Pursuing a flight attendant career isn’t always the perfect job. I can think of countless trips that are better left forgotten. Some times you just have to stick it through, and learn to take the good with the bad. Take my first birthday on the job for example.

I was fresh out of flight attendant school, so needless to say, I was at the bottom of the ladder. When you’re new you don’t get the same scheduling perks that flight attendants with seniority enjoy. As a reserve (a position you hold for your first couple of years) you usually only get one days notice, and the next day just so happened to be my birthday.

Luckily the options were excellent. I chose a flight to Chicago that was leaving early the next morning in hopes of spending my birthday in the windy city. Nothing turned out the way it was suppose to. Ice storms caused multiple delays, which meant multiple cranky passengers, and no chance of making it to Chicago that night.

I never made it past Texas and ended up spending the night at a hotel near HAS. I was exhausted by the time I made it to my room, and I had to be up early the next morning, so no celebrating for me. My fellow crew members did manage to cheer me up though, by throwing me a surprise party in the room that night. The free stay in Chicago the next day, was just icing on the cake.

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