Originally Posted by
alpen1
Worst thing that happened to me is I was sitting in Qantas business on a flight in Australia and the FA poured my red wine into a glass and passed it across the aisle seat without noticing the hole in the bottom of the cup so by the time I grabbed it and held the cup over the floor the lady next to me had red lines zig zagging across her pants, the FA had it on her uniform and I had it down one leg leading to a puddle on the floor.
Ahh, YOU'RE the one!!!
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I used to fly SYD-CBR-SYD day trips on Dash-8s a lot, and it seemed like for the return flight, there was
always a correlation between white blouse (mine), red wine (guy next to me) and turbulence. Grrrrr.
Originally Posted by
ysolde
I think my worst was when the DYKWIA sitting next to me sat there drinking red wine from boarding at LAX all across the continent. He never ate, just kept getting that evil red wine refilled. ... DYKWIA reaches for it absent-mindedly, not really looking up from his oh-so-engrossing sports magazine. Red wine spills all over me. DYKWIA looks over, realizes what has happened, and asks FA for another red wine. ...
Meanwhile, DYKWIA? He's still rather loudly demanding his red wine. Go figure. Never said a word to me.
I know that guy, too. It was SYD-BKK on QF, and after a few glasses he asked the FA to just leave the bottle (she did) and then he treated me to his racist, sexist 'wisdom' for the rest of the flight.
On my very first flight, I deliberately smeared mash potato and gravy on the curtains. You might cut me some slack if you realize that it was back when airplanes had window curtains and flights from WAS to (?) MSP had hot meals in economy. I was 8 months old.
OP, great thread, and I agree with the others who have said that you write very well!