Dear passenger,
When you buy your tickets, do you get a discount if you promise to be a smart ass to the flight attendant?
Dear passenger,
I do not control TSA or make their rules, I have no say on the rules the FAA put on the airlines, I have no say on the fees and rules the airlines have, I did not design the airplane, nor do I have any control on the size of the airplane for your route, I can not control the weather, I have no say on which flights get delayed, I can’t read minds, I have no idea what happened to you on your last flight, I have no knowledge of your next flight.
So please do not come on board screaming at me for anything of these things, I can not help you with any of it, and it only makes me want to dump a drink in your lap.
Thanks
Dear Passenger
There is no need for rudeness, I can’t read your mind so snapping at me that you want your coffee black is uncalled for, a please and thank you would be nice as well.
Also preparing for take off and landing, it’s my job to ask you to have your seat backs up, tray tables up, stuff stored, and electronic stuff off, the reason for it is so you can safely exit the aircraft in an emergency, I get a super fine if I don’t do it, so I really don’t need the attitude and the rudeness. I’m picturing you engulfed in flames when you are rude.
So be nice
Thanks
Dear Passenger
Dear Passenger,
I am walking around, working and doing stuff, I am almost Never cold on an airplane, so I don’t know how the temperature is for you, if you don’t tell me you are cold I can’t do anything about it.
Don’t whine to the crew after the flight, despite popular belief we can’t read minds
Thanks
Dear Passenger
My galley is not leg space, so when I trip on your feet, you should not be the one doing the glaring.
It has been a joy to visit in Minnesota, lake monster and public radio capital of the world. But now it does not want TO LET ME GO.
Oh my goodness I am not ready for that view
Dear Passenger,
When I ask for your portable electronic devices to be turned off, that does not mean turn off the one you are currently using and turn on a different one
Dear Passenger
I must apologize for the annoying captain that makes unnecessarily long and loud announcements, and has a creepy stare as you deplane, imagine having to work with him for four long days, 12 flights.
Dear Passenger,
A word about portable electronic devices, this is the bane of all flight attendants and passengers alike.
Passengers don’t want to unplug from their devices, and think when we ask you to turn it off, we’re just doing it for our own mean-spirited pleasure.
The official reason that everyone hears about is the interference with the airplane’s navigation system, most people don’t believe this and Mythbusters busted it years ago, though they even said that this is a Federal Aviation Regulation, meaning its the LAW, and you should still follow it. There is another reason that you are asked to turn off your electronic devices, we don’t want you completely tuned out if an emergency were to happen.
The time during a flight that an incident is likely to happen, is operations under 10,000 feet - including taxi-ing, if something were to happen that would warrant your immediate attention, like we need to evacuate, I am not going to have time to repeat instructions personally to each person that can’t be bothered to pay attention to what’s going on around them. Before you say no one can be that tuned out, Google to see what a problem people getting hit by cars while texting is, we’re asking for only a few minutes folks.
So please stop arguing with us, stop stomping around like a teenager, stop with the smart ass comments, stop with the name calling, just stop…and turn off your damn device
