Making a Flight Attendant’s Day

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It’s been said in various outlets, flight attendants love gifts. We do. It’s a nice gesture of thanks in an otherwise often thank-less job. Sure, the argument has been made time and time again about tipping flight attendants and whether or not it’s deserved, but showing a token of appreciation for the job they (we) do isn’t much to ask.

Jaunted recently ran a story about how $20 can make you a flight attendant’s favorite passenger. They mentioned bringing chocolate:

We’ve got a big tip that you could get you a lot of winks from flight attendants, both male and female, if you’re interested. Here’s the tip: bring chocolate, specifically individual chocolate bars or a box of truffles. When you board and when most everyone’s seated and the flight attendants are doing their seatbelt checks, hand it to one of them as a nice little gift for the flight’s crew.

Not only are you more than a considerate human being, but you’ll likely make their day, a day they may otherwise spend thinking about the raw deal they have working when they’d rather spend the weekend with their sweeties.

Now, I personally, don’t have a sweetie to stay home with and I work weekends as a preference, but who doesn’t love chocolate? Not to mention the small gesture can really turn around a flight attendant’s day, like they mentioned. If I had just had a stressful interaction with a passenger or a very stressful-trying-to-stay-on-time boarding, chocolate and very quickly change my mood back to where it should be.

Don’t get me wrong, I’d get my mood back to where it should be anyway, that’s the professional that I am and that our job entails, but a sign from a passenger that they appreciate what we do… priceless.

UpUp&AGay News | Article source: http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/7/6/63324/52858

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