JEEZ. I only had one flight today, with less than 20 passengers on it. Easy, right? Wrong. Almost every one of them, annoyed me in one way or another. People just don't listen.
Here's the list of some of these a-holes:
1. The guy seated directly in front of my jumpseat, who reclined his seatback while we were taxiing. And this, after I made the announcement that seatbacks must be forward, until we're up in the air and I make the p.a. that it's okay to recline them. He tried to sneak it, as if I'm blind, which pissed me off, not to mention the fact that it was very rude to the person sitting behind him. He was in the first seat, which is literally, about 2 feet across from me.
2. The stupid girl who, just minutes before we were about to take off, I caught talking on her cell phone. I said, "Excuse me, that needs to be turned off now." At first, she ignored me and she had her head turned away from me, so I tapped her on the arm and said it again. She looked at me dismissively, and then casually turned her head away from me again, and continued talking on her phone. This was an early morning flight, and I had not had my coffee yet, so I was not in the mood. "HEY!" I just about shouted. She turned back towards me, with this alarmed look on her face. "NOW!" I barked at her. She immediately shut the phone off. When we were up in the air and I went around with my beverage service, she was conveniently asleep. I think I scared her.
3. Immediately after yelling at cell phone girl, I caught another guy using his Blackberry. God, I hate those things. It's like people are so addicted to them, they can't sit there for 5 fucking minutes, without pulling it out of their pocket. Again, I had to be the mean bitch and tell him to turn it off.
4. The snotty businessman seated across from me, about 3 rows back, who wouldn't wait until I made the p.a. announcement, before turning on his iPod. He was also a dick when I gave him his drink. I went around with the garbage bag about 5 times, and everytime he'd have his leg out in the aisle, and wouldn't put anything in the trash bag. Of course, the moment I get back to the galley, to have myself that cup of coffee, he's got to come up, push the curtain back, scaring the shit out of me, and without saying a word, thrust his cups and papers in my face. Then, when we were descending, I sat down in my jumpseat and he's got to put his sunglasses on and STARE at me. I know he was staring because I could see his eyes through the sunglasses. At first, I just looked away, but it was driving me nuts, so I went and stared right back at him. I was SO pissed off because he wouldn't look away, so finally I just undid my seatbelt and stormed back into the galley, until I had to be seated again. On his way out, I mumbled the obligatory "thank you" (even though I didn't mean it), and he just gave me a shitty look and said nothing. Asshole.
Here's the list of some of these a-holes:
1. The guy seated directly in front of my jumpseat, who reclined his seatback while we were taxiing. And this, after I made the announcement that seatbacks must be forward, until we're up in the air and I make the p.a. that it's okay to recline them. He tried to sneak it, as if I'm blind, which pissed me off, not to mention the fact that it was very rude to the person sitting behind him. He was in the first seat, which is literally, about 2 feet across from me.
2. The stupid girl who, just minutes before we were about to take off, I caught talking on her cell phone. I said, "Excuse me, that needs to be turned off now." At first, she ignored me and she had her head turned away from me, so I tapped her on the arm and said it again. She looked at me dismissively, and then casually turned her head away from me again, and continued talking on her phone. This was an early morning flight, and I had not had my coffee yet, so I was not in the mood. "HEY!" I just about shouted. She turned back towards me, with this alarmed look on her face. "NOW!" I barked at her. She immediately shut the phone off. When we were up in the air and I went around with my beverage service, she was conveniently asleep. I think I scared her.
3. Immediately after yelling at cell phone girl, I caught another guy using his Blackberry. God, I hate those things. It's like people are so addicted to them, they can't sit there for 5 fucking minutes, without pulling it out of their pocket. Again, I had to be the mean bitch and tell him to turn it off.
4. The snotty businessman seated across from me, about 3 rows back, who wouldn't wait until I made the p.a. announcement, before turning on his iPod. He was also a dick when I gave him his drink. I went around with the garbage bag about 5 times, and everytime he'd have his leg out in the aisle, and wouldn't put anything in the trash bag. Of course, the moment I get back to the galley, to have myself that cup of coffee, he's got to come up, push the curtain back, scaring the shit out of me, and without saying a word, thrust his cups and papers in my face. Then, when we were descending, I sat down in my jumpseat and he's got to put his sunglasses on and STARE at me. I know he was staring because I could see his eyes through the sunglasses. At first, I just looked away, but it was driving me nuts, so I went and stared right back at him. I was SO pissed off because he wouldn't look away, so finally I just undid my seatbelt and stormed back into the galley, until I had to be seated again. On his way out, I mumbled the obligatory "thank you" (even though I didn't mean it), and he just gave me a shitty look and said nothing. Asshole.
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