News and notes from around the interweb:
- This issue with United has been seen over 8 million times.
Hey @united Please check your messages from me regarding the $8,000 12k Black Magic Camera your Somalian employees at the baggage claim STOLE from us, and then acted super shady when confronted about it. They also magically lost the video cam footage of our equipment on the…
— Lauren Witzke (@LaurenWitzkeDE) July 1, 2025
- clAAsy
What the helly is this @AmericanAir? #Theghetto pic.twitter.com/s35OlsQPES
— Brandi ✨ (@ImJustBrandi) July 2, 2025
- Humblebrag.
CSR looks better than JPMR
byu/Expensive-List-6857 inChaseSapphire - British Airways looks to get rid of seatback entertainment screens from widebody aircraft?
- Chicago Tops Orkin’s 2025 Bed Bug Cities List Again as Unexpected Cities Climb the Ranks (HT: Paul H)
1. Chicago
2. Cleveland (+2)
3. Detroit (+3)
4. Los Angeles (+1)
5. Indianapolis (+3)
6. Washington, D.C. (+1)
7. Grand Rapids, Mich. (+7)
8. Columbus, Ohio (+3)
9. Champaign, Ill. (+1)
10. Milwaukee (+15) - Bhad Bhabie sued by American Express for $674,000 in unpaid card charges.
Now would be a good time to watch the youtube video “United Breaks Guitars”
Who is dumb enough to put a $8k camera in the checked luggage ???
EITHER COMPLETELY DUMB OR SHE’S A RACIST LIAR!!!!!
I’m fine using my tablet on shorter flights (either stream their content or downloads from a streaming service). Eliminating seatback IFE on TA or TP would affect (slightly on the margin) my choice in carriers.
> “your Somalian employees”
Are they actually United employees? I thought baggage handlers would be airport employees.
The Orkin list was interesting – the mayor of each city in the top 10 was endorsed by the same political party. Coincidence or correlation? Has one party found a way to capture the bedbug vote? Or are they stuffing the ballot box with bedbugs? These are the things that keep conspiracy theorists up at night.
@ Gary — Yet another reason to not check bags.
I am a big fan of Somalians. They add a lot to this country. She seems like an active nutcase. How would she feel if someone talked about United’s white employees using exactly the same language ? My guess is she would be up in arms. What a loser person.
Another moron that sets themselves up for being taken advantaged of.
As far as I can tell, United doesn’t fly directly to any Somalian airports. So it looks like that the employees in Somalia are not employees of United. The most common partner airline is Ethiopian Airlines for that route but there are others. It is foolish to send expensive equipment in luggage that can be rifled through. It the camera is too heavy to carry on as a single unit, partially disassemble it into pieces light enough to carry separately.
$8k camera in checked luggage? In Somalia? Who does that. Literally asking for it to be stolen.
Never ‘check’ anything you don’t mind losing. I’d carry my DSLR in my hands before giving that to anyone, carry-on, checked, or otherwise.
@nun
>Are they actually United employees? I thought baggage handlers would be airport employees.
Shh. You’re disrupting the racist dog whistle.
Re AA: …what if that’s not duct tape but speed tape?
Foolish to ever put a 8k camera in your luggage that is checked in. I travel immensely for my job there is zero in my luggage that I can’t part with if someone steals. Anything of value goes on my carry on. Treat whats in your luggage with the same rules a parking garage.
Congratulations Chicago on being awarded the number one winner of the Orkin’s 2025 golden bed bug and most vermin infested hotel award. Now, Marriott International can legitimately charge a bed bug destination and resort fee when a guest stays at any Marriott Chicago hotel.
It looks like at least half of the people who viewed the tweet about the woman’s camera are against her. She comes across as extremely racist.
If something is lost, United is more than useless.
There exists a subset of folks who care about the “beauty” of a credit card?