Self respect
On my business trip to Miri this Wednesday and Thursday, I met with a co-passenger sitting adjacent to me and who was travelling back from Manchester. We were both travelling alone and were totally bored on a slightly over two-hour long flight. So, we started chatting. She was a Malaysian-chinese girl travelling to Kota Kinabalu on her vacation.
When I asked her if she was a student, she smiled and paused waiting for the cabin crew to go past serving our drinks. She then said they don’t know her and that she worked here (circling with her forefinger in the area around). Initially, I didn’t quite get it, a second later realizing that she was a stewardess on her break after a long trip. Just to be sure I asked her if she was a stewardess. This time she nodded grimly. I wonder if it was something of an offense. I take it that she didn’t like being called that. But, I didn’t notice any change in the attitude later on. Well, we chatted some more before I got off at Miri saying goodbye. I wonder why people think their jobs are not dignified enough.
How true! I have had such experiences too. But I have had the total opposite experiences too, in the field, in the disaster areas like Bhuj and the coastal belt of Orissa,where Red Cross workers (who are voluntary workers and don’t have any other work- women,oler people) take a lot of pride in the work they do.And at times they work for 5-8 hours!
Sep 11, 04 at 02:03Hey- can I use this picture too? I promise to acknowledge from where I got it.
Sep 11, 04 at 02:04Sunrayz—Sure
Sep 11, 04 at 11:00It might have been a delicate situation for that stewardess that’s all; you know… “she is enjoying a comfortable ride while her colleagues work for her” situation.
Sep 12, 04 at 12:21Suman: Guess you may right about that—”a delicate situation”
Sep 12, 04 at 12:24