Flight attendant threatened to ‘spank’ me
Sep 4, 2018, 7:27 pm
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Flight attendant threatened to ‘spank’ me
I’m guilty. I got up to pee before the fasten seatbelt sign was turned off. Regardless, it was turned off a few moments before I reached the forward lav. A female flight attendant (perhaps in her 50s) was sitting in her jump-seat and made eye contact with me, and then said, “Good thing the captain turned off that seatbelt sign, or else you’d get a spanking!” I just awkwardly smiled and then went in the lav. FWIW and perspective, I am a 34 guy and I was wearing a work suit.
Approximately 10 minutes after I returned to my seat, the seatbelt sign illuminated again followed by a standard announcement from the captain about temporary turbulence. The same FA walked down the aisle and we somehow made eye contact with me again. She smiled and made a gesture as if she were spanking me and said “Don’t get up or else it will hurt to sit back down!” She said this in a playful/non-threatening way so I just awkwardly smiled again. The FA continued down the aisle out of earshot.
A man next to me (perhaps in his 70s) made a comment about how “she’s your momma tonight”. I didn’t want to talk to him, so I just made a comment about how I’ll “behave” for the rest of the flight, and then inserted my earbuds. Suddenly, a woman in front of us (perhaps in her early 20s) turned around and shouted, “You are both pigs, she didn’t mean it in a dirty way. She wasn’t going to give the spanking herself, she meant the captain would do it.”
The older gentleman and younger woman bickered for a little bit... long enough to make me blush while pretending to listen to music. It all settled down, and the rest of the flight was uneventful. Well, at least for a flight where multiple people discussed spanking me.
Approximately 10 minutes after I returned to my seat, the seatbelt sign illuminated again followed by a standard announcement from the captain about temporary turbulence. The same FA walked down the aisle and we somehow made eye contact with me again. She smiled and made a gesture as if she were spanking me and said “Don’t get up or else it will hurt to sit back down!” She said this in a playful/non-threatening way so I just awkwardly smiled again. The FA continued down the aisle out of earshot.
A man next to me (perhaps in his 70s) made a comment about how “she’s your momma tonight”. I didn’t want to talk to him, so I just made a comment about how I’ll “behave” for the rest of the flight, and then inserted my earbuds. Suddenly, a woman in front of us (perhaps in her early 20s) turned around and shouted, “You are both pigs, she didn’t mean it in a dirty way. She wasn’t going to give the spanking herself, she meant the captain would do it.”
The older gentleman and younger woman bickered for a little bit... long enough to make me blush while pretending to listen to music. It all settled down, and the rest of the flight was uneventful. Well, at least for a flight where multiple people discussed spanking me.
Sep 4, 2018, 7:51 pm
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Was this after takeoff? AA pilots seem to forget to turn the sign off or wait nearly an hour inflight. I’ve gotten up for the lav before when there were no bumps and never threatened with a spanking. Air travel seems to bring out the weirdo factor.
Sep 4, 2018, 8:58 pm
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The only person who was inappropriate in this situation was the lady in butted in, in front of OP.
This was typical banter made in an attempt to address a problematic issue. I'm sure in recent years, the FA's have been beaten around the head and shoulders about people out of seats with FSB on.
In the past, everyone understood that when somebody has to go, they have to "go".
I'm sure the airlines don't want people injured (they pay) so FSB is on more and more and cabin crews are told to enforce it.
this was an out for her and I would like to be flying with a cabin crew that had some common sense.
This was typical banter made in an attempt to address a problematic issue. I'm sure in recent years, the FA's have been beaten around the head and shoulders about people out of seats with FSB on.
In the past, everyone understood that when somebody has to go, they have to "go".
I'm sure the airlines don't want people injured (they pay) so FSB is on more and more and cabin crews are told to enforce it.
this was an out for her and I would like to be flying with a cabin crew that had some common sense.
Sep 4, 2018, 9:37 pm
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