Air Rage (Part 2)
November 4th 2006 01:31
Passengers are not the only people on a plane that have anger management issues. Hosties can be very angry people too, only they kind of have to keep their anger on a leash- it’s part of the job. But I say bravo! to the hostie who retorted “what did your last slave die of?!” to a passenger who demanded the hostie carry her many bags of luggage. This hostie got told off by a supervisor and was not allowed to operate on the flight because of her ‘attitude problem’. Ideally all airlines would have an ‘angry aircrew anonymous” hotline to help victims of passengers' abuse.
Yet in amongst a crowd of irritable air travellers, there are those who don’t get fazed by anything. For instance, there was a lovely elderly calligrapher onboard who presented each hostie a note with their name written in beautiful calligraphy. I repaid his kindness by running over his foot with a meal cart. In response to my profuse apologies he simply uttered “I’m fine”, although the look of pain on his face revealed otherwise.
A hostie friend told me about how during extremely bad turbulence one time, a hot meal flung from the top of a cart and onto a passenger’s head, shirt and trousers. The man, who now was covered in meat, rice and vegetables, merely returned my friend’s reaction of horror with a blank expression. How lucky for my friend not to have been threatened with a lawsuit or even screamed at, and what strange people there are in this world.
Yet in amongst a crowd of irritable air travellers, there are those who don’t get fazed by anything. For instance, there was a lovely elderly calligrapher onboard who presented each hostie a note with their name written in beautiful calligraphy. I repaid his kindness by running over his foot with a meal cart. In response to my profuse apologies he simply uttered “I’m fine”, although the look of pain on his face revealed otherwise.
A hostie friend told me about how during extremely bad turbulence one time, a hot meal flung from the top of a cart and onto a passenger’s head, shirt and trousers. The man, who now was covered in meat, rice and vegetables, merely returned my friend’s reaction of horror with a blank expression. How lucky for my friend not to have been threatened with a lawsuit or even screamed at, and what strange people there are in this world.
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