Comments by "HalfSourLizard" (@halfsourlizard9319) on "Modern MBA" channel.

  1.  @Default78334  I would love to pay for cabin bags on legacy carriers to avoid boarding delays due to the inexperienced-traveller dipshits who try to lug battleship-sized bags aboard flights.
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  2. Every aspect of using AirBnb (as a 'guest', at least) is just an enormous pain in the backside: Do the owners have creepy cameras in the house? Where the hell is extra toilet paper? What are the logistics of getting/returning the keys? It's got all the problems of being at home and none of the benefits ... and all of the problems of being at a hotel and none of the benefits.
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  3.  @tongpoo8985  Depends what you're optimising for -- there are, I'm told, people who would prefer a predictable experience to a better one ... I suppose these people must exist for these very-average-looking chain restaurants to exist ... but I'm glad that I don't know any of those people.
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  4. How do Americans have so many words for how to cook eggs?!???? It's truly bewildering.
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  5. So, you suck at your business because you don't have any competitors!?
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  6. I kind of want to go to Western Union and send myself $1000 as some sort of recreational / educational exercise ... although, given what I've heard in this video, I'd be concerned that they'd be in crap neighbourhoods.
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  7. I'm ridiculously confused by their pricing: Sending between North America and Europe is way way cheaper (almost a factor of 10) than sending within the U.S. (Edit: I suppose they're hiding additional margin in a really poor USD<->EUR exchange rate?)
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  8. Holy shit! An American who can say 'Adidas' correctly!
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  9. CASM is 'cost per available seat mile' ... I believe you said something involving 'square miles'.
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  10. Surely, there are merchant fees, no? I don't pay to toss everything that I buy on my Amex ... but merchants pay (and, ultimately, people who pay with cash subsidise perks that I get).
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  11.  @WoodsRules  Sure, but it's a really sorry excuse for a CEO to make ... especially publicly!
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  12. If you want to send money to North Korea to support the Beloved Leader, WU's not your guy, it seems ...
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  13.  @drabberfrog  That's not quite true. It's deltas in share price (and possibly dividends) that investors care about ... increasing market share via low-cost / high-volume might be one way to accomplish that, but certainly not the only one. (i.e., low cost to people who have butts in seats is not directly a thing that investors / markets have incentive to care about)
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  14. possibly the most annoying voice I've ever heard😖
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  15. Yep. Wendover did a decent vid about this a couple of years back.
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  16. I enjoy shopping for food; I do not enjoy doing minimum-wage clerk labour at no cost.
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  17. So, I've always wondered about SWAs 'free' (read: included) checked bags: SW's model is partially based on quick turn-arounds / number of legs that they can fly per plane per day ... and I suspect that encouraging passengers to check bags speeds the boarding process ... presumably somebody did the maths that that (+ loyalty) is a net win, even at rev loss from checked-bag fees.
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  18. 27:20 wait, are those pancake tacos? That looks trashy af ... and I want it.
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