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Not only would I picket out of spite, I would make chili and hand it out to everybody striking.
I mean it's shit like this that is the reason to picket in the first place. >

This guy's never had chili... >

Wow, if anything would make me want to picket more- it would be a slap in the face such as this.  Unless of course their demands are- a cup of chili, then we are all good.  F'in ridiculous, and the Flight Attendants should increase their demands based on AA not negotiating in good faith. >

WoW, a whole bowl of chili. That should greatly enhance the smell of their cabins... >

It's actually only a cup of chili. >

Is there a financial version of r/ThanksImCured? >

Followup question. Is it from the airport Wendy's? >

If so, this protest is done like dinner >

Throw on some cheese and onions, and welcome aboard! >

Throw in some oyster crackers and you have my attention. >

LOL r/NotTheOnion >

Yeah, you don't get meat or beans either. >

lol >

How generous >

They should have gone all the way and promised a waffle party. >

Nice to see a company really in touch with the needs of its workforce >

A free bowl of chili? HOT DAMN! >

Are there beans in the chili? >

Bring your dog and we'll give him a bone too. >

Just the thing to settle everyone down ...free airplane food >

how cheap do they think us workers to be? >

Wow, if anything would make me want to picket more- it would be a slap in the face such as this.  Unless of course their demands are- a cup of chili, then we are all good.  F'in ridiculous, and the Flight Attendants should increase their demands based on AA not negotiating in good faith. >

They should increase their demands to include that free bowl of chili >

Ask for two bowls of chili, this way if you have to negotiate you at least can get that initial full bowl. >

Ask for three, then they might offer two >

Ask for a lifetime of free chili >

AA: Poisons chili
Union: demands were fulfilled >

Airline food am I right >

Only time this joke has ever made anyone laugh. >

Homer Simpson thinking “raises can buy many bowls of chili.” >

DENTAL PLAN >

CHILI PLAN >

Where's my burrito? >

The burrito is also cursed >

Can I go home now? >

I mean it's shit like this that is the reason to picket in the first place. >

This guy's never had chili... >

Just remember Alex Jones' defense under oath as to why he couldn't remember ~~his children's names~~ details about his kids' lives was because he had just had a big bowl of really good chili before the court proceedings.
EDIT: sorry, not his kids names, but lots of details of his kids lives. I've got bad memory, just ate some dang good chili. >

What? >

Alex Jones's chili defense happened in a deposition for the custody battle for his kids in March of 2017. Kelly Jones's attorney asked him the names of his kids' teachers, and Alex Jones couldn't remember. The exchange went something like: 
AJ: “. . . it will pop in my head, I ate too much chili.” 
Atty: “does chili affect your memory?” 
AJ: “big bowl of chili sure does yeah” >


Atty: “does chili affect your memory?” 
AJ: “big bowl of chili sure does yeah” 

In between all the outrage and hate I feel for that man, I sometimes have these weird moments of tenderness towards him. This is one such moment. >

yeah i mean, to be fair, if you eat a big bowl of really good chili, your guts are gonna be churning later lol. still not really a defense but i can see how the mind could be elsewhere when you're sweating because of intense bowel movements. >

Yeah but it's something about that quote that is just so childlike and innocent. >

Not if you imagine it in his voice lol >

You mean that soft, gentle voice of rustling a mixture of phlegm and gravel around in a metal bucket? >

Nice to see a company really in touch with the needs of its workforce >

Very down to earth bosses right there. >

I...I can't tell if this is a great flight joke or if I'm looking at this comment way too hard... Either way +1 >

Is there a financial version of r/ThanksImCured? >

Yeah just go outside >

Oh that's exactly what my VA doctor told me. >

WoW, a whole bowl of chili. That should greatly enhance the smell of their cabins... >

