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Old 23rd Dec 2011, 17:41
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A very ordinary size gentleman was taking his seat on the front row. He called me over and asked "do you have seatbelts available in a smaller size". I chucked thinking this guy was joking but when I looked at him I realised he was deadly serious. Frightening!
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Old 18th Jan 2012, 12:43
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ME: Care for anything to drink sir?
PAX: Yes a water for me and two lemonades for the kids.

*Passing over the first lemonade. Can, napkin and glass in both hands*

PAX: I asked for TWO lemonades...
ME: I only have two hands sir...

Then he realised what he had said. You really do need six arms for the job.
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Old 22nd Jan 2012, 10:07
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Thick!

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It would seem that an awful lot of CC consider all passengers to be thick.


And a good many passengers consider an awful lot of CC to be thick
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Old 22nd Jan 2012, 15:11
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Which is why we have a thread especially for CC to air their funny stories, there is an SLF thread for passengers to tell their funny stories about thick crew and even one for pilots to talk about the thick crew and passengers they have encountered. If everyone remembered which thread they belonged to before taking offence, then Pprune would be a happier place. Try it, you know it makes sense!
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Old 22nd Jan 2012, 17:00
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If everyone remembered which thread they belonged to before taking offence, then Pprune would be a happier place. Try it, you know it makes sense!
Ah, but all that would happen then would be that the various groups would complain that they hadn't been able to put their side of the story. You do realise don't you that such remarks make you sound like one of the grumpier denizens of R&N?
Now, what can I find to whinge about here?
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Old 22nd Jan 2012, 23:49
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Barry the Bogan steps out onto the tarmac from the aerobridge steps whilst enroute to boarding and lights up a fag.
Told to put it out by groundstaff.
Replies ( the most common reply in the incident reports submitted by staff agin pax) "You can't make me!"
"Sir put the cigarette out! you can't smoke on the tarmac!"
"Yes I can!"
"Sir put the cigarette out, you are not permitted to smoke on the... " "I BLOODY can SO!"

Sir you CAN'T ... look at the signs everywhere. There is refuelling... "The woman upstairs said I can."

"What woman upstairs?"

"The woman in the coffee shop."
"What exactly did the woman in the coffee shop say?"
"You can't smoke in here sir. You'll have to go outside."

While this is going on Sharlene, Barry's wife, is wacking him and hissing,
"Put it out Barry or you'll get us chucked off the plane."
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Old 24th Jan 2012, 11:52
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one of the grumpier denizens of R&N
DX Wombat I confess I have no idea what one of those is but I guess it's feedback of a sort. I am not in the least bit grumpy but nor am I going to complain if I log on to a NHS website and find the nurses talking about thick patients or Traffic Wardens discussing idiot motorists. So I do find it very strange when people take offence at some of the stories on here. Don't like it, don't read it. Want to take part? Great! But please do it in the spirit of the forum.
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Old 24th Jan 2012, 16:20
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please do it in the spirit of the forum.
Exactly! I don't take offence at what I read here even though sometimes I feel there has been a genuine misunderstanding / lack of knowledge. The world would be a very boring place if we were all the same - actually, that's quite a frightening thought.
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Old 24th Jan 2012, 18:23
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This type of scenario has come up a couple of times and always makes me laugh. Upon disembarking the aircraft after a flight from Australia to USA or vice versa, a passenger comes up and says "so, are you flying back later today?"....or "do you turn around and go back now?"


This isn't necessarily a thick comment because there are actually some passengers who have no idea about our working hours and restrictions etc but my god, after operating a 12-15hr flight, can you imagine doing it all over again straight away
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Old 27th Jan 2012, 08:50
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We offer taxi and shuttle services for passengers, and ask anyone interested to press their call buttons, and we move through the cabin and form a tally. The amount of times people don't listen and try and give me drink requests.

