Slog - Comments on Stiffed http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/stiffed_1 From the New York Daily News: American Airlines sent the body of a Brooklyn mom to the wrong country for burial - and then callously demanded more money to fix the screwup, the widower and others involved in a lawsuit charged Monday.... Copyright 2008 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:46:49 -0800 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:39:57 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Cato the Younger Younger At least the body racks up some flyer miles though.

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/stiffed_1#c1133775 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/stiffed_1#c1133775 Life Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:56:55 -0800 Comment by Christin In fairness to American Airlines, the part you left out was that they waived the fee the moment they realized it was their own employee's typo that caused it.

]]> Christin http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/stiffed_1#c1133789 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/stiffed_1#c1133789 Life Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:04:43 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Fucking Lilliputians.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/stiffed_1#c1133790 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/stiffed_1#c1133790 Life Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:05:08 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER @2 Some typo- Switching Ecuador and Guatemala?

And how could they even for a second consider this the husband's fault? Did they just assume the guy spaced on what country she was from??

Fucking idiots.

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/stiffed_1#c1133803 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/stiffed_1#c1133803 Life Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:16:23 -0800 Comment by Christin @4: Remember, all airports are three-letter codes. The correct code was GYE, and the employee in New York typed GUA. Which, granted, he only got one letter out of three correct, but it's not like the codes were ECU and GUA either.

]]> Christin http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/stiffed_1#c1133818 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/stiffed_1#c1133818 Life Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:20:42 -0800 Comment by Brendan Kiley @ 2. True. I'm a yellow journalist. And a bad, bad man.

]]> Brendan Kiley http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/stiffed_1#c1133822 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/stiffed_1#c1133822 Life Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:23:10 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Ooooh, tell us more about just how bad you are, Kiley....

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/stiffed_1#c1133841 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/stiffed_1#c1133841 Life Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:29:07 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER @5 that is true, but it still doesn't explain how they assumed it was HIS fault. If the codes (which, again, only employees use) are that close and the actual names are not, it seems a bit odd that they would immediately lay blame on him.

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/stiffed_1#c1133907 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/stiffed_1#c1133907 Life Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:57:50 -0800 Comment by ellarosa the corporate (unstated) position is: always put the onus on the consumer. if he squeals, then deal. if he doesn't--hey, that's more money for us! gotta admit, it's logical if not exactly ethical. why should anyone be surprised by stuff like this?

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/stiffed_1#c1134000 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/stiffed_1#c1134000 Life Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:39:57 -0800