Airtales...
I had a few interesting exchanges with some passengers last week.
1) I was standing at the closet behind first class and this passenger was seated in the first row of coach, right behind the closet. Above the first row of coach the overhead bin is full of medical equipment (oxygen, medical kit and AED) and no carry-ons can be stowed there.
Pax: (opening overhead bin) Ah, shit! Stupid medical equipment.
Me: It could save your life someday.
Pax: I doubt it.
Me: Well, we'll still try.
Pax; Don't bother.
Me (inside my head): Ok.
2) On that same flight, different passenger...
Me: What is your seat assignment, sir?
Pax: I'm in the first row of coach, there isn't any place to put my luggage there so I am putting it here. If your're going to get nasty about it, then I'll move it.
Me: Actually, I was asking your seat assignment so I knew what to write on the coat tag when I hang your jacket. Your welcome to leave your bag where you put it.
The passenger had stowed his bag in an overhead bin in first class. I hadn't even noticed, really, other than I thought he was sitting in first class. I suppose his reponse came from being told to do otherwise before, thought he would get away with it again, and didn't like being called on it. I just wanted to hang his jacket, and even though he was in coach, I still hung it. I never heard a, "Thank you."
3) Same day, different flight...
Pax 1: Excuse me, that's my space!
Pax 2: Oh, I'm sorry. I don't have any space in front of me so I thought I'd put it here.
Pax 1: You're welcome to put it there, just don't be moving my bag to do it.
Pax 2: I'm sorry.
Me to Pax 1: Ma'am, we all share the same space. Thank you for your understanding.
Me to Pax 2: You may place your bag there, or I can place it here if you'd like.
Pax 2: Thank you.
Pax 2 was carrying a very, very small cooler, about the size of a fanny pack. She was sitting in that first row of coach where there is no under seat stowage in front of the seat. She was placing the cooler under her seat, which the passenger (Pax 1) behind her thought belonged to her exclusively.
And people wonder why flight attendants are nasty at times. It's because all we deal with are nasty people all day. Honestly, sometimes people just get on in foul moods and take it out on everybody else. That particular day just happened to be loaded with them. Perhaps that was in part because it was a Monday.
I had a few interesting exchanges with some passengers last week.
1) I was standing at the closet behind first class and this passenger was seated in the first row of coach, right behind the closet. Above the first row of coach the overhead bin is full of medical equipment (oxygen, medical kit and AED) and no carry-ons can be stowed there.
Pax: (opening overhead bin) Ah, shit! Stupid medical equipment.
Me: It could save your life someday.
Pax: I doubt it.
Me: Well, we'll still try.
Pax; Don't bother.
Me (inside my head): Ok.
2) On that same flight, different passenger...
Me: What is your seat assignment, sir?
Pax: I'm in the first row of coach, there isn't any place to put my luggage there so I am putting it here. If your're going to get nasty about it, then I'll move it.
Me: Actually, I was asking your seat assignment so I knew what to write on the coat tag when I hang your jacket. Your welcome to leave your bag where you put it.
The passenger had stowed his bag in an overhead bin in first class. I hadn't even noticed, really, other than I thought he was sitting in first class. I suppose his reponse came from being told to do otherwise before, thought he would get away with it again, and didn't like being called on it. I just wanted to hang his jacket, and even though he was in coach, I still hung it. I never heard a, "Thank you."
3) Same day, different flight...
Pax 1: Excuse me, that's my space!
Pax 2: Oh, I'm sorry. I don't have any space in front of me so I thought I'd put it here.
Pax 1: You're welcome to put it there, just don't be moving my bag to do it.
Pax 2: I'm sorry.
Me to Pax 1: Ma'am, we all share the same space. Thank you for your understanding.
Me to Pax 2: You may place your bag there, or I can place it here if you'd like.
Pax 2: Thank you.
Pax 2 was carrying a very, very small cooler, about the size of a fanny pack. She was sitting in that first row of coach where there is no under seat stowage in front of the seat. She was placing the cooler under her seat, which the passenger (Pax 1) behind her thought belonged to her exclusively.
And people wonder why flight attendants are nasty at times. It's because all we deal with are nasty people all day. Honestly, sometimes people just get on in foul moods and take it out on everybody else. That particular day just happened to be loaded with them. Perhaps that was in part because it was a Monday.
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