I don’t feel like going on a long rant about this. Frankly, I’m saving up for a big one. So I’ll just write a quick note to get something off my chest…
I can’t believe how little common sense some of you people in this game have. It truly is hard to grasp. I spoke to someone who works in a position of power at one of the companies that has been very helpful to us. He verified that the death of our best deal in the last few years (the deal in which letters went out recently)…can be traced directly back to your actions. To be specific, your arrogant online presence.
I don’t know if it’s youth, inexperience, or ego…maybe it’s all of that. Do you realize you have the power to blow a special thing for all of us? Maybe not. The only other possibility is that you truly don’t give a shit.
When I tried to figure it out today, I couldn’t come up with that answer. Here’s the thing…
For the most part, I stopped reading other blogs a long time ago (for reasons that should be very clear by now). And I can’t even remember what year I last logged into Flyertalk. Obviously, everyone knows I don’t do social media. So, at this point, I’m out of any loop that includes careless people. In fact, I don’t even know how many of your kind are out there now. It sounds like a lot. So if you’re one of the people who like to brag about fragile loopholes that are obviously not supposed to be exploited…
…saying specifically how much you’re taking a bank for…
…naming that bank…
…publicly laughing in their faces to delight your minions…
Then you were directly responsible for the death of our best deal in years. I know this for an absolute fact. Your very specific naming, pointing, and taunting of a multi-billion dollar corporation is what killed it for everyone. There was a chain reaction and it started with you.
This week, to learn more about the state of newbies…I tried to spend an hour on Reddit for the first time in my life. I had to stop because brain cells were being lost quickly. I was seeing incredible amounts of ignorance. No idea about who the players are in this game, what the history of this is, or how big the deals have gotten. You think you know but I can assure you that you don’t.
(Oh, by the way, fuck you for making me sound like an old guy talking about back in his day)
Why not see the impact you’re having in your day? Here’s a clue – you’re causing damage to the people around you. But I doubt you see that. Shit, at this rate, why not just put on a bow tie and glasses and pretend you’re about helping people.
Apparently, one of you even did some sort of online play-by-play when confronted by law enforcement after buying money orders. I’m telling you for a fact – these kinds of things do not go unnoticed. They are reckless and destructive. But I get it. You don’t care.
Listen, I’ve spent too much hours in my life trying to talk to people who don’t get it. And I know you’re not going to get it now. I doubt you ever will.
So, for everyone else out there, just be very clear that these kinds of people have done you a disservice. In a huge way. So don’t praise them. Don’t compliment their careless behavior. It’s your job to know better.
