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看到前面东航的事情，我也来说说前些日子回国的遭遇。
我是坐UA由别处到chicago再回上海的，在我这个地方check-in
的时候，不知怎么搞的就没有给我chicago到上海这一段的正式机票，
只是一张confirmation，工作人员说，到时候一定会有位子的，我也
没多想。到了chicago,被告知票子卖得太多了，现在没有位子，要我
等20分钟看看，当时距离飞机起飞还有40分钟。我当时挺着急，但是
这样的事情听过不少，倒还没到出离愤怒的地步。就站在柜台边等
叫我的名字。过了15分钟，形势开始不对，这时候来的人，航空公司
都是一句话，没位子了，今天走不了了，等明天吧。可是很可气的是
他们不一视同仁，老外来了（这里指看上去肯定不是亚裔的那种），
绝对是有位子的，机票立马给你。中国人来了，先说没有位子，然后
问是不是绿卡，如果是，位子又有了，而像我们这种F1，或者探亲
旅游访友的，就绝对绝对地没有票子。看着这些人的嘴脸，我心里
那个气呀，尤其这些UA的工作人员都是黄皮肤，黑眼睛，说中国话
的中国人呀！
回到国内，唯一不开心的经历就是在大使馆，那些中国保安的
嘴脸，想必大家也见识过了，尤其是他们对一些拿探亲签证的老人
家，人家年纪大，不懂英文，也许连普通话都说不好，就更应该
多帮帮忙的，但是那些人那个凶，那个不耐烦，呼呼赫赫的，让人
看了心寒。我去拿签证的时候，发现签证上有些错误，去找保安，
本来只想问问有什么电话或者人我可以去找找问问的，却招来了
一顿骂。我很委屈，老爸说，只有白痴才跟这些人理论讲道理的，
我为此还跟老爸争了起来，可是现在想想，我是不是有点白痴啊？
我爱自己的国家和同胞，只是对这些人，实在无话可说了，只
是不明白，也许这些人不工作的时候，也是挺正常的，但是为什么
一工作就换成了那样的嘴脸，sigh…
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Comments:
I think it’s an extreme case. For international travel it’s a good idea to confirm the ticket before heading to airport. This applies to Southwest airline domestic travel too. Nowadays you can confirm the ticket online.
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