It's actually only a cup of chili. >

And they have to share. >

But the union did convince the airline to sprinkle some cheese on top. >

Tell me when to stop!
Starts spinning the shaver handle. >

The article clarifies that they didn't explicitly say "You get chili if you don't picket", they just scheduled free chili time right when the picketing is happening. Of course, everyone knows this is not a coincidence, but the management can pretend they aren't being terrible. >

Actually the article says you probably could get a bowl of chili and then go picket. No stipulation to not picket is attached to the bowl of chili. >

they probably are putting anti picket juice in the chili >

They dramatically turn the pot to reveal the event has been sponsored by NyQuil.
Works every time. >

Better yet, Benadryl. >

Better yet, black tar heroin. >

Now you're cookin' >

Followup question. Is it from the airport Wendy's? >

Wendy's chili slaps, tbh >

It does but it shouldn't >

It's made with burger patties that don't sell. You put them in a warmer above the grill that keeps them hot enough to keep bacteria from growing. Then they get frozen, up to a week. Thaw them ground them up with a potato masher looking thing, then you mix in water and the premixed chili concentrate bags and let it simmer for 4hrs. 
Personally I don't like it all the much, but if you put cheese and their chili sauce, onions and sour cream it's decent. >

Haha I remember making it now as a teen working at Wendy’s , hardest part was mashing up the burgers >

Each? Or one bowl to share? >

American Airlines, sweating nervously: "Sh-share... but we'll make it TWO bowls of chili!" >

They should have gone all the way and promised a waffle party. >

I had a boss that I made over 7 figures in profit give me a $25 Red Robin gift card for Christmas.
This feels the same to me. >

Last month an intern was complaining that she couldn't afford a car. Boss overheard and explained to her that she doesn't want a car anyway. See, cars are more trouble than they're worth because he had to pay 15000€ to fix his Porsche Cayman.
Fucking 75 years old parasite. The only reason I'm friendly to you is because you pay me. >

I mean he's kinda right. He just phrased it in the completely wrong way.
Then again, he (probably) also has the power to give them a raise so they can afford a car, so I definitely see what you mean. >

Cars are more trouble than they're worth, unless you live somewhere without good public transportation or person-first infrastructure. And most of the US has neither of those things.
If you live in a place where you can rely on public transport, a car is probably an expensive and unnecessary thing to have. But it can still be really helpful, especially if you have a family.
But if there's no public transport, it absolutely sucks to not own a car.
You can have a five-minute drive to work that turns into an hour-long walk to work. You may say, "Ride a bike." Not always an option. And it still is vulnerable to bad weather.
Now, listen. I want the US to severely reduce its reliance on cars. Supporting public transportation, supporting infrastructure that encourages foot traffic, bikes, public transport, things like that over the car-centric infrastructure many places have, I'm all about that. But saying a car is more trouble than it's worth when a car could literally give you hours of your day back, could save you from a harsh commute in inclement weather regularly, could help transport your family as a group, I wouldn't say it's worded wrong. It just is wrong.
I really want to be able to live my entire life without owning a car, but most people do not have the luxury of having that as a reasonable option, especially in the US. >

See we can work on making the cities more public transport friendly but it’s really fucking hard to make everything outside of them good because of how much fucking land there is. Even places like Japan that have some of the best public transport systems in the world with a small fraction of the land mass still have a shit ton of personal cars for transportation. >

There's some truth to that. There will always be cases where they're useful. And I've never called for a total ban on cars or anything like that. But most people shouldn't need cars most of their time. One should be able to get to work, their local shops, and if they live in a large enough town or a city than to a medical facility all without needing a car. But even in the small town I live in, lots of things are just unreasonable to get to without a car because it's been built with a total disregard for anything but car traffic.
Rural areas where you're on a farm the size of a small town with your nearest neighbor being another farm the size of a small town, yeah, that's rough. And modern farming has a lot of vehicles anyway. So it makes sense for people in those situations to have work vehicles and personal vehicles. >

