# You Thought That Flight Attendant Guy Knew How To Quit His Job? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870 "2010-08-10T20:11:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/21 "2010-08-11T17:02:17Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > The creators of the “Dry Erase Girl” (the guys who put out the casting call in the above post) have admitted it’s [all a hoax](http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/11/elyse-porterfield/). What’s _their_ angle? That’s what I can’t figure out. The only thing that makes this story interesting is the (mistaken) belief that it was true. Now it’s no longer interesting. It’s not compelling as fiction, only as fact (and that’s gone now). It’s just another dime-a-dozen Web hoax. Are there really people out there who will be drawn to that website to get more shit like that? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/22 "2010-08-11T22:48:23Z")
I kind of wonder why she changed clothes between slides 31 and 32. As a genuine quitting or a hoax, I don’t see any reason for it. It’s not like the last three pictures took so long that she had to stop for the day and pick it up later. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/23 "2010-08-11T22:57:11Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I kind of wonder why she changed clothes between slides 31 and 32. As a genuine quitting or a hoax, I don’t see any reason for it. It’s not like the last three pictures took so long that she had to stop for the day and pick it up later. The first shots are in office attire. The next ones are unemployed and out to play attire plus better show off that she really is a HOPA. ---
**Author:** ![Meow\_Max](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@Meow\_Max](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meow_Max)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/24 "2010-08-11T23:46:26Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > No…[_this_ girl](http://thechive.com/2010/08/10/girl-quits-her-job-on-dry-erase-board-emails-entire-office-33-photos/) knows how to quit her job. Just chock full of awesome, this is… While that WAS hilarious, it was also a fake orchestrated by “The Chive”. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/25 "2010-08-12T00:21:52Z")
> [@Meow\_Max](#): > > While that WAS hilarious, it was also a fake orchestrated by “The Chive”. :eek: I don’t really think these two things are compatible. The _only_ thing that gave it any humor was the possibility that it was real. As a fake, it lacks any humor, or any redeeming qualities whatsoever. It’s just another picture of an attractive woman on the internet. Boring. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/26 "2010-08-12T08:36:52Z")
Even if it was real, I wouldn’t have been impressed. Big whoop: he makes a remark HR would have no trouble believing if you told them. And he spends a lot of time messing around online. Welcome to Dilbertville. You don’t quit over that; you go to HR about the comment, and ignore the rest. So it’s lame either way. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/27 "2010-08-12T10:46:39Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > The _only_ thing that gave it any humor was the possibility that it was real. As a fake, it lacks any humor, or any redeeming qualities whatsoever. It’s just another picture of an attractive woman on the internet. Boring. That’s what I was thinking. When I thought it was genuine I thought “what a cute little event” but when it turned out to be a hoax, it just seemed empty and meaningless. There isn’t even a point, and the perpetrators just come across as self serving idiots. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/28 "2010-08-12T11:41:15Z")
I guess I’ll never see the photos. The page looks like it might take the rest of the day to load. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/29 "2010-08-12T13:18:54Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Wow, she’s an aspiring actress! Who woulda thunk? She’s not aspiring, she is; she didn’t come up with the idea, they did, auditioned people, and hired her. I didn’t buy it either, simply because it seemed a bit too pat, and in fairness the woman IS remarkably beautiful, which instantly makes you think “model or actress.” ---
**Author:** ![smee\_goan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@smee\_goan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smee_goan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/30 "2010-08-12T14:33:06Z")
I thought at first he was calling her a “hooptie”. Inextricably linked with his pop culture touchstone “Baby Got Back,” Sir Mix-A-Lot parlayed a gonzo tribute to women with large buttocks into hip-h… ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/31 "2010-08-12T15:00:19Z")
Why does she change clothes part way through the slide show? ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/32 "2010-08-12T16:37:28Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > She’s not aspiring, she is; she didn’t come up with the idea, they did, auditioned people, and hired her. Right. I guess, technically, anyone who acts is an actor, rather than an aspiring actor. I guess i was using the term as it’s often used, to refer to someone who is in LA seeking to get a big break in the business, and who clearly wants to do more than $400 internet pranks. Anyway, if this leads to more work for her, good luck to her. I’m still not sure, though, what the tools who organized this little stunt wanted to accomplish. > [@Zebra](#): > > Why does she change clothes part way through the slide show? I’m assuming the idea is that she was in work clothes, and then changed into casual clothes to signify the quitting, and the transition from work to not-work. Of course, about the only thing that says “work” about the original outfit is the glasses. The tank-top style thing she’s wearing doesn’t look especially professional. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/33 "2010-08-12T16:44:46Z")
Even if it were real, how is scrawling some condemning statements on a whiteboard more badass than telling a passenger to fuck himself on a loudspeaker, stealing a few beer bottles and _sliding down the emergency chute of an airplane_ to make your dramatic exit? ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/34 "2010-08-12T16:46:05Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > Wow, she is a lot prettier with her glasses and hair pulled back than how she is in the left picture. Hells yeah! In the geek-chique look she’s HAWT! ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/35 "2010-08-12T17:03:44Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Even if it were real, how is scrawling some condemning statements on a whiteboard more badass than telling a passenger to fuck himself on a loudspeaker, stealing a few beer bottles and _sliding down the emergency chute of an airplane_ to make your dramatic exit? On the one hand, you’re damn right. The Flight Attendant was far more badass. On the other hand, the HPOA isn’t under FAA inquiry and out on bail… Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/36 "2010-08-12T17:48:51Z")
I enjoyed this. Cute girl. I was skeptical that it could be legit. Her facial expressions were too perfect. They must have shot many, many versions to get it just right. I hope she gets a acting gig from this. She seems very talented. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/37 "2010-08-12T17:56:45Z")
Interview with Jon and Elyse Porterfield [http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6764566n](http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6764566n) ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/38 "2010-08-12T18:08:54Z")
Wow. The fact that a news organization would devote any time and space to this piece of crap is a sign of all that wrong with the media. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/39 "2010-08-12T18:54:00Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Even if it were real, how is scrawling some condemning statements on a whiteboard more badass than telling a passenger to fuck himself on a loudspeaker, stealing a few beer bottles and _sliding down the emergency chute of an airplane_ to make your dramatic exit? Don’t forget the Happy Ending! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/40 "2010-08-12T20:04:12Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Even if it were real, how is scrawling some condemning statements on a whiteboard more badass than telling a passenger to fuck himself on a loudspeaker, stealing a few beer bottles and _sliding down the emergency chute of an airplane_ to make your dramatic exit? And a few hours later when 50 cops show up to arrest you, you are in the middle of having sex. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870.md?page=1)