This trip really sucks. This other flight attendant sucks. I'm ignoring the fact that she's breaking rules and service guidelines. I catch a lot of grief when I mention that. But it's a refection of me as well and I don't want passengers to see me doing one thing and her doing something a different way that's not correct. It's frustrating to see this happen on trip after trip. There are soo many girls that are soo worried about how they look and showing off rather than doing what they are suppose to. They're shortening their skirts, wearing a ton of makeup, etc and it makes the rest of us look bad. Regardless, I can't do anything on this trip without this girl assuming it's about her. I asked her a question during our taxi to the runway on our first flight. Being flight attendant is suppose to be about being a team, having the availability to ask each other questions and learning from one another, it shouldn't be about finding ways to turn on one another! It's soo frustrating. I asked a question and she gets really defensive. I'm sitting in my jump seat and looking at things in my manual (there's a new announcement since we are now cashless and it's not in our announcement handbooks) and then I'm accused of trying to look my question up to prove her wrong. Our manuals are a reference. But I can't use my manual or even write on my trip sheet without her assuming and accusing that it's about her and everything she's doing wrong. I have done nothing of the sort.
That's where this job gets more frustrating. You work with such different personalities and are stuck with them for 4 days. I want off of this trip and I want to go home. It's only day 2 and I want to scream. I dread going to work even more now. Luckily today is just one flight to Canada. Granted it's a dreaded 3 hour one!
On a more positive note: I applied for 4 positions today. I am not giving up on Progressive! Hahaha! I bet they are soo sick of seeing my name. Three of the positions where there with them. I applied for all 3 and I have been denied for three previous one. My plan....apply until they give me the opportunity to come in. Surely at some point they'll give in!!! I also applied for a position with ACS in Austin. Unfortunately, it's the same company that Josh works for but we wouldn't be anywhere near one another so I guess that's okay. He was the one that told me about it. So maybe something will come out of one of those. I also have an interview this coming Saturday with DSW. I know I know...why retail? Ugh I know but hey it's shoes! Every girl loves shoes and oooohhhhh think of the discount! It would just be part time so that I can fly high paying 3 days Monday - Wednesday. It would allow more time in Austin to try to adjust.
I don't think I'm adjusting very well. I was excited about this move. It was something different. A leap. But with flying as much as I am I am never home for very long. It's like as soon as I get home I'm packing back up again. I'm home long enough to clean and do laundry. On top of that the whole time I'm stressing about how I'm getting to the airport and what flight I should take and if I should go in a day early, etc etc etc. This past weekend was the first that Josh and I got a chance to do something even though it was just a movie (two nights in a row actually). This coming weekend is the the music part of SxSW. I'm just hoping I can make it home. I really need to come home after this trip. It would be good for us to go out and just relax. I need to relax. Infact I might TRY, this is definitely a key word, to not clean what doesn't have to be done. Ha, yeah that just sounds ridiculous!
Well wish me luck. Hopefully the rest of this week goes by quick!
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