Do you ever do Something...and then *immediately* regret doing it?

[ScreamingMeemie]

Yeah, I just did that. Damn me to hell and all.

[av8rdave]

1. Oh yeah....

I was standing in the cockpit door years ago, saying goodbye to the passengers as they deplaned. One lady stopped, looked me in the eye, and said, "thanks for not killing us."

Without even thinking, I replied, "We'll try harder next time."

She stomped off in a huff. I worried for months about the possible fallout, but I never heard a word about it.

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. Oh...I have to tell you this story (bearing no ill will towards pilots

because I know they get screwed over with shifts and hours and all)...

Last February, we were flying home from Houston. To get back home, we had to fly Houston to Atlanta to Chicago to Detroit.

The flight from Chicago was delayed due to winds. They put on us on the plane after an hour delay...and we sat for an hour. So they put in videos for us and we sat...and sat...

and then the stewardess came on and said the delay was due to a "staffing problem"...

...and we sat...

...and then the stewardess came on and said,"Actually, our pilots are still in the air and should be here within 15 minutes..."

and so we sat...

...and then the pilot and copilot arrived and we all applauded them, sincerely, because Ohare is known for delays and it's not really the pilots' faults.

And then this idiotic stewardess comes on and says,"You should all be really grateful because these pilots have been flying for over their limit and are tired and just want to get home...I mean, they are exhausted. So you make sure to thank them for doing this for you as you leave the plane tonight..."

I turned to the woman next to me and said,"Thank them for taking our lives into their exhausted hands???" Those very smart pilots stayed in the cockpit as we left the plane that night...and I wonder what happened to that stewardess.

On the plus side, that was the quickest Chicago to Detroit flight I have ever taken.

[av8rdave]

10. OK....the flight attendant could use some lessons in tact and diplomacy!

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. The pilots did a great job of getting us there and I know it's a tough

job so I usually roll with the deals and delays but that was so damned not funny (but funny in hindsight, now that I am here on the ground).

Thanks for the job you do. :toast:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

39. Pilots are prohibited by FAA regulations and their union contracts

from flying more than a certain specific number of hours per day, so the flight attendant might have been overstating the situation. Pilots can also refuse to fly if they are fatigued because they know fatigue can be a safety problem. I assume the initial "staffing problem" had to do with the original crew timing out and then having to wait for the second crew. But the second crew couldn't have flown at all if they'd exceeded their legal duty day, and airlines set these schedules very carefully. So the situation wouldn't have been as dire as it seemed. Maybe the FA was just trying to make the passengers feel some sympathy for the crew so they wouldn't be mad.

[pokerfan]

7. That statement could also be interpreted

as you will try better to provide her with a smoother flight next time. (I'm assuming that her comment was a criticism of your piloting skills.)

http://baetzler.de/humor/aviation_aphorisms.html">Aviation Aphorisms

[av8rdave]

13. Can't recall anything unusual about the flight

She was apparently glad to get where she was going in one piece, but I still think a stupid comment deserves an equally stupid reply.

[Richardo]

21. That is hilarious...

I wish I'd been standing behind her :rofl:

[Midlodemocrat]

28. OMG. That is hilarious!

I would have laughed myself sick if I had been near you. :rofl:

[grace0418]

37. She deserved it. What a stupid thing to say!

That's hilarious!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

41. Did you ever see the bit on the Letterman show

where he was interviewing audience members, one of whom was a flight attendant from (I think) United, and he asked her about her job -- and she said: "Passengers are the enemy!"

:rofl:

I heard she got fired the next day.

[av8rdave]

43. Wow...not a very bright thing to say publicly about her job.

I never did see that one.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

44. LMAO!

:rofl:

[DS1]

2. not this last time

I was about to post a copycat about cock ring fitting problems, but opted against it.


+1 point for me

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. I am ever so proud of you.

God your girlfriend picked a good one.

[Pale Blue Dot]

4. 2 or 3 times last week.

I almost always regret it when I don't think before I speak (or type).

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. See? That the thing.

Me too.