What kind of chili? If it is that cinnamon bullshit over spaghetti noodles, then picket harder!
I'll scab for no less than 5 alarm and at least 3 different beans! >

w...w...what? cinnamon bullshit? spaghetti??? i think maybe i should be thankful of my ignorance if this is some kind of widespread thing >

Cincinnatians make a stew out of chiles, beef, cinnamon, and other spices and use it as spaghetti sauce. I don't consider it to be chili, but it is quite tasty. There's a restaurant called Skyline in other places (there are several here in Louisville, a couple hours outside Cincinnati) that serves this "chili". >

It's 100% chili. Chili is good when severed over spaghetti. Cincinnati chili is good >

Its not chili >

This makes me wanna picket American Airlines and I don't even work there. >

They aren’t holding anything back, I see. Went straight past the team of industry professionals and lawyers DIRECTLY to the fucking chili. Unions don’t stand a chance. >

How generous >

American Airlines tryna fire its flight attendants for being fat by making them fat and flatulent on flights. >

Is this the same American Airlines that recently received a $5.8 billion bailout? >

Can’t picket if you’re sitting on the shitter. Genius. >

Where there's a will there's a way and that way is diapers >

Not ashamed to admit it, 2nd day of OWS I bought some Depends on the advice of a crusty old human rights activists our little cluster had absorbed. 
They were absolutely right to suggest it. >

I literally have no idea what you're saying. OWS = on wing support, correct? Why wouldn't you have access to the bathroom on the plane? Am I totally misunderstanding? >

Just the thing to settle everyone down ...free airplane food >

“Let the fools have their tartar sauce.” >

DENTAL PLAN >

Lisa needs braces >

Let them eat ~~cake~~ chili. >

But employees have to bring their own spoons, the chili can't be consumed in work areas, and due to allergies and religious inclusion, the chili is made without spices, meat, or beans >

And make sure to clock out. And your lunch was moved to 3pm so we can all eat our chili together and the management can say a few words >

A free bowl of chili? HOT DAMN! >

"Accept Jesus Christ as your personal savior and win a free PSP!" >

Isn't that basically Christmas? >

I'd bring my own damn chili to the picket. >

Bring a sign that says CHILI SUCKS >

The union should be sure to include a free bowl of chili (on the employees) for everyone on the management side in any contract they ratify. >

"Oh a strike... I wanted a bowl of Chili..."
-Raises from striking can buy many bowls of Chili
"Explain how!?"
-Money can be exchanged for goods and services... >

I like a living wage more than anything, but chili.  Give me the chili!!
….. complete and utter /s >

Billion dollar company gave us a 3$ reward for being the most profitable branch. 
I can tell you they 100% no corporation gives a fuck about any of you/us. Treating employees fairly is a bad joke to them. >

Throw in some oyster crackers and you have my attention. >

How about an hour in the ball pit? >

Damn that's a bitter throw back, and I didnt even learn about dash con until years after it happened. >

Tumblr did Fyre Festival before it was cool. >

lol >

My first real job was at AA.  First boss was a womanizer that slept with a bunch of the young new management workers who magically got promoted super fast.  Second boss was completely incompetent and seemed to have zero social awareness.  Was pretty much Michael Scott.  Third boss was great but got retired during the US merger.  Fourth boss was fine but had no idea what anyone under him actually did.  
I finally got laid off during COVID.  Ended up getting a contacting job designing repairs for a parts supplier.  I finally realize just how toxic AA was now that I am working for a competent company with great management.  Also working for a place that hasn't done layoffs since it opened.  At AA I survived 2 mergers and about 5 rounds of layoffs. >

I would picket sooner lmao >

Are there beans in the chili? >

I would take the chilli and then picket anyway >

I want to meet the lawyer who suggested this as a mediation strategy. I need to know the thought process >

Just serve chilli on the line.
Pointing out a free single meal shows that you think your staff are so poor that that'll tip the balance.  Kinda agreeing they should be paid more. >

