Airlines always open cans before giving them out, but Muslim "discriminated against."

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[Post New]05/31/2015 19:28
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Anonymous
If it's true that any other passenger was handed an unopened can, I'd be pissed too.
[Post New]05/31/2015 19:50
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Anonymous
The flight attendant made several mistakes.

1. No flight attendant should have made a terrorism-related comment onboard.
2. No flight attendant should discuss reasons for opening a beverage then turn around and give an unopened one to someone else.



[Post New]05/31/2015 20:09
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Anonymous
United usually pours soda into a cup-don't even get the whole can. Beer is a separate purchase. Why did she want it unopened for sanitary reasons?
[Post New]05/31/2015 20:37
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Anonymous
I've been given unopened cans of soda on all kinds of flights I am white but look Hispanic or Mediterrenian .
[Post New]05/31/2015 20:40
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:United usually pours soda into a cup-don't even get the whole can. Beer is a separate purchase. Why did she want it unopened for sanitary reasons?


I know people who like to wipe the top of their can before they open it. When you think about it, the top of the can has been sitting out being touched by whoever, so there is a certain logic to not wanting the dirty tab sticking down into their drink.

I myself don't do that, but it makes more sense to me than other things people do like putting down paper on the toilet seat or practically bathing in hand sanitizer.
[Post New]05/31/2015 20:55
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:United usually pours soda into a cup-don't even get the whole can. Beer is a separate purchase. Why did she want it unopened for sanitary reasons?


She wanted to wipe off the top before the attendant pushed the top into the can.
[Post New]05/31/2015 20:55
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:If it's true that any other passenger was handed an unopened can, I'd be pissed too.


The airline said it was true and apologized to the woman in writing.
[Post New]05/31/2015 20:59
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Anonymous
I'm shocked that people still drink soda.
[Post New]05/31/2015 21:03
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Anonymous
I've been served unopened cans of soda more than once.
[Post New]05/31/2015 21:25
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Muslima
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I am glad Tahera is speaking up. She is an incredible woman who has dedicated her life to the advancement of peace and social justice. This is her latest statement on Fbook:

I am truly dissapointed at the latest statement by United Airlines. Unfortunately United has dismissed my entire narrative and trivialized it to a can of soda. As a Premier frequent flyer at United, I have been served unopened canned beverages many times and I have followed United procedures in all of my travels. It is ridiculing to my integrity to dismiss the discrimatory behavior towards me. I have dedicated my life to peace, infact I was on this United flight to promote social justice activism, just and peaceful conversations between Israelis and Palestinians at Kids4Peace. It is truly disheartening when the discrimination of Americans as myself who are working hard everyday to promote dialogue and understanding is disregarded and trivialized. I have been patiently waiting to hear an acknowledgement of their discrimination vis-a-vis inconsistency in following procedure and then verbally accusing me of using a can of diet soda as a weapon, resulting and encouraging further hateful words by a passenger . I have not received a written sincere apology for the pain and hurt I experienced as a result of the discrimination and hateful words towards me. This is not about a can of soda. I was really hoping that after speaking with me they would have publicly acknowledged their lack of consistency in following procedure, the flight attendant's rude and discrimatory behavior and accusations which led to hateful words, and the unfortunate lack of bystander intervention nor the flight attendants attempt to intervene and prevent further disrespect which created an unsafe space for me. Instead of publishing an apology for the discrimination and clarifying what corrective measures they will take to ensure that they will prevent this from reoccuring, they have dismissed it as a mere can of soda issue. I want to make it very clear to the public that my intentions are NOT to get the flight attendant who behaved very rudely towards me fired. I simply did not expect United Airlines to dismiss the unwarranted and unfortunate rude behavior, discrimination and hateful words but rather acknowledge their accountability and role in the painful experience and share corrective measures within their training to prevent this from happening again regardless of their race, religion, gender, sex, or socioeconomic background

What's it like being Muslim? Well, it's hard to find a decent halal pizza place and occasionally there is a hashtag calling for your genocide...
[Post New]05/31/2015 21:55
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:My college roommate was a flight attendant. They open the cans of soda for you in case there is a spray of carbonated soda next to another passenger - not to stop it from being a weapon!

This. Clearly the woman is lying
Also, you cannot return a soda once it is opened.
Alcoholic drinks are always served differently
[Post New]05/31/2015 22:01
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My college roommate was a flight attendant. They open the cans of soda for you in case there is a spray of carbonated soda next to another passenger - not to stop it from being a weapon!

This. Clearly the woman is lying
Also, you cannot return a soda once it is opened.
Alcoholic drinks are always served differently


How does the original quoted post prove your claim the woman is lying!?

All it does is convey inconsistencies between what the FA said and what other FA do.
[Post New]05/31/2015 23:23
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:"For hygienic reasons, she asked for an unopened can of soda, she said. The flight attendant told her that she could not give her one but then handed an unopened can of beer to a man seated nearby. Ahmad questioned the flight attendant.

"We are unauthorized to give unopened cans to people because they may use it as a weapon on the plane," she recalled the flight attendant telling her."


http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/30/us/united-flight-muslim-chaplain/index.html

I can't recall a flight (and I've been flying a lot, for years) where cans weren't opened first before being handed to a passenger. I feel someone should have come back at the fellow passenger who made rude comments, but other than that there is nothing outrageous about this incident.


On every flight I've been on, the can was opened.


I have flown well over 100 times on commercial airlines. If I ask for a full can during service it is often opened...but I have been served an unopened can on a number of occasions.
[Post New]06/01/2015 13:21
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Anonymous
The woman sounds like a huge spoiled princess. I'll give that US airlines have the worst flight attendants. They are mostly rude, uncooperative and surly. But to turn an unpleasant experience into social media drama over discrimination/ victimization. I mean, c'mon... This was CNN's featured story!

If only this woman + all others who spent so much energy on this minor issue would direct their efforts towards speaking up against ISIS and other barbaric radical muslims...I won't hold my breath though.
[Post New]06/01/2015 13:37
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Anonymous
It makes perfect sense to request an unopened drink. You never know what someone could have slipped into your drink. If the airlines are really concerned about people using the cans as weapons, then ALL cans should be opened. And there was no reason the flight attendant could not have opened the can in front of the woman using a napkin or something so the woman knew it had not been tampered with.
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