“THEY LET ME THROUGH IT’S THEIR FAULT I’M GONNA SUE YOU” and the person loses their job
That’s not liability on the gate agent, its liability on the airline (which needs processes for adjudicating when to ask and to document the answer).
This is something that’s supposed to happen during the ticket sale process, not the moment-before-you-get-on-the-plane.
It is literally not this agent’s job to probe. And if she’s worried about liability, harassing a woman who doesn’t qualify for her investigation is a bigger liability concern, particularly if she delays the flight or tries to boot the passenger.
Sounds like it isn’t hypothetical, pregnant liars ruining things for decent people, but the real acual people who implemented the shitty, unclear policy that requires TSA agents to just harass all visibly pregnant women.
Like, shit. Just add “if you’re under 28 weeks you need documentation to prove that” to the policy, so the whole thing can’t be foiled by an incredibly easy lie.
Yes, its the shitty asshole liar, not the fact our entire system of recompense and accountability is fucking unhinged. I’m so glad we agree.
And keeping that system instead of any better social fprm, well, sometimes you gotta deprive innocent usually marginalized people of their autonomy; it’s just a ‘cost’. Cant beat a puppy to death without havin a few orgasms, amirite?
Actually checking the time frame of your comment a few people did give you some good replies on options even describing better systems of paper work well over an hour ago(before you made this reply)
In fact someone even pointed out how that would not hold in court either 8 hrs ago in replies. Sure, They could try to sue with such an excuse. Doesn’t mean they’d be successful.
Is it annoying? Yup. But it’s part of their actual job as security. That’s the point: They are the nark. They will face this as part of their job. They were warned they would face this. They signed their name on their contract knowing this sort of shit is expected.
Okay, before you read this, maybe smoke up and drop your fav psychadelic before reading so you can follow me here:
Imagine a way society was organized where instead of exploiting workers as much as possible to enrich literal ghouls, we either:
didnt exploit people and everything was nicer and everybody was less stressed, and we all got to do things out of curiosity and love rather than fear and hate
OR
We all agreed to be exploited for the collective good and we were all still fucked, but we were fucked to make things better for everyone instead of better for ~3000 ghoulish billionaires
So, like, whichever one you picked; imagine if you couldnt ‘own’ stuff you weren’t using. You could, like, keep it around. Maybe you’re the only person on your block with extra space, so you put the neighborhood tool library or insulin factory in your shed, but its not ‘yours’ in the way your toothbrush or the parts of your home you dont choose to open are yours. You certainly couldn’t ‘own’ the house someone else lived in, or the toothbrush they use (i hope). And we could focus on the best ways to do stuff instead of only being able to have nice things as the fallout from scams, too!
I bet when you imagined that, the construct of ‘blame’ was less necessary, and there was no/less need to obfuscate systemic forces, so it would be much easier to take a solution focused mindset, instead of just crab bucketing each other. Right? And either way it was more egalitarian, so there was less advantage to take of one another. Right?
Listen I’m a syndicalist too, but I’ve seen enough interpersonal conflicts to know the instinct to find blame wont go away just because of a system based on mutual cooperation
People keep confusing “can sue” with “be successful in court”.
You can sue anyone for anything at any time. I can sue you because I don’t like your default avatar. But that doesn’t mean that I would have any chance in a courtroom.
And this is exactly how it should be. The decision whether a lawsuit has merit or not should be taken in court, not somewhere before court. Because that would mean that some police man or someone else with only cursory knowledge of the law would have to decide whether a lawsuit has merit and that would be catastrophic.
No, anyone should be able to sue for anything. And garbage lawsuits should be thrown out of court by a judge and/or jury.
That’s costs money. Ever hear of slapp suits. There needs to be rules around everything because people are shitty sons of witches and always trying to weasle a way around everything.
SLAPP suits are where a bad implementation of that system struggles. The US is a mess in many places and this is one. That doesn’t mean that the concept of rule of law is an issue, but that rule of law is implemented badly in the US.
In other places, e.g. most parts of Europe, if you lose a lawsuit you have to pay for the legal council of the winner. That makes SLAPP suites much less attractive and much less dangerous, and thus they are pretty rare.
I think that’s the point. It doesn’t stop the occasional chancer from trying, but no this side of the pond at least you’ll get short shrift if you do.
The whole thing is about limiting liability to the company. (In the pregnancy case I think there’s an increased risk of thrombosis at late-stage.) Their policy says no paperwork is required, you say that applies to you; if something goes wrong after you lie then the onus is on you.
