# I think you were a little quick on the trigger...

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**Created:** [May 30, 2001, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-you-were-a-little-quick-on-the-trigger/66963 "2001-05-30T04:41:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2001, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-you-were-a-little-quick-on-the-trigger/66963/1 "2001-05-30T04:41:36Z")

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With that fellow “dandmb50” and the thread he started last week in GQ about airlines starting to add a “fuel surgcharge” to their prices. He asked a legitimate question: why they don’t honestly raise fares when fuel prices rise. Instead, everyone responded as if he expected airlines to give away free tickets.

I think you guys should have read his OP more carefully before closing up that thread.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2001, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-you-were-a-little-quick-on-the-trigger/66963/2 "2001-05-30T16:32:12Z")

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Yes, he had a real question, but the tone and phrasing of the post were ranting. It’s no coincidence that people interpreted it as such. If you’ll notice, I invited him to re-phrase the question a little more carefully, and re-post it in GQ, if he wanted an answer, or to put it in the Pit, if he wanted to rant.