How dare you eat you sky slave!

[AirHostess]

I commute to and from work in uniform by train. Scarf comes off, ID pass comes off, jacket off etc.

Today I was sat eating a yummy bagel and drinking a coffee when the woman sat next to me glares at me and says "I don't think it's very professional for stewardesses to eat in public."

Not being in work I just shrugged. "Actually I've had a really busy day, I'm hungry and I'm a human being too. Oh and by the way, it's flight attendant, not stewardess. I also think you'll find I'm not in work so I can do what the hell I want."

LOL the look on her face was like this: When tired and pissed off after dealing with passengers I can be pretty damn scary. How dare this idiot 'tell me off' for eating. I moved seats after that.

We both got off at the same station and she actually refused to open the train door as apparently that was my job. I just shrugged and went to the other open door.

If this wasn't enough she tried to get in the same lift as me to reach the exit. I'm afraid I was very immature and closed the door on her. She looked mega annoyed!

I get paid to deal with lowlifes like this at work. Outside of work I do not put up with it.

[iradney]

Sooo...if it's not professional for you to eat in public, I wonder how she feels about you breathing?
I mean, you ARE using oxygen that COULD be used by potential customers

[Canarr]

Okay... I've been reading this site for years and I still don't get it. What goes on in these people's minds? It's beyond me.

[Athaelia]

That woman has some major issues...If someone did that to me I would be seriously pissed What a bitch!

[WhiteRose]

i'd tell her "Let's see YOU go this long without eating...guaranteed you'd be making a scene and bawling like a stupid cow about how people don't just HAND you your food...PLUS, since i'm off the clock, i'm allowed to act just like YOU do."

and then proceed to DEMAND that she MUST open the door for ME...

[depechemodefan]

I just don't get it. Does this woman spend her life going the mall food court telling people "you're at your lunch time? It's unprofessional for you to eat in public! Eat in the backroom of your store!" Or how about if she sees a cop eating at a restaurant and he's in his uniform. Ah, that would be a citation, I hope.

[finlayfox]

I think another good reply(which you did have a good one) would have been, "Well it is also not professional for me to curse to people so fuck off because I am not not at work, and you are not person I m paid to serve."

[SteverinoNY]

I can't stand people who think that retail workers are their god honest slaves and regardless of whether they are on the clock or not, they need to bend to their every single whim.

Was it petty of you to close the elevator door in the bitch's face? Yes. Was it well deserved because of how miserable she was being? YES.

There are so many people on this planet who need to be knocked down a peg or two because they are NOT any more important than the rest of us. They put their pants on the same way in the morning and they don't deserve any special treatment beyond what is common courtesy.

I'd have been more direct with the bitch, but to each their own.

[ta2ooed1]

See I almost wish that kinda thing would happen to me, I'd have entirely too much fun with it. Ahh the laughing, the pointing, the verbal assault at high volume that would so quickly take place. Ya know that could become a sport, how long does it take to reduce an asshat to tears? Ya I'm evil an I like it

[aurelemsrealm]

I applaud you for that! I love these kind of stories. I hate people who put themselves on pedestals like that hag, although I do like knocking the pedestal out from under them whenever I can.

[moogie]

I actually had a man come in one night at work and tell me I shouldn't be eating, since I deal with the public. I work overnight, alone, which means no break. I wonder how well he would feel if he wasn't allowed to eat for 8 hours at work?

[ADoyle90815]

I love stories like this, since there are some people who need to be knocked of their pedestal. I seriously doubt that this hag would appreciate it if she just got off of work and someone got on her case for eating.

[crazylegs]

If I so much as stop for a coffee somewhere while in uniform I get a considerable amount of glares. I'm human, I need to drink, deal with it!

[raw456]

Ya! PKAH for telling her where to go.

I was once accosted late at night in a pub because I happened to be wearing a shirt with the company logo on it. Idiot decided he was within his rights to yell at me about one of our products and demand I "fix him up" WTF???

It's sad but true that so many people think of CS people as lower class pions. You just know that those kinds have NEVER worked a day in their life as a frontliner in a store, bank, call centre etc....

[jjllbb]

holy cow. reading that made my night.