Liars are everywhere. And we all have to do our own duty (to ourselves) to spot it/set passwords/monitor bank receipts/ keep up to date/ etc… No, it Doesn’t make it right that there are so many con artists out there(and they should absolutely be held accountable) but in this case it’s their literal job to observe and hold to rules and maintain their sector: they can’t take that failure to hold to a rule in a reasonable way out on everyone else.
I try the ‘if this were a date’ metaphor to see who really is the irrational person in the situation.
This situation in dating would be like if a person went around to people saying ‘prove to me you’re not going to be a manipulative asshole’ and post ‘no manipulative assholes allowed’ on their profile as their strategy to weed out assholes. But really it’s just weaseling out of duty to set healthy boundaries or taking on any observational work when shit comes up. It’s lazy. That person would be seen as the one with the problem and shirking every personal responsibility to monitor their own life, looking for ways to pass their responsibility to their own happiness and security onto everyone else.
If it sounds like it would be insane if it were a dating strategy: they are in the wrong.
In this case the person is literally being paid to monitor and take responsibility over security and they still shirked their basic responsibility pushing it entirely on the target to prove to them that they are secure despite the paperwork (set by their own standard of rules) was not required.
if anything : anyone using that excuse of someone bucking the system should be talking to management to let them know the rules are not secure as they are. Perhaps they require passengers to hold the paper to say they are allowed to travel. eg: like they do with passports. A doctor’s note acknowledging they are pregnant and what week they are in so they can compare to the rules might do better here rather than the other way around.
“I’m at 26 weeks” (actually at 30 weeks)
“Ok you’re good to go.”
something bad happens
“THEY LET ME THROUGH IT’S THEIR FAULT I’M GONNA SUE YOU” and the person loses their job even if they can somehow remember and prove this woman lied.
So your answer is, like always, shitty asshole liars ruin things for decent people.
That’s not liability on the gate agent, its liability on the airline (which needs processes for adjudicating when to ask and to document the answer).
This is something that’s supposed to happen during the ticket sale process, not the moment-before-you-get-on-the-plane.
It is literally not this agent’s job to probe. And if she’s worried about liability, harassing a woman who doesn’t qualify for her investigation is a bigger liability concern, particularly if she delays the flight or tries to boot the passenger.
Sounds like it isn’t hypothetical, pregnant liars ruining things for decent people, but the real acual people who implemented the shitty, unclear policy that requires TSA agents to just harass all visibly pregnant women.
Like, shit. Just add “if you’re under 28 weeks you need documentation to prove that” to the policy, so the whole thing can’t be foiled by an incredibly easy lie.
That’s not how this works. She could also have been fat and not pregnant. She would obviously not be required to prove that in that circumstance.
The rules are clear, she was compliant, the airline agent wasn’t.
Yes, its the shitty asshole liar, not the fact our entire system of recompense and accountability is fucking unhinged. I’m so glad we agree.
And keeping that system instead of any better social fprm, well, sometimes you gotta deprive innocent usually marginalized people of their autonomy; it’s just a ‘cost’. Cant beat a puppy to death without havin a few orgasms, amirite?
No better option s were presented. People are just bitching with no one considering alternatives.
Actually checking the time frame of your comment a few people did give you some good replies on options even describing better systems of paper work well over an hour ago(before you made this reply)
In fact someone even pointed out how that would not hold in court either 8 hrs ago in replies. Sure, They could try to sue with such an excuse. Doesn’t mean they’d be successful.
Is it annoying? Yup. But it’s part of their actual job as security. That’s the point: They are the nark. They will face this as part of their job. They were warned they would face this. They signed their name on their contract knowing this sort of shit is expected.
you’re the one who’s bitching here.
So, have you considered a society based on the concept of mutual aid?
Are you familiar with the zapatistas?
How about state communism, like they have in cuba?
Syndicalism?
How do you feel about the municipalism they’re trying out over in the AANES? That looks pretty promising.
Are you familiar with the concept of restorative justice?
Or did you not actually want better options, abd that was just an excuse?
I’m being partially sincere here, but can you elaborate on how one of those would help in this situation?
