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A married man was having an affair with his sec- retary.
One day, their passions over- came them in the office and they took off for her house.
Exhausted from the afternoon’s activities, they fell asleep and awoke at around 8 p.m.
As the man threw on his clothes, he told the woman to take his shoes outside and rub them through the grass and dirt.
Confused, she nonetheless com- plied and he slipped into his shoes and drove home.
“
Where have you been?” demanded his wife when he entered the house.
“Darling,” replied the man, “I can’t lie to you.
I’ve been having an affair with my secretary.
I fell asleep in her bed and didn’t wake up until eight o’clock.
” The wife glanced
down at his shoes and said,
“You liar! You’ve been playing golf!”
A mother is driv- ing her little girl to her friend’s house for a play date.
“Mummy,” the little girl asks, “how old are you?”
“Honey, you’re not supposed to ask a lady her age,” the mother replies. “It’s not very polite.”
“Oh, okay,” the lit- tle girl says. “What color was your hair two years ago?”
“Now really,” the mother says, “these are person- al questions and aren’t any of your business.”
Undaunted, the lit- tle girl asks, “Why did you and Daddy get a divorce?”
“Honestly! That’s enough ques- tions!” the mother says.
Exasperated, the mother walks away as the two friends begin to play.
“My Mum won’t
tell me anything about herself,” the little girl says to her friend.
“Well, all you need to do is look at her driver’s license,” the friend says. “It’s like our report cards, it has everything on it.”
Later that night, the little girl says to her mother, “I know how old you are. You are 32.”
The mother is sur- prised and asks, “How did you find that out?”
“
I also know that you used to have brown hair.”
The mother is shocked now.
“How in Heaven’s name did you find that out?”
“And,” the little girl says triumphantly, “I also know why you and Daddy got a divorce.”
“Oh really!” the mother says. “Why?”
The little girl replies,
“It’s all on your driver’s license and you got an ‘F’ in sex.”
AA Reminds Flight Attendants Not To Provide Better Service To Coach Passengers
by Gary Leff
American Airlines has sent a reminder to flight attendants not to go above and beyond for passengers in economy, as first revealed by avi- ation
watchdog JonNY C. The airline told cabin crew that they should- n’t give economy passengers blankets, pillows, or treats from business class. American framed this as consis- tency, which is to say making sure that there are no occasional sur- prise and delight moments in the coach cabin.
No meaningful effort is being made, of course, to ensure a con- sistent customer experience in premium cabins – such as that predeparture beverages are
pro-
vided consistent- ly.
Since there’s lit- tle actual enforcement of service stan- dards – aside from telling flight attendants not to go above and beyond using company resources – some cabin crew feel
emboldened to create their own makeshift barri- ers that ensure they aren’t approached by passengers.
While American Airlines is telling flight attendants not to offer amenity kits to passengers in economy, prior to the pandem- ic Delta actually made that a standard for their international coach product along with a wel- come cocktail, hot towels, and mixing and
match-
ing choice of appetizer and entrees with dessert served as a separate course.
Delta hasn’t returned to this. Indeed, Delta’s operation overall isn’t as good as it was prior to 2020. But they repeat the mantra of ‘premi- um’ over and over while American – with an equally high cost base and need to for cus- tomers to pay more – is telling crew not to do little extras when warranted to make passen- gers more com- fortable.
Indeed, a year ago American told flight atten- dants to keep passengers from moving to other- wise-empty seats that have extra legroom
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