Most embarrassing thing to happen to you inflight...
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A Hairy Story
Finished clearing up after late supper service on night sector. Lights out, moving one last cart back to galley after exchange.
As I am stowing the cart, I find a toupee stuck to the cart door.
Slowly walk back through cabin and spot a pax, asleep with head slightly tilted out into aisle. Yep, that's him, still has adhesive strips on his now bald head.
Gently place hairpiece back on.
In a few hours he is happy, enjoying breakfast, except I had placed the toupee back to front..... "Should I tell him " ? No, smile and walk away clean....
As I am stowing the cart, I find a toupee stuck to the cart door.
Slowly walk back through cabin and spot a pax, asleep with head slightly tilted out into aisle. Yep, that's him, still has adhesive strips on his now bald head.
Gently place hairpiece back on.
In a few hours he is happy, enjoying breakfast, except I had placed the toupee back to front..... "Should I tell him " ? No, smile and walk away clean....
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As A SLF I too have had embarrassing moments .
When my kids were at junior school I always tried to bring back an item of interest for the class from my trip.
I stopped on the way to the apt and bought a length of sugar cane for about 50p from a roadside stall. The guy kindly chopped it in half and tied a tatty bit of string around it. I got an upgrade and quickly hid my gift in the corner of the wardrobe of the BA 747. My plan was to be last out of the cabin and the secretly collect my gift.
Unfortunately the ever helpful CSD found it when handing out the jackets and paraded it round the cabin held high, like a trophy, enquiring " Does this belong to anyone?" with a look of disgust on his face
I could not let the kids down so with a red face I claimed it.
When my kids were at junior school I always tried to bring back an item of interest for the class from my trip.
I stopped on the way to the apt and bought a length of sugar cane for about 50p from a roadside stall. The guy kindly chopped it in half and tied a tatty bit of string around it. I got an upgrade and quickly hid my gift in the corner of the wardrobe of the BA 747. My plan was to be last out of the cabin and the secretly collect my gift.
Unfortunately the ever helpful CSD found it when handing out the jackets and paraded it round the cabin held high, like a trophy, enquiring " Does this belong to anyone?" with a look of disgust on his face
I could not let the kids down so with a red face I claimed it.
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do you have a pen?
I was working a late night flight back in to BHX when a female passenger asked if she could borrow a pen, Only I was re-stocking the bar cart and with the noise of the jet engines and the clanging of cans I had completely misheard what she had said, thinking she had asked for a PIN I went on to explain that we didn't carry sewing kits and the only pins the crew had available was the one on our name badges and that we could not allow her to have one as it was part our uniform. The very confused passenger went back to her seat followed by a colleague who had overheard the conversation she promptly apologised and offered the lady a pen.
On another flight believing the gash was stowed and locked in the rear left LAV promptly unlocked the door and deposited a fire proof bag full of gash on to the lap of a elderly woman. The two crew working at the rear had switched the gash to the right hand LAV and failed to tell me.
On another flight believing the gash was stowed and locked in the rear left LAV promptly unlocked the door and deposited a fire proof bag full of gash on to the lap of a elderly woman. The two crew working at the rear had switched the gash to the right hand LAV and failed to tell me.
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Think this is my first post...and what a way to start!
I am SLF, I used to work for BA in Waterworld (OK so now i am not popular with at least half of you on here!).
I was travelling staff travel to the USA in economy. My 3 year old son decided that he would stand on the seat, in fairness he had been very well behaved for thew flight and afterwards we received compliments on his behaviour (not the first nor last time my children have been complimented on their bahaviour). Anyway I digress, he stood on his chair as he was intersted in the gentleman in front's afro hair style. A couple of times he reached out and patted it, on the 3rd occasion he reached out, I reached out to stop him, he pulled his hand away just as the gentleman turned round!!!! So this guy now thinks it was me patting his afro! I didn't know what to say so just apologised!
On another Staff Travel flight, coming back from SIN, my wife and I got split up as there were limited standby seats. I was chatting to this beautiful Norwegian lady I was sat next to. Turns out she came from the same town in Norway as my best friend at school. We talked for ages and got on really well, did I mention she was stunning?? Anyway we both fell asleep with our blankets over us. Next thing I was aware she was nudging me and saying "sex". Well I was a little surprised, and then started looking around, most people were asleep, wife and kids in another cabin (further forward!!), she kept saying it...what the heck I thought, and was just about to ask where she intended we go when I realised she was pointing at her watch and telling me it was six as in 6am as I had asked her, if she was awake, to wake me up in time for the breakfast service!!!! Hey ho! Still havent enrolled in the mile high club!
