I've had any number of enjoyable conversations with flight attendants. One even kissed me goodnight after tucking me in, PVG-LAX in AA F. (She was of, let's say, an age that suggested a lot of seniority; it was a pretty chaste kiss; and my wife was awake in the next seat.)

In another situation an AA FO, initials K.W., shot a video of his BOS-CDG-BOS flights some years back to show his family what he does at work. The video, which I used to show my MIS students how many aspects of a flight use some sort of information technology, showed a few recognizable FAs. One of them happened to be working my cabin BOS-LHR a couple of years later. She knew, of course, that K. had shot the video, but she had never seen it. It was on my laptop so I showed it to her. That also led to some enjoyable conversations, on that flight and when she took care of me again on another one.

If you don't want to talk to an FA, many of whom are genuinely interesting people even though most of their interactions with us are scripted, the sentence in Post 10 above will solve the problem.

Good expeirience
 

I get that. I travel a lot & I want my time in the flight to be peaceful so that I can enjoy my sleep wearing my comfy pj & rest as well while listening to music on my ear buds. On my last flight I encountered such a lady, she didn't do anything wrong. But I was very much tired & I wants to put my ear buds in my ear & enjoy a peaceful sleep in the flight. She offered me lunch & then she started chatting in a polite manner. I felt it is offensive to interrupt her, So I didn't ask her to stop. She explained her story which I don't remember exactly but I remember that I doze off after she left. It was an experience which I still remember.

My most interesting experience was on a AA Transcon where the FA came for an extended chat, clearly seeming to know a fair bit about us. It turned out that she had spent a few hours pre-flight googling us; we're nothing special but like nearly everyone have an internet footprint. We had a great time chatting to her but I'm wondering whether this something that crew do regularly, I was unaware that she would have access to a passenger manifest prior to the flight, but it seems she did.

Perhaps you are a public figure in some way, but otherwise I find that rather creepy.

Absolutely not anyone important! I did think it slightly odd, but for us, delightful. If I was 40 years younger I'd have wondered if she was flirting with us, it was just so different to the normal AA transcon experience.

I prefer a flight attendant who is too friendly to one who is on a power trip. I have read the various threads encouraging passengers to greet the flight attendant at the doorway. So I always do that and say thank you when getting off.

My most memorable experience with a flight attendant was on Southwest Airlines. I was that guy who screwed up and forgot to take medicine and needed water for it so my asthma-related coughing could be controlled. To her credit, she questioned me to see that I was ok. Later, the flight was diverted to Denver because of an ill passenger.
While we were on the ground,
I went to the bathroom. The flight attendants were having a meeting in the galley at the back of the plane. When I sat down, another passenger asked if I thought we would get complimentary drinks because of the flight delay. I told him no because an ill passenger was not the airline's fault.

He then called out loudly to the flight attendants who were still meeting and asked if they could get complimentary drinks. The flight attendant who helped me early told him no. Then he asked to buy a drink. The answer was again no. He commented to me about their poor customer service. I told him. "I just explained to you that we probably were not entitled to complementary alcohol because of an ill passenger. Couldn't you see that they were having some sort of meeting? They are doing something important because they are talking together and reading papers. Leave them alone." I did not know that the flight attendant who had helped me earlier until she came by and tapped me on the shoulder and called me sweety and honey each time she checked on me. I got a couple of refills on my coke.

Another good one was on United in Polaris when I outsmarted myself and ordered a kosher meal, thinking it would be better. It wasn't. I asked the flight attendant if I could eat the regular meal for my second meal and skip the kosher. I explained my error and apologized profusely. She told me that that was the worst kosher meal she had ever served and wondered why I didn't complain. She stated she photoed it and sent it to her manager. I explained that just two weeks prior, someone had complained about not getting his first choice of meal in Polaris, to the point that the plane had landed and the passenger had been put off. I told her I was not about to complain about airplane food. We laughed, and she provided extra snacks until the next meal.

I don't have any status with either airline, so I figured I had good luck on those flights. Most flights I go on are non-eventful as far as flight attendants are concerned.

I don't mind chatty FAs, but I had an overnight connection on CX and the FAs were talking throughout the flight to themselves..I sat up front in J and even with headphones on to try and block the noise I could hear them yapping away. The service was otherwise excellent, so it was a bit disappointing.

Same :)