This One Time, On My Flight...

I know I said this is a blog mainly about my job and I haven't yet posted about my job, but hey! I've been home on sick leave!

Anyway, to stay "on topic" as it were, here are a couple of my favorite stories so far just to get them written down for posterity:

1. There was a woman on a flight to Cabo San Lucas who, when everyone was told they would not be allowed to take open, un-sealed food into Mexico said, "I just bought these Cheerios on the way to the airport and we had some. I can't take these with me?"

"No, ma'am, I'm sorry, you can't."

"But why?!" She was totally confused and dismayed. "Are they afraid we're going to feed it to their people?!"

2. When I was brand new on the job, I was on my jump seat at the back of the plane when we had a rather hard landing in Albuquerque. At least I thought it seemed a pretty hard bump, but what did I know? I was brand new. After the passengers deplaned and while we were cleaning the plane, the First Officer looked at us flight attendants and said, "About that landing just now? Sorry."

3. We were on a routine flight from LAX to Denver, mid-flight, beverage service done, cruising altitude, calm air, etc. Very normal flight. I was standing in the cabin talking to one of the passengers when I heard three dings, then immediately after that three dings again. That is the emergency signal, which is not a good thing to hear! I'm sure my face went white, I looked back at the flight attendant in the rear of the plane who was standing with her chin on her chest and her mouth wide open in shock. I told the passenger, "Excuse me," then ran back to grab the phone to see what the captain had to say. I picked up just in time to hear the captain and the flight attendant in the front of plane say to each other:

"I didn't do it, I thought you did it!"

"No, it wasn't me, I thought you did it! What's up?"

"Nothing, I thought it was you!"

"No, wasn't us!"

etc., etc.

We eventually determined everything was fine and it must have been a gremlin of the plane's systems. After my heart rate died down I went back to the passenger I had been talking to and explained why I rushed off, who naturally was a little concerned. He had a good laugh at my expense because of the very concerned look on my face when I heard those signals.

And lastly,

4. I was standing in the forward galley on a recent flight during de-planing, doing my thing ("Buh-bye! Thanks for flying with us! Have a nice day! Buh-bye!") when a gentleman reached the front, held out a Pringle's potato chip can, and asked me where the garbage can was. Being a superstar Flight Attendant, I said, as I reached and took it from him, "Oh, I'll take care of that for you, sir. I've got the trash can right here." To which he replied, after I had the can in my hand, "Thank you, but be careful. It's full of vomit."