Monday, January 18

Thoughts in the Air

Flight 45 Maui 12/30/2009

As I sit and watch the flight attendant (I still want to call them stewardesses)I wonder about her and her life.
She has the appearance of a long ago high school cheerleader. The French braided blond hair and makeup.
Too much jewelery for someone half her age but at what I am guessing is her mid 50's seems appropriate.

What a myriad of people she must have seen all these years. The change in fashion alone would be astonishing.
She began her job in the mid seventies and is still "flying the friendly skies" but they are not so friendly anymore. People push, shove,and squeeze Their way past you to their seat hardly aware when they smack you in the face with either their purse or behind.
Yet she still smiles and asks for your beverage order as she has done for 36 years. What a story she could tell about all the people she has met. I think it would be a great comedy and a unique perspective on travelers. Hollywood are you listening? " Up in the Air" but from a stewardesses point of view.

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