You fear getting old but you are lucky if you make it.
~Mamie Van Doren
Category: Random Stuff
Flying Etiquette 101
My full time gig (other then being an amazing wife and totally cool mom) is being employed as a Flight Attendant. The majority of the time this is “the” most awesomest job ever but, sometimes you find yourself shaking your head at the human race. I truly don’t think people have any intentions of travelling and trying to piss off their Flight Attendant or seat mate (well for most people anyway) but rather they are just oblivious to airplane common sense.
I’ve been working a crazy amount lately and thought maybe it would be advantageous to compile a little list of some of the most irksome things that always seem to happen, in hopes that maybe one day the list will make the rounds and then everyone will live gloriously ever after including your Flight Attendants.
#1 – Manners…… These will go a long way for you in any situation. Getting on the plane for instance. See the Flight Attendant standing at the door saying hi to EVERYONE? Yes, that’s right even to you. Please don’t just stare at us and keep walking. This applies to humans of every age…..teach your children to reply back when someone speaks to them. This tip also applies in reverse….when you get off the plane, please say goodbye.
#2 – Luggage….. So you are bringing your rolling bag onto the aircraft, that’s great, however….. Is it heavy? Can you lift it by yourself into the overhead bin? Did you pack your rock collection? (true story, an elderly lady packed her huge-normous rock collection to bring with her on a flight). If you can not lift it, chances are neither can your Flight Attendant and you should really be checking it in. On the topic of luggage…..so, you successfully got your bag into the bin but you can’t close it? If it’s hanging off the edge because it’s too large the bin will not magically close once a Flight Attendant touches it. We are magical but we aren’t that good. So please check those in too.Read More
January 2016
We are now at day six of 2016. I consider it really day three as no ‘first’ day ever started on any other day but Monday right? Think about it….when does your first day at work start~Monday….when do the kids go back to school~Monday….when does your new diet and exercise start~MONDAY!!!! So when I decided to do the revamping of my 2106 goals clearly it wasn’t going to start on the first of January!!! Really, give your head a shake if you think any of my grand schemes and plans will start on a Friday (Jan 1st this year) especially the boozeless January portion. Three more days for me~whoop~to continue living it up post 2015, getting more cushion around my middle (cause that so TOTALLY happened~ohhh-M-gee!).
Last year was spent trying to stay on the fitness track. I got programs for exercise and food, following along, falling off and getting back on again. All in all it was not a bad year. Although I must admit that while I did pretty good by some standards, I may of written it all off in the month of December. Once I completely fell off the wagon, it was every man for themselves and if your right hand held a butter tart you could consider yourself now a leftie. So here I am sort of sad cause I am squishy but happy that I had an amazing holiday spent with my family, which far outweighs the latter, right?
In the next few days I will be writing about how I plan to execute these plans of mine and what they entail from fitness to fortune (I am sooooooo winning that lottery!). Hopefully this will make me even more accountable then last year because as mentioned before, things that take time & patience totally got missed on my DNA makeup.
I’m never really sure how to end these posts….you know like when you were a kid and you had to write a thank you to your Grandma… regards, sincerely, bye. I really have the urge to say “later bitches” but maybe that’s inappropriate ?? who knows. So how about Stay Beautiful…cause we all are and should be reminded every day!!❤️