“We have now entered the phase of chug it or chuck it“
The flight attendants on Southwest always try to make their instructions and announcements a little more fun than the larger stuffy airlines. This was our flight attendant’s way of telling us that she and her crew were coming through the cabin to collect our drink cups and empty peanut bags.
After a busy few days on the road, this little but of levity was a very nice touch.
This post is part of Linda G. Hill’s One-Liner Wednesday series.
Ha! Gets her point across, and grabs listener attention because it’s funny. Have a wonderful Wednesday, Dan. Hugs!
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Exactly! Thanks Teagan, and thanks for the tweet.
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Nice to have a warning !
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And that’s a good one.
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Indeed! 😎🍻
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The Wall Street Journal published a great article on Southwest Airlines flight attendant humor. Here are two of the better lines:
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My favorite was a guy who, when he got to the oxygen mask part said:
“If your traveling with small children or an adult who’s acting like a child, put you mask on first and the attend to others.”
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I hate the 10-30 minutes I can’t have a drink in my hand. lol But yeah, that’s cute phrasing! :)
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It is a long time to go :)
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A little humor is always welcome a welcome thing from flight attendants.
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It is Norm. It puts me at ease.
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Fingers and brain not in synch this morning… welcome welcome :-P
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Love it!!! :-)
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It got my attention.
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It is the folks who find a little humor, a little joy in every moment that make it special for all of us.
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That’s so true Charlie. It doesn’t take much. She put a smile on a bunch of faces.
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I always fly Southwest, primarily for their great service, but also for their sense of humor. I remember one pilot, as we took off and experienced that slingshot, lifting feeling, going “Wheeeee” over the intercom. Another time a stewardess was going through the usual safety steps and said that if our air masks dropped to “wait for the free flow of alcohol — er, oxygen.” Humor definitely helps take the edge off, no question!
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If those masks dropped Paul, I think I might prefer alcohol :) They do make it fun.
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That’s funny! The stewardess’ and stewards have cracked me up while on Southwest too. Trouble is I can never remember the line unless I write it down straight-away.
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That is exactly what I did this time Deborah.
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Good to see humor is still alive and kicking in the world. Welcome home, Dan!!! <3
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Thanks Amy. It’s always good to get home.
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We’ve had a few fun flights on Southwest! They know how to put people at ease. (well, some of their attendants.)
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They do. We had one safety instruction set that could have been stand-up comedy.
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That’s hilarious! I don’t remember this kind of levity on my Southwest flight last October, but I do remember a very handsome and tall and adorable flight attendant.
Yeah, I’m not dead yet.
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Ha ha – They seem to have calmed down a bit. For a while, they seemed to be trying to outdo one another. One guy, in reference to the oxygen masks said: “strap that butter cup on and pull the elastic” and I thought – that’s exactly what it looks like :)
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I’m continually impressed with the people who make up Southwest. Not only do bags fly free, but so do the humor and cheerful service. I’d never fly any other airlines if that were possible.
janet
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I do like Southwest. The flights can be time consuming if they involve too many stops, but if I can get direct, one-stop or one change, I’m good.
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Southwest is what capitalism is all about. The workers are all stockholders and they get more stock the better the performance.
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Thanks for that comment John. I didn’t know that. They are almost always enthusiastic.
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Ha! :D
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Lovin this series Linda.
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I’m so glad, Dan. I look forward to your posts! :D
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Levity and humor are very important in stressful situations especially. Don’t think too often about chugging coffee! :)
Weather jokes “wear thin,” unless good ones.
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You’re so right Robin, especially about the weather jokes.
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You have reminded me of a phrase I usually hear in the movies that I have come to like. “Bag em and tag em.”
“Chug it or chuck it” is another fine one I must add to my favorites.
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Thanks Peter. I guess, in any line of work, people reduce their activity to easily understood quips. I like that one, but I’ll try not to think about it too often :)
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That’s Southwest for you. I haven’t flown them much because the guy who ran it swore he’d never fly into and out of Atlanta (probably because one of the local pols didn’t like the bribe he offered), but when I lived in Chicago I took them a couple of times (I lived near Midway airport) and really enjoyed the experience.
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We don’t have many choices her in CT. They are pretty good. I stayed away for a year after the fire in Chicago’s radar facility because of how badly they handled that.
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