RocketJim's

Fatal Passengers

Wahahaha my flights sucked! Ok, they didn't but I've never met so many irritating passengers in a single week before. I'd always pride myself on my patience but this time around, I snapped. It must be the Golden Week (Japan's week long holiday for salarymen and their families to reunite) and the influx of virgin travellers. I used to laugh when I read about my colleagues' encounters with nightmare passengers but now I understand...

1. Virgin travellers - These species are fascinated by air travel and every gadget on the plane. Hence, they DO NOT sleep. They share the same weird mentality as Empress Boodiboo : "I paid so much, of course I'll have a movie marathon in the flight what!" Hint: Non-sleeping passengers are at the bottom of popularity lists wor.

2. Singaporeans - They have a fixation on collecting playing cards. WTF I don't know where that came from. It's not like they even play the cards in the flight...the meanie in me thinks that they just want to rip off as much as they can from a flight. See mentality of Empress Boodiboo above. Ha! Seriously I cannot imagine serving a plane full of my countrymen. I am patient, but I ain't a Saint.

3. The Deaf - These are common-placed species and highly dangerous, sometimes fatal. Cabin attendants are known to collapse after flights due to extreme exhaustion. Happened to me alot this time. *shakes fist*

ME: Would you like a drink, Madam?
Deaf Sapien: What do you have?
ME: I have green tea, coffee and soup.
Deaf Sapien: Hmmmmm ok, I think I will have red tea then.
ME: %$@# *evil eye!!*

4. Japanese Women - Very interesting species and never fails to intrigue. I am not saying they are wrong, just very....different. When they are given a choice (eg. beef or seafood) they need a mini conference to decide. They
a. turn to their male companions who would translate what I already said in Japanese.
b. Discuss with their male/female companions for an uncomfortably long time.
c. With the conference over, some order their choice. Some get their male companions to. It's kinda rude when I don't receive eye contact from passengers.

5. The Weak Bladdered - Hmmmm I think these are mainly Japanese because no matter how troublesome Singaporeans are, I don't think we are as rude as to stand immediately behind an attendant while she is serving food and then stress her with our presence. Even the Americans (who mostly eat like dogs and have lousy table manners) don't do such a thing. The weak-bladdered are apt to go to the toilet at the most inappropriate of times. Our food/drink carts aren't exactly light...so don't make us push the cart back and forth.

6. Plain Stupid - These listen to my questions with their headphones on. When they decide they cannot hear me, they would take it off. And then I repeat my question.

Heh there are so many more passenger species but these are at the top of my mind. Human behaviour is such an interesting thing to witness. I don't know why some people do the things they do...I was a great and unobtrusive passenger on my virgin flight abroad. Kudos to myself!!! So anyway, now that you have read this entry, don't be a mean passenger. Order food/drinks that are in the menu and do not stand up at inappropriate times. Most importantly, take out that damn headphone when I am speaking.

I need a holiday myself!!!