Lady G..Ha! I couldn’t agree more with every single word you said. That was funny those weight checks. I remember one year, the company ran the risk of running out of f/a’s as they had gotten so strict with these crazy checks, LOL. I swear I’m gonna write a book some day. I have compiled all those crazy/zany things we did, the passengers did and all the fun experiences on our travels/layovers. I read Coffee,tea or me it was cute but there is another one, I believe the copyright was late 80’s or early 90’s called “Cabin pressure”, It’s a total hoot. You can pick it up at the library. I too am so embarrassed by the way some of the gals look when they check-in for their flights, The uniform that looks like they went to bed in it, Or the greasy looking hair. I’m not big on alot of make up, but i’m also from the old adage that “every barn needs a little paint” some of them wear nothing and look so washed out under those lights. Yep, kids are a double edged sword, you sympathize with the mothers who are trying to quiet a restless little one, but want to kill the mothers and their kids when they are just bratty and the parents do nothing to attempt to control them. LOL But you know us “Graciousness” must prevail. In all honesty, this may be my last year, as I stated in an earlier post, the industry is so volatile and it “ain’t what it used to be”. So after 30 years, I’ve paid my dues and I’ll have lifetime travel benefits…A good thing. I remember sitting out on the back porch with my dad as a 3 yr old and seeing a plane flying overhead and asking my daddy “What’s that”? and my dad saying that’s an airplane and there are people on it and they are probably going to some exotic destination. WoW, I was hooked, I just marveled that people were up in the sky like that and that the world actually extended beyond my backyard. I knew then and there, that’s what I wanted to do and I have been so blessed by this profession! :)