Sounds a little bitchy to me.
She of told her “I’ll tell you what colour the soap is, if you tell me what colour the trim is on the tail of the plane” What ever her answer is say “good for you” like your talking to a puppy and sit down.
She was flirting with you.
Ooops … I just realized that the OP is OpalCat, who, I believe, is female, so perhaps not.
I’m not “overreacting”–I’m not reacting at all. This had essentially zero emotional impact on me. I merely noted it as quite odd and wondered if the Dopers agreed with me that it was a bit unprofessional.
We love you, you love us.
We’re much faster than the bus.
If I could remember the second verse I’d post that, too.
I think it’s ok for the flight attendant to bust people’s chops about hygiene. The airline industry is by far the number one vector for worldwide disease transmission.
I wouldn’t call that “unprofessional”. Unprofessional would imply that she was somehow not doing her job adequately. Her job is ensuring passenger safety during the flight. Serving you peanuts and drinks is just incidental.
I would call it “slightly rude”, although I suspect she was just trying hard to be funny and it didn’t work out.
I fly Southwest quite often. The staff are usually very friendly, often agonizingly corny, sometimes weird and very infrequently rude. Your flight attendant was apparently some combination of the latter two. However, I’ve never seen any Southwest staff behave “unprofessionally”. Their record of safety and profitability backs that up.
:rolleyes:
Thank god you can’t remember the second verse.
She may have been trying to make a joke, which fell flat. When you asked her if you could get up to use the restroom when the seatbelt signs were on and she said she wouldn’t tackle you, it sounded like she was being humorous then, in a friendly kind of manner. It also might have been the same when she asked you what color the soap was. Although if she had asked me the same thing, I probably would have been “WTF?” too.
Sorry, I just realized I was doing the same thing I was bitching at someone else for doing in another thread.
You asked for opinions… and 1. you posted this thread, and 2. you said “she made me feel really self conscious”. Both sound like reactions to me, one of them involving emotions.
Anyway, that’s all, just offering an opinion as requested: you missed an obvious joke.
Coulda been worse. She might have demanded to know what color is the boathouse at Hereford.
Fair enough, but my “emotion” was more “WTF?” than anger or anything like that. It just seemed like too personal a question for a total stranger to be joking about.
<snicker>
Actually I would pull out my little thing of soap leaves and look =) [FTR, white]
“…What colour is the soap?”
“If you would rather be blowing the ground crew than studying for your flight attendant’s exam, I. can’t. help. you.”
She could probably tell by listening whether or not you used the faucet. She busted you for not washing your hands and you were embarrassed. Move on.
Isn’t this the same airline that said “Eenie meenie minie moe, take your seats it’s time to go”, and a few passengers responded with “She called me a nigger!”?
Yup, she just made a joke. Granted, maybe the delivery wasn’t great, but I don’t think she did anything wrong.
I don’t like this aspect of modern life whereby anyone who happens to have a job must void themselves of any trace of personality.
She made a joke, she was being friendly.
Get over it.
Um . . . what’s the joke?
Wrong. If she could hear the sink, she would know I did wash my hands. Airplane bathrooms are gross–I wouldn’t touch anything in one without washing my hands before leaving. I did mention to her, however, that the paper towels were difficult to get out of the dispenser.