You are not stepping into any job, you are moving into a flight attendant career, and as flight attendant school taught, you must depend on your crew.  After I had a run in with one particular passenger multiple times that lesson was brought home.

Early morning flights from Tallahassee, Fl (state capital) were typically suit and tie flights.  While boarding I had noticed that we had a state representative on our flight.  His behavior and mouth was beyond shocking.

Every time I passed by or near this “gentleman” I heard nothing neither pleasant nor discreet coming out of his trap.  Each time I heard him talking he was charging me with stereo-typical qualities of my profession: low education, lack of intelligence, questionable fidelity, etc.  After I requested he stop talking about me like that, he kept on making his comments, “She must be on her period!”

We had not taken off yet and the Captain offered the passenger an ultimatum: apologize or get off the plane.  Once this man finished laughing at the Captain, he explained that disrespect towards the flight attendant was a hazard to the flight.  After a ten minute stand-off the passenger apologized.

The second flight he was on he tried his luck at bashing me again.  Thankfully I was with the same crew again, once he realized that too, he apologized; the third flight?  Not a sound escaped his lips.  Thankfully, he was not reelected the following election.

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