“While flight attendants are there to make your flight comfortable, [it’s] not a service industry. They’re not waiters,” Gottsman explained.

Some of these articles are basically “If you have a service job but don’t want to perform a part of the service, I’ll just tell the customers to not expect or request it.”

But it IS their job to provide passengers with water and provide basic things like blankets or pillows if available. The call button is basically just asking them to do their jobs. To be pissed off about that is like a waiter being pissed off because you decided to order a second thing a little later in the meal or…

I don’t think asking for water etc. outside of “appropriate intervals” is poor etiquette.

I used to think that of a lot of the obsolete and rare historical combustion engine designs, but some of them I wonder if they were just invented before metallurgy and manufacturing tolerances could catch up to them.

“not a lot of people like to be “beckoned” via a bell system.” I don’t “like” making phone calls, or answering the phone when it rings, but when it’s part of my job, what I like doesn’t even come into play. I do that shit with a smile, because that’s part of what I’m paid to do.

If I have a specific problem being “beckoned via a bell system” I’ll tell you right now what I wouldn’t do:

I wouldn’t take a career path that involves real time customer service and a bell system.

Flight attendants are literally there to provide service to customers.  How does that lady justify saying it’s not a service industry?

What’s the alternative though? Get up to ask them? You’re not allowed to get up during a fair chunk of the flight, and for much of the rest of the time you’re going to cause more problems by getting up than by just calling them over (getting in the way of beverage service, other passengers, etc.).

I get so tired of the “flight attendants are there for your safety not to serve you a drink, you little brat.” No, I’m not going to hit the button when they are in the midst of drink service. Two hours into a four-hour flight, when they aren’t doing much and I’d like to buy a drink they are offering for sale, yes, I…

That’s just what BIG ROTARY wants you to believe.

Sorry but the button is a service button, not for emergency. I really don’t understand how they could justify an article like that. A flight attendant serves drinks, meals, snacks, checks if anyone needs a blanket, pillows, and they are also there in case of emergency to make sure everyone is safe. One doesn’t exclude…

If you are having a real emergency (labor, cardiac, etc), for the love of God just stand up or yell out and let people know, there might be a doctor who is cooler to you. If it's heart related, every second counts. No need to be polite in situations like that. When you press the button, they won’t come running to you,…

This is a recent redefinition of use of the call button. In the early days of flying, the button was to call for service and the attendants would drop by and ask what you needed or wanted.

“Remember, the main purpose of airplanes is to get you from one place to another. If you want five star quality food and service, spend that money at Per Se.”

There’s probably a reasonable middle ground between no service and Per Se service. I don’t think asking for water etc. outside of “appropriate intervals” is poor…

I can’t wait to watch the PR people scramble to find a way to explain why a three-cylinder engine is somehow better to the V-8 obsessed average truck buyer.

My sister and brother both have kids. Both work entry level jobs. Both struggle to make ends meet every now and then. My sister is a single mother of two. When it came time for her to get a car. She chose to research and seek my input (as I have a never get a loan dave ramsey attitude) and we bought her a nice Nissan…

Assets don’t depreciate less or require less physical upkeep just because you own them outright.

You’re going to have depreciation and pay for maintenance whether you have a loan or not.

Gap insurance next time?