Yes, it's come to that.

[Toygirl2]

I read the following article on the Internet. I can't understand the phrase "Yes, it's come to that."

The original article is as follows:

8 Things an Airline Would Never Tell You
We asked a half-dozen insiders to expose little-known facts the airline industry would rather you didn't think about. They shared some pretty eye-opening stuff.
By Alexander Basek, Budget Travel
1. "Airport luggage scales often lie."
It's bad enough that the airlines charge a fee for overweight luggage, varying from $39 to $300 per bag industrywide. But it's galling that they may also hit you with the fee by mistake. At JFK last November, New York City's Department of Consumer Affairs found that 14 percent of the airport's scales were not properly calibrated. At Boston's Logan airport, 10 percent of the scales recently inspected gave incorrect readings. The South Florida Sun–Sentinel has discovered numerous busted scales at area airports. And the list goes on. What to do? Stand up for yourself, especially when a scale barely tips the balance into the "overweight" category. Brandon Macsata, executive editor of the D.C.-based lobbying group Association for Airline Passenger Rights advises passengers to weigh their bags at home first, and if the airport scale comes up with a different number, insist that your bags be weighed on a different scale. Yes, it's come to that.

What does "yes, it's come to that" in the context? please advise.

[Yuri Yurinov]

Hi Toygirl2,

I think that it means: "If such a tendency of deceiving passengers continues they will follow the advice of Brandow Macsata indeed."

Have a nice day,

Yuri
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[Toygirl2]

Yuri: I still don't know how to apply this phrase. Would u mind giving me a couple of examples?

Thx

[Alan]

Hi Toygirl,

'Yes, it's come to that' suggests that this situation has now been reached and the idea behind the comment is that you consider this to be rather depressing.

Alan
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[Toygirl2]

Alan:

Appraently it's a bit difficult for me to comprehend. I kinda understand what u said but still don't know how I can use this phrase in daily conversation. Any examples?

Thx in advance.

[Alan]

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Hi,

Let me start again. Let's say there are rules and regulations now about how you leave rubbish to be collected from your house. Last year you left your dustbin outside your front door and it was collected each week. Now let's imagine there are new rules you have to follow: you have to place your dustbin on the edge of your garden and the road, you can't put it out to be collected on the wrong day, you can only put one bag out, you can only use a bag of a certain size. Now some people might think there are too many regulations and when they find out that they have to pay a fine if they don't follow these rules, they could say: Yes, it's come to that! That means that they think the rules have gone too far and they feel a sense of despair.

Does that help?

Alan
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