when the load sheet is presented, you really do have to check and double check, because the agent is just trying to get you out of there...
Never a truer statement uttered.
Likewise, I have fond memories of a 737-200 training contract in RSA some years ago. Lovely people, in the main, and a most interesting country.
I guess the enthusiasm for doing things at 0-dark-30 wore off a bit for me after some years and, if I were to be completely honest, I was just a little bit glad to get back onto normal passenger operations ..