This!
I'd use the picket line to have a chili cook off >

A company I worked for offered daily free soup for rejecting a union. It happened before I started and I started looking for a new job not long after I heard they went for the free soup. >

This reminds me of the scene from django unchained where the slave master asks the slave who is about to kill him “remember when I gave you that apple?”  This is insane… >

LOL r/NotTheOnion >

Yeah, you don't get meat or beans either. >

So tomato water. Nice. >

Gazpacho 🍅 >

It’ll probably be ketchup on beans lol >

😂😂😂 >

And this is supposed to be the good airline! >

A bowl of chili costs $1.
So they are offering their employees $1 to avoid having to pay them a living wage.
Sadly, some idiots will walk off the picket line with brown stains on their faces. >

How badly do they think their employees need that chili? >

They're taunting/mocking the employees right? There's no way they seriously think this will help >

Is there a brick of gold at the bottom of the bowl? >

At least when Mr. Burns offered Homer, Lenny, and Carl food to return to the power plant, it was doughnuts fried in the fats of 4 extinct animals. >

The USA is a certifiable clown show. Jesus fucking christ. >

My sister just got a $1200+ flight cancelled.
They didn’t provide rebooking, or accommodation.
They ushered her whole plane to what amount of their luggage they hadn’t lost and then dumped them all outside an airport halfway around the world with $200 worth of company scrip.  
I hope their flight attendants flay them alive. >

With or without beans..?? >

Oh thank God they've saved the day. >

The time that they'll be serving the chili is conveniently obscured. Is it during the same time as the picket? >

Lol!!! Management learned from the Simpsons that a couple of extra packs of tartar sauce ain’t gonna cut it so they upped the ante. >

This is insulting >

This is what they think we are worth my friends. The working class, the heartbeat of America. A bowl of chili. Pizza parties. Vouchers for 4 hours approved PTO. It’s embarrassing. >

Southwest offers a free canceled flight. >

Hey I work at AA and got chili on the 18th. And I didn't even have to threaten to picket! >

*picketing intensifies. >

They first offered a pizza party but was turned down by American airlines employees. >

Picket harder. >

Is it chilli made from their murdered parents? >

Can flight attendants not have chili right before a flight? >

This is comically /r/latestagecapitalism >

Jesus American corporations are just soulless. Jesus Christ, people deserve better. >

Hey, how could you pass up a free bowl of chili for boring “better wages and improved working conditions “. 
I mean it’s free chili, man!!
s/ >

Lmao… the top of corporations doing literally anything to not pay there workers >

Spicy chili or bland? >

Bland with a heaping pile of shredded integrity on top >

You know what free chili and not picketing get you: shit >

Corporations are cults. 
Power to the people! 
Seriously, if anyone asked you to dedicate your life to them the same way a company asks it of you, you would be like, "WHO IS THIS??" >

Kind of like the "If you don't join a Union, those Union Dues can buy you a new toy like this PlayStation!"
I love being infantilized, don't you? >

Time to start dousing shit with bowls of chili.  Fuck them. >

When i read this im not unconvinced that they arnt trying to make them more angry. Couldnt say why though. >

Maybe an entire fleet of flight attendants full of chili isn't such a good idea
Oh the crop dusting... >

yet we keep bailing these assholes out. we need to let big business fail and go backrupt. >

Nooo instead of striking what we need them to do is take the planes to France to get us help from people who know how to do it lol
Edit: then strike >

Fuck American Airlines. They cancelled an international flight back to the US from Barbados on me about 14 hours before departure. Claimed it was weather, but they cancelled only 1% of planes that day and there were no major weather systems anywhere near. After three hellish hours on the phone with their incompetent and clueless reps, we concluded they would not rebook us until a week later, they would not reimburse us if we found another way, they would not reimburse us for hotel or other expenses, and they generally couldn't give less of a shit about us or the disaster they created. Truly fuck them. Worst airline experience I've ever had. >

