Today was a short Dammam (Saudi) turnaround flight...
Flying time : 56mins
A young mom - probably in ther late 20's (covered with albaya without the "mask") boarded with 1 cabin bag and 1 shoulder bag.....with a 1 yr old son - who was being carried by the ground staff.....
Situation 1
So obviously upon reaching the aircraft, ground staff has to leave the baby with the mom...and so no one is carrying her son then as she had no spare hands. So she asked the ground staff to bring the son to her seat....Obviously since she's in the a/c we, the crew had to take over the responsibility....Told the crew to carry the son- which we are not supposed to- to her respective seat...
Situation 2
When we arrived in AUH, we had only steps, no connecting bridge...so how le??
As soon as she stepped out of the aircraft...she said...I need the stroller....Told her the stroller is only available in the terminal...not right here....so here is the surprise question!!!
"SO HOW AM I GOING TO GET DOWN?" (the stairs)
My crew and I were dumbfounded.....In my heart I was thinking...Should I carry you down then, by you asking such question??
So since we cannot have her standing there contemplating to "get down" to the bus or not..I told her...I'll carry the baby down for her....and she said she is going 2 rounds to take the bags!!!Please read the above description again....SHOULDER BAG AND CABIN BAG....(In the end, one of our ground staff assisted her to take down the other bag - he was also complaining that it is not our responsibility actually)
Conclusion :
1)These people are so used to a domestic helper that they are so helpless without them.
2) She can't even take care of her self, how could she take care of the baby??
In an unrelated matter, the other day, we had some problem with a local lady...I spoke to her earlier before the "problem" started....(So she speaks English, I know)...I always think that if the same nationality were to speak to each other...it will be better....so I sent someone who speaks Arabic to her....she said....to the crew..."TEll your manager I feel offended she sent someone to speak Arabic to me"... I feel offended....it feels like people are looking down at her...
TODAY, when a family boarded, my crew (Arabic) was speaking to the family in English...welcome onboard...seat XX...go straight...etc..... The head of the family, the dad/husband said to my crew...it's funny...we are Arabs and we speak English....
%^&#%# !!!!
What's happening to the world??
That's why wars happen...Simple things like this can be made to such complicated matters....
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Cabin Crew's Day-to-Day Whining - WHINE TWO
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2 comments:
Smack them!
wahahahahahaha..... tell them if they can manage their kids and bags all the way to the airport, they can jolly well manage them on flight, and off flight! so DUHZ!!
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