What a bunch of white trash. .
I am the first to call out White (or any other shade of) Trash.....
However, in my estimation, this was just a typical family who were caught in an unfortunate situation and were dealing with it. Feel free to link to the video where they were being all ghetto, were blaming JetBlue for their plight, demanding someone rescue them, cooking meth in the terminal, or behaving in any other 'white trash' manner. This family could be could be your cousins if you were stupid enough to tell them that standby travel would work out.
You are assuming that they knew how the airline world works. Most "civilian's" don't. They thought they had a decent shot and the (apparently reservation agent) they got the tickets from has never actually traveled, and didn't properly prepare them for this jam.
This family is (presumably) hard working, decent, folks were told things would work out. The people that told them things would work out were either ignorant or wrong.
This family
isn't blaming others for their plight,
they aren't declaring that JetBlue owes them something...They are
just some honest people who have done nothing wrong, and have (through no fault of their own) found themselves at the mercy of a system they don't Fully understand, and need some help.
Reports are that their fellow citizens,who have the financial means and better understanding of the system, have provided for this family's welfare without causing insurmountable stresses on their own personal finances.
There's a parable in this.
And if you don't have a credit card for emergencies or a card with balance left then you really are white trash.
BTW.....$2600 bucks? Not exactly chicken feed. That's a full month's pay for many families. The fact that you think that not having a credit card you can just throw $2600 bucks on (like it's no big deal) is testament to your fortunate circumstances. Yes, I said circumstances. We were all lucky to be born into opportunity. If you think you've worked harder than a guy (who lost the lottery and decided to get with the program anyway) who crossed a desert and lives on the fringes of society to clean your toilet/wash your dishes/pick your produce for a couple of bucks an hour doesn't work harder than any of us ever have, you are wrong. I encourage anyone who calls illegals lazy, or that claims that hard work is all it takes to make it in America, to do a couple of days of their work for their pay.
Those people you see every day...That flight instructor, that waitress, that barista, everyone working at the airport pushing wheelchairs, making burritos, pouring coffee, skycapping bags, emptying the trash, zambonining the floor, the maids cleaning your room, the van driver..........they are the 'white trash' who have families just like yours but don't have a credit card they can just throw $2600 bucks without causing stresses on their personal finances.
Most of the world doesn't live in your bubble.
