She was wearing her uniform and had her wings on the left side of her sweater. I just hadn't initially noticed when I sat down. The destination was PHL so she may have been commuting to work. Hard to say.
Really. A Republic employee. That's one FA in need of training, badly. Sure it wasn't a Halloween costume?
Under that circumstance, I would have asked her name and told her as soon as we touch down, I'm texting a complaint to mgmnt about non-revs butting into paying passengers' business. Obviously, if she's seeing there's no airplane mode icon on your screen, she's reading your private texts as well. That would be a major part of my complaint.