Nicely dressed gent in a suit and tie obviously hustled to catch our flight. Sweating profusely, standing by front lav and can't find his boarding pass. Asks FA for help locating seat #...

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And before that it referred to a certain checkpoint in Berlin. More importantly, it is the recognised word for "C" in NATO Phonetic Alphabet.

There wasn't much to realise and she was merely spelling out the seat number the way she's meant to. Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot

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fair.
but sometimes as minorities things “hit“ a little harder than they should. there is a history and Vietnam is far more recent than World War II and not everyone knows the NATO phonic alphabet

Perfect example of needless victimizing. She’s doing her job, the right way. People are taking offense wherever they can find it. Ridiculous.

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Huh?

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the passenger is Asian. during Vietnam War “Charlie” referred to the Vietnamese

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This is ridiculous. Charlie is commonly used and widely accepted as a phonetic for C. You have to be looking for something to be upset about to be upset about this

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Well don't leave us hanging. I want to know if I'm missing something completely obvious op.

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FA: Last name?
Gent: Tran
FA: 23C, C as in Charlie
Me: Big eyes
Gent: Extra long look at her

Honest goof. Don't think she realized though.

I think everyone needs to be less sensitive. She was obviously just trying to help him. He should be grateful not offended. This is a bad symptom of our overly sensitive culture

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Huh?

I’d find it funny, no drama but I like the context and underlying potential meanings :)

Don’t necessarily think it’s about needless victimizing.. But words matter.

If there was truly victimization I would’ve believe the gent would’ve had something to say

I have been in a few occasions where someone has said “wait a cotton picking minute” and then turned to look at me as a woman of color and get flustered.. it dawns on them where the actual phrase comes from. I know they meant no ill intent

someone asked for the explanation of why there were wide eye looks. I gave it.

you may think it’s ridiculous and it’s clearly your right to do so.

While I agree that words matter - in this case i can’t believe that it was on purpose or had any unintended meaning either. Charlie is the accepted way to say C.

to be clear I didn’t say that it was the wrong thing to say

all I’m pointing out in some instances the words and phrases we use can make for awkward situations.

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