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cadams
Adventurer B
Our new commercials showing "Wanna Get Away" moments  make me laugh aloud.  When my Flight Attendant friend told me a true story while we were sitting on the jumpseat recently, I knew it was too good not to share! At the time the story took place, the female Flight Attendant uniform included a wrap-around skirt with two fasteners.  My friend (we'll call her Marva for the sake of this story) had to go to the bathroom.  Because of the unique design of the skirt, she was in the habit of taking her skirt off completely and hanging it on the coat hook on the back of the lavatory door.  This made the task at hand a bit easier since, at the time, we were still required to wear panty hose.  Her panty hose were adjusted, and she was getting ready to reach for her skirt when she heard a compartment door fall open behind her.  Turning around she bent forward to close the compartment when--can you guess?--a male Customer pulls the lavatory door open, and I mean WIDE open.  Marva screamed...he screamed...then he slammed the door shut.  Predicament over--right?  Wrong!  Looking up at the coat hook she is horrified to see her skirt is NOT THERE!  It had fallen off when the door was opened wide, and she realized it is now on the wrong side of the door.  Sticking her arm out the door she hissed, "Give me my skirt!" With regained dignity, Marva opened the door.  She and the male Customer passed with neither acknowledging the awkward situation that had just occurred. Please share any of your "Wanna get away" moments.      
10 Comments
Leah4
Frequent Flyer B
I'd be so embarrassed, yet I'd have a hard time not laughing! That's too funny! Does she still wear those skirts?
Brady
Explorer C
I'm a Southwest Employee. When I was still fairly new to the company, I caught the infectious onboard spirit of our Flight Attendants and decided to ask one of them if I could sing a song over the PA. Having been granted permission, I sang "The LUV Plane"--a Southwest-style version of the "The Love Boat" television theme song, made popular by the great Jack Jones. When I was done, of the nearly full plane--about 120 Customers--there was only a spattering of applause--maybe three or four clapped... with one yelling out "Don't quit your day job!" I was too embarrassed to admit that working for Southwest is my day job. None of the three Flight Attendants looked me in the eye for the rest of the flight, and I haven't sung since. Maybe having my hair in a Sanjaya "pony-hawk" would have helped. 🙂
Cygnus
Adventurer C
Definitely in the Top Ten of my WGA moments has to be something that happened on stage. I was in a production of Dracula, playing the rather befuddled and somewhat inept Attendant. I was supposed to reach into my pocket and scare the Maid with my mouse. So imagine my horror when I reached into my pocket and pulled out . . . a whole lot of no mouse. The rest of the scene was a train wreck. Still it was a good experience, and it taught me the need for improv. But my body temperature must have shot up to 110F at that point.
FriendofBlogBoy
Frequent Flyer B
Brady, Maybe you should take the advice that our Music Minister at church once gave me. After listening to me sing, he offered the opinion that I should definitely sing tenor. Not thinking that was my normal range, I queried him, "Tenor? Really?" He said, "Yep, ten or twelve miles from here!" Kim :) Carole, What a great post! I'm glad that Blog Boy finally "unlocked" it so we could add comments. For awhile, I thought he was going to just leave you dangling out there at the end of the branch, as empty-handed as Paul looking for his mouse! Your skirt story reminds me of a story that I heard from the Activities Director onboard a cruise ship I was on a few years ago. As you probably know, cruises dock at various ports to allow their pax to take "shore excursions", which often include group tours of local tourist sites. On one such trip, there was a lady who had decided she still could fit into a skirt from several years before. But while trying to step up onto a small tour bus, she found that it was just too tight, so she discreetly reached behind her and partially lowered the zipper, hoping that the crowd waiting in line would obscure what she had done. Another attempt at getting her leg up high enough to step up failed, so she reached back and tugged the zipper down a little bit more. Once again, she tried unsuccessfully to step up to that first bus step, and now flustered, she decided to just unzip it the rest of the way. As soon as she did, she felt some large, strong and masculine hands grab her posterior and lift her up to the first step. Horribly insulted, she turned and slapped the man behind her, demanding, "How dare you touch me? I don't even know you!" The man replied, "Yeah, I felt the same way every time you kept reaching back and lowering my zipper." LOL External Blog Boy 🙂
cadams
Adventurer B
Leah, no, that skirt has been gone a long time! I enjoyed reading Brady and Paul's posts! Thanks for sharing!
cadams
Adventurer B
Kim, thanks for the GREAT story. I also appreciate your support - I didn't know why it took so long for a response!
blusk
Aviator C
Okay, not having this blog post open for comments is our own Wanna Get Away moment. Sometimes, the software (why do they call it that anyway?) goes wonky, but we should have double checked it. The next time I see Carole, I will ensure that she flogs me like a mutinous sailor on the HMS Bounty. A chastened Blog Boy
FriendofBlogBoy
Frequent Flyer B
Carole, Would you do me a favor? When you schedule that flogging, please give me a head's up so I can come watch. I'll supply the candy corn for the cheering section! External Blog Boy 🙂
Cygnus
Adventurer C
Carole and Kim, Maybe that flogging will be the next WGA commercial! 😄
maurita_rogers
Explorer C
i liked the commercial where the man was dancing at the club and he falls in to the dj booth how can i see that one again...what was it called