Originally Posted by
MasterPlanner
What is a "Hot botton", exactly? Perhaps the 'hot baton' that others have referred to as a cattle-prod in this thread?!
I think a "hot botton" is what happens when your bottom is sore after sitting on it for 10-12 hours, then when you're struggling to stand, the impatient guy behind you jams a cattle prod into it and pushes the button -- so b
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Originally Posted by
lkar
Extremely disturbing? Really?
I can see the argument that this is unprofessional. If someone wants to argue it's not befitting a service industry employee, fine, whatever. Not a debate I care about.
But if someone calling you a silly name in public disturbs you "extremely," I would respectfully submit it says more about you than the name caller. Typically, a slightly greater level of robustness is needed to function in the world. All that said, if you get yourself out of the aisle more quickly, you can avoid this extremely disturbing trauma to your sensitivies in the future.
Did we read the same OP? I'd have found it extremely disturbing as well. The name calling, as the OP said, is the least of it. As described, the FA seemed unbalanced, with inappropriate speech and laughter. Normally, one can simply walk away and avoid people exhibiting such, but when the person is a FA on one's flight, no. Could someone like that be counted on in an emergency? I'd wonder if it was me.
Originally Posted by
elitetraveler
If there were no frequent flier programs, how would you choose your flights and would you fly AA as much?
An interesting question. I can't be sure, since my experience of AA is so heavily biased by EXP treatment.
Originally Posted by
pinworm
Why didn't the FA, instead of calling a customer names, simply go up and help him stow his stuff in an effort to make the process faster? What is name calling going to do? Does she think it is like yelling "mush" at sled dogs?
From the OP's description, it sounds like the FA was having much deeper issues that merely a passenger who didn't stow as rapidly as desired.