Cabin crew have to deal with all sorts of plane passengers as they go about their job during a flight. While they are often the picture of helpfulness and kindness on the outside, there’s plenty that can annoy them – although you may never know. There’s one type of passenger that is particularly aggravating to cabin crew. A flight attendant has explained the behaviour that angers her the most.
A former cabin crew worker revealed it is the passengers who consider staff as servants who are the worst.
Sometimes these travellers expect crew to perform the impossible and have outrageous requests.
When asked who the most annoying passengers are, the ex-flight attendant told Stuff.co.nz: “The passengers who think their ticket entitles them to treat crew like servants who have Mother Teresa type abilities to solve problems.
“We have finite resources – we are in a metal tube flying above the ocean – but we will always do our best to solve problems.”
The crew member explained that a much better way of getting what you want is to be “kind” to flight attendants.
What’s more, it’s a risky business annoying a cabin crew worker as they could get their own back on you.
Ex-flight attendant Shawn Kathleen has explained they have one way, in particular, to get their own back on impolite flyers – and it’s all to do with messing with their drink order.
Luckily, it’s nothing too disgusting – “I would never spit in [someone’s] cup,” Kathleen told the NY Post.
But if you’re rude to cabin crew you may well not get the drink you’re after.
“I’ll take a cup and scoop in a lot of ice, and when I pour the soda or juice in, there’s, like, two tablespoons!” Kathleen said.
She called her cocktail “The ‘A**hole Special,” and she admitted she’s sure other flight attendants do it as well.
There is a much worse action crew can take if they’re annoyed at a passenger, however.
“Crop dusting is a disgusting, albeit very common, method of retribution,” flight attendant and author of the Crewed Talk column on Flyertalk.com, Amanda Pleva told The Sun.
“If a passenger is being very rude and difficult, then it’s not unheard of for a flight attendant to break wind and ‘crop dust’ past the offender,” she said.
In short, anger a cabin crew member and risk being farted on, according to Pleva’s words.
Flatulence is, in fact, a problem for cabin crew. London nutritionist, Lily Soutter, spoke to Express.co.uk of the problems of flatulence when flying.
“Bloating and cramps are not uncommon with air travel. Due to air pressure, gas in the intestinal will expand at around 30 per cent when flying,” said Soutter.
