<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ozstamps:
mdtony. Broke? Try offering to buy drinks for an OZZIE ... 
As an aside it is quite a while since BellissimAA posted here. (Or perhaps anywhere else on FT?) And without taking sides in the issue, that is a real shame. 
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Believe me, I know all about you Aussies and your drinking habits. Thank God that when I bought an Aussie drinks, I was paying in Kiwi money. Even there, that wasn't cheap night! And all this for a kiss goodnight from someone who lives on the other side of the world, literally. Oh, well, she could have read the ingredients from a cereal box and I would have been more than happy to listen.
To be honest with you, I am amazed that some people stick around. Just check out the UAL board for some pretty blatent hostility towards employees.
I guess, though, that you have to have a thick skin to do their jobs, and you get used to it.