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| Silly in the Southwest | |
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| Topic Started: Aug 23 2016, 05:59 PM (122 Views) | |
| Not That Esme | Aug 23 2016, 05:59 PM Post #1 |
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Southwest Airlines is well-known for their employees cracking “Funny on the Fly” jokes. They’re also well known for their $59 flights, which helps me maintain my sense of humor over the comfort level, or lack thereof, during a commuter flight but that's beside the point. :-) On a recent flight up to San Francisco, one of the flight attendants chose to amuse us passengers with her version of vocal fry. The whole entire safety speech was drawn out in vocal fry at a snail’s pace. It was funny for a few seconds. After that, it was just irritating. By (what I assume was) sheer coincidence, on the return flight to San Diego a different flight attendant talkedsofastIcouldnotunderstandawordshesaid. The passenger in the seat next to me rolled her eyes in annoyance but I just smiled because I was grateful it wasn’t a repeat of the vocal fry performance. When I told my daughter this story the first thing she said was, “Yeah but-you already booked your next flight with them, huh?” “Well actually, that’s why I’m calling. You wanna go with next time?” She said yes. So then-I booked a flight for both of us. Ha-Ha!! |
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| friendshipgal | Aug 24 2016, 10:14 AM Post #2 |
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Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians
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I've heard about that airline, interesting to hear about it first hand from a passenger. I've never flown Southwest... |
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| Not That Esme | Aug 24 2016, 12:42 PM Post #3 |
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I fly with Southwest if I'm just going up the coast. I call it a commuter flight because it only takes about 75-80 minutes to get to where I'm going. It's actually a 737 but they do pack the passengers in tight. The Funny on the Fly routines are usually fairly entertaining. Some of the attendants could easily transition into stand-up comedy. :-) |
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| Kahu | Aug 24 2016, 03:36 PM Post #4 |
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We don't have 'Funny on the Fly' routines which I take to be impromptu routines by flight staff ... but we do try to make the routine flight safety messages interesting and funny, but yet get the safety message over. https://youtu.be/O-5gjkh4r3g |
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| Not That Esme | Aug 24 2016, 06:11 PM Post #5 |
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That was pretty good! :-) Like millions of other people, I love Betty White. This attendant’s routine earned her a guest spot featured on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. I saw others listed on YouTube but I can’t imagine that they’d be any funnier than this one. I like NZ's life vests better than SW's. AS IF either would actually save a life "in the HIGHLY unlikely event..." hahaha Edited by Not That Esme, Aug 24 2016, 06:15 PM.
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| Darcie | Aug 25 2016, 01:11 AM Post #6 |
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My granddaughter uses SW a lot between Washington and Atlanta. She says less overall misery with them compared to larger ones like UA. |
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| Not That Esme | Aug 25 2016, 08:02 AM Post #7 |
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Hi Darcie, I’m inclined to agree with your granddaughter. I had to fly to Louisville, Kentucky a few years back. I chose to fly with UA but I couldn’t cough up the amount they wanted for non-stop. Getting to Kentucky involved one lay-over in Atlanta, I think it was. It may have been Dallas, I can’t remember. Whichever, it was fine. Flying back-not so fine. From Kentucky, UA flew us to Atlanta to Dulles to San Francisco and finally, back to San Diego. Somewhere along the way, they did put us on a little crickety commuter plane. I did not care for that AT ALL. While on board the big planes, there may have been a little more leg room and a bit wider seats than SW offers but if so, it didn’t make a significant mark in my memory. I’ll never forget that little crickety commuter plane. It sounded like it was going to fly apart. Nobody else on board seemed the least bit concerned about all that racket, so I figured it must be normal for little planes to sound like they're falling apart. I don’t think I’d ever get used to that. It was sorta scary. As I was about to post this, I suddenly remembered we also hit up Denver in between Dulles and San Francisco. I think. I’m pretty sure. It could be a false memory. I may have been traumatized by the whole experience. Hahaha I have not left the state of California since that trip. :-) Edited by Not That Esme, Aug 25 2016, 08:06 AM.
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