Slam on Singapore Airlines Crew

Hi all,

I just have to confess something, otherwise I might do something bad to anyone that comes my way. Not so long ago I went on trip to JNB (Johannesburg - for the unfamiliar ones). Heavy load, difficult pax, long block time, quite risky destination (much like LOS - not Los Angeles, but Lagos, Nigeria). I held myself together thinking constantly of a nice dry glass of south african wine, one of those from the southern valleys - drooling -  The flight went better than I expected to go, the crew kept on joking around and having fun so time just flew faster than us. We finally parked the aircraft after spending another precious 45' taxiing - I was still drooling for my fav wine- disarmed doors, hide all our cabin trolleys, coz in Jo'burg theft is at it's highest peak, disembarked every living soul and headed to our "5*" luxury hotel somewhere far, far away from downtown, where safety seems comprehensive compared to prev. mentioned. We've all got our "chambres" following the strict chain of command, unlike Europe, where LADIES GO FIRST!!! As I mentioned, putting aside the lack of common sense and international social values, my crew was GREAT! Super fellas to hang with, funny, open minded and wine lovers - my favorite characteristic- .

I don't want to seem like a heavy drinker, but I told you, I was going thru a desire kinda' feeling for that hrrrrrr wine.

So we decided to meet in the hotel provided Crew Lounge, a nice suite, designed to accommodate even the grumpiest of any species. All good and done! Before heading to the suite we all went to Nelson Mandela Square supermarket, where everyone could find any kind of liquors, wines, brandies to satisfy their needs. I was truly impressed by the huge selection on the Wines department and I chose not less than 5 bottles, more than enough for the 3 days to spend there. After getting the drinks, the nuts and the snacks, we found ourselves rushing to the spacious accommodating suite, where by the way, the couch was hugging you literary!

When we entered the Lounge, we were surprised (they were a bit rejective, although on the entrance door was clearly written "Exclusive for "my airline") to find another set of crew lazing around and after a short conversation we learned that they're SIA F/A. Nothing wrong with that! A bit wrong was that they were smoking a "weedy smelling" kind of cigarettes in a designated NO SMOKING area. We passed over that issue as well, and we quietly and gently placed our drinks in the chiller and then passed in the other room (the lounge was a three rooms suite). After spending quality time with my friends I went to get a second bottle of wine from the pantry and SHOCK!!!!! They (SIA Elite) were comfortably serving our drinks (one of them being a 21 years aged single malt Glenfiddich Scotch - which in South Africa costs a bit of a fortune). I stood there still stunned, the previous bottle that I've served having no visible effect on my behavior. I couldn't believe my eyes!!! The rage was growing into me like a freaking volcano! It wasn't about the drinks! It wasn't about the money! It wasn't even the name: Glenfiddich! It was much more than that! It was the mannerism! The sneaky way they did it! I swear that should they asked us, we'd have had nothing against sharing! The things that followed don't worth posting, but since that day I stopped looking up to THEM....:(  It all ended up in disappointment..

I joined the rest of the crew after a few minutes of hard talk and the wine testing kept going on for hours! Nothing could spoil the mood of a great group! It's like flying, you make the flight or you break the flight!

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