Well, this is rather a unique way to get fired..United Airlines flight attendant

[ltt]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/04/04/united-airlines-flight-attendant-pulls-emergency-slide-after-plane-lands-at-houston-airport.html

Hope she had some money saved......:)  It would be interesting to hear her side of the story.

[bobechs]

Well, if by unique you mean done before, reported in shallow but sensational stories, I have to agree with you.

Google -flight attendant steven slater- and you'll see what I mean.

Unique... I guess it's one of those words that has come to mean the opposite of its meaning.

[LeRainDrop]

Unique... I guess it's one of those words that has come to mean the opposite of its meaning.

Agree!  My ninth grade English taught us that "unique" comes from Latin meaning "one" or "only," and so if there is more than one, it cannot be unique.  Also, there is no degree of being unique -- either something is unique or it is not unique, but it cannot be very unique or kind of unique.  Misuse of the word unique was probably his biggest pet peeve.  I'll never forget his lesson.

[halfshellmeijin]

You do not need to be so pedantic here. If this way of quitting is novel to the OP, then it would seem unique. Justifying his word choice by your definition. You don't see me getting in a puff when everyone uses new when they mean novel. It isn't worth it to put a damper on someone's good day over something so trivial.

[BFGirl]

You do not need to be so pedantic here. If this way of quitting is novel to the OP, then it would seem unique. Justifying his word choice by your definition. You don't see me getting in a puff when everyone uses new when they mean novel. It isn't worth it to put a damper on someone's good day over something so trivial.

+1

[Campanula]

And a +1 from me, to outnumber the meanies.

[johnny847]

Unique... I guess it's one of those words that has come to mean the opposite of its meaning.

Agree!  My ninth grade English taught us that "unique" comes from Latin meaning "one" or "only," and so if there is more than one, it cannot be unique.  Also, there is no degree of being unique -- either something is unique or it is not unique, but it cannot be very unique or kind of unique.  Misuse of the word unique was probably his biggest pet peeve.  I'll never forget his lesson.

I too am annoyed with how the meaning of unique has been butchered. But this is mostly because I use it to describe my research sometimes. Sometimes I want to guarantee that there is only one solution---that is, it is unique. I most certainly do not mean rare solution when I say unique solution.


Apparently I'm a meanie. Whatever.

[LeRainDrop]

You do not need to be so pedantic here. If this way of quitting is novel to the OP, then it would seem unique. Justifying his word choice by your definition. You don't see me getting in a puff when everyone uses new when they mean novel. It isn't worth it to put a damper on someone's good day over something so trivial.

+1

And a +1 from me, to outnumber the meanies.

Sorry, I wasn't trying to be a meanie.  Bobechs' comment just sparked a really happy memory for me about my jovial old English teacher who is now deceased.  Anyway, the article the OP posted is funny, though I also remember that other flight attendant who did it first.

[bobechs]

Slater quit (over the loud speaker) before deplaning. This attendant seems to have been fired. So not quite the same, if one wants to be persnickety.

Also, there is the gender difference.  And a different year.  Different airline.  Different airport.  Ambient temperature and barometric pressure could easily be different, and it would be unusual if they were precisely the same.

You got me.  Everything, literally everything within or without the universe is unique.  Noted.

But on the other hand, since everything is the same in regards of being unique, none of it is truly unique.

[Northwestie]

Slater quit (over the loud speaker) before deplaning. This attendant seems to have been fired. So not quite the same, if one wants to be persnickety.

Also, there is the gender difference.  And a different year.  Different airline.  Different airport.  Ambient temperature and barometric pressure could easily be different, and it would be unusual if they were precisely the same.

You got me.  Everything, literally everything within or without the universe is unique.  Noted.

But on the other hand, since everything is the same in regards of being unique, none of it is truly unique.

Well after this, I just got .......nothing............