The reason we fly as cabin crew is not so that we can serve tea and coffee - it is so we can travel and see the world with the added bonus of getting paid to do it!
Unfortunately, on being exposed to so many people from all walks of life, cultures and backgrounds, the rose-tinted glasses suddenly fog up and one realises that there is an awful lot of
in the world and sometimes a long, contained metal tube is a very small world.
Something seems to happen to people the minute they get on an aircraft. Where there are extremely nice people to meet and talk to there is just as much an equal amount of twats to deal with.
Forums like this are great - it give us a chance to air our views and grievances with our colleagues and makes us feel that we are not always alone in our own views. And besides, us crew are famous for our bitching and moaning - we do it so well! But hey, we have good reason!
Howabout maybe starting a thread to counter this one?....Nice things passengers have done for us?
And by the way, just cos we complain does not mean we are not suited to the job and need to change career. You can fly as many times as you want as a passenger for 40 years or whatever, but until you actually work as a flight attendant you will never know what it is like to be treated badly and still have to smile....
sorry to bore y'all, just a little rant!
