You Know You're a Flight Attendant.....

Skymess

Veteran
Aug 6, 2004
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See, it's the same at every airline. This was sent by a NW flight attendant

You know you're a flight attendant if........


1. You never unpack

2. You look to the ceiling when your
doorbell goes off

3. You wish you had jet engines mounted in
your bedroom so you could fall asleep faster

4. You never write out a full city name anymore.(bugs
your non airline friends) JFK MCO FCO BOM ORD
SFO LHR etc.

5. You get excited over certain types of ice

6. You curse every 'Bose headset wearing moron--yes,
the electronic device announcement means you!

7. You know how to look fresh in 5 day old clothes

8. No matter how many times you clean out your
suitcase you still find ancient hidden treasures in there

9. You HATE boarding

10. You LOVE deplaning

11. Turbulence is not caused by clouds but caused by the
initial movement of all meal carts, the pouring of coffee, or the start of the water service.

12. You can't believe you've never been in a hotel van accident

13. You loathe your CEO

14. Businessmen on cell phones or PDA’s rank up there with the CEO

15. You remember the passengers with great manners (that's sad)

16. You LOVE the Nicoderm commercial (if you have not seen it go to
> www,youtube.com <http://youtube.com/>; and search it)

17. You can't remember when UM's (Unaccompanied Minors) actually
became bigger than you

18. You love foreigners because they can't adequately complain in
English

19. You despise foreigners because they can't communicate effectively

20. You secretly cheer when another flight attendant has to deal
with the medical emergency

21. You HATE on board duty free

22. You can't stand the frequent flyer who says' I fly more than you...'

23. You hate seeing your passengers at your layover hotel

24. #*%^& tray stackers

25. You hate when drinkers start calling you by name (don't buddy up to me, Loser)

26. You long for the days when it was easy to rig the
hotel TV for free movies

27. You want to smack the nail clipping --finger nail polishing--
nose picking--snoring idiots

28. You want no passengers talking to you while you
are nonreving. Enough with the ‘worst flight I ever had’ stories…

29. You travel in uniform for the liquids creams and gel exemption

30. If passengers can't find the flush to the toilet---they should stay
in there till they do!!!!!!!!
31. No, you can't borrow my pen!!!

32. You are excited to find a can of different soda that is not supposed
to be on your airline

33. You never imagined you could fart all the way across the Atlantic

34. You know every 'sights and sounds of...' from CNN

35. You LOVE to sleep

36. You hate early morning departures---
Who in the hell HAS to fly at 6 a.m.

37. You wish your manager actually WAS a f/a at one
point in their life

38. You can't believe your senior f/a is in their 80's-(doesn't matter
what airline they all have them)

39. You try not to go the bathroom on the plane but you sure can catch a good nap in there

40. You hate that they think they can hear you without taking off
their headsets

41. You wish bassinettes were never invented

42. You are glad there are no hidden cameras in the galley

43. Your friends truly don't get the commuting part---‘so you have to
fly when and your trip starts where??’

44. YES, remain seated for the duration of our flight DOES mean YOU

45. There is one person at the airline you can't stand to fly with

46. You can't figure out why your supervisor is not held
accountable for the same things you are

47. Your jump seat partner knows more about you than
your spouse or life partner

48. You have at least 6 of your own you could add to this list

49. You have a memory of all of these

50. You UNDERSTOOD every one of these.