Watch Your Language
The thing with being mugged by genuine muggers is they only get away with your wallet, and don’t make you say sorry. In Canada we have someone hitting the Compensation button because a stewardess didn’t speak Frog. What’s the only difference between Sprite and 7Up anyway…apart from the fact that it was easier to find a picture of 7Up with a girl attached to illustrate this story?
The Federal Court of Canada on Wednesday ordered Air Canada to pay $12,000 to Ottawa French-language rights crusader Michel Thibodeau in part because when he asked an English-speaking flight attendant for 7Up in May 12 of 2009, he got Sprite.
“The applicants’ language rights are clearly very important to them and the violation of their rights caused them a moral prejudice, pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of their vacation,” Justice Marie-Josee Bedard wrote in her judgment.
The judge’s name, sounds a bit *cough* French, eh?
Air Canada was also ordered to apologize to Mr. Thibodeau and his wife Lynda.
Bloody hellfire. Has it really come to this?
I suspect it is only the tip of the iceberg. Utter, utter madness.
I really must start taking offence at more things. It’s obviously where the money is.
It’s not in working hard, that’s for sure.
i am offended by the French 🙂
Everybody’s offended by the French …
I hope Air Canada apologised in ENGLISH…..
I hope Air Canada apologised in ENGLISH…..
I hope Air Canada apologised in ENGLISH…..
Oh bollocks – it looks like I’ll have to allow 3rd party cookies again before trying to comment here…
You are sixtypoundsaweekcleaner and I claim my £5 🙂
I nearly mentioned her name – but no, I’m not much good at cleaning….
Seems reasonable to me, $12,000 for a 75 cent soda mix up. How do so many crazy people become judges?
“How do so many crazy people become judges” ?
For precisely the same reason that such idiots become Chief Constables .. anyone demonstrating common sense, or being capable (or willing) to think for themselves, is deemed a danger to the rest and to their political masters ..
Look what happened recently to the First Sea Lord, for telling the truth ..
I thought the lawsuits were crazy out here!
Now, if he had gotten a Pepsi, THAT would be worth suing about. 😉
My mom grew up in New Hampshire, and fecking hated French Canadians. Come to think of it, so doesn’t everyone else… 😛