"Taxi or shuttle, sir?"
"Tomato juice!"
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Old 27th Jan 2012, 10:27
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OK! What is it with flying & tomato juice, surely someone has done some factual research by now!! We've known about it long enough!!
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Old 27th Jan 2012, 11:09
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Flying in and out of Africa.

Me: Hello Sir/Madam, Would you like a drink?

Pax: Yes, Juice,

Me: ok, we have apple, orange, tomato or Cranberry?

Pax: Yes

20 Mins later during the meal service

Me; would you like something to eat?

Pax: Yes

Me: Ok we have Chicken, Beef, or Pasta

Pax: Yes



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Old 28th Jan 2012, 00:27
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Originally Posted by fliegenmong
OK! What is it with flying & tomato juice
It's something I don't think I'll ever understand. Before I started as cabin crew I knew nobody that drinks tomato juice, and I still think it's the most vile thing we offer as a drink - and yet the passengers go crazy for it! Another favourite at my airline seems to be half a glass of OJ mixed with half a glass of apple juice
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Old 29th Jan 2012, 16:52
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Why do pax drink tomato juice on a plane and not at home?

<start thick passenger imitation>
Off course I don't have tomato juice at home... look at the residue that it leaves in a glass. But I'll happily drink it where someone else is cleaning the glasses.
<end thick passenger imitation>

Well, if you're done with (artificially) sweetened drinks and you prefer something less sweet than orange or apple juice there is little left from the choice in the average beverage cart. Alcoholic beverages dehydrate and plain or sparkling water isn't very tasty either. That's the reason why I occasionally order tomato juice. (At home/work I usually drink hot tea.)
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Old 30th Jan 2012, 10:39
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I drink a 1/3 of a litre of tomato juice every morning
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Old 30th Jan 2012, 11:35
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Tomato juice

Sorry for the slightly OT , but time ago the Lufthansa Magazine reported that tomato juice at cabin cruise levels tastes much better than on the ground, and consequently is one of the top ranking drinks onboard.
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Old 30th Jan 2012, 11:56
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Tomato juice is also great when you have a hangover. So, when someone asks you for a tomato juice, note how bleary eyed they are
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Old 30th Jan 2012, 13:18
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My son's girlfriend is a letting agent and kept us amused last night with stories which might have come under the heading of "Thick Tenant's Comments". One concerned a complaint about the electricity supply in her new flat. Apparently, she had made toast on Setting No 4 in her old flat. Now, the same setting burned the toast.

It seems that these stupid complaints increase dramatically during periods of a full moon. I wondered if cabin crew had noticed any similar phenomenon.
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Old 30th Jan 2012, 22:59
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Originally Posted by regional_flyer
It's something I don't think I'll ever understand. Before I started as cabin crew I knew nobody that drinks tomato juice, and I still think it's the most vile thing we offer as a drink - and yet the passengers go crazy for it! Another favourite at my airline seems to be half a glass of OJ mixed with half a glass of apple juice
I'll offer the opinion that many pax have already sampled the disgusting watery acidic 'cheapest-that-the-caterers-could-get' offerring that passes for 'orange juice' on cash strapped airlines these days, and that they are simply choosing something else.

Personally I can't stand tomato juice so I try to disguise the taste as much as possible with plenty of ice. I like to dilute it further with a double vodka in my bid to make it somewhat palatable. Salt and and pepper and some Worcestershire sauce help to make it vaguely drinkable but for some bizarre reason airlines think that a cheap nasty plastic stirrer and a silly paper doily thing are essential when serving said beverage !

Hic!

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Old 4th Feb 2012, 21:57
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As a crew on a cruise ship, I was approached by a very old man and his wife in a wheelchair. A man was so very upset he demanded to speak with an "engineer" right that moment but wouldn't tell me why.

After a few minutes of convincing, he said it was about the design of the toilet. I thought their toilet was blocked or something, but he said "No, it's the DESIGN, every time I sit on it my private parts fall into the water." And his wife was looking at me and nodding her head....

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