I am SLF, I used to work for BA in Waterworld (OK so now i am not popular with at least half of you on here!).
I was travelling staff travel to the USA in economy. My 3 year old son decided that he would stand on the seat, in fairness he had been very well behaved for thew flight and afterwards we received compliments on his behaviour (not the first nor last time my children have been complimented on their bahaviour). Anyway I digress, he stood on his chair as he was intersted in the gentleman in front's afro hair style. A couple of times he reached out and patted it, on the 3rd occasion he reached out, I reached out to stop him, he pulled his hand away just as the gentleman turned round!!!! So this guy now thinks it was me patting his afro! I didn't know what to say so just apologised!
On another Staff Travel flight, coming back from SIN, my wife and I got split up as there were limited standby seats. I was chatting to this beautiful Norwegian lady I was sat next to. Turns out she came from the same town in Norway as my best friend at school. We talked for ages and got on really well, did I mention she was stunning?? Anyway we both fell asleep with our blankets over us. Next thing I was aware she was nudging me and saying "sex". Well I was a little surprised, and then started looking around, most people were asleep, wife and kids in another cabin (further forward!!), she kept saying it...what the heck I thought, and was just about to ask where she intended we go when I realised she was pointing at her watch and telling me it was six as in 6am as I had asked her, if she was awake, to wake me up in time for the breakfast service!!!! Hey ho! Still havent enrolled in the mile high club!
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I am actually not a cabin crew member, but rather an occasional SLF (self-loathing and frightening?).
Long time ago, flying with a german carrier to Mallorca from DUS, was being served my meal and a piece of bread on the side. Problem was the bread had to be picked up with some sort of pinces and put on the tray with the rest of the food. Bread was served the last. A very nice stewy tried to do so as she had managed so far with all the others but the bread performed a back-flip, escaped the pinces and decided to bounce in my head before disapperaring somewhere under the seats. It was a very tense second before I bursted laughing and she relaxed...(we spend the whole flight talking afterwards as she actually was from the same country I am!...btw not germany)
Another time, crowded B747 from HKK to FRA, went to the bathroom and forgot my glasses inside. As soon as I stepped out somebody got in behind me as there was a long cue. I realized soon enough that I had forgotten the glasses inside and said so. A male stewie heard it and started banging the door strongly. I thought it was a bit much, let the guy do it's thing first(I wasn't going anywhere in mid flight, was I?). A minute goes by and the stewie bangs the door again...few seconds later the guy comes out looking ferocius and to my amazement the steward acts like it wasn't him who knocked... I could only mutter "I forgot my glasses" and I swear I thought I was gonna get punched next...luckily nothing happened at the end except a very pissed off guy probably doing some voodoo on my behalf.
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Long time ago, flying with a german carrier to Mallorca from DUS, was being served my meal and a piece of bread on the side. Problem was the bread had to be picked up with some sort of pinces and put on the tray with the rest of the food. Bread was served the last. A very nice stewy tried to do so as she had managed so far with all the others but the bread performed a back-flip, escaped the pinces and decided to bounce in my head before disapperaring somewhere under the seats. It was a very tense second before I bursted laughing and she relaxed...(we spend the whole flight talking afterwards as she actually was from the same country I am!...btw not germany)
Another time, crowded B747 from HKK to FRA, went to the bathroom and forgot my glasses inside. As soon as I stepped out somebody got in behind me as there was a long cue. I realized soon enough that I had forgotten the glasses inside and said so. A male stewie heard it and started banging the door strongly. I thought it was a bit much, let the guy do it's thing first(I wasn't going anywhere in mid flight, was I?). A minute goes by and the stewie bangs the door again...few seconds later the guy comes out looking ferocius and to my amazement the steward acts like it wasn't him who knocked... I could only mutter "I forgot my glasses" and I swear I thought I was gonna get punched next...luckily nothing happened at the end except a very pissed off guy probably doing some voodoo on my behalf.
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