A flight attendant has shared two forms of common passenger behaviour that ‘send her over the edge’ when she’s having a particularly ‘bad day.’
Dallas-based air hostess Cher Killough, who has worked in the industry for six years, recently took to TikTok to highlight disruptive in-flight habits that often leave her ‘clenching’ her jaw.
Sharing a video to her page, @cherdallas, the cabin crew noted she becomes frustrated when a passenger ignores crucial safety instructions because a previous flight attendant either turned a blind eye or allowed them to do so.
She added: ‘Well, the last flight attendant wasn’t doing her job. I have to subtly argue and just explain the reason – which normally I’m fine with doing – but if I’m already having a long day, this will have me in the galley begging God for some strength.’
Cher then revealed her second in-flight gripe: passengers who continue to ‘pop open’ the bins after she informed them ‘several times’ they are full and cannot be used.
She explained: ‘When the bins are full and I’ve closed it, somebody pops it open after I’ve said: “If it’s closed, it’s full,” like seven times… they pop it open and they leave it open.’
The flight attendant said this often results in a goose chase, which sees her having to return to the bin a number of times to close it as passengers continue to throw their rubbish away.
Cher stressed the importance of being able to have ‘patience’ to effectively do her job and make sure everyone on board is safe, but jokingly added that when ‘it’s been a long day,’ she is often forced to ‘say a prayer’ and ‘ask for help.’
Dallas-based air hostess Cher Killough, who has worked in the industry for six years, recently took to TikTok to highlight disruptive in-flight habits that often leave her ‘clenching’ her jaw
Cher then revealed her second in-flight gripe: passengers who continue to ‘pop open’ the bins after she informed them ‘several times’ they are full and cannot be used
In the comments, both plane passengers and flight attendants rallied to agree with Cher’s complaints
In the comments, both plane passengers and flight attendants rallied to agree with Cher’s complaints.
One person wrote, ‘I feel ya,’ while another said, ‘The bin thing drives me crazy as a passenger too. Like they JUST said if it’s closed it is full!! Leave it alone!!’
A flight attendant added: ‘When someone opens a bin I’ve already closed then sits down without closing it (!!!!!) I go up and ask them, are you done with this? Then shut it.
‘Makes them and other people around them see how annoying it is I have to close it AGAIN.’
One passenger commented: ‘I’m a frequent flyer and so much of this is common sense. Many times I sit their watching people and I’m like…WTF? Were you raised in a barn? Sometimes I speak up if I see the attendant is being disrespected.’
