Killing boredom
November 27th 2006 09:47
Hosties are impossible to please (much like passengers). They complain when it’s too busy and the call bells are ringing non-stop, and they complain when there’s nothing to do and they are going insane from boredom. I preferred boredom to busyness! Here are some ways hosties kill boredom on flights…
*By far THE most popular way to past time is to bitch about the job and the company. I realise my blog is essentially dedicated to saying unpleasant things about the industry, but believe it or not, I was a very professional hostie (whinging only to friends, family, flatmates, and now to you dear strangers).
*Gossip about other people in the company e.g. “ Where are you from?..Oh Australia?..I suppose you know that Aussie girl going out with that old French pilot…yeah he’s like twice her age, divorced with kids and everything…and she’s really pretty and he’s like so old…”
*Stage an ‘inter-class war’. First and business class hosties bitch about how cattle class hosties have no respect for their seniors and have attitude. Cattle class hosties bitch about how snobby, lazy, bitter and twisted their premium class colleagues are.
*Catch up on celebrity gossip. Hosties raid the magazine racks in the premium cabins, searching for trashy mags which contain juicy gossip from Holly/Bollywood. If the cabin manager is really anal and won’t allow his/her crew to read magazines (as it looks unprofessional), crew will utilise the time not spent reading to bitch about their cabin manager instead.
*Play pranks on new hosties. In one of my first flights, a colleague asked me to bring a drink to seat ‘13A’. It turned out that row 13 doesn’t exist on the aircraft of my old airline. Another favourite joke is to get unsuspecting newbies to deliver a comb to a passenger- who is bald.
*Eat. Hosties munch on food regardless of whether they are hungry or not. The food doesn’t have to be appetising either. I am amazed and rather disgusted when I think of all the crap I ate purely out of boredom in my hostie years.
*Conduct passenger analysis i.e. Peruse the cabin for any attractive/ weird individuals and report to colleagues. Compare their selection of attention-worthy passengers with your own- discuss and have a giggle.
*By far THE most popular way to past time is to bitch about the job and the company. I realise my blog is essentially dedicated to saying unpleasant things about the industry, but believe it or not, I was a very professional hostie (whinging only to friends, family, flatmates, and now to you dear strangers).
*Gossip about other people in the company e.g. “ Where are you from?..Oh Australia?..I suppose you know that Aussie girl going out with that old French pilot…yeah he’s like twice her age, divorced with kids and everything…and she’s really pretty and he’s like so old…”
*Stage an ‘inter-class war’. First and business class hosties bitch about how cattle class hosties have no respect for their seniors and have attitude. Cattle class hosties bitch about how snobby, lazy, bitter and twisted their premium class colleagues are.
*Catch up on celebrity gossip. Hosties raid the magazine racks in the premium cabins, searching for trashy mags which contain juicy gossip from Holly/Bollywood. If the cabin manager is really anal and won’t allow his/her crew to read magazines (as it looks unprofessional), crew will utilise the time not spent reading to bitch about their cabin manager instead.
*Play pranks on new hosties. In one of my first flights, a colleague asked me to bring a drink to seat ‘13A’. It turned out that row 13 doesn’t exist on the aircraft of my old airline. Another favourite joke is to get unsuspecting newbies to deliver a comb to a passenger- who is bald.
*Eat. Hosties munch on food regardless of whether they are hungry or not. The food doesn’t have to be appetising either. I am amazed and rather disgusted when I think of all the crap I ate purely out of boredom in my hostie years.
*Conduct passenger analysis i.e. Peruse the cabin for any attractive/ weird individuals and report to colleagues. Compare their selection of attention-worthy passengers with your own- discuss and have a giggle.
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