Doing a good job

For the past few days, I have adjusted my priorities by running lots of errand before I’m tie up with my next week hectic flying schedule.

I somehow did myself proud by clearing my messy desk, filing all my official letters, bills and receipts, having spring-cleaned and dust-free my spacious bedroom in a systematic and efficient way. Happy!

I find myself fairly productive for the past few days. My personal recipe is I list a TO-DO note and strike it off one-by-one when I have completed it. Of course to expedite certain tasks, I lump them together, in another word, do them simultaneously to save time and effort. Sound like a primary school pupil method, but it works perfectly find with me.

May be it’s a small time achievement, however, it works very well with person like me (perpetual day-dreamer and zero-action character) considering I’m flying (working) all the time, comes to my rest days, of course I want to relax and chill out.

Sound convincing?

How about being productive being an air stewardess working in the air? Hohoo… we certainly need to be action-pact, if not highly efficient in having all the tasks completed within a given time-frame (the flight time from one destination to another).

Once the plane take-off from ground, our minds always run wild of what to do once we are out of our crew seats. (Yes, not to forget to pre-run an emergency scenario in my mind should an unplanned emergency taken place).

Let’s say it’s an extreme short journey, eg 2 hours flight time, we would have to complete a meal service within 2 hours, by hook or by crook, the plane has to land and won’t wait for all the passengers to finish their meals like dining in a restaurant (Even restaurant kitchens also have their closing time).

Given normal circumstances, where all the crew put in their fair share of work, completing a meal service on time is never an issue.

On the contrary, there bound to be many ad-hoc requests that are really bottleneck and every request is expected to be delivered in time. Imagine a handful of request in an airtight fuselage could really be testing our patience and energy.

We are as good as a beautiful swan swimming above the water while paddling hard below to keep afloat and to look serene.

Many a time, we are perspiring inside our glamorous uniforms, while still dolly looking with a pretty smile marked with a bright chilly-red lipstick, neatly salon-done hairstyle and a beautiful French-manicure.

In the eye of the public, flight attendants are simply high-paying waitresses. The truth, however, is there no such waitress who multi-task by playing so many roles as a bartender, housekeeper, trash collector, toilet cleaner, babysitter, first-aider, safety-enforcer, fire-fighter (although we are not fireman, but we’re equip with the knowledge of handling fire extinguisher), inflight sale promoter, administrator (immigration and custom issues)….

In addition, flight attendants are required to speak professionally and tactfully. Rudeness, impoliteness and unfriendliness are a big no-no and subject to disciplinary action.

So are they not deserved for a premium pay package by playing all these roles?