A Day In The Life - a Preview of my blog.

To confirm something: I am not the best flight attendant.

I don't claim to even be good.

Nice letters come into the company from passengers and crew members alike about how nice I am.

People often tell me I helped give them the best flight ever.

But I'm not good.

I don't even know how I got hired to be a flight attendant, not at one airline but multiple!

So I've decided to share my story from a flight I try to forget but never quite can, a flight where I thought we "lost" someone. You know ... lost as in ... L-O-S-T. : x

Before getting started I'll just mention that this was day five, leg five of a fourteen hour work day and into my 9th hour of flight time ... which is a lot.

I was reading text on my cell phone while we were boarding when I was suppose to be serving customers in first class their on ground beverage (oh don't blame me, the text was too juicy). Anyway, the lead or someone told me we had a blind passenger in row whatever. I nodded my head and went back to the juicy info before we closed the door. I did a quick run through the first class and finished up all I had to do and finally we were on our way. I did a little demo where the people who were actually watching me laughed. They laughed! I didn't realize why they were laughing until I looked down at the demo card and noticed something was sticking out of it. I opened it (while trying to show the people who have never used a seatbelt since 1970 how it actually works) and saw this huge white paper taped on the inside that said 'Marry Me Fly For Free' in huge, bold, black letters. - Flight Attendants are not funny.

Finally, we were in the air and I was at about row six of coach asking "Drink!?" .. I was finally at a row with a young woman, empty seat, and an older lady sitting next to the window. The younger woman let me know right away what she wanted and I got it even though I was annoyed that little old lady wouldn't answer me. So I practically yelled at this woman "DRINK!?" ... still she ignores me and keeps looking forward ...

At this point a flight attendant thinks one of two things; you are an ass-hole or you are dead.

I thought she was dead, seriously dead. Like not breathing dead.

My first thought was "Oh my god I should save her"
... second thought was "Oh shit where are those blankets so I can cover her"
... and my third thought was "OH SHIT SHE IS DEAD!!!"
... followed by
... This is screwing with my time at home!

Yes cruel very cruel.

So I am standing in the isle looking around wondering what the hell I'm going to do so I reasonably lean over and ask once again "Would you like anything to drink Ma'am .. anything at all at all???"

... she didn't move.

I'm ready to cry and not willing to touch this dead woman. At this point young lady looks at me with saucer eyes and leans over to touch the lady. SHE MOVED!! The lady moved!! WOOOOOOOOOO I keep sleep <---- yes that was my first response. Anywho she did one of those creepy moves. Where they slowly turn to you with their eyes wide open. I finally figured out what she wanted and finished up my service with a smile. Well if grinding your teeth is coincided a smile then I succeeded! When I was through I told my lead what happened and this is where he informs me (after laughing for about four minutes) that lady in row so and so is blind. I look at him like I'm blind and just blink. I swear to God this woman looked right at me! Anywho no one mentioned to us she had a hearing problem as well. Which changes a situation completely. I get she couldn't see me, but not to hear me was harsh. I nearly had a heart attack figuring out how to cover her without using one of our dirty old blankets!