Allow me to join in from the flight deck!
I can understand how annoying it must be for some cabin crew to take some of the clever remarks, etc from passengers but these individuals only make fools of themselves.
I like the put down. "Gosh that was very rude madam, did you meant it to be?"
Many many years ago when pontius was a pilot i was an air taxi pilot. ( 6 seat a/c with all the pax behind you). I picked up a collection of business men who had obviously got brahms and lizt at their companies expense. On boarding i got all the usual crap remarks. On the way out to the runway after a barrage of every worst flying joke you have ever heard and various comments about the age of the a/c and myself. One of the passengers noticed I had only got 3 stripes ( i was a junior captain, means they pay u less!).
he said i a drunken drawl, " captain why have you only got three stripes"
(I hadnt spoken as yet as i just ignore pillocks.)
I replied, "I had a very serious crash in which all the passengers were killed and they took one stripe off me."
None of the passengers spoke again until after we had landed.
whatunion says speak to others in the manner you would like them to speak to you