Flight attendant bopped me on the forehead!
Dec 19, 2007, 11:18 am
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Flight attendant bopped me on the forehead!
I was sitting in the window seat and had finished with dinner on a JFK-SFO F transcon flight, leaving a few pieces of unattractive greens in my salad bowl. FA came along and asked me if I was done. I hesitated for a moment, then told her I was done, since I didn't feel like eating any more salad.
She reached across the empty aisle seat and shoved her index finger smack into the center of my forehead! Then she asked me if I had seen the V8 commercial (where apparently waitresses go around knocking the foreheads of diners who don't eat their veggies). I foregave her since she provided an otherwise high standard of service throughout the flight. I guess she thought she was being personable and entertaining, but I was really not amused at the unwanted touching and found it quite inappropriate.
Your opinions please?
She reached across the empty aisle seat and shoved her index finger smack into the center of my forehead! Then she asked me if I had seen the V8 commercial (where apparently waitresses go around knocking the foreheads of diners who don't eat their veggies). I foregave her since she provided an otherwise high standard of service throughout the flight. I guess she thought she was being personable and entertaining, but I was really not amused at the unwanted touching and found it quite inappropriate.
Your opinions please?
Dec 19, 2007, 11:21 am
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First thought seeing the subject of the post only was you should have had a V8!
Injuries?...that's a problem. Otherwise it's pretty funny.
Injuries?...that's a problem. Otherwise it's pretty funny.
Dec 19, 2007, 11:22 am
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Just poke her back next time, but harder, and then ask her if she had ever seen the Three Stooges.
Dec 19, 2007, 11:28 am
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I find the story amusing and would have thought her personable and entertaining. Just my 2 cents. I doubt she does it regularly or ever at all. Maybe she thought you were a personable person and wanted to small talk!
Dec 19, 2007, 11:29 am
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You are being too senstitive. It's called flirting. She likes you. Just dip her pigtails in the inkwell and all will be good.
Dec 19, 2007, 11:58 am
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That is really a funny story and I wish I had FA's that were that nice and amusing on a trip...
although if you poked her in her the head, you would probably be off to jail.
although if you poked her in her the head, you would probably be off to jail.
Dec 19, 2007, 12:17 pm
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Lighten up...it was all fun!
Dec 19, 2007, 12:21 pm
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Dec 19, 2007, 12:36 pm
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I had an empty seat in F next to me on a Sunday evening ATL-PBI a couple weeks ago...it sure doesn't happen often though.
As far as the tap on the forehead, I don't think I'd throw a fit or anything, but personally I would find it annoying and unprofessional and the by look on my face would probably let her know it.
Dec 19, 2007, 12:37 pm
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Yeah, she did like me. I figured she was just trying to be personable. Which is why I haven't lodged a complaint with DL. All things considered, we need more like her in the skies (minus the gratuitous imitation of TV advertisements).
Dec 19, 2007, 12:39 pm
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Tell her that you're Santa this year, and ask her to sit on your lap and ask her Have you been naughty or nice?
Dec 19, 2007, 12:46 pm
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She thought you were cute. You must have been sending out signals interpreted by her as giving her permission to be more familiar with you. You should be flattered. But a single unwanted touch is certainly not enough to file a complaint about.
