Thick passenger comments
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Pontius,
Please don't wash your hands of this one... the story is too funny.
Apart from the Comet, I would have gone for one of the Triad, too...
Vulcan, Victor, Valiant.
I'm thinking Vulcan... and the ladder into the cockpit. But then I have a dirty mind...
CJ
Please don't wash your hands of this one... the story is too funny.
Apart from the Comet, I would have gone for one of the Triad, too...
Vulcan, Victor, Valiant.
I'm thinking Vulcan... and the ladder into the cockpit. But then I have a dirty mind...
CJ
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I certainly learnt a LOT in Nairobi that weekend
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Recently sat on the early AA ORD-LHR flight awaiting takeoff, Captain comes on the blower to tell us there's been some mixup with the maintenance paperwork and we'd be underway soon. I doze off. Wake up slightly later on to Captain telling us they were still trying to locate the paperwork, please be patient etc. Fifteen or so minutes later Captain tells us it's not just a paperwork problem, something wrong with an engine, we'll have to get off and book other flights.
No problem, these things happen. Yorkshireman exiting aircraft in front of me lays in to one of the cabin crew,
Yorkshireman: Why did he tell us it was a paperwork problem then keep us sitting here for 30 minutes before telling us the truth?! Totally unacceptable! etc etc.
CC: I don't know any more than you do sir, I'm happy to take you to speak to the Captain if you wish?
Yorkshireman: Nonsense, unacceptable, really poor etc etc
CC: As I say, would you like to speak to the Captain?
Yorkshireman: *mumble mumble*
CC: I thought not. Funny, isn't it? I take all the **** but nobody ever has the balls to speak to the Captain...
No problem, these things happen. Yorkshireman exiting aircraft in front of me lays in to one of the cabin crew,
Yorkshireman: Why did he tell us it was a paperwork problem then keep us sitting here for 30 minutes before telling us the truth?! Totally unacceptable! etc etc.
CC: I don't know any more than you do sir, I'm happy to take you to speak to the Captain if you wish?
Yorkshireman: Nonsense, unacceptable, really poor etc etc
CC: As I say, would you like to speak to the Captain?
Yorkshireman: *mumble mumble*
CC: I thought not. Funny, isn't it? I take all the **** but nobody ever has the balls to speak to the Captain...
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787, as long as the thread is not read by any SLF who think they will be ridiculed for asking an apparently stupid question.
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Please keep the stories coming, I, for one, love reading them. Thank you one and all.
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Well it has taken me almost a week to finish this thread from beginning to end. It was well worth the effort, I had quite a few good laughs.
CC keep up the good work!
CC keep up the good work!
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Thick hotel guest comment.
I once worked in a hotel. The chambermaid told me that there was a flood in the bathroom of one of the rooms and it had leaked through to the room underneath.
I went up to see and could find no apparent cause for the flood but we had it all cleaned up. The occupant had left the room. When she came back in the afternoon I mentioned the flooding to her and she said the problem was the shower curtain .... it didn't work.
I asked her to explain and she said it didn't work .... I said : "You are putting it inside the bath aren't you ..........?"
It makes you wonder how these people live at home. Even more worrying is the fact that they reproduce.
I once worked in a hotel. The chambermaid told me that there was a flood in the bathroom of one of the rooms and it had leaked through to the room underneath.
I went up to see and could find no apparent cause for the flood but we had it all cleaned up. The occupant had left the room. When she came back in the afternoon I mentioned the flooding to her and she said the problem was the shower curtain .... it didn't work.
I asked her to explain and she said it didn't work .... I said : "You are putting it inside the bath aren't you ..........?"
It makes you wonder how these people live at home. Even more worrying is the fact that they reproduce.
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I asked her to explain and she said it didn't work .... I said : "You are putting it inside the bath aren't you ..........?"
Capetonian, we had a house guest who did exactly the same thing. Unbelievable.
Ended up with a lot of water on the floor. Too late to do much about it, either, against all normal rules of nature this one somehow has already reproduced.
rossM, if the shower curtain is left on the outside of the bath it's hanging over, pretty much all the water that splashes onto it will run down it and onto the floor. If the shower has a good pressure, and the occupant is in it for a while, that could easily run to 10litres or more.
Ended up with a lot of water on the floor. Too late to do much about it, either, against all normal rules of nature this one somehow has already reproduced.
rossM, if the shower curtain is left on the outside of the bath it's hanging over, pretty much all the water that splashes onto it will run down it and onto the floor. If the shower has a good pressure, and the occupant is in it for a while, that could easily run to 10litres or more.
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how to flood a bathroom
i think you have missed the point here; how you shower is somewhat 'culture specific'.
once talked to property manager of a group of prestige flats in the west end. he had continual problem with bathrooms being flooded as many of his clientele were middle eastern or southern european. there, shower curtains are unknown and it's your choice whether you shower in the shower tray, bath or somewhere else in the bath/shower room. his guests continued to do this despite the bathroom being carpeted!
once talked to property manager of a group of prestige flats in the west end. he had continual problem with bathrooms being flooded as many of his clientele were middle eastern or southern european. there, shower curtains are unknown and it's your choice whether you shower in the shower tray, bath or somewhere else in the bath/shower room. his guests continued to do this despite the bathroom being carpeted!
