Friday Funny: Southwest Hates People

Last night I flew Southwest from Orange County back to San Jose and a funny thought hit me. The pre-bordering tickets really hurt peoples’ feelings. I luckily checked-in online and received my A boarding pass. “Yes, just like in school I got my A, VICTORY!”

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I got to wait in the A line and mock the losers down in the B and C lines. The look in the B people faces was of failure and disappointment. How could they be so slow to the check-in and forgot to do it online? I think that is a problem Southwest needs to fix. Here’s what I suggest:

People can get A+, A and A- ticket or possibly they can change it to different names: Super, Great and Awesome. I really think people’s feelings and pride gets crushed by this hierarchy. Something needs to be done now!

Do you ever feel that your feelings are hurt by a company?

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16 Responses to “Friday Funny: Southwest Hates People”

  • Devin
    November 3rd, 2006
    2:20 pm

    Sounds like calling a ’small’ a ‘tall’. It’s all semantics. We’re smart, we know the truth, Noah. We’re inferior. :’(

  • Noah Kagan
    November 3rd, 2006
    2:22 pm

    Devin,

    I am sad to say that you would most definitely be a C Line person;)

  • Devin
    November 3rd, 2006
    2:24 pm

    Duh.

  • Ben
    November 3rd, 2006
    2:25 pm

    is it just me or is lining up for a southwest flight akin herding cow into a barn?

  • y
    November 3rd, 2006
    2:36 pm

    I actually like to aim for the front of the C line or back of B. One might think A is the best, but you never know where the seat-kicking children are going to sit. Front of the C line lets you (a) print your ticket as late as you like, and (b) choose your neighbors.

  • kareem
    November 3rd, 2006
    3:02 pm

    Boardfirst.com is your friend…

  • Joe Suh
    November 3rd, 2006
    4:39 pm

    This post belongs in the C line…

  • Sri
    November 3rd, 2006
    4:56 pm

    I have a 15 month old kid so for the last 15 months, I have been flying SUPER-DUPER A.

    So if you like the superior feeling and always want to be front of the herd, just have a kid!

  • Sri
    November 3rd, 2006
    7:07 pm

    I checked out boardfirst.com, what intrigues me is that if you have the time to log in and use the services of boardfirst 48 hours prior to your southwest flight, why dont u have the time to log in to southwest airlines website and get your boarding pass?

    boardfirst.com seems to do what you can pretty much do yourself.

  • Noah N. Glass
    November 4th, 2006
    9:48 am

    Noah, really? Grade inflation for boarding groups? Isn’t the problem really just that letters (and numbers, for that matter) both have ill-fitting associations with grade/rank? Shouldn’t Southwest be using something like colors instead (easy for them to know which color is first, without making customers feel like losers)? Or are they trying to incentivize the early-comers to feel good about themselves, seeing more value in praising them and turning them into role models than harm in scarlet-letting the delinquents?
    Aren’t rhetorical questions the best?

    Lines and waiting suck. If Southwest used a modified version of gomobo.com, this whole problem would be solved. :) You enter your mobile number during check-in, we text you when you can get on the plane…

  • Jason H.
    November 4th, 2006
    1:48 pm

    Instead of using the boring A,B,C, maybe they should use some Italian or some other language. Like what Starbucks does- Venti, Grande, and Tall… whoever came up with the strategy of calling Small cup Tall must be a Purple Cow :-)

  • saving advice
    November 4th, 2006
    2:25 pm

    I don’t see it being near as much of a big deal as before just because people are bringing less carry-on luggage onto flights. When every single person was bringing on 2 bags and over head space was at a premium, getting on the plane late sucked.

  • Ben Casnocha
    November 4th, 2006
    9:28 pm

    There’s a service (can’t remember the name) that lets you pay a small fee and they’ll automatically check you into Southwest at 12:01 AM to ensure A boarding pass.

  • Jason H.
    November 5th, 2006
    12:37 am

    How about this– instead of using ABC, they should use Blue , Orange, and Red Line (the SW colors) :-)

  • Veddy Interesting « ==================== adam jusko’s bessed blog
    November 6th, 2006
    2:54 pm

    [...] For as great as Southwest can be, do they need to be so obvious about ranking passengers based on their punctuality? [...]

  • Jonathan
    April 10th, 2007
    6:44 pm

    Several sites (free and paid) offer 24 hour mark boarding passes on Southwest. Besides boardfirst, checkinsooner.com offers the service.

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