[Pale Blue Dot]

15. For me (and maybe for you),

I'm normally so good at keeping my emotions in check (and my opinions to myself) that when I do let them out it's almost always disasterous. I'm considered the "nice guy" in real life, so people seem a little taken aback when I get angry, emotional and irrational.

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately about how to have and express opinions without alienating people in the process. I'll let you know when I find the answer. :hug:

[pokerfan]

8. Every time I've ever locked my keys in the car

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. You need to do what I do...

I always carry the valet key with me. It's saved me 85,793 times...or get one of those cars for stupid people (again, like me) that won't let you lock the door while the keys are in the car. :)

[Tommy_Carcetti]

11. When I was an intern at a law firm...

....we were doing a deposition of a man in a products liability suit who said his grill had flared up and severely burned him.

He was talking about after he had been burned and he was being airlifted to the hospital, and one of the EMS personnel said to him, "This guy is going to need a priest to give him last rites. He's not going to make it."

And at that point, and I have no idea why, I laughed. I didn't laugh because it was funny. I laughed out of a reaction to the statement because it was so horrific to even think about. It was so outrageous. It was very weird.

And the client then gave me a look I would never forget. And I felt very, very bad.

That firm didn't hire me as an attorney after I graduated. To this day, I think that this may have been the reason why.

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. During our high school production of "Grease", the convertible

kept rolling...right into the band pit. We all burst out laughing, even before knowing that no one was seriously injured. I do think laughter is a stress reaction at times.

[terrya]

12. I do it all the time.

Sometimes, I wonder about myself.

[ScreamingMeemie]

17. I wonder about myself on an instantaneous basis just about.

[redqueen]

18. All the time.

I'm impulsive. :blush:

And aww with the damning you... it can't be all that bad! :hug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

19. Oh...it was bad...Bad, bad, bad...

Oh well. What's done can't be undone. Crap

[redqueen]

20. Yeah... but I bet it only seems that bad...

and remember... those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

:hug:

[bigwillq]

22. I've done it a few times.

But as long as you learn from your mistake. That's the important thing.

Hope it wasn't too serious of a regret. :hug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. It shouldn't be, but you never know.

Thanks bigwill. Will I ever learn to stop being an idiot?

[bigwillq]

30. No.

You will never. I will never. Your neighbor will never. My neighbor will never.

It's called being human.


:hug:

[Iggo]

24. Daily.

Sometimes here at DU.

[ScreamingMeemie]

26. Me too.

Me too.

[unpossibles]

25. I have a bad case of foot-in-mouth disease. nt

[ScreamingMeemie]

27. It's probably contagious here...

:hi:

[BarenakedLady]

29. Not always immediately.

There are more often instances where I don't do something and then regret that I didn't.

I guess that can be a good thing sometimes. Damn anxiety.

[ScreamingMeemie]

31. Me=almost immediate.

In this case, as soon as I finished the "job" per se'.

[laylah]

32. Every day...

hate when that happens.

[LaurenG]

33. Many times. I ususally apologize or try to make it right asap.

Just being a human being can be very hard some days. :hug:

[Sequoia]

34. No, I just wake up in the middle of the night regretting tons of stuff.

[trof]

35. Yeah. The last time I hit my thumb with a hammer.

Boy, did I regret that.

[lost-in-nj]

36. I do

and it usually has something to do with
emailing/calling the stbx
or

PUIing

I hope everything turns out alright


:hi:


lost

[RetroLounge]

38. Yes.

:cry:

RL

[GreenPartyVoter]

40. All. The. Time! *I am such a DORK*

[femmocrat]

42. Yes. It usually involves speech.

I should learn to keep my mouth shut.

[LadyoftheRabbits]

45. Oh, yes...

:(

:hug: :hi:

[mcctatas]

46. Daily...

I think I have an impulse control problem, not in the kill your spouse and go to prison sense, more along the lines of licking a curling iron to see if it's still hot...

and yeah, I did that once, and yeah, it was recently :shrug:

[In_The_Wind]

47. Yes! I just can't break the habit of sending text messages ...

to my former lover. :shrug: go figure

[Xipe Totec]

48. Never

oh, wait....

I didn't mean to post that!



Shit!!!!

:banghead: