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[–] [email protected] 177 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

She IS peasant class. Working for a living is peasant class

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (2 children)

She could be merchant class. Probably is.

[–] pdxfed 16 points 1 month ago

Bought airport food? Didn't have free corporate airline lounge meal as high-margin customer? Peasant.

Not knowing poster, is anyone sure this isn't ironic usage of "peasant" before the pitchforks are distributed?

[–] BeMoreCareful 12 points 1 month ago

I'm guessing this person isn't a real frequent flyer if shes expecting a chatterbox and has a sandwich with her.

Probably just shock how how much worse planes have gotten.

But who knows

[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I just got off of a flight, it was about 40 minutes in the air, and there were people who paid to upgrade to 'first class' for a 40 minute flight.

I'd rather be peasant class than so weak that I couldn't stand 40 minutes sitting 6 inches closer to the person next to me.

[–] Iampossiblyatwork 60 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How do you know they paid? When I was a frequent flier I'd always get upgraded on short flights because... No one paid for first class on those flights but the airline could consume an upgrade.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you have a long layover, flying business or first on any leg gives you (or used to) access to the premium lounge, so sometimes you can recover what you pay for the upgrade, but most of the time they give them to the gold or whatever members who are flying

[–] SpaceNoodle 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They give out money in the lounge?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (5 children)

They give food, beverages and comfortable chairs

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[–] reddig33 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you had chronic back pain, you might consider paying for that upgrade. Normal plane seats are painful.

[–] SpaceNoodle 7 points 1 month ago

Hell, some airlines have seat pitches so low that I can't even fit in the seat.

[–] Kushan 52 points 1 month ago (5 children)

.. Am I the only one who doesn't have a problem calling it "peasant class"? It's the kind of slang I'd use and I always fly economy.

[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's our word, she can't use it

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago

Exactly haha. A poor person can say it to joke about themselves and their circumstances, a rich person doing so is just in poor taste..

[–] systemglitch 53 points 1 month ago

Yeah, but would you post a picture of yourself online saying that, with a fake smile and undertone of smug superiority?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago

I joke about calling it steerage. Just keep walking back until you hear the Irish fiddles.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Personally, I call it cattle class.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Imho it's less about calling out the airplane than preemptively shitting on her neighbour. It's the whole "I'm with the plebes so my neighbour will be a pita" that makes her sounds so disdainful.

Also, I call it cattle class when I fly because that's how it makes me feel.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Peasant class? I like that. Where is my pocket guillotine again?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think the thing you are looking for is a cigar cutter. A bit small, but it is great for cutting off another type of head.

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[–] lemonmelon 6 points 1 month ago

Rabbi Tuckman?

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Tbf calling it peasant class is more honest. The new planes economy sections must have been designed by the same people who designed cattle cars.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is why I hate the Boeing max line. It's not because of the safety things, for those I decide are self-correcting and thus I can wait those out.

No, it's the new layouts they enable and offer that has seats cramped even harder, washrooms without full enclosure - no really, a public restroom divider with a 4-inch gap at the bottom between my farts and the galley - and cheap porous plastic everywhere. The whole thing is a McDonald's lobby you can't escape for ours at a time, nor express the slightest frustration at being in.

If it's Boeing, I'm not going.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Temple Grandin has done a significant amount of work on designing animal handling facilities for minimal stress and ease of flow.

We would be so lucky if she turned her skills towards airlines.

[–] ikidd 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Knowing Boeing, there would be a boltgun waiting for you at the exit.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 12 points 1 month ago

Yeah but it wouldn't work anyway

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't care who you are, on a plane I'm putting on my noise canceling headphones and reading.

I wouldn't have known who she is without the comments and even then i still have never heard of her books.

[–] Nuke_the_whales 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I bought earbuds in flesh color. I tend to only ever have one on to stay alert and I listen to podcasts. I'm not ashamed to admit that I bought them in flesh color so that I can pretend it's a hearing aid so I can ignore strangers on transit. I like to pretend like it's off and I can't hear you

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

That's why I like headphones, sends a clearer signal I feel.

[–] vikingtons 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

wait people write shit like this on LinkedIn?

[–] telllos 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There was a post where a kid was shooting a penalty against a professional goal keeper and the goalkeeper was blocking every shot. He was also posturing against the kid.

People were commenting on how great that was to make strong men.

[–] vikingtons 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's the kind of weird shit I've sorta come to expect from LL but people referring to economy as peasant class is kind of wild even for this kinda community haha

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago

If I was next to her and knew about this post, my introverted self would suddenly be the most chatty asshole to ever fly.

[–] HowManyNimons 22 points 1 month ago

What an asshole.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit 4 points 1 month ago

Wouldn't say a word but with a little cheese and time, she'll wish I was speaking with my mouth. Hopefully the collateral damage will understand that they suffer for a noble cause.

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