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Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2004-04-13 02:35 pm

I get ideas in the weirdest places.

I was watching the A&E series Airline. If you don't watch, it's about the daily activities of Southwest Airlines employess at Chicgo and LAX. Most of it it is, of course, bitchy customers.

But they look like they're having a good time. Hmm..

So I've filled out an application to be a flight attendant.

I love people. Dealing with people going to new places was one of my favorite things about being at SuperShuttle. Hell, I like going new places! I remember dealing with the flight crews from US Air. They were mostly tired or happy when I took them to their hotels.

I don't want to be a cashier forever. I want to do something again. I'm 37. It's time for a change. My health is as good as it will ever get. Kirsten has been fighting a couple of nasty infections for a week, and I haven't gotten anything. I haven't seized in a *year* and am on lower med levels. And nobody is hiring police dsipatchers.

Wish me luck.

[identity profile] deathbytamarind.livejournal.com 2004-04-13 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Dude, if you have the chops for it, go for it. Maybe you'll see me as I embark on my odyssey to Seattle! :D

[identity profile] lysana.livejournal.com 2004-04-13 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Best of luck to you. That would be a fascinating job, I'm sure.

Good luck!

[identity profile] robertprior.livejournal.com 2004-04-13 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you think your background will make a difference, post 9/11?

[identity profile] biomekanic.livejournal.com 2004-04-13 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Good luck! Hopefully they won't hold any kind of a seizure disorder against you. They banned me from donating blood when they found out that I had petite mal seizures, hell, the nurse didn't notice the one I had when I was talking to her.

Whoa!

[identity profile] benkenobigal.livejournal.com 2004-04-13 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Mucho luck on your new adventure! Break a leg! Poke an eye out! :)

[identity profile] dandelion-diva.livejournal.com 2004-04-13 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool! I hope it turns out to be something you love like crazy.:)

Gessi

Southwest Airlines

[identity profile] marcrw.livejournal.com 2004-04-14 08:11 am (UTC)(link)
I remember a Southwest "Beer Flight" to Las Vegas 12 or 14 years ago. The steward announced that is was beer time, and started rolling cans down the the center. (We were in the air, but still climbing slightly.) He stopped when they began hitting the far rear bulkhead. I wanted to join Southwest myself.