="https://www.someecards.com/life/pets/man-calls-out-united-airlines-for-killing-his-dog-by-forcing-it-in-overhead-compartment">puppy in the overhead bin</a>. The dog died during the flight.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Guy live tweets drama on United flight from hell after his seat mate unleashed her feet.

April Lavalle

Well, United Airlines is going viral again, and thankfully this time they didn&#39;t kill anyone&#39;s dog.Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph), a marketer, writer, and founder of We Have Stories, tweeted his ordeal of dealing with United and an annoying passenger who broke cardinal rule of air travel: putting your feet up on the tray table.The audacity of white privilege: This woman next to me took her shoes off and placed both feet on the table. So I’m waiting for flight staff to say something... pic.twitter.com/ldOIgwiPWi&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) March 13, 2018 Spoiler: the flight staff didn&#39;t say anything.So flight staff walks by numerous times without saying anything, and I’m irate, because no black person would ever get away with this shit. So I start looking at the staff noting that there is an issue. You know, giving them the snitch eye... pic.twitter.com/953966yubs&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) March 13, 2018 So Joseph took matters into his own hands:So finally I decide to say something to the woman myself. So I say “ma’am, I’m trying to eat, and your feet are next to my food.” She says “what do you want me to do, the seats are small” pic.twitter.com/AlizfVNAMB&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) March 13, 2018 So I’m like “I understand, which is why there is room for your feet and legs under the seat in front of you”So she says “this is why I fly first class, and I don’t come back here with everyone else.” So I’m like “that’s great, so are you going to put your feet down?” pic.twitter.com/u3ZAOsrnxB&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) March 13, 2018 So she calls over a flight attendant as soon as I say that! She says to the flight attendant “this man is disrupting my flight, I’m just trying to be comfortable”So I point at her feet and explain my stance.&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) March 13, 2018 The flight attendant says... “well what if she puts her feet closer to the window or puts one down”The woman says “if I put one foot down, I want to be accommodated for accommodating him” pic.twitter.com/NrUHKDj6m9&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) March 13, 2018 This is when things get bonkers:So the flight attendant speaks to the person in-charge on the plane and they give promise this woman a fucking $1000 voucher ... ONE.THOUSAND. DOLLAR. pic.twitter.com/0DEZKKDU1e&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) March 13, 2018 So I ask “what voucher will I be receiving for my suffering” The flight attendant says “sir, we can only make but so many accommodations, and she has agreed to move her feet for you.” pic.twitter.com/617NE2aG06&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) March 13, 2018 Now I’m on the phone trying to explain how problematic this all was to a white woman in customer service who doesn’t get my issue. pic.twitter.com/3lVxeqfVrC&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) March 13, 2018 But wait, there&#39;s more! The next day, Frederick Joseph updated his followers with part 2 of this saga.UPDATE: so @united called me this morning to tell me that the passenger didn’t receive any compensation. So I told the United representative “I’m happy to hear that, but I still have an issue with the flight attendant pacifying her and essentially taking her side.” pic.twitter.com/ODLGcRpdv6&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) March 14, 2018 The rep says “well, our staff can’t tell someone what to do. But, again, I assure you, she didn’t receive money.”So I say “that’s great, again. But by attempting to momentarily pacify her, the flight attendant created a negative situation for me and took her side.” pic.twitter.com/yJE0SUffYG&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) March 14, 2018 I continue “also, I find it hard to believe that if this was a person of color someone wouldn’t have asked her to put her feet down.” She says “sir, I personally don’t believe it has anything to do with race or culture. As you can hear from my last name, I am a Hispanic person” pic.twitter.com/Z4Y9vkMjee&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) March 14, 2018 She then did the whole “United accepts everyone” etc spiel.So I told her that’s fine and she thanked me for my time and offered to give my feedback to the flight staff. pic.twitter.com/G2NW7IiuTn&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) March 14, 2018 Basically, United had a woman w/ a Spanish sounding surname tell me there should be no issue because the woman ended up not getting money.Oh, and racial bias didn’t matter here, because again a woman with Spanish sounding name at United says it didn’t. Tone deaf. pic.twitter.com/TH9cT9FbjY&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) March 14, 2018 In the end, Joseph, maestro of GIFs, decided to drop the issue.Both @united and the passenger have their view and I have mine. At this point I’m moving on from the situation.&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) March 14, 2018 This is hardly the first time United has been at the center of controversy. In the past year alone, the airline has been in the media for bloodying a customer while dragging him from his seat, destroying a $42,000 custom wheelchair, dropping scorpions on customers, and killing a world-famous rabbit...among other things.Most recently, United has been scrutinized for instructing a woman to put her puppy in the overhead bin. The dog died during the flight.

Well, United Airlines is going viral again, and thankfully this time they didn&#39;t kill anyone&#39;s dog.  Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph), a marketer, writer, and founder of We Have Stories, tweeted his ordeal of dealing with United and...