Who are the crew members expressing their gratitude to? The pilots? Other crew members? I don't see why you have to give numerous thanks to other crew member for doing their job. I think the purser tried to tell the other FA that she/he was over doing it. Come on, are your colleagues going to thank you a dozen times for handing them a file? That's kind of ridiculous isn't it.

I think the YVR based purser did the right thing to correct the overly thankful FA. BTW, most of the YVR based pursers I've come across are super professional and one of the lady pursers must I say is extreme attractive too.

Sometimes I kind of think that people have forgotten what 禮貌 truly is and create a definition that suits their purpose because 9 out of 10 times they don't walk the talk.