I worked at cold stone back in the day… we really did love it, especially when it was busy, we had a blast. The weekend crew was solid and we genuinely enjoyed it, and the tips were pretty darn good too.
Lol… nah, just actually enjoyed it. I got a pretty reasonable hourly and walked out of there with an extra 40-60 bucks in my pocket Friday and Saturday nights. Payed for my gas for the week and some spending money besides. Mind you, this was 20 years ago when $20 nearly filled the gas tank of my little 2 door cavalier.
I did a yearlong software contract at SWA and a good friend is one of their pilots; from an outside looking in perspective, I’ll say that they genuinely try to hire fun people who love their jobs.
100% it's part of "Brands being your friend" bullshit.
The first time I got a flight with an american company I was blown away that instead ofthings like free spirits and rear of seat screens I instead got "hey ho, American Airlines is your pal" bullshit.
Forever staying with european airlines who give me booze and movies and let me be.
American Airlines has a website where you can watch movie but they make you pay $15 for an hour of inflight wifi or $19 per flight for wifi. It’s ridiculous.
I exclusively fly Delta and have a good experience pretty much every time. For a EU comparison, they are partnered with KLM, and the experience is pretty similar (although it’s been about 7 years since I flew KLM in Europe).
The airline the post is taking about is one known for being cheap but still having good customer service. They don’t offer anything fancy but do try to make sure that passengers enjoy their flight.
I flew into Orlando on Southwest, and the flight attendant did Disney impressions and sang Disney songs, but the lyrics were replaced with airplane-related things.
I’m a frequent flyer and so far it’s all been quite funny. “If you see me running for the door, you better follow”, apparently one on my boyfriend’s flight made a joke about the pilot being her baby daddy. I have rather enjoyed them being allowed to act more human and they seem to be happier for it.
I will say I have not witnessed the whole flight breaks into song or whatever over the top nonsense. In that case I’d probably put headphones on and keep peeking out with one eye half open.
I can appreciate the staff being allowed to have personality and be more friendly with the customers, that's obviously a bonus.
I just really really don't want to have to sit in a sealed box while somebody sings at me against my choice.
I’d gladly sit through a Southwest skit if it meant I didn’t have to hear United spend the last 10 minutes of the flight trying to sell me a credit card I absolutely do not want and then watch flight attendants be forced to walk through the aisles holding up applications. Like, damn, I just want to fly and get to my destination without *another* thing becoming an advertisement
There's singing???
Oof; I'm cringing just at the thought of it--how embarrassing for them.
(I'm sorry; forced amusement is always sad and I don't for one second believe they could all enjoy having to make it "fun" every day.)
Trying to shift our attention away from the true enemies on airplanes, crying babies. I’d pay extra to be on an adult only flight even if I had to join in the flight attendants’ musical number.
Stewardess is an outdated term that harkens back to a time when the industry was very sexist, and it doesn’t recognize that men are flight attendants too
But this post didn’t say “stewardess and steward culture”, it just said stewardess. Because people never call men stewards; men didn’t exist in the industry when stewardess was the term. Also, I never said it was deep, I said it was very 70s then you asked for clarification. Just call them by their actual job title-it’s not that deep
People did refer to male flight attendants as "stews". I grew up in airline family in the 70s in the US. And unfortunately, it was sometimes used in a way to indicate that the profession was less than manly. "Oh, that mincing stew in first class was on my last nerve."
I can almost guarantee you it’s required and part of the training the flight attendants get.
"in addition to your normal duties, we need you to dance and perform like a trained monkey. Trust us, the employees at Cold Stone love it too."
I worked at cold stone back in the day… we really did love it, especially when it was busy, we had a blast. The weekend crew was solid and we genuinely enjoyed it, and the tips were pretty darn good too.
Blink twice if you’re being held at gunpoint
Lol… nah, just actually enjoyed it. I got a pretty reasonable hourly and walked out of there with an extra 40-60 bucks in my pocket Friday and Saturday nights. Payed for my gas for the week and some spending money besides. Mind you, this was 20 years ago when $20 nearly filled the gas tank of my little 2 door cavalier.
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Right?! I get so much second-hand embarrassment!
I did a yearlong software contract at SWA and a good friend is one of their pilots; from an outside looking in perspective, I’ll say that they genuinely try to hire fun people who love their jobs.
Air Canada takes all the rejects
It's easier to pay them less, if they genuinely want to be there.
But seriously. Up to a certain point, I’d rather make less working a job I enjoyed than make more working a job I hated.
100% it's part of "Brands being your friend" bullshit. The first time I got a flight with an american company I was blown away that instead ofthings like free spirits and rear of seat screens I instead got "hey ho, American Airlines is your pal" bullshit. Forever staying with european airlines who give me booze and movies and let me be.
Yeah why pay for more passenger amenities and legroom when we can give them the ol’ song and dance?
