3 day trip hell

I thought i would document what i do at work to pass the time haha. I love the look of the dessert cart and it always baffles me when the pax turn everything down so i normally offer it to economy - 'waste not want not' nana says.
Also i love the little messages everywhere on the a/c like the one thats up the front in business reminding us not to smoke during the meal service! It just makes me laugh thinking about taking the food/beverage carts out with a fag in hand and puffing away while asking chicken or fish?

On Friday we started a 3 day trip with 1 night in Dunedin and 1 night in Wellington - i was quite looking forward to it because Dunedin meant a sweet hotel date with my bf :) 3 day trips are normally ok with me, a little bit tired but nothing a good nights sleep cant fix.....unfortunatly our inflight manager decided to make our trip as busy as possible. By Sunday night i was close to falling asleep on landing! Instead of just doing the standard 2 bar services per flight, our flight manager decided that we were going to go bar cart happy without asking us how we felt.
I am completely fine with doing an extra bar service on longer flights (longer being 3.5 - 4hours) but when you have 100 pax on a 3.30hr flight i think doing 3 water runs and 4 bar services a little too much! Then theres all the rubbish runs, the toilet que, the dinging for more drinks....
I like my job i do but why make work harder for yourself and your crew? The pax will expect to have 4 bar services on flights when its not the norm. We ran out of beer, sauvignon blanc, bourbon, whisky it was just crazy! Pillow this, beer that i swear i was starting to get a facial tick from it all.
I would also like the time to apoligize AGAIN to Mr 25d. Im sorry you didnt get the fish! Does it really matter? Your wife got the fish, your daughter got the fish...you got the venison. Boo hoo. There are starving people all over the world and you didnt get the fish. The whole flight thats all i heard "well since i didnt get the fish il have another (insert request for pillow, blanket, water, red wine, red wine, red wine here).."
The only thing that made my trip better was seeing my bf on Friday night which included using the last of the free drink vouchers that the Dunedin hotel give us (They have canned it due to the recession :() The lovely japanese dinner he took me out to, our breakfast date and my Sunday night dessert. It wasnt just any dessert though... other desserts would orbit this dessert, bow to it even!
The ingredients are a mixture of economy class cookies and cream ice cream, crew tray brownie heated up with strawberries, business chocolate mousse cake with cherrys, almond biscotti from business. milo to sprinkle on top and 1 banana. The ultimate banana split! I then suffered an extreme sugar high which meant an extremley quick millionith bar cart run and then the low hit, i wanted to cry and sleep and eat more sugar....never again will i attempt such a beautiful dessert. Theres no telling what could happen next time.

Queenstown overnighter.

Sometimes while at work i want to open this door and jump....sadly this is impossible due to pressurization but alas one can dream. I have been asked quite a few times if we carry parachutes haha - no we dont... If we did im pretty sure it would be on the safety demo...either that or those annoying people on the plane would dissapear one by one without a trace.
I had an awsome trip last week. Flew from chc to Brisbane then Zqn aka Queenstown!! Best trip ever. -1 degrees and sunny :) My lovely BF drove up to Zqn to stay with me and the entire crew had drinks in my room then off me went to the casino with our free drink vouchers. I dabbled in some gambling ($2 haha) and we headed to dinner at a place called the cow (which coincidently is in cow lane) it was packed to the rafters because its awsome. Delicious pizza, although i do recommend AVOIDING sitting next to the open fire. Winnie's was next where i realised i was just a little too tipsy and we headed home...which took longer than expected due to the clear night and the beautiful view of the moon and stars...sorry alex :p
We got up at 7am to go skiing at Coronet....mainly because we had promised the First Officer a ride the night before but im glad we did because fresh mountain air is a great cure for a hangover!! And im sure the FO appreciated the free ride instead of paying $120 for a taxi like he did the week before! crazy man - thats what happens kids when u dont book the shuttle in time.
The flight from Qtown to Syd after our fun trip was gay. The incoming crew warned us about the shotty inflight entertainment...sure enough it wasnt willing to co-operate. We didnt have a full flight and after trying to reset screens with no luck we told people just to move to seats where the screens were actually working...this seems somehow hard to understand to the passengers. Its not hard! Just move! Im trying to cook your food and set up the bar cart so you can finally get those drinks your asking for.
So why dont you 1.) unfasten your seatbelt 2.) Get up 3.)look for an empty seat.
Im not your mum - no no im not. Just because somebody is already in one seat it doesnt mean you cant sit next to them without me coaxing you to do it! And no Sir i dont think that man "might" have swine flu just because he is wearing a mask over his mouth - he probally thinks you do.
I did like the honesty of 22b though. He simply said "I was already in a bad mood b4 the flight and now my tv isnt working so if u just pour me a strong drink i will just look out the window and pass out"
Note to people who get stiff muscles and 27d - please dont stand and stretch in the aisle in front of my galley which is also the only entrance while i am clearing in meal trays. Its annoying, especially when your always doing it...THE WHOLE FLIGHT. Please dont. PLEASE, my sanity begs of you.

umumumumum

School holidays = UM's (unaccompanied minors)
I worked 3 early mornings in a row from NZ to Aus and back with plenty of Um's...i was expecting complete chaos (like the time one UM gave another UM a bleeding nose) but the um's were uneventful - unlike Mr 5a.
5a was very special, he should have been down the back with the um's so we could keep an eye on him too. You see 5a is on tv and thinks he's cool, one would have thought that because you have recently done a segment on your show called "how to be flight attendant friendly" you would of been better behaved! If you want a vege meal then order one...i cant exactly get the Captain to stop at the shop for you. If we could i wouldnt have anyway because of that slight attitude problem you seem to have.
The rest of the flights were ok except for the occasional call-button whore, sometimes i tell them that the button is wired to customs and thats how they pick their 'random' bag searches. They either get the joke and laugh and dont push the button again or they dont get it and continue to push the damn thing for more stupid things. There should be a call button quota per seat, 3 dings and your out!

Is it cold? YES ITS WINTER!

Hi :) this is my first blogy blog and its going to be a rant...mainly because i like to rant. I probably should have called this blog ranting flight attendant :p moving along.....
I like being a flight attendant, i really do....but some people (by some i mean most) ask the stupidest things. This months favourite is "Is it cold in (insert winter destination here) Yes it will be cold because its winter, you should know this because:
A. Your are excited about your PLANNED winter holiday to New Zealand and
B. You spent 3 minutes packing your ridiculously over-sized winter jacket that u planned to bring knowing it will be cold outside in the overhead locker while pissing off everyone who had to wait to get to their seats.

My other favourites this month are:
"Is that snow?" no its cloud because we are still above the Tasman Sea.
"Are those clouds?" no its the Southern Alps with snow on them that the Captain just made a P.A about.
Me : holding clear plastic water jug "would you like some water?"
Man: What is that?
Me: "water, would you like a glass of water?"
Man: Yes but whats in the jug?
Me: "Water"!!!
I understand some people could possibly be very tired after traveling millions of light years to get to NZ and could possibly think that the clear plastic jug filled with water, ice and lemon is actually something else like let say .... Gin and Tonic because New Zealanders do seem to like the occasional alcoholic drink but i think this man was just stupid.
On a happier note...the lady in 16d was so nice yesterday so i gave her chocolates for being so lovely and polite because unfortunatly even though mute people seem to be rare everyone else on the flight seemed to be mute, maybe there was a mute convention on in Akl that i wasnt aware of?