Okay, before you read this, maybe smoke up and drop your fav psychadelic before reading so you can follow me here:
Imagine a way society was organized where instead of exploiting workers as much as possible to enrich literal ghouls, we either:
didnt exploit people and everything was nicer and everybody was less stressed, and we all got to do things out of curiosity and love rather than fear and hate
OR
We all agreed to be exploited for the collective good and we were all still fucked, but we were fucked to make things better for everyone instead of better for ~3000 ghoulish billionaires
So, like, whichever one you picked; imagine if you couldnt ‘own’ stuff you weren’t using. You could, like, keep it around. Maybe you’re the only person on your block with extra space, so you put the neighborhood tool library or insulin factory in your shed, but its not ‘yours’ in the way your toothbrush or the parts of your home you dont choose to open are yours. You certainly couldn’t ‘own’ the house someone else lived in, or the toothbrush they use (i hope). And we could focus on the best ways to do stuff instead of only being able to have nice things as the fallout from scams, too!
I bet when you imagined that, the construct of ‘blame’ was less necessary, and there was no/less need to obfuscate systemic forces, so it would be much easier to take a solution focused mindset, instead of just crab bucketing each other. Right? And either way it was more egalitarian, so there was less advantage to take of one another. Right?
Listen I’m a syndicalist too, but I’ve seen enough interpersonal conflicts to know the instinct to find blame wont go away just because of a system based on mutual cooperation
You still live your days and rely heavily upon capitalist systems.
And i said ‘less’. To the point not every system needs to be built around it.
which is why the policy is dumb. it should be a document proving you’re under 28w OR a doctor’s note that says you’re fine to fly.
You can’t sue someone because you made a dumb choice and lied.
Technically you can try, but any judge would laugh you right out of the courtroom for attempting to waste their time.
This.
People keep confusing “can sue” with “be successful in court”.
You can sue anyone for anything at any time. I can sue you because I don’t like your default avatar. But that doesn’t mean that I would have any chance in a courtroom.
And this is exactly how it should be. The decision whether a lawsuit has merit or not should be taken in court, not somewhere before court. Because that would mean that some police man or someone else with only cursory knowledge of the law would have to decide whether a lawsuit has merit and that would be catastrophic.
No, anyone should be able to sue for anything. And garbage lawsuits should be thrown out of court by a judge and/or jury.
That’s costs money. Ever hear of slapp suits. There needs to be rules around everything because people are shitty sons of witches and always trying to weasle a way around everything.
SLAPP suits are where a bad implementation of that system struggles. The US is a mess in many places and this is one. That doesn’t mean that the concept of rule of law is an issue, but that rule of law is implemented badly in the US.
In other places, e.g. most parts of Europe, if you lose a lawsuit you have to pay for the legal council of the winner. That makes SLAPP suites much less attractive and much less dangerous, and thus they are pretty rare.
Yes you can try but the company would never even hear about it because it wouldn’t get any further than trying to file the case.
Yes that’s what I said.
I think that’s the point. It doesn’t stop the occasional chancer from trying, but no this side of the pond at least you’ll get short shrift if you do.
The whole thing is about limiting liability to the company. (In the pregnancy case I think there’s an increased risk of thrombosis at late-stage.) Their policy says no paperwork is required, you say that applies to you; if something goes wrong after you lie then the onus is on you.
Liars are everywhere. And we all have to do our own duty (to ourselves) to spot it/set passwords/monitor bank receipts/ keep up to date/ etc… No, it Doesn’t make it right that there are so many con artists out there(and they should absolutely be held accountable) but in this case it’s their literal job to observe and hold to rules and maintain their sector: they can’t take that failure to hold to a rule in a reasonable way out on everyone else.
I try the ‘if this were a date’ metaphor to see who really is the irrational person in the situation.
This situation in dating would be like if a person went around to people saying ‘prove to me you’re not going to be a manipulative asshole’ and post ‘no manipulative assholes allowed’ on their profile as their strategy to weed out assholes. But really it’s just weaseling out of duty to set healthy boundaries or taking on any observational work when shit comes up. It’s lazy. That person would be seen as the one with the problem and shirking every personal responsibility to monitor their own life, looking for ways to pass their responsibility to their own happiness and security onto everyone else.
If it sounds like it would be insane if it were a dating strategy: they are in the wrong.
In this case the person is literally being paid to monitor and take responsibility over security and they still shirked their basic responsibility pushing it entirely on the target to prove to them that they are secure despite the paperwork (set by their own standard of rules) was not required.
if anything : anyone using that excuse of someone bucking the system should be talking to management to let them know the rules are not secure as they are. Perhaps they require passengers to hold the paper to say they are allowed to travel. eg: like they do with passports. A doctor’s note acknowledging they are pregnant and what week they are in so they can compare to the rules might do better here rather than the other way around.