By: cloud_9 - 18th June 2009 at 21:38
It’s a shame Mr Walsh doesn’t also mention the joys of a fresh paper cut every day from bag tags…
Ah yeah, they can be a real b*****d, and they’re damn painful too…I had one only the other day, in between my thumb and first finger. It drew blood and I could feel my pulse through it for the rest of the day!
By: sneijder - 18th June 2009 at 18:33
It’s a shame Mr Walsh doesn’t also mention the joys of a fresh paper cut every day from bag tags, and the heart attack inducing diet of airport food.
Another highlight of the holiday he fails to list is interacting with folk from all over the world. It’s always a joy to find they speak English, that is until they need to pay extra for something. This is the very moment you are branded a racist.
One thing people might also enjoy from this holiday experience is the joys of gate announcements. After 12 hours and having walked 5 miles uo and down all day with your feet throbbing, have a nice sit at the gate and inform the folks at the gate you’ll be boarding soon. At this exact moment you’ll forget which gate number you’re sitting at, which seat rows you’re going to board and also which airline you are actually representing at the time.
To add more joy to the occasion the person you have just upgraded has the most unpronounceable name, and as a gaggle of briefcase wielding yuppies rush towards you, gold cards aloft, to check in at the gate 10 minutes before STD, you glance down at your monitor to see the slot you’ve been given is 2 minutes after your bus home leaves.
… and summer hasn’t even got into full swing yet.
By: cloud_9 - 18th June 2009 at 17:22
Excellent, certainly made me chuckle, that’s made my day!
BA chief executive Willie Walsh…”Most holidaymakers have to settle for a fortnight on a sun-kissed beach, never knowing what it’s like to part of the glamourous, jet-set aviation industry, where everything is beautiful.
Despite the article just being a joke, I do just want to dispell the myth that working in the aviation industry is ‘glamourous’ and ‘everything is ‘beautiful’…couldn’t get more far from the truth even if it tried!:D
“But few experiences can compare to the thrill of putting tags on luggage while fat sweaty *******s scream at you about things that clearly aren’t your fault.”
Don’t knock the whole article, the above quote is quite accurate actually, its just not as ‘thrilling’ as it may suggest…lol.:)
By: PMN - 18th June 2009 at 09:23
I just laughed out loud at that article! Brilliant dry and cynical humour!
Paul
By: Rlangham - 18th June 2009 at 09:17
Ah, I see Captain Obvious has arrived
By: Ren Frew - 18th June 2009 at 00:35
It must be said, that the daily mash is a fictional paper. None of what it is reporting is fact!
Sorry, had to be said. It is a very good site, and they have come up with some genius stuff in the past! The recent ryanair one was certainly very good.
No sh*t Sherlock… 😀 Sometimes I get the distinct impression that behind the stiff upper lip, there’s a tremendous amount of untapped humour lurking somewhere deep within the flying bretheren… honest I really believe it… :rolleyes::dev2::D;)
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