<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Princess12345:
The SQ FAs also has youth and vigor on their side! They seem much more sprightly and energetic, compared to the matrons found aboard much US metal. (I have been told TWA were the worst!)
IP:
Yes 25$ goes a long way in their country. And it may also have something to do with the fact that they are provided a set of Louis Vuitton luggage.</font>
What does youth and vigor have to do with the ability to smile and look someone in the eyes when you talk to them?
Also, what does the fact that they are provided with Louis Vuitton luggage have to do with courtesy? Do you think that if they did not receive the luggage, that they would be more inclined to be surly to their customers? Do you think that if CO (or any NA carrier, for that matter) received 'fashionable' luggage that it would be additional motivation to perform the job to the best of their abilities?
In every job, people have bad days and perhaps it reflects on their work. I do, and I am sure others do as well, but I sure as heck make sure that I don't project it on to the people that help to take care of my livelihood or that of my family. When I go to the galley to get a glass of water because no one has been through the cabin for an hour, I do not expect to be met with rolling eyes and made to feel like I am putting them out.
Again, on the whole most CO FAs I have come across have been wonderful, but there are some who clearly appear like they would rather be elsewhere or doing something else.
[This message has been edited by dsimon (edited 12-08-2002).]