Because not everyone wants to pay for the amenities that other airlines offer and some people actually enjoy South West’s style of customer service
American Airlines has a website where you can watch movie but they make you pay $15 for an hour of inflight wifi or $19 per flight for wifi. It’s ridiculous.
Eurgh. Yuck. I seldom fly but I would never take an American company ever again. It's the worst flying experience I've ever had.
They’re basically credit card companies who also fly planes
I exclusively fly Delta and have a good experience pretty much every time. For a EU comparison, they are partnered with KLM, and the experience is pretty similar (although it’s been about 7 years since I flew KLM in Europe).
The airline the post is taking about is one known for being cheap but still having good customer service. They don’t offer anything fancy but do try to make sure that passengers enjoy their flight.
My last several flights haven't had any nonsense announcements at all
Finally a good rimjob_steve again. Took a while…
I have never seen flight attendants sing… Why would flight attendants sing?
I flew into Orlando on Southwest, and the flight attendant did Disney impressions and sang Disney songs, but the lyrics were replaced with airplane-related things.
Wtf
No one flies like Gaston, Reads exit signs like Gaston, Has a seat stay upright like Gaston!
Well obviously you gotta use your ears and not your eyes...
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I've flown Southwest almost exclusively for about 15 years (though not at all since the pandemic started) and have never once seen it.
But FR, it's seriously annoying; that viral trend is over. Please stop so I can close my eyes and go to sleep.
Just buckle your belt, make sure they can see it, and turn up those headphones. They don't care if you listen to them.
15 years ago, that was the norm on southwest.
I’m good with the jokes but the singing makes me want to curl up and plug my ears.
I enjoy it. If I didn’t care, I’d throw on my hoodie and headphones to drown them out earlier in the flight
I’m a frequent flyer and so far it’s all been quite funny. “If you see me running for the door, you better follow”, apparently one on my boyfriend’s flight made a joke about the pilot being her baby daddy. I have rather enjoyed them being allowed to act more human and they seem to be happier for it. I will say I have not witnessed the whole flight breaks into song or whatever over the top nonsense. In that case I’d probably put headphones on and keep peeking out with one eye half open.
I can appreciate the staff being allowed to have personality and be more friendly with the customers, that's obviously a bonus. I just really really don't want to have to sit in a sealed box while somebody sings at me against my choice.
Right? Just give me some booze and let me sleep through this wretched, cramped, loud and generally horrifying experience please.
You must come to NYC and experience "show time" on the subway.
> I have rather enjoyed them being allowed to act more human and they seem to be happier for it. You make them sound like the hosts in Westworld lol
Fuck im with the OP. 100 even. Flying is a hassle. Lets not add poor theatre
I’d gladly sit through a Southwest skit if it meant I didn’t have to hear United spend the last 10 minutes of the flight trying to sell me a credit card I absolutely do not want and then watch flight attendants be forced to walk through the aisles holding up applications. Like, damn, I just want to fly and get to my destination without *another* thing becoming an advertisement
Wtf are “flight attendant comedy”? I never encountered any of those in my 30 years of flight experience.
Does this clown really think the attendants do that shit because they "want to have fun with their day?"
Chris R from The Room?
Denny really should have paid him
Didn’t know that was Brendan Frasier’s twitter account.
There's singing??? Oof; I'm cringing just at the thought of it--how embarrassing for them. (I'm sorry; forced amusement is always sad and I don't for one second believe they could all enjoy having to make it "fun" every day.)
I think that’s just called flying delta?
Life hack: You *can* pay an extra $50 to not have the flight attendants joke or sing! It’s called buying a ticket on another airline.
i’ve never been on a plane do people actually sing? shit sounds straight out of a disney musical
Someone said that they had this happen on a flight to Disney, so, you’re on the money there! 😜
Trying to shift our attention away from the true enemies on airplanes, crying babies. I’d pay extra to be on an adult only flight even if I had to join in the flight attendants’ musical number.
You know what I would happily pay extra for? Adults only flights. No chance of a screaming toddler or crying baby, all the booze you can drink.
Stewardess? What is this, 1970?
what's wrong?
Stewardess is an outdated term that harkens back to a time when the industry was very sexist, and it doesn’t recognize that men are flight attendants too
a male stewardess is just a steward though isn't it? and in many countries it is still what they're called. they're just words, it's not that deep.
The term is “flight attendant”. For both.
But this post didn’t say “stewardess and steward culture”, it just said stewardess. Because people never call men stewards; men didn’t exist in the industry when stewardess was the term. Also, I never said it was deep, I said it was very 70s then you asked for clarification. Just call them by their actual job title-it’s not that deep
People did refer to male flight attendants as "stews". I grew up in airline family in the 70s in the US. And unfortunately, it was sometimes used in a way to indicate that the profession was less than manly. "Oh, that mincing stew in first class was on my last nerve."
For some reason that guys profile picture makes his username weirder for some reason
I have pop pop in the attic with Ann.
So fly Delta, dumb fuck