today is one of the unluckiest flight.. must be someone didn't take a bath before coming for flight... mmm... choiiii!!!
i had the worst passenger seated at 28DEF.. it was a family of 3. during boarding, i directed them to their seats and told them that there is no space behind for bags.. so, they have to stow their bags a few rows before their seat.. and so they did. when the papa lifted the bag up into the compartment, i just merely told them that if the bag is not a cabin sized bag and therefore they should have checked it in.. papa said -ya i know.. its her la.. (pointing to mama) and said.. its her.. she doesn't want.. mama turned around to tell me that inside has some fragile items.. i said-ok.. if next time you have something like this, can ask the ground staff to put a FRAGILE tag on your bag so that the cargo handlers will handle your bag gently..
next mama said she wanted to go to the toilet.. and pulled son out of the seat.. shouted NA (like HERE. TAKE THIS) to papa. he then sat down...
the flight was then peaceful... passengers were sleeping.. some snoring.. legs sticking out onto the aisle... some drooling.... until....
CABIN CREW, PREPARE CABIN FOR LANDING!
my colleague glen and i proceeded out into the cabin to secure the passengers.. when i saw a big black bag at 29F, i told papa that because of safety requirements, the bag would have to be stowed back into the overhead compartment. at first papa refused. so i said. what if there is a sudden turbulance and the bag flies up..? it might hit you or the other passengers and i cannot allow that to happen. and he gave in. so glen helped me with the bag.. so heavy.. and im so short.. big difficulty... sigh
then its mama's turn.. i saw a handbag on the empty seat beside her and told her nicely, would you like to stow your handbag on the floor, under the seat in front of you..? mama immediately took her bag and said HOW CAN I PUT MY BAG UNDER ON THE FLOOR.. THERE IS A BUDDHA BOOK INSIDE MY BAG! AND I HAVE A LOT OF $$.. I DON'T WANT TO PUT IT ON THE FLOOR. PLEASE RESPECT MY GOD. omg!! stunned~ so i said.. otherwise, you can strap it around your body like a sling bag.. she said ok. and i walked away
when i passed jaslyn a few rows down i told her that lady sitting at 28E has already been told to sling her bag around her. but i don't think she did sling her bag. jaslyn said ok!
after a few minutes, i walked back to the rear of the aircraft and i heard jaslyn telling mama that its up to her whether she wants to stow her bag. we are just doing our job by preparing you in case of any emergency, you would need to evacuate and your bag might be an obstruction.
then jaslyn walked to the rear galley and said softly.. if she don't want to stow her bag then call the police la..
after landing, after captain said CABIN CREW, DISARM DOORS, papa and mama said. I WANNA SEE YOUR FIRST OFFICER, HIS NAME IS CHENG RIGHT.. (ya right.. the announcement said CHEN not CHENG lol.) then papa took out an airsick bag and wrote down KRISTINE. lol write my name for what... it wasn me who asked you to go and call the police.
papa said. YOU WANT TO CALL THE POLICE RIGHT!! CALL LA.. NOW I HAVE TIME TO PLAY WITH YOU.!! BANGKOK HAS NO LAW BUT SINGAPORE GOES LAW BY LAW. I CAN GO TO COURT WITH YOU ALSO. IF YOU DON'T CALL THE POLICE, IM NOT LEAVING THIS AIRCRAFT. AND I WANT TO TALK TO YOUR FIRST OFFICER. THE SURNAME CHENG ONE.. -_-'''
mama said. I PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR THIS FLIGHT OK.. THIS IS NOT BUDGET AIRLINE. I COULD HAVE TAKEN SINGAPORE AIRLINES, THAI AIRWAYS OR QANTAS AND I HAVE NEVER HEARD CREW TELLING ME THAT I MUST PUT MY BAG ON THE FLOOR.. I HAVE A LOT OF MONEY INSIDE MY BAG.. AND THE BUDDHA.. YOU MUST RESPECT MY GOD, YOU KNOW. -_-''''''''''
anyway, still have a long long story.. until outside the gate.. pass security screening already.. then husband and wife started shouting at us.. she even took out a wad of thai baht for us to see.. wa lao.. few thousand thai baht who don't have.. show me stirling pounds la.. blah blah blah.. but.. CAPTAIN ANASTASIA GAN TO THE RESCUE!!! she saved the night. yooohhoooooo~
baa~