Originally Posted by
rebadc
I'm sure we have all seen rude FA's in action. Most of us would let them get the last word in and just comply. A few others would play their game and respond or challenge back. "Interference with a crew member" and your off-boarded; and the charges could go federal although unlikely.
Lucky for most of us we get to sit in the front and most of the time everyone including the FA's are civil.
Most of the time, yes, everyone behaves themselves. However, the part of original story where the man was waiting for his wife to be seated struck a cord with me.
We were boarding a flight to SJU and were seated in business. My husband and son were in front of me. My husband followed my son to his seat to help get him situated. The FA (standing the in galley) didn't like this and yelled at my husband "are you deaf or just stupid!" He walked down the near aisle to my son's seat and not the far aisle where his was located.
I was beyond shocked by her tone, her volume and overall lack of professionalism. We were the first to board and the cabin flew 75% occupied. This was a A330. My son's seat was in row 1. In no way were either of them interfering with anyone's movements.
I was relieved my husband didn't hear her because he probably would have asked her why she was yelling at him and that likely wouldn't have ended well. I was also relieved when I saw she was working coach, not business.
Prior to that incident, I always assumed the passenger was to blame. Then I encountered a FA that showed me bad behavior on their side.