grodscorp@grods.comFaulty newspaper runs faulty story
 | Posted by Scott on Friday 19 September 2008, 12:12 pm Categories: The Age Tags: Tags: FlightDelays, Qantas, TheAge |
Little things go wrong all around the world, in all sorts of situations, every single day. Some are newsworthy but the vast majority are rather trivial.
For instance, sometimes commercial flights are delayed for a short time due to unforeseen circumstances. There might be a flight between Sydney and Christchurch that takes off less than two hours late due to a broken down tow truck and incorrectly secured baggage. Then the flight crew might chuck on some television entertainment to keep passengers occupied, and in the lamest of ironies they happen to play an episode of Fawlty Towers which features a character who bungles things.
All of this would be a bit annoying for the passengers, I’m sure, and it’s not exactly the best look for the airline, but is it newsworthy? Let alone headline worthy? Apparently The Age thinks “yes” on both counts.
After a series of blunders that kept one of its aircraft stranded on the tarmac for about two hours this morning, Qantas tried to calm passengers by screening an episode of Fawlty Towers.
“The irony was not lost on us,” said one passenger, Jock, who telephoned the Herald while waiting on the aircraft as it sat idle at Sydney airport this morning.
I hope I never meet “Jock” in real life because he sounds like a wanker. Imagine the kind of dipshit you’d have to be to call the newspaper to express your indignation that your plane has been delayed. Mind you, he’s exactly the class of braindead knob at which The Age seems to be pitching their newspaper (sic) these days.
