Comments on: The mother speaks http://blog.kamens.us/2009/06/16/the-mother-speaks/ Musings of an indignant mind Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:22:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jik http://blog.kamens.us/2009/06/16/the-mother-speaks/comment-page-1/#comment-103828 jik Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:43:04 +0000 http://blog.kamens.brookline.ma.us/~jik/wordpress/?p=599#comment-103828 <em>I’m curious (mostly for curiosity’s sake) about what your daughter’s side of the story is.</em> She didn't know she was in the wrong city. She probably just figured it was a Cleveland terminal she hadn't flown into before. Either that, or she listened to where the adults told her to sit, buried her head in her book and waited for someone to come get her. She's usually pretty quick to complain when we're late to pick her up from ballet lessons, so I suspect she was building up a good head of steam to complain to her grandparents about why they took so long to pick her up -- not scared, just irritated -- before somebody told her that she was in the wrong airport :-). I’m curious (mostly for curiosity’s sake) about what your daughter’s side of the story is.

She didn’t know she was in the wrong city. She probably just figured it was a Cleveland terminal she hadn’t flown into before. Either that, or she listened to where the adults told her to sit, buried her head in her book and waited for someone to come get her.

She’s usually pretty quick to complain when we’re late to pick her up from ballet lessons, so I suspect she was building up a good head of steam to complain to her grandparents about why they took so long to pick her up — not scared, just irritated — before somebody told her that she was in the wrong airport :-) .

]]> By: Camilla http://blog.kamens.us/2009/06/16/the-mother-speaks/comment-page-1/#comment-103827 Camilla Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:39:57 +0000 http://blog.kamens.brookline.ma.us/~jik/wordpress/?p=599#comment-103827 I'm curious (mostly for curiosity's sake) about what your daughter's side of the story is. I don't think it was in any way her responsibility to mitigate the problem, but I think in your shoes, I'd deal much more harshly with the airline if that 45min delay in Newark involved them ignoring a clear and sensible request on her part. If she was agitated and incoherent in Newark, and they spent that time comforting her rather than looking at her paperwork, that's at least a little more forgivable. I’m curious (mostly for curiosity’s sake) about what your daughter’s side of the story is. I don’t think it was in any way her responsibility to mitigate the problem, but I think in your shoes, I’d deal much more harshly with the airline if that 45min delay in Newark involved them ignoring a clear and sensible request on her part.

If she was agitated and incoherent in Newark, and they spent that time comforting her rather than looking at her paperwork, that’s at least a little more forgivable.

]]> By: Amber http://blog.kamens.us/2009/06/16/the-mother-speaks/comment-page-1/#comment-103792 Amber Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:43:54 +0000 http://blog.kamens.brookline.ma.us/~jik/wordpress/?p=599#comment-103792 This makes me want to cry a little...to think that I can't travel with a big bottle of shampoo because I may have put something dangerous in the bottle instead but a ten year old who's parents followed specific protocol can go unaccounted for. This, even after there is important paperwork and an all important fee attached to the task since they have to do you such a favor as to do their job and keep up with your child. There is some serious audacity in the fact that they LOST your child and were willing to pay you $75 for that little booboo. Ludicrous. Very thankful she's safe. This makes me want to cry a little…to think that I can’t travel with a big bottle of shampoo because I may have put something dangerous in the bottle instead but a ten year old who’s parents followed specific protocol can go unaccounted for. This, even after there is important paperwork and an all important fee attached to the task since they have to do you such a favor as to do their job and keep up with your child. There is some serious audacity in the fact that they LOST your child and were willing to pay you $75 for that little booboo. Ludicrous. Very thankful she’s safe.

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