Whenever I’m stuck in an airport, I usually hang out around whatever bar/restaurant is near the gate I need to report to, so I’m usually well fed for my flights. Even for those long, painful flights, I make sure to buy a sandwich or something beforehand, or else I eat whatever food is in my bag. I’m usually well stocked for long, continuous flying.

There happened a day, however, and I stress that this happened early in my flight attendant career, that I was unprepared for the ravenous hunger that brewed in my stomach. Only a few hours from getting off work, I opted to eat one of the sandwiches that I serve to the passengers.

Boy was I taken aback. I knew that airplane food wasn’t the best out there, but I was hardly prepared for the stale, nearly inedible paperweight before me. As I bit into the rubbery sandwich, I was actually quite glad that portions on airplanes were so small.
I hate to have been subjecting countless innocent passengers to this spongy delight for so long, but it’s what the airline provides, and so it’s what I’ve been serving since flight attendant school. Rest assured I have never again been unprepared for a long flight.

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