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Yes, that's so true. I once went to get a deposit back on behalf of a friend (a Kiwi) who'd rented a flat in France. The landlord agreed - unusually - to return the deposit in full, but mentioned in passing that the bathroom walls were damp because :
"It seems that your friend had a strange habit of taking his showers standing up."
I did wonder if there was something lost in translation, but no, that's really what he said, and it seems that the French, particularly the older generation, do indeed take their showers sitting down in the tub. It could explain a lot, but yuck, let's not go there!
"It seems that your friend had a strange habit of taking his showers standing up."
I did wonder if there was something lost in translation, but no, that's really what he said, and it seems that the French, particularly the older generation, do indeed take their showers sitting down in the tub. It could explain a lot, but yuck, let's not go there!
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Travelling homeward through Greece in a chaming B&B in Alexandropolous - wonderful name - the bathroom was a general one.
In the morning we were met apologetically by the proprietor. It seems that the sit down loo at one end had not been used but the other people had attempted, and missed, to hit the plug hole in the shower tray.
In the morning we were met apologetically by the proprietor. It seems that the sit down loo at one end had not been used but the other people had attempted, and missed, to hit the plug hole in the shower tray.
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
SLF to SLF.
We were sat near the back of the squeezyJet having boarded via the rear steps. When we landed at Gatwick we taxied on to a pier and some of us sat and waited and many didn't
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Eventually it came time to stand which I did and started to the front of the aircraft. This SLF, two rows ahead, stopped me and pushed me back towards the rear. I told him that disembarkation was at the front.
"What do you know?" he said, and pushed passed to the rear galley.
Another time, at a refuelling stop in Stanford, the crew were slipping but the pax were intending on a leg stretch. Despite PA calls, seat belt lights on, and eventually a call by the Captain, many pax would NOT sit down and left the CC off.
Only the threat of 'no crew change - no fly' eventually restored order.
baaa, baaa ..........
We were sat near the back of the squeezyJet having boarded via the rear steps. When we landed at Gatwick we taxied on to a pier and some of us sat and waited and many didn't
.Eventually it came time to stand which I did and started to the front of the aircraft. This SLF, two rows ahead, stopped me and pushed me back towards the rear. I told him that disembarkation was at the front.
"What do you know?" he said, and pushed passed to the rear galley.
Another time, at a refuelling stop in Stanford, the crew were slipping but the pax were intending on a leg stretch. Despite PA calls, seat belt lights on, and eventually a call by the Captain, many pax would NOT sit down and left the CC off.
Only the threat of 'no crew change - no fly' eventually restored order.
baaa, baaa ..........
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Thick Passenger Comments
After operating a 'red-eye' from Darwin to Adelaide, we had a 30min turnaround and had to operate the morning flight from Adelaide to Melbourne. I didnt get a good sleep in Darwin before I started my duty and was looking and feeling a little worse for wear....
On boarding at the a/c door,
Me: Good Morning sir....
Pax: Oh, you look like sh*t....
Me: I've been awake all night, what's your excuse....?
Luckily, he shared my sense of humour.....
On boarding at the a/c door,
Me: Good Morning sir....
Pax: Oh, you look like sh*t....
Me: I've been awake all night, what's your excuse....?
Luckily, he shared my sense of humour.....
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I will never understand..
pax: where is the toliet?
me: its right there sir..
pax: yes, but I have a British passport..
me: what do you mean sir?
pax: well that must be the toliet for everyone else, but where do the British passport holders go?
me: (blank face) laughs and walks away.
Couldnt believe I was being asked such a stupid question..
me: its right there sir..
pax: yes, but I have a British passport..
me: what do you mean sir?
pax: well that must be the toliet for everyone else, but where do the British passport holders go?
me: (blank face) laughs and walks away.
Couldnt believe I was being asked such a stupid question..
Not so much a 'thick comment', but a story of a passenger and her attempt at using the loo. My brother is a 737 pilot and this story was told to him by another pilot (pre 9/11 'locked cockpit door policy').
Deepest Africa, rather large lady asks where the loo is and is directed towards the front of the aircraft. Now she was soo large that the only way she could fit was to drop her underwear and 'back into' the cubicle.
So there the pilots are, flying away, not taking much notice of the cockpit door being opened on a regular basis. But this time is different, one of them happens to look around to see a somewhat large 'rear end' approaching them in a rather menacing fashion. What could they do, they couldn't 'tap her on the shoulder', they just had to 'cough' rather loudly until she realised the error of her ways.
Deepest Africa, rather large lady asks where the loo is and is directed towards the front of the aircraft. Now she was soo large that the only way she could fit was to drop her underwear and 'back into' the cubicle.
So there the pilots are, flying away, not taking much notice of the cockpit door being opened on a regular basis. But this time is different, one of them happens to look around to see a somewhat large 'rear end' approaching them in a rather menacing fashion. What could they do, they couldn't 'tap her on the shoulder', they just had to 'cough' rather loudly until she realised the error of her ways.
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Thick Passenger Comments.
Hello tom3.
I've just read your first post, dated 10th. July, in the "Cabin Crew" thread, about 'Thick Passenger Comments'.
Could I ask, what was it about the passenger concerned that made it apparent that he was from Yorkshire?
Thanks. N.Z.
I've just read your first post, dated 10th. July, in the "Cabin Crew" thread, about 'Thick Passenger Comments'.
Could I ask, what was it about the passenger concerned that made it apparent that he was from Yorkshire?
Thanks. N.Z.