Want to be a flight attendant? She tried …
As stressful as it is to be an airline passenger these days, it’s no picnic being a flight attendant, either. Tripso has written about it a lot — see this article, this one and this one. Now Michelle Higgins, who writes The Practical Traveler column for The New York Times, tells us about it firsthand.
In her article about the difficulties of being a flight attendant, Higgins talks about the semi-drunken passenger, the screaming kid, the joys of trying to commute as a flight attendant on planes that are always full, and more.
“People need to understand that the rules of social order do not go away when you get on an airplane,” Tim added, his Texan twang kicking up a notch as he laid down his commandments. “You cannot have sex on an airplane. When you purchase a ticket, that does not give you the privilege of yelling at me. It does not give you the privilege of sitting anywhere you want to sit. They assign you a seat. I do not have an extra airplane in my pocket if my flight’s delayed.”
Elaine chimed in, “We joke that people check their brain when they board.”
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