One customer on a Virgin flight from Mumbai to Heathrow last year was served some unidentifiable objects in lieu of a meal, and wrote a letter to Richard Branson to complain.
Persona Non Data has the very funny result.
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1 comment:
I flew Virgin one way on my trip to Glasgow WorldCon and vowed never to do again. I'd heard wonderful things about Virgin, but back in coach I felt the service and comfort was pretty dismal even by the low standards of flying in coach. Though my dinner may have been a little better.
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