"You need to clean the bathroom"

[AirHostess]

Busy flight, had some bitchy woman demand that I "go in the lavatory and clean it before I go in, it's disgusting!"

The sink had blocked, water (or urine, not sure) everywhere, tissues all over, it really was a mess.

Me: "Oh ok, thanks for telling me, I'll just block it off (lifts up latch, pulls 'Occupied' sign across so no-one can get in)
Her: "You need to clean it!"
Me: "Um...there's another loo just there...and there..." *points*
Her: "I don't want to wait, I just want to go to the bathroom and it's your job to clean it!"
Me: "I'm afraid as we handle food we don't clean the bathrooms. Look that loo there is empty."

She glared at me and walked off. WEIRDO. It seemed like she wanted to get a thrill from watching the 'flying waitress' doning plastic gloves and cleaning up the mess! Very very odd.

[South Texan]

It seemed like she wanted to get a thrill from watching the 'flying waitress' doning plastic gloves and cleaning up the mess!

Flight attendant uniform. Plasic gloves. Wiggling around in tight space covered with "mess".

Who wouldn't get a "cheap thrill" from seeing that?






And I think you handled the irrational "lady" quite well.

[lupo pazzesco]

Flight attendant uniform. Plasic gloves. Wiggling around in tight space covered with "mess".

Who wouldn't get a "cheap thrill" from seeing that?

You're a sick, twisted, individual...













I likes it!

[bainsidhe]

I thought your comeback was wonderful. It was polite, to the point, and didn't come off sounding like you were shirking duties (even if bathroom duty ISN'T one of your duties).

[DGoddessChardonnay]

I'd been tempted to hand that woman a can of Comet cleanser, a long-handled bowl brush and tell her "Here you go. Knock yourself out."

Wouldn't surprise me in the least if she were the one who messed up the loo in the first place.

[IT Grunt]

Wouldn't surprise me in the least if she were the one who messed up the loo in the first place.

I was thinking the same thing. I think the fact that despite having to 'go' (or not), she insisted on /that/ bathroom, and demanded it be cleaned. You don't have to walk very far on a plane to get to the next toilet.

[tropicsgoddess]

Wow..was it that horribly difficult for "Her Royal Highness" to walk her ass to ANOTHER bathroom?! </sarcasm>

[AirHostess]

Flight attendant uniform. Plasic gloves. Wiggling around in tight space covered with "mess".

Who wouldn't get a "cheap thrill" from seeing that?






And I think you handled the irrational "lady" quite well.

LOL. There is nothing sexy about my uniform!

[Seshat]

There's nothing sexy about my cotton drill workpants and workshirt, or my tough workboots either.

or so I think. I'm told other people think they're fantastic.

[Tito]

Me: "Oh ok, thanks for telling me, I'll just block it off (lifts up latch, pulls 'Occupied' sign across so no-one can get in)
Her: "You need to clean it!"

Ooookayyyyy, and if you worked for her, that might have meant something.

Had you cleaned it, I'm sure someone would have complained about you doing it, since you handle the food. You just can't win with people.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Wouldn't surprise me in the least if she were the one who messed up the loo in the first place.

In my experience, the person who kicks up a giant fuss is nearly always the person who trashed the toilet in the first place. -.- Or sometimes the mother of the child who peed all over the floor.

Where I work, you can only touch human body fluids if you're trained as a first aider, or a cleaner. It has convinced me never to train as a first aider... O.o

[crazylegs]

Where I work, you can only touch human body fluids if you're trained as a first aider, or a cleaner. It has convinced me never to train as a first aider... O.o

You wot?

Where on the FAW course does it tell you that your know the designated shit cleaner upper...?

[Lace Neil Singer]

Haven't a clue, but them's the rules where I work.

[cinema guy]

My first aid course had nothing about shit cleaning. In fact I cleaned shit and vomit long before I got my FA certificate.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I think it's mostly supposed to be to do with blood and vomit; but the term is "bodily fluids" which means any fluid that comes from the human body. In any case, you're heading way off topic with this; especially since I have already said that it's the rule where I work. Who said rules at work had to make sense?