# If you plan to lose it at work-- beat this: **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785 "2010-08-10T03:22:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/21 "2010-08-10T21:56:11Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I read that he was recklessly endangering anyone who might have been walking below the exit. His lawyer said that he looked out the window before deploying the slide and verified that no one was in the way. It seems to me that at the very least, he has to pay for a replacement slide, or for whatever it costs to repack this one. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/22 "2010-08-10T22:06:12Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > His lawyer said that he looked out the window before deploying the slide and verified that no one was in the way. It seems to me that at the very least, he has to pay for a replacement slide, or for whatever it costs to repack this one. According to a couple of news items i read yesterday, that can be up to $10,000. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/23 "2010-08-10T22:26:17Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > According to a couple of news items i read yesterday, that can be up to $10,000. I am surprised its that cheap. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/24 "2010-08-10T22:34:47Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > How about this one? [Go Jenny!](http://thechive.com/2010/08/10/girl-quits-her-job-on-dry-erase-board-emails-entire-office-33-photos/) > > That’s quitting with style! Damn…probably should have checked in this thread before starting a thread about her. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/25 "2010-08-11T10:16:40Z")
How big of an asshole does someone have to be to make a flight attendant lose his shit and leave the plane before it’s stopped? Looks like we found out. I kinda hope the /b/tards find out who this guy is and show him what professional assholes do. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/26 "2010-08-11T13:27:01Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > How big of an asshole does someone have to be to make a flight attendant lose his shit and leave the plane before it’s stopped? Looks like we found out. I kinda hope the /b/tards find out who this guy is and show him what professional assholes do. It was a woman and the police want to talk to her. She should be charged too. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/27 "2010-08-11T13:55:28Z")
Awww, Jenny is a [fake](http://gawker.com/5609650/the-quitting-tale-that-suckered-the-whole-internet). Nice call **mhendo** ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/28 "2010-08-11T14:40:12Z")
animation [of the flight attendant incident.](http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/08/11/note-to-pixar-animation-can-be-quick/) ---
**Author:** ![smee\_goan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@smee\_goan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smee_goan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/29 "2010-08-11T15:01:38Z")
Craig: I did nothing ‘inappropriate’ in airport bathroom, Sen. Larry Craig said he “overreacted and made a poor decision” in pleading guilty to disorderly conduct after his June arrest following an incident in a Minneapolis, Minnesota, airport bathroom. Butt pi(rates)lots. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/30 "2010-08-11T16:55:19Z")
> [@indian](#): > > animation [of the flight attendant incident.](http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/08/11/note-to-pixar-animation-can-be-quick/) Wow, that’s hilarious! He even runs into his gay lovers arms at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/31 "2010-08-11T17:24:08Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > > [@Hippy\_Hollow](#): > > > > This guy is awesome. Apparently he was getting his freak on with his boyfriend when the cops came for him: [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/08/09/2010-08-09\_talk\_about\_turbulance\_jetblue\_flight\_attendant\_drops\_intercom\_fbomb\_bolts\_down\_e.html](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/08/09/2010-08-09_talk_about_turbulance_jetblue_flight_attendant_drops_intercom_fbomb_bolts_down_e.html) > > How song before certain groups proclaim it was because of “teh gay”? > > Steven Slater is out on $2500 bail. Why, oh why was there even a need to report that he was “in bed with boyfriend when found by cops.”? This obviously has completely and utterly nothing at all to do with the story. 😕 If he was in bed with his girlfriend or wife, not only would that not have made the story, but you can bet it certainly wouldn’t have been the story headline! Holy fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/32 "2010-08-11T17:25:21Z")
> [@Hippy\_Hollow](#): > > This guy is awesome. Apparently he was getting his freak on with his boyfriend when the cops came for him: [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/08/09/2010-08-09\_talk\_about\_turbulance\_jetblue\_flight\_attendant\_drops\_intercom\_fbomb\_bolts\_down\_e.html](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/08/09/2010-08-09_talk_about_turbulance_jetblue_flight_attendant_drops_intercom_fbomb_bolts_down_e.html) The article is even specific on what they were doing: > [@](#): > > A JetBlue flight attendant blew his top 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/33 "2010-08-11T17:27:27Z")
But still, his romantic life must not have been that interesting if he had to lose it at work. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/34 "2010-08-11T17:52:50Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > His lawyer said that he looked out the window before deploying the slide and verified that no one was in the way. It seems to me that at the very least, he has to pay for a replacement slide, or for whatever it costs to repack this one. > > According to a couple of news items i read yesterday, that can be up to $10,000. His response to the bill for repacking it should be a bill of his own for “testing the viability of the emergency exit slide” and probably simply ask “when was the last time this was tested?” ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/35 "2010-08-11T18:43:27Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > [ > Wow, that’s hilarious! He even runs into his gay lovers arms at the end. I like the fact he appears drunk and staggers before he even pops the beer can at the bottom. The change to dramatic music was funny as hell too. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/36 "2010-08-11T19:55:59Z")
No question that he needs to be fired and held accountable for the money damages, but I think JetBlue would be fools to pursue him more than that as it would be negative press. I do hope they find the obnoxious woman as she needs to be dragged into the spotlight. Rudeness isn’t a crime but I sure don’t mind seeing the rude squirm a bit. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/37 "2010-08-11T20:21:34Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I do hope they find the obnoxious woman as she needs to be dragged into the spotlight. Rudeness isn’t a crime but I sure don’t mind seeing the rude squirm a bit. Rudeness isn’t a crime, but deliberately disobeying the instructions of airplane crew is, i believe, a federal offense. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/38 "2010-08-11T21:16:37Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Rudeness isn’t a crime, but deliberately disobeying the instructions of airplane crew is, i believe, a federal offense. Too bad naval rules don’t apply and he couldn’t just flog her. I’m sure there’s some archaic law they could revive that would take care of that- or, imagine being keel hauled on an inflight airplane. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/39 "2010-08-12T18:37:44Z")
I was going to hold off on posting this, but even the article itself mentions that it’s surprising he had an [ex-wife](http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38672242/ns/today-todaytravel?GT1=43001). They do mention that the two were very young when they married; not only could he have been finding himself, but she says it was a mistake on her immature part also. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/40 "2010-08-12T23:07:30Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > I was going to hold off on posting this, but even the article itself mentions that it’s surprising he had an [ex-wife](http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38672242/ns/today-todaytravel?GT1=43001). The _wife_ part is surprising but the \*ex- \*part not at all.😃 I wonder if the alleged obnoxious passenger will be charged with anything, or if Slater- who seems to have a good record up to that point- could realistically or convincingly plead temporary insanity. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785.md?page=3)