Strange encounters of the HS kind....

On my way home from RDU on Wed night, I was sitting in a row at the back of the plane eating a first class dinner. This night, it happened to consist of Tortellini, cheesecake, and salad. I was sitting there eating it and talking to the other 2 flight attendants about Oprah, and how good/weird that day's episode had been. When out of nowhere comes a guy. He comes over and "joins" in our conversation about Oprah. He then looks at my meal and says, "yum, where can I get that." I just stared at him, and the other f/a told him we were out. So, he proceeds to pick the knife up off of my tray, dip into my tortellini, and EATS IT. WTH??? All three of us f/as just stared at him. Then he tells us that his mom is a flight attendant and she lives in Arlington. This is where it gets even weirder..

Of course, I ask him if he grew up in Arlington because, you know, I did... Yes, he did, and yes, he went to AHS. And wouldn't you know it... he graduated in 1995. (same as me)... So he tells me his name, and Introduce myself. ( I have never seen this person in my life.) He then tells me that he played football, and says, "Seriously you do not know me, I was the... (position)." In my head, "no dude, and you are getting slightly annoying"....
He then lists off all his friends, and knows NONE of mine. whatever.
Again, he is aghast that I do not know him, again tells me his position. I tell him (his position) did not get much glory in HS football. Then it CLICKS. I do know his name.

So, I remember how I know his name, and it is NOT from HS. He went out on a couple of dates with a friend of mine in Austin, and she called and made me look him up in the yearbook, and said he was a real weird dude! I lay it out for him, and tell him that I do in fact recognize his name, and it is b/c he dated my friend.... He had a million questions and BS things to talk about at this point. And he asked me if she was overweight.... NO, she is a marathoner and has a PERFECT body.... My stomach is starting to hurt at this point, and it is NOT from the meal...

Finally, I get up, go to first class, put myself in the lav until this DB would just go sit down.. It was all really weird.

I found a bottle of Oxycodone... on the plane. I will not lie. I almost kept it. Of course I sent it back to the man in major pain (or addict)...
Then I found a dollar in the van. I did keep that. Sort of, I gave it to the driver for his tip!!
I did lose my diamond tennis bracelet. By diamond, I mean CZ...
What goes around comes around.

PAs

Making PAs is just part of my job. Sometimes, of course, I get tongue twisted. Examples...

1. Good morning ladies and gentlemen, and once again welcome aboard flight 123 from DFW to XNA. Your flight crew for this flight is Capitan Dick Vagin.... uh, Dick Vaganan, he is assisted by..... blah blah...

Another highlight of the job; when people hook up on the plane. No, I do not mean physically hook up. I mean two strangers that hit it off. I LOVE when that happens. Really, it is a great way to meet people. Once I tried (unsuccessfully) to hook a guy that I sat next to up with a friend.

I might hate hotels, but I LOVE celebrities. I do not know why, but when there is one on the plane I get sooo excited! Some are nice, some are not nice, almost all are tiny. The only big ones are the athletes. The nicest celeb I have ever had onboard, was Shelly Long, she was soo nice and real. My favorite was probably Jeff Probst, and that is because I am a die hard Survivor fan. The most beautiful, was Jessica Biel. She looked exactly like she does on TV. As a matter of fact, I did not know how I knew her at first and asked her if she went to AHS.... lame, I know... Although Kieth Urban was also very good looking. I never thought so before I saw him. He was also very nice.
The least attractive, and I mean this in the nicest way, was Juliette Lewis. She was nice, though, and probably only unattractive b/c she did not try to look attractive. She was slightly unusual and in coach.
The most risque I have seen was Quincy Jones, who was making out with a young girl. Probably early 20s....
The worst is a tie. Michael Johnson (gold shoe, gold medal Olympic runner) or Tony Dorsette. These two were both so rude and so not heroic. A little boy tried to get the olympians autograph and he said no. Rudely....
Sometimes I do not know who they are. I had some sports guy, Bob Costas, on one time and we were talking and he was telling me how he has two houses.... I start telling him how I had two houses and blah blah... (I was based in STL, so I had a crashpad.... hardly the same thing)... I was kinda embarrassed when I found out who he was... He was really short... also VERY nice...
Like I said, they are almost always tiny people....

I hate staying in hotels. Why? because someone random, that was not me slept in the bed the night before. They showered in the shower, just one day before. They left their stray hair somewhere in that room. gross. Here are a list of my faves and least favorites.

Crown Plaza. I hate these. The only thing I hate more are Holiday Inns. I hold a special dislike for the CP for a personal reason, but as a whole I am not a fan.

Westin. LOVE it. The Heavenly Bed, is just that HEAVENLY. And, they have bath and body works lotion. score!!

Hilton and Marriott and Sheraton are usually good, clean, and comfortable.

I love the Hilton Garden Inn. Do you know why? because they have microwaves. And fridges. It certainly is the little things.

A blizzard. Merry Christmas.