Prism: The point is, the job isn't over till it's over. Count's suggestion was almost that it was bad that the cabin crew should be held responsible for passengers once the doors were opened, because they might have just finished a "tiring" flight. That, IMO, betrays a disconnect between his/her idea of what the cabin crew role is and that of the rest of the industry. You agreed, in effect, with your ironic "I have being doing it wrong ..." I would suggest, with respect, that the fact that only 2/18 of a crew live in the same country as their base, is another sign of a pretty fundamental disconnection with the real world.
A fair number of bright and experienced cabin crew from my airline have joined MF, both as CSM/FT and normal crew, and I know that on the courses there were people from a good number of other airlines.