An American Airlines flight attendant — known by the first name of Helen — is braving a barrage of viral blog posts regarding her bitchy behavior on a recent flight. According to the alleged passengers on the alleged flight, the alleged behavior of Helen the Hellish Stew included, but was not limited to, berating a passenger for requesting orange juice, belittling that passenger’s travel savvy, yelling at that passenger, inciting a near mutiny in the first-class cabin, and handing that passenger what appeared to be a threatening note from the captain. According the friends of the harassed passenger, Helen the Hellish Stew basically accused the O.J.-requesting passenger of interfering with the directive of the flight crew, a heavy claim that can actually result in some time in the hoosegaw. Morale of the story: Stay home if you want O.J.
Above: Helen the Hellish Stew (probably) (not) (but still)
Nearly 10 years ago, at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, I had a Northwest Airlines gate attendant snatch my “carry-on” bag and berate me for no reason. I was able to carry it on my NWA flight from ATL to MSP and thought I could do the same on the return trip. I was not being hostile toward the gate attendant and would’ve taken much more kindly to a polite explanation. Perhaps I should’ve written a letter to NWA regarding the incident and how rude she was with me, but frankly, it would’ve probably not done one bit of good.
One more reason to hate the “flying Greyhound buses”.