A whole bowl of chili?! Oh boy, now you can retire comfortably /s
Carry on my comrades ✊️ >

That's not what the article says at all. The title and the first paragraph completely contradict each other. 
"It has been taken to mean"
"Even though the chili will be served before the scheduled picketing. " >

Maybe I'm just a cheeky bastard but I'd probably make the picket line a chili cook-off. >

Are they offering Skyline chili to any cincinnati-based crew? I feel like that's the only way you might get one or two to say okay >

Can you imagine getting sealed into a metal tube for several hours with a crew that just filled up on chili? >

"Don’t except American’s CEO Robert Isom to walk down to an unscripted meet with flight attendants."
Did they proofread this? >

They should have offered a case of eggs >

r/antiwork >

how cheap do they think us workers to be? >


The American Airlines flight attendants union announced to its members on Wednesday that it has presented specific proposals asking the airline to reduce service offered to passengers.
APFA proposals include serving entreés with salad/soup/appetizers in premium cabins when possible and reducing main cabin beverage services on domestic and IPD flights. We have asked that these reductions in service be implemented immediately.
They want single tray service in international business (and first) class and reduced beverage service in coach on all flights. And they say this is to keep flight attendants safe.

That's the real "Not the Onion" right there. The flight attendants don't want to provide adequate service to coach passengers? Are you serious? Covid isn't going away for a very long time, if ever. It could be like the annual flu season. You've got to provide basic service to passengers, or find a different career. No way should an airline meet such demands. >

You'd think the airlines would be all over this, penny pinching in coach is a way of life. >

Haha 🤣 😄 😂 🤣 >

Why would a union allow non-employees join their picketing? Sounds like a recipe for disaster >

Picketing works by both depriving a business of labor and by exerting public social pressure. Non-employees joining a picket line is a physical demonstration of support for the workers' position, thereby increasing the force of the social pressure aspect. >

Bring your dog and we'll give him a bone too. >

No cinnamon roll? >

I'll give them 2 bowls if they do. >

Executive leadership really thought this one through >

Oh boy one whole bowl of chili or picketing and getting more money…gee I wonder which is better. >

Brain A pay rise can buy many bowls of chilli. >

What was the airline supposed to do, let them eat cake? >

Not just any chili. Canned chili and not that fancy hormel either. It's going to be the off off brand chili that has 6000mg of sodium per serving. Eat up! You've earned it! >

Why not cake? >

Let me guess - it's a single bowl for every attendant. They'll have to share. >

CEO takes 3% paycut to keep employees or offer them a pizza party they can't refuse. How could it backfire? >

My gods this has Let hem eat cake vibes. The difference is that Marie Antoinette never actually said this, it was just propaganda.
However, if she had this it would’ve been far more generous than this proposal. A free bowl of cheap quality food from a fucking airport is such a shitty proposal, just shows how untouchable these bastards think they are >

“Let them eat chili.” >

Y’all chill or no chili🫵 >

One free bowl of chili I'm on the picket line. But for two free bowls of chili... >

I don't know where all they're picketing but I'll personally bring homemade chili down to the picket line if it's at my local airport. >

“I really want to participate in requesting better working conditions, but dat chili doe…” >

A whole bowl of chili? That's worth like 5 minutes of work. >

Just like giving up my dental plan for a keg of beer. >

Don't capitalize every word in a title
A, Of, If should be lowercase >

Good for them, better than the 0.78% increase I got one year after the cost of living raised by a little over 3% 
/s obviously >

I’d volunteer to help make a ton of chili and set up a table at the picket and give it away for free to all the picketers. >

"Why did they still picket!? We offered them chili! CHILI!!!"
"I didn't want to have to do this, but let's also offer them... A COMPANY PEN!" >

