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January 29, 2007
I'll fly away
I flew home to Columbus this past weekend (leaving behind Chicago like so), but I wanted to tell you about some craziness on the flight home.
As our plane touched down at Midway, the flight attendant said, "welcome to Chicago, oh, and Go Bears." The 20 or so people on my flight nodded in approval, until the other flight attendant gets on the PA and says, "Uh, go Colts!"
This started an exchange in which the first attendant responds, "oh no you din-int," and then a "oh yes I did!" It was even stranger because one attendant was at the back of the plane and the other was at the front, so they were waging war on the PA. But it all sounded extremely fake to me, and maybe it was. Maybe they say it every time they land at Midway.
Now, I always fly Southwest, and they like to have all sorts of flight attendant pitter patter at the end of the flight, such as the Bears/Colts exchange. I don't think I like this. I mean, I get the image that Southwest is trying to project: we're fun, come fly with us. I remember one flight attendant made up a silly song about buckling your seatbelt, and I was thinking, just tell us how to buckle our seatbelt, and that we can use our cushion in the event of a "Water landing." But a song? Don't need it!
entry no. 733
Posted by oz115 at January 29, 2007 11:28 AM