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Carole Adams |
| Twenty four years ago I began my career at SWA hoping to become the World's Oldest Living Flight Attendant. I thought that since I became a first time grandmother the day I started class (May 14, 1984) I had a chance. However, little did I know the competition I was up against… I was the second flight attendant over forty to be hired at Southwest. We must have proved ourselves because today there is truly no age limit. I’m a native Dallasite and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in East Dallas. This was back when the teachers drove nicer cars than the students! I started college at Texas Tech, married a fellow student, and finally graduated from East Texas State University in 1980 with a degree in Speech Pathology. (Passengers comment on my Texas accent and I tell them I used to be a speech therapist but since nobody wants to talk “this way” I had to get another job. I have two children, two stepchildren (my stepdaughter is also a flight attendant), and four grandchildren. I was widowed six years ago after twenty four years of marriage to my high school sweetheart. I am thinking about writing a book, “Dating for Seniors - or How to Find a Low Cost Caregiver” Life is indeed precious and I encourage all to maximize it | |
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Holiday flying--a report from the Field |
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Kim, you just wrote a blog within a blog! Thank you so much for enjoying my musings!
You are welcome on any of my flights! POS is always the goal. To go beyond that I need something t o work with. Give me a Friday night Mardi Gras group and I'm ON! Three hours late - that's my specialty. I'm still thinking about coming to the GO and having lunch with you. Returning to the airport after flying is hard.
Yes, we have a lot of children visiting grandparents and also friends that have moved away. Of course, children visiting parents are the most common. A few cry because they are leaving a parent but most are "sky warriors". For some unknown reason, difficult passengers do not create stress for me. They create another opportunity for POS. That's true for a lot of us. The hardest part of the job for me is 10+ hour duty days. Then, the walk from some of our gates to hotel transportation. Or, having to leave the hotel and hour and a half before push (one hour is normal). And then number one, finally getting to the door of your hotel room and the KEY doesn't work! Here I go on another blog!
Alking - we love to hear praise, thank you. I'm so happy SWA understood your problem. We look forward to many years of serving you. Thanks for reading the blog! I've also seen Celine and LOVED her.
Chris, it does seem more boys travel alone. Do boys outnumber girls these days? Maybe parents feel more comfortable putting their boys on the plane. Boys may be more willing to leave one home for another. I'd guess dads want to see their little girls as much as their sons. Thank you for helping identify an empty seat! I love my passengers to be interactive!
bswitzer, our Military are a top priority. Reuniting families is better than a vacation! I love to see the homecomings in the airport. Knowing our fares make this possible makes all of us proud.
Thanks for the other sentiments!
Carole
In the last 13 days, I've worked ten! That's a lot of flying. Why? |
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Holiday flying--a report from the Field |
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In the last 13 days, I've worked ten! That's a lot of flying. Why? |
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Third time's a charm... |
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Lindsey, what a great story! I wish we had Mary on the Inflight side - I'd love to work with her.
And thank you to Kim Seale - another great job fit for SWA!
Forget Will Smith, Tom Cruise, Miley Cyrus, or whoever else Barbara Walters selected as "The Ten Most Fascinating People of 2008." My personal pick would have to be Ms. Mary Creason, a Senior Customer Relations Telephone Rep here at SWA Headquarters in Dallas. |
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Gifts on a budget |
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Looking at the calendar, I realize I'd better stop merely thinking about gifts and start shopping! Don't we all want to give the "perfect gift"? We often equate this with spending a large sum of money. "Budget" is not just a rental car agency! I'll let you know what I'm thinking in hopes you will throw in some suggestions.
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Thanksgiving Then and Now |
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I enjoy remembering Thanksgivings past with my mother and father, grandparents and siblings, spouse and two young children. Those were the best of times with nothing but hope for the future and gratitude for home and family--nowhere to go but up! There's still a