HAH! The "real" Snake Pliskin would have ...........wait, that's why it's a movie!
In reality, I absolutely did crank FA Eva Braun a look of severe annoyance, mixed with a disgusted-ya-gotta-be-kiddin-me-lighten-up-honey-you're-lame when I shelved the cell phone. I believe that what sent FA Eva into ballistic orbit was my comment / question as to why are we coach people shut down when the main cabin door is still open & while the FC folks are still yammering merrily away into their phones. Her response was in the mode of "how dare you question me Mister Man / little boy" and then she proceeded to call in the shock troops. She absolutely was abusive of her authority.
Maybe she was listening to too much Destiny's Child & her man-hater thing was in full bloom? Maybe she had a rough outing with her sig other? Maybe she had a dying family member? Maybe it was that universal catch-all...PMS! Just kidding. Sort of. It's anyone's guess, but I was not the cause of her stress, I was merely her flashpoint.
Who knows what FA Eva was going through that day, and frankly who cares?
If FA Eva can't control her own "issues" long enough to be a professional while she's on the job, she belongs behind the Clinique counter at Duty Free. She shouldn't be in a position whereby she is permitted influence over others. She's a menace.
Sure, some of the pax can be a chore for the FA's at times. But the vast majority of us are polite, respectful, and helpful to the crews. Besides, being a FA is essentially a service position when you cut it down to the essentials. And anyone in the service business will tell you that you're gonna encounter your share of bonehead behavior from the clients. Comes with the territory. If she was fed up, or something like that, she needs to find another line of work.
How many times have we seen nasty, condescending looks
from FA's when you ask for a bit more cola or water? Many people have encountered surly FA's, unpleasant ground personnel, & others who aren't the cutesy photogenic professionals on the airline television ads. The airline business tends to blame the traveling public for their own bad attitudes. Puuuleeease.
Some of the 'tudes in the FA zone make me sometimes think I'm traveling Amtrak in the sky.
Anyway, for me...'nuff said.
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Only one thing endures & that is character.
- Greeley