Well I am going to write a post about me because this is MY blog and because I can. If any of you don't like it....well tough turnips!!!!
I currently work at the Coop and it is a horrid job. I would not wish it on my worst enemy and certainly not on myself but alas there are tough trials ahead and someday I will look back on this and laugh. A long long
long time from now that is.....
But enough about me.
As many people will know.... Ilike to get opinions on current events. For those that read the newspapers will be aware of two things A) The custody battle and B) The Hospital closure
Subject A) The Custody battle
As many of you willl have heard a biological father was fighting for custody of his son after his ex girlfriend gave the child up for adoption without his consent. The trial was a circus and the child was awarded to the adoptive couple seemingly for thier status and wealth. Do you think that this was a just decision or are fathers seeking custody treated unfairly in the judicial system?
B) Hospital closure
As many of you know the hospitals were closed for several days due to the Norwalk Virus and already health officials are warning that this may not be an isolated ocurance and that this may be a new trend of the 21 century. How do you feel about that? Do you think that this is a justified step or do you think that the hospital is overstepping its boudries.
Bonus C) Airplane Child
ORLANDO, Fla. — Flight attendants often deal with obnoxious passengers who won't listen to instructions by kicking them off the plane. But a Massachusetts couple think AirTran Airways went overboard by treating their crying 3-year-old daughter in much the same way.
Julie and Gerry Kulesza and daughter Elly were removed from the flight when the girl refused to take her seat before takeoff, airline officials said Tuesday.
But her parents said they just needed a little more time to calm her down.
The Kuleszas, of Worcester, planned to fly to Boston on Jan. 14 from Fort Myers after a four-day visit with the girl's paternal grandparents. She was removed because "she was
climbing under the seat and hitting the parents and wouldn't get in her seat" during boarding, AirTran spokeswoman Judy Graham-Weaver said.
AirTran officials say they were only following Federal Aviation Administration rules that children age 2 and above must have their own seat and be wearing a seatbelt upon takeoff.
"The flight was already delayed 15 minutes and in fairness to the other 112 passengers on the plane, the crew made an operational decision to remove the family," Graham-Weaver said.
But Julie Kulesza said: "We weren't giving an opportunity to hold her, console her or anything."
"Elly was sitting in front of our seat crying," she said in a phone interview. "The attendant motioned to a seat and asked if we purchased it for her. "They had paid for the seat. Gerry Kulesza said another attendant then approached the family and told him: "You need to get her in control and in her seat."
The couple told the attendants they were trying. Julie Kulesza said she asked the attendants if Elly could sit on her lap, but they said no.
The family flew home the next day. The Orlando-based carrier reimbursed the family $595.80, the cost of the three tickets, and offered them three roundtrip tickets anywhere the airline flies, Graham-Weaver said. But that's too little, too late for the Kuleszas. The father said they would never fly AirTran again.
What do you think? Were the flight attendants in the right to ask the family to get off when they couldn’t get the child in her seat and buckled up? As a parent, do you side with the family’s dilemma? Have you been on a flight or in a restaurant with children who were misbehaving? Would you say anything to the family? The airline also refunded the family’s tickets and gave them three free tickets to fly anywhere AirTran flies. What do you think of that?
Well that is that I look forward to reading your comments!
