World traveler, connoisseur of wine and wings, documenter of filth, she can smile while serving you watered down Sierra Mist just as easily as she can disable you and have you secured to the seat with plastic ties.
Military charter flights are the most pleasurable flights for me to work. They are so kind, respectful, and grateful for everything I do. The verbal exchanges with them are so sweet and fun. And of course, looking at them in uniform isn’t so bad either. What they don’t know is the admiration that I have for them. To try and even THINK about what they go through is not even possible. The physical and mental challenges that they must face just blow my mind. I have such great respect for these special angels that protect my freedom every single day.
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Oh No…Not Even Embassy Suites Is Immune From Hotel Nightmares
This is a common refrain: flight attendants see the WORST stuff on the road. And there are definitely layover hotels that can be expected to provide exciting content. But one hardworking sky nanny was disappointed to see THIS at an Embassy Suites.
The Most Complicated Hotel Toilet Ever
When you need a PhD to PeE. From a flight attendant returning from Japan.
That Is One Nasty Keurig
From a flight attendant on layover in Nashville: I took the machine down and called the manager, he said sorry and gave me 10,000 points for my discomfort. Sheesh talk about giving the guest a stomach cancer.
Airline Window Snot
Soon to be an Alt Rock band name. Spotted on a flight from Newark to Houston where someone sneezed a little and neglected to clean it up. It's a little coagulated which means it's not, well, something else that's wet and red.
Possibly The Saddest (Plastic) In-Room Plant (Ever)
Found by a flight attendant on layover. She says that it really perked up her 6 hour stay.
A Very A Peeling Hotel Bathroom
From a flight attendant on layover at a delapidating hotel in Oklahoma
Someone REALLY Wanted To Get In The Room
The airlines have protocols and procedures to protect their flight crews on layovers and savvy employees learn the do's and don'ts of life on the road. But sometimes the lodging doesn't accommodate. From a flight attendant on her night between flights.
The Friendly And Stupid Skies
From a frequent contributer who is a flight attendant and over the holiday weekend got to use a Thermal Containment Bag for the first time. Obviously, fires on aircraft are, well, bad and these bags will smother and extinguish smoldering objects. Like a red hot vaping...
Someone Tried To Do Something Sneaky
A flight attendant checked into her layover hotel on Houston and discovered that a previous guest had tried to thwart the high-tech anti-smoking device that was installed when the place was built in 1977.
Rust? Blood?
From a guest staying in Anaheim who hopes that this is just a simple splattering of rust.
A Hotel Fashion Faux Pas
Hotel Items For Your Holiday Must-Steal List
From a survey of 1300 European hotels, a ranked listing of things stolen from their rooms. I prefer stripping the wallpaper, rolling it up and re-selling on eBay.