I think what amazed me the most was how children (and teens) were reacting to the situation. They yelled at their parents; they screamed at the flight crew. It was insane. I actually heard two children yelling at their mother because they were going "to miss a whole day of skiing" because we couldn't land... as though she had any control over the matter. An older teen screamed at her father that he MUST tell the flight crew to get her luggage off right that second while we sat at the gate after being rerouted... she screamed!
So... tell me: Is there such a thing as rotten kids, or were they taught that treating people that way is acceptable?
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I have observed what you wrote about and it absolutely sickens me. I travel quite frequently for work & am always amazed at the way people treat fellow humans. Seriously! Like the pilot wants to circle in a bad storm. Or the baggage handlers take pride in misplacing luggage.
When I am traveling I am extra kind to flight attendants and gate attendants. I just don't get people!
I have worked with the kids at my church for a long time, and observing them has been very interesting. I truly believe that kids act how they are A) taught to act and B) how they are allowed to act. With the rare straight rotten child, I think that 90% of kids act the way they do because they are mimicking their parents or their friends, and their parents allow them to do this. It is so sad. I vote for bringing spanking back. Parents are afraid of disciplining their kids because now they can go to jail for it. I got spanked more than a few times as a child and I would like to think that it allowed me to grow up with respect (and a little fear :) ) for my parents.
I guess that is the whole "nature" verses "nurture" debate, and in my opinion, the nurturing usually is the problem... Hope the rest of your holidays were enjoyable at least!!
Yikes, I hope the rest of your trip went well!
I get all fired up about this, i hate seeing parents let their kids treat them like that.
I'm with Mrs. Potts, I try to be extra nice to the attendants because I know how they are treated.
Amen you're back!!!
Oh Abbie, I totally feel your pain! Our flight home from CA on the 26th was an ordeal - our flight from Dallas to Shreveport was canceled after we patiently waited through our three hour layover and an additional delay due to airline personnel (we didn't have a full crew). We were finally boarded and after waiting a decent amount of time we learned we wouldn't be taking off after all. While this did indeed suck (it was the the last flight out for the day), we were saddened to see some people getting angry and taking it out on those who truly don't have any control. We ended up renting a car and driving the 3.5 hours home from the airport (we finally arrived at 3 a.m. - a mere fourteen hours after leaving my sister's house!) We were thankful to be home.
We were lucky enough to deal with some great people during this ordeal, but we were also given some trying ones to deal with as well. I wish everyone could realize that we're all in this together and being mean & nasty isn't going to get you anywhere any quicker.
Glad you made it home but so wish you didn't have to go through such a hard time to get there!!
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