Hello Fred,

I, as a flight attendant, appreciate your "sympathy" for us as low paid, sometimes treated as servants, treated like crap by our employers and some passengers alike, flight attendants.

Fortunately for me, I am always in a good mood when I am working because I love my job and my passengers even after 13 years and even when the passengers are jerks and the company abuses me and my coworkers are less that desirable. :)

What I do wonder is where you have been hiding that you think "no one is forcing us" to be a flight attendant? Actually, in a perfect world I agree and can personally think of at least three people that need to just say enough is enough and leave, however, with today's economy it's not always that easy. At least it's a job and if you are going to take public transportation, you are going to have to deal with it.

On another side, if you don't want to read about how we are living then don't read it. This is simply a very much needed insight into the lives of a flight attendant so that anyone thinking about the "glamour' life knows what they are really in for. It's a great job but it's not a "walk around and look pretty handing out a soda" job.