wanna know what annoys flight attendants? (cost, airline, overnight, carry-on)

[Élan vital]

7 Ways to Annoy a Flight Attendant

[moonshadow]

My very existence?

Sure seems like it sometimes.

Then again I don't think I've done any of that stuff on an airplane EVER nor would I.

[Finger Laker]

i've read this one already - this chick was super annoying

first is the fallacy they wouldn't get compensated for a work related injury

the second is caring how much we care about the fares we pay, it's not consequential to their job - especially since many get the benefit of not having to pay them or paying a greatly reduced fare

[j_k_k]

I've read enough flight attendant books to have a pretty good idea of what they think of the traveling public. Well, fine, I ain't so fond of them either, but what I think hardly matters, because there is nothing I can do to change it and if I even seem to get mad, I might end up in trouble that's far more trouble than it's worth. They have all power and I have none, since my only recourse is to refuse to fly on that airline in the future, which affects them exactly zero because they couldn't care less whether I do or not. So I just endure the situation, ask nothing and expect nothing, bring my own food and beverages when I can, and get from point A to point B as inconspicuously as I can. Unless it's intercontinental, it's only a few hours of jail and the guards aren't wielding nightsticks, so I can do my own time like a model prisoner. As in the lockup, what I think of it is irrelevant; it just is and I deal with it.

I do sympathize with some of the more preposterous and peremptory demands idiots make, like diaper changes and more liquor than they should have (the very last thing I would do on a modern airplane is drink alcohol even if it were free). And if someone grabs their buns on the way by, I'll gladly hold the lech while she busts him in the mouth. But the whole idea of flying as fun is long gone. Its only benefit is speed; a Greyhound is more comfortable and relaxing, comes down to that.

[BlueWillowPlate]

Hah
I love their solution for #2:
"We couldn't identify the bag's owner, so we sent it to cargo."
I *have* seen a few people stow their carry-on wherever their little heart desires (especially as soon as they board) and it does irk me.
I'm not totally inflexible about overhead carryons, but some people take too much advantage.

Flight attendants put up with a lot. On a recent overseas flight, two guys in front of us, one of them who boarded in an intoxicated state and than drank more, began shouting and putting up their fists. Their wives and a FA settled it down. (I slept through the entire thing, my husband did not.)

[annerk]

I have to agree with everything she says and more. Air travel is the new Greyhound. People are outrageous in their demands on flight crews and thier lack of common courtesy for fellow passengers.

And I especially agree with stowing your own carryon. What the heck are people carting onboard in those things to make them so heavy? Mine weighs 17 pounds fully packed for a week's travel. And no, I won't help anyone with their bag or kid either. I will hold your cup of coffee while you put your own bag up though. (Not a flight attendent, no way I'd deal with the crap that they deal with on a daily basis.)

[Dd714]

1.) I generally don't pay attention and question the validity of those little quips of "10 things..." on an internet site. I am still laughing about the innacurracies of the last "10 thing.." listing that was posted here a couple weeks ago on how to get a first class upgrade. It was so laughingly incorrect as to be almost fraudulent.

2.) That being said, i'm suprised other things weren't listed such as demanding service, getting up when seat belt light is on, etc. Pet on plane? come on, how often does that happen. High cost of flying? I have yet to hear one person on a plane complain - at least not to a flight attendant (I'm a frequent flyer).

3.) Flight attendants put up with alot, no doubt. But I have also seen flight attendants grow surely in the last couple years. You have some excellent flight attendants, I have also seen some that are just always grouchy, that hide in the little cubicle in the front reading a magazine the whole flight (I frequently fly FC), and that generally look like they hate their job. And 9/11 - everyone realizes the concerns, but that doesn't give the flight attendant a reason to use that as an excuse to think that customer service is now secondary. I am not looking for a 100 pound flight attendant to protect me if a flight gets hijacked.

[Alaskan Mutt]

Don't get me started on flight attendants...Too late...I have to deal with them everyday.

Once when I was riding on different airline, there were 15 off duty flight attendants also riding. They were allowed to board first. Everyone had two oversized rollerboard suitcases plus an overnight bag. The rollerboards would only fit lenghtways. When the other 125 passengers were allowed to board, half of the overhead bin space was already gone. The last 40 passengers had to gate check their carry on bags.

[stan4]

I'm sorry. I bring a tiny carry-on, I sit quietly, I never ring the bell, and all I have noticed is that the flight attendants are getting ruder and ruder.

You think you're overworked and harried? Try my job. And I still work hard to smile and be polite.

They only place they've been consistently nice is in first class.

[j_k_k]

Originally Posted by stan4

I'm sorry. I bring a tiny carry-on, I sit quietly, I never ring the bell, and all I have noticed is that the flight attendants are getting ruder and ruder.

You think you're overworked and harried? Try my job. And I still work hard to smile and be polite.

There's the tragedy. I'm one of those people who normally makes grocery checkers and waitresses laugh, who acknowledges them as people rather than bots or emotional punching bags. If air travel sucked less, I'd try to uplift the days of flight attendants too. But I'm just not feeling it.