Giving your Job the old "FU"

[Katie]

I'm too lazy at the moment (and on my cell phone anyway) to go find the story about the flight attendant who quit his job this week.

If you didn't hear the story, this guy basically had a meltdown. He was trying to get an obnoxious passenger to sit down, the passenger ended up hitting him in the head with luggage (not sure if it was intentional or not) and then wouldn't say he was sorry for hitting the guy. the flight attendant then proceeded to get on the intercom and cuss out the passengers. He then headed to the plane's galley, grabbed some beer and deployed the emergency inflatable slide and slid down out of the plane. "F. U. work"


Now I've had days I wanted to do the same thing, but DAMN. what a way to quit. Now I hear he wants his job back.

what're the odds THAT happens

[Leo656]

My favorite part of the story is that the cops went to his house to arrest him and found him in bed with his boyfriend. It's just the perfect punctuation mark on a very bizarre sequence of events. In and of itself, him being gay isn't funny. The whole cycle of events up to and including that scene, however, hilarious. By that point you're reading the story and it's like "What next, he pulled a frozen salmon out of his pants and started smacking the cops with it?" Cuz it wouldn't seem at all out of sorts...

In fairness, the guy did try and finish the job at hand. He even consoled a sick child by offering her ginger ale and crackers. Guess all in all, though, it was just too much. I wouldn't be too happy in his place. Service industries suck ass.

But yeah, after the week I had at work, the dude's my hero. If only we all could just say "f*ck it." I'm surprised nobody mentioned this story before now.

[Roseangelo]

I love Jimmy Fallon's song about this:

http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon....81010/1243478/

[BubblyShell22]

Yeah, I think it's unfair that the flight attendant got arrested when he didn't do anything really wrong. The passenger should've gotten arrested for assaulting the flight attendant. Now they're saying that they don't think it really happened that way at all.

[Katie]

He was arrested for disturbing the peace because he deployed the emergency slide. Put that plane out of commission for awhile and cancelled flights because of it. Not saying what he did wasn't provoked, but I understand why he was arrested

[plastroncafe]

The fact that they found him at home in bed with his boyfriend is just the best icing on the cake that is that story. I mean, think about it. You've just done the ballsiest move of your life, pretty much ended your career in the process, the adrenaline must have been flowing like a river.

So awesome.

[Samhain]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

The fact that they found him at home in bed with his boyfriend is just the best icing on the cake that is that story. I mean, think about it. You've just done the ballsiest move of your life, pretty much ended your career in the process, the adrenaline must have been flowing like a river.

So awesome.

Hilarious. I have heard the guys on the radio talking about this for like 3 days but they never mentioned that little detail. Wow.

[Storm Wolf]

This is awesome! I loved Jimmy Fallon's ballad!

Seriously...I can understand him being punished....but serving time in jail? Seriously? We have way worse criminals out there that get away with a slap on the wrist!

This guy is my HERO! Honestly I know what he's going thru! I've been a CNA for about 5 years now I can understand the pressure that comes with customer service and dealing with irate/ miserable people. You have no idea how many times I wish I had the balls to do something like this!

Get two beers and jump!