Story above. The gist is that a passenger got really grumpy when the gate agent wished him a cheery “Merry Christmas” Then he got agressive when the flight attendant inside also said “Merry Christmas.” Screaming, ranting, acting scary. It was decided he wasn’t safe to have aboard so security ushered him off the plane.
Sometimes things do have a happy ending!
…So does this mean the war on Christmas is over?
God bless us, every one!
Well, I for one, don’t care when people wish me a Merry Christmas. There was a time, however, when it irked me, so when a complete stranger said “Marry Christmas” out of the blue… I responded with: “my dog died today.”
I just wanted to see what would happen. The gentleman had no idea how to respond.
I later regretted telling him that… but I still couldn’t stop laughing at the look on his face when I said that.
He would not have been booted off the plane if he’d just said, “Sorry, I don’t celebrate Christmas; not everyone does, you know.” He was booted off for ranting and refusing to take his seat.
Exactly. Anyone so unhinged as to start screaming about getting a simple greeting is not someone I’d want to travel with.
I do celebrate Christmas, so that’s what I say this time of year. But if someone gave me a greeting for another holiday, I’d accept it gladly. It’s the spirit that counts.
The guy was obviously mentally ill. Don’t lump him in with the rest of us who don’t celebrate or enjoy your holiday. This time of year is a massive pain in the ass for some of us with no payoff. Please understand that.
If someone wishes me a Merry Christmas, I just smile and say, “thanks. Same to you” or something. I am so glad every year when that shit is over with though.
Well, the guy’s an asshole.
If someone said Eid Mubarak, for example, to me I’d respond accordingly, likewise for any other religious holiday greeting.
I’m as atheist as they come and I still wish people a Merry Christmas. The guy was either mentally unstable, or drunk, or both.
Was it rolling or in flight when they ushered him?
They pushed him out the rear exit somewhere over Utah.
I wonder what would have happened if the response would have been “I didn’t demand, recommend, or even ask for you to celebrate Christmas, or any holiday for that matter. It isn’t Christmas every day of the year, you know. I was noting the day as a holiday, which some several hundred million do, and asking you to have a merry one, irregardless of your religion. Stop being a martyr.”
And then there are those jerks that say “Have a nice day!” 
Who the hell do you think you are to tell me what kind of fricking day to have!!!
That’s terrible headline-making. He should have been compared to The Grinch, not Scrooge. Scrooge refused to participate in the festivities, that’s all.
Probably a rant about irregardless not being a word.
If somebody said “Eid Mubarak” to me, my first response would probably be either “Who’s that?” or “Nice to meet you…”
I go with “thanks, but I have other plans”.
bah, humbug
Eventually Christmas will be a cult, celebrated by a select few traditionalists.
He’d still be in the wrong, though. The proper thing to do is, if you celebrate something else say “happy festivus” or whatever, or else just say “thanks” and go about your day. Giving a lecture to someone just being friendly is assholish whether you then go crazy on them after the lecture or not.
If he hates having Christmas shoved down his throat, there’s a particular poetic irony in dropping him here.