Tales from my last days of flying

[Akasa]

Good luck in the new job. I will miss your stories, but I know how much these people have agrevated you.

[Ree]

The passengers who seemed astounded that I was leaving my trolley dolly job for a 'real' job in the Civil Service. It gave me a huge buzz to tell them that I hated flying and dealing with the public and how great my new office job was.

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The passengers who didn't say goodbye or goodluck to me despite the captain explaining to them all it was my last ever day. Out of 130 passengers, only 10 said good luck and smiled at me. And two of them were off duty crew!

I wouldn't expect any of my customers to wish me luck on my last day, so I don't really know why you would be disappointed by this.
It's nice when it happens, but I don't really understand why it would be expected...especially when you just finished a flight where you told them you hated dealing with them.

Anyway, you really have seemed way too burned out, so I hope this second attempt at the civil service job works out for you, and you can be assured, if you ever do come back saying you're bored and want to get back to flying, we will tie you to your chair until the feeling goes away.

[Damien]

good luck and best wishes, Katie!

[Fufu487]

YEAAAA!!! congrats!! All the best luck with the new career

[XCashier]

It must have been a huge relief for you to step off that last flight.

Were you singing, "Take This Job And Shove It"?

Congratulations on the new job. And if you do get bored with it, remember it's only a job, a means to a paycheck, and you can spend your days off doing non-boring stuff! And remember the EWs and SCs you dealt with on the airplanes and hotels, and smile, knowing you will never have to deal with them ever again.

Going to change your user name again? Maybe Princess Katie this time?

[Jay 2K Winger]

Anyway, you really have seemed way too burned out, so I hope this second attempt at the civil service job works out for you, and you can be assured, if you ever do come back saying you're bored and want to get back to flying, we will tie you to your chair until the feeling goes away.

And if that still doesn't work, we'll tie some balloons to the chair and let you drift up at 16,000 feet for a few hours.

(Shamelessly stolen from this post.)

[mikoyan29]

Hopefully I won't be bored, it's a project management job in Defence not just admin or being a PA which I've done before there. There is lots of training and some travel involved and best of all...no customers.

Project management has customers.....just a different type of customer...

[flutes_and_fabric]

Good luck in your new job

[BookstoreEscapee]

Good luck!

[Skeksin]

Did he want me to whip a hot cooked brekkie out of my behind?

Ack! The Puns! The Puns!

So if you did then I assume it would be another "crappy airline meal"?

anyhoo.... +1 on the luck here. I'd make it +2 but you can't afford those stat bonus items yet.

[Midnight_Angel]

Best of luck at your new job, and I hope you regain your faith in humainity somewhat, when you don't have to deal with SCEWs any more.

Although this means I won't be able to fly with you

[Tigerpounce]

As one that is 4 years removed from direct customer service, no... the unwashed masses are still rude, self-entitled, ignorant jerks.

That being said, Welcome to the Army of Polite, Self-assured, Learned, Ex-CS Employees who Don't Take That Crap Anymore.

Gratz on the awesome job!

[Antisocial_Worker]

It seems like getting a job that doesn't involve the public is something like the Holy Grail of customerssuck. I did it, blas did it, you've done it now. Who else?

[AirHostess]

Project management has customers.....just a different type of customer...

Well yes but I won't have to serve anyone, with flexi-time I can come and go as I want etc Utterly different to a customer facing role!

[cinema guy]

It seems like getting a job that doesn't involve the public is something like the Holy Grail of customerssuck. I did it, blas did it, you've done it now. Who else?

I have just about done it. I have been promised a full time role in projection, so no more popcorn, no more hot dogs, no more customers. I have been full-time in projection since April because of staff illness and holidays, but it should become a permanent thing.