Originally Posted by cubflyer

About 3 weeks ago, I was trying to jumpseat to LIT from ATL. The ATL gate agent was obviously having a bad day, and my utterly simple act of saying Hi seemed to pi$$ her off. I asked for the jumpseat and she ignored me. I asked again (very nicely). She commenced to treat me to a severe tongue-lashing about how she "ain't got time to deal wid no pilots who wants a jumpseat."

Little did Miss Congeniality know.......a Delta executive who was waiting on a flight heard her. He walked over and asked for her name. She gave him and attitude, but eventually gave him her name. He walked off and asked me for my name and introduced himself. He apologized for the way I was treated, handed me his business card, and thanked me for keeping a cool head in front of the passengers at the gate.

Oh......did I mention that the Miss Congeniality is no longer employed with Delta? I rec'd a follow-up email from the exec stating that she had been terminated for lack of "promoting the image of Delta".

Shocker huh?