This is why passengers think that they can bring everything on board. I have a friend who is an FA with Delta and we always argue about this because she thinks everyone should check everything so she doesn't have to deal with the bags on board. I pointed out to her that she doesn't have to check her bags and she made some comment about having to make connections for her next flight. Like passengers don't have connections. I then asked her if checking bags was so good why crews didn't check their bags on the last flight of the day. She didn't have an answer for that. FA's and other crew should be limited to what they can bring on board just like the rest of us.