Are we sure they aren't just writing r/antiwork parody headlines? >

His fucking out of touch do you have to be to throw down shit like this >

Dobby loves extra rations. >

It would be one thing if it was actually good chili…but airport chili? Christ. That is insulting >

Fucking finally, an article that’s actually oniony >

Wait. Hold on. What kind of chili? We talking Hormel or Wendy's? >

LOL nice . The board room was like “what do those millennials want? Do they want food? Maybe Chil I would stop them and give them renewed faith” like 😂 >

A whole free bowl of AA’s famous chili? Wow! >

Dang. I flew on American Airlines twice this week (I would typically choose other airlines, but it was sort of an emergency) and had no idea there was any issue. The flight crew was delightful, as most are. >

grabs picket tighter >

All the Wendy's gonna be outta Chilli for a week now.. >

I do love a good bowl of chili!! >

Oh my god, PLEASE go on strike. PLEASE >

So generous... >

If Alex jones is anything to go by. Maybe they're hoping the chili makes them forget about picketing, and their kids names >

How did a person somewhere seriously think this up and not immediately dismiss it as insulting? >

"Hey guys, don't strike. We can have pizza at work" >

How to escalate a strike to riots >

/r/NotTheFrenchOnionSoup >

Marie Antoinette had the same idea but with cake instead of chili. How did that work out for her? >

Better be a bowl of gramma's famous $100k chili >

Chili with no onion? >

This feels like something Mr.Krabs would do, and then he’d charge you for the spoon. >

Couldn't even spring for a pizza party... >

What the hell lol so tone deaf >

Scene: AA Boardroom.
Exec 1: "Our staff are going to picket next week".
Exec 2: "Oh damn, hmmm, offer them a bowl of chilli if they don't".
Exec 1: "Where are we going to get thousands of bowls of chilli for the staff on such short notice?".
Exec 2: "I said A bowl of chilli, not one each, jeez don't go giving them everything" >

You don't need improved pay and conditions, you just need this lovely airline food.  Mmmmmmm >

They should strike immediately and all eat chilli on  the picket line >

I mean... spit in the face would've sufficed, no need to give them diarrhea on top of it. >

The French showed you how to do it. Fucking chili... >

Sounds great can I get a bowl for my friend too >

Never say no to a free lunch. Eating a bowl of chili wouldn’t stop me from picketing. >

It's airline chilli tho. >

It might be like, some really good chili though. >

So from the article “…In fairness, though, the chili service starts before the picketing. Flight attendants will only be outside from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. local time at each airport.” >

Don't accept it from Wendy's, they use week-old meat in the chili. >

That’s either the best bowl of chili ever or a code word for 3x salary. >

Wages are shit and not keeping up with inflation. 
Morale in the shitter. 
Unreasonable work expectations for underpaid employees. 
Management: "UH.. UH... ICE CREAM SOCIAL! Phew everyone's happy again that was a close one." >

What does picket mean? >

What the fuck is picket? Never heard the term. >

Airlines: Am I out of touch? No! It’s the workers who are wrong! >

You guys wanna hang around for a free oven mitt? >

I will buy every flight attendant a bowl of chili if they DO picket. I legit think I can afford this. >

Just logically whatever they offer you is worth less than what you should expect to gain by picketing. but then you have this where its obvious. >

Damn what a meager bribe don't fall for this one picket the shit out of them >

That's a good idea, the union should cook up a big batch of chili for the picketers. >

I like chilli >

“Can we not just give the peasants extra gruel” >

It's usually a pizza party. Terrible pizza. >

Wow, idk man… a free bowl of chili? They really turned the tables on all those people wanting to protest for a better life. That’s a hard bargain if I ever heard one. It even comes with a couple tortilla chips. They really came out of left field with this. Such good people out there sometimes. >

"What flavor chili?" "Hey wait a minute, you almost got me!" >

It's like.. REALLY good chili tho >

"Let them eat chili." >

🤣 ; >

American airlines is the biggest pile of shit airline I've ever flown with.