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Old Oct 31, 2014 | 6:57 am
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Originally Posted by WHBM
I have to tell you that the UK-based crew on Virgin Atlantic will indeed regard it as bizarre. However, they are used to all sorts of oddball aspects of different cultures, and do actually train for how to handle extraordinary moments.
I think it would be really weird for a man beyond his 20s to present female flight crew with personal gifts out of the blue. Too easy to create a creepy subtext even if the gesture is meant as innocent. It also sets up a vague expectation of reciprocation, in the form of personal contact or good / better service, which I think could make FAs uncomfortable. I think treating them like human beings and making eye contact and saying please and thank you, not being an imperious finger-snapping DYKWIA, is more appropriate than thrusting chocolates at them. And I would not be surprised if some airlines' security protocols forbade staff from eating gifts from strangers anyway.
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