The list for May 21, 1997
The Top 17 Signs Your Airline Attendant
Is About Ready to Retire
Is About Ready to Retire
- Always grumbling about how things were much simpler when Orville and Wilbur ran the business.
- For your meal, asks, “Ya want the white crap or the yellow crap?”
- When pointing to the emergency exits, uses nothin’ but her middle finger.
- Occasionally tries to prop-start a 747.
- Insists on showing you pictures of her prom date with Bob Dole.
- Loudly refers to pilot and co-pilot as “Opie” and “The Beav.”
- At the security checkpoint, her hip sets off the metal detector.
- Replaces in-flight movie with racy story about how he and Amelia Earhart founded the Mile High Club.
- As passengers deplane, forgets to say “bye” and just stands there saying “buh… buh… buh… buh… buh… buh…”
- No matter what you order, she serves up a nice warm glass of Bosco.
- After demonstrating the oxygen mask, needs to keep it on.
- Matches entire business class shot for shot.
- Uses false teeth to prevent the food cart from rolling down the aisle.
- Breaks wind so forcefully that the oxygen masks drop.
- Requests that passengers refrain from using electronic devices such as Wurlitzers, Victrolas, and telegraphs.
- Excitedly announces that the in-flight movie will be a “talkie.”
And the Number 1 Sign Your Airline Attendant Is About Ready to Retire…
- Keeps getting lost on the way to the cockpit.
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CREDITS
Selected from 142 submissions by 48 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Chris McKenna, Malibu, CA — 1 (5th #1)
- Jeffrey House, Detroit, MI — 2
- Kim Moser, New York, NY — 3, 16
- George Olson, Colorado Springs, CO — 4, 9
- Lee Oeth, San Diego, CA — 5, 7, 16
- Meredith Ogden, Ithaca, NY — 6
- Alan Wagner, Bayside, WI — 7
- Sam Evans, Charleston, SC — 7, 14 (Hall of Famer)
- Lloyd Jacobson, Washington, DC — 7
- David Hyatt, New York, NY — 8
- Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 10 (Hall of Famer)
- Patrick Kachurek, Ann Arbor, MI — 10
- Jeff Downey, Raleigh, NC — 10 (Rookie!)
- Joel Auslander, Seattle, WA — 11
- Jennifer Hart, Arlington, VA — 12
- Doug Johnson, Santa Cruz, CA — 13
- LeMel Hebert-Williams, San Fran, CA — 14 (Hall of Famer)
- Jennifer Ritzinger, Seattle, WA — 15
- Robyn Andrews, Greenville, SC — 16
- Spike Jones, Atlanta, GA — 16
- Greg Pettit, Houston, TX — 16
- Steve Hurd, San Ramon, CA — 16
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