Fun at work

My job is never the same from day to day, that is one of the many reasons why I love it so much. I went to Austin Texas and back today. On our leg back to Salt Lake City the gate agent came and asked if we would accept a baby leopard on board in the cabin. It would be in an animal cage that are used for cats that could fit under the seat. I would have LOVED to have had it on board. I was already planning on getting a picture to show Hannah & Derek. What an experience! The captain went out to the boarding area to check the situation out like the caring case, the size of the leopard etc. This was a very rare request so he wanted to place a call to the company. Unfortunately we got the word that we cannot transport any exotic animals in the cabin. I can of course see their side but I was still disappointed. But I still love those kind of stories I get from my work. They are usually stories that I could never have even dreamed of.

I had to work on my birthday, well, not that I "had" to, I am lucky and blessed that I love my job so it was ok, more than ok that I worked on my birthday. Plus, I had a very interesting passenger, two in fact. The first was an actor that has been in a TON of movies. I can't remember his name (which is significant) but he was in one of the kid's favorite movies, "Spy Kids". He was the uncle. It is significant that I can't remember his name because he has been in over 200 movies/t.v. shows and is recognizable but not overly so. I have had some "movie stars" from time to time. Most of them (almost all of them) have a hard time being real, not taking them selves too seriously and being able to talk with people who aren't movie stars. This man did not have this problem. He just talked with me just like I was a regular person and he was a regular person. He was not trying to avoid people, he just talked, not overly so but he was able to have a normal conversation without always looking on how to get out of it but and treating others like we weren't there or not worthy of talking to. I was quite impressed with him and his "realness" he seemed very grounded which most (almost all) of the others certainly did not.


The next interesting person was a passenger that wanted gingerale and spicy tomato juice . . . mixed, combined, together, to drink! He seemed very normal and together. Hmmm. Some other passengers smiled when they heard his request and enjoyed teasing him about his unique drink choice. I told him that he was going to make it into my "flight journal", he and the other passengers got a kick out of this and laughed some more. I love my job!