Observations from a Flight Attendant

Hold on, I’m not “just a flight attendant” I must be a doctor, that sounds better. But know what, I’m not a doctor either, I’m not that special, I just I’m just a catering manager, oh well! Either way, I am an observed (and commenter) of lots of things, so here are just a few of my recent thoughts.

1) Being manipulative and aggressive might get you farther in life, but it also creates a lot more enemies, so take your pick.
2) People really don’t know how to drive, its quite scary and probably best not to think about.
3) Toddlers put things in weird places, my advice is to not turn anything on without looking inside first, who knows what might in there.
4) When the traffic light turns green that means go. What that entails is taking your foot off the brake, moving it to the gas pedal and then actually applying pressure so the car will move at more than a mere crawl. I realize it will coast and that’s great, but don’t all have time to coast through life.
5) When you hire someone to a do a job let them do a job. Trust their expertise, if you don’t then why did you hire them in the first place?!?!?
6) When you have an expired car registration sticker, no front license plate, no insurance card, and have a lead foot, its very nerve racking when a cop follows you 45 minutes to work, very nerve racking….
7) Toddlers and dogs are very good judges or character and react the same to the same people, its quite funny.
8) Canon in D will be played at my funeral, its best to just accept it now and since its in writing I expect SOMEONE to hold to this request.
9) Tagging along with #8, my death will either be caused from weddings or from me flipping someone off while driving. I realize I could probably control the latter but its tough.
10) It is not necessary to make employees at social functions wear all black; the name tag, walkie-talkie, running around and looking like crap, usually give them away.
11) Its never too late to stop or start being nice. If you stop all the good stuff you ever said will be forgotten and if you genuinely start, all the bad things you said (given the nature of the comments & actions of course) can be moved past
12) If you ask someone something and they either say no or tell you what the policy is, its really not polite to ignore them or ask for an exception “just for you”. Tell you what, its ok to ask for an exception, but if they say no, don’t argue with them. You are most likely not the only one asking for an exception and its best to come to terms with that.
13) If you schedule an appointment with someone that means you have reserved a specific time. Lets say 11am for example. That means at 11am they are prepared to meet with you and have blocked that time and structured their day around it, that means you show up between 10:55am and 11:05am. If you arrive substantially early or late it is not polite and don’t be surprised when the person can no longer meet with you. Just because I am not a doctor doesn’t mean that you can treat me differently and not expect me to have the same policies.
14) Ceremony rehearsals are pointless if you are not going to listen.
15) Are you able to go into a grocery store or restaurant or retail shop and demand a discount, no, thats right, no, so please accept that other truth about life and assume that all businesses are the same!

Thats all I can think of right now, I think I might try to make this a daily (but who I am really kidding) so maybe a weekly thing. You will eitehr get to truly experience what goes on in my brain and see my crazy life or you will discover how working in the hospitality industry has made me bitter and not very hospitable :)