Passenger asks me if the company is going under

[AirHostess]

He then rants at me about lazy over-paid flight attendants making the company go under, asks me if I plan to go on strike, bangs on about left-wing unionist scum. As he put it. He then gets concerned that he will lose his frequent flyer points. No concern about thousands of jobs going, just his precious miles.

I just said 'sir, I think it's best if we don't discuss these issues, I can't really comment on them.'



If it had been my last day at work I may have said something different.

[Nurian]

This would have been a great opportunity to screw with the guy.

"No sir, the company's not going under. We are." (engines turn off)

[chapookie]

Gah...

Sounds like the passenger who stopped me in the middle of first class dinner service to ask me if I wished I'd done better in school so I didn't have such a crappy job.

Great way to make convo with the person serving you. Insult them!

[Sheldonrs]

Yes, the company is going under and the pilot is REALLY pissed about it so you better buckle up!

[Skeksin]

Yes the company is going under! In fact you are on the first plane to be retrofitted to serve in the air and under the water! Pilot! Periscope depth please!

[Food Lady]

Gah... Sounds like the passenger who stopped me in the middle of first class dinner service to ask me if I wished I'd done better in school so I didn't have such a crappy job. Great way to make convo with the person serving you. Insult them!

I wouldn't even ask that of an enemy! Just totally hurtful. And I hate that attitude; I know it all too well. There are lots of reasons people have whatever jobs they have, some of which have nothing to do with school.

[chapookie]

I wouldn't even ask that of an enemy! Just totally hurtful. And I hate that attitude; I know it all too well. There are lots of reasons people have whatever jobs they have, some of which have nothing to do with school.

I just brushed it off and guessed he wasn't aware of how the American education system worked. He kept going on and on about how I should've strived for "A-levels" and gone to "uni." While I have a vague idea of what those mean in the UK, I really didn't understand most of what he was saying.

It was one of those moments I wished I was good at tactful yet semi-smart mouthed comebacks . All I could mutter was, "Sir, I am college educated but I choose to do this job. Now, would you care for shrimp cocktail or goose liver pate?"

Sorry, should've started my own thread with this SC - sorry Katie!

[WhiteRose]

"Don't you wish you did better?"

"Yeah, if I had stayed in college another couple of years I could have been the pilot so I could AIM for all the turbulance..."

[Imogene]

I wished I'd done better in school so I didn't have such a crappy job

"Couldn't have been done, sir, perfect attendance, perfect 4.0 GPA, Valedictorian, Salutatorian, Dean's List... however, I really should've gone to a different school than *insert tech school*..."

[bainsidhe]

Sounds like the passenger who stopped me in the middle of first class dinner service to ask me if I wished I'd done better in school so I didn't have such a crappy job.

Whatever for sir? I love working with the general public and listening to such delightful commentary. I enjoy working with customers and their families, though I do wish the children would stop having "accidents". Ah well, we try to clean it as best we can (then stare pointedly at SC's chair)

[AirHostess]

Gah...

Sounds like the passenger who stopped me in the middle of first class dinner service to ask me if I wished I'd done better in school so I didn't have such a crappy job.

Great way to make convo with the person serving you. Insult them!

Argh why are people so rude?

As this article shows, even university graduates are finding it very tough to get a graduate level job http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8068987.stm

[jedimaster91]

Everything's been hit. Heck, my degree is in HEALTHCARE and I'm having trouble getting a job. Some of the NURSES that graduated with my mom are having trouble. And if NURSING has been hit this hard, I shudder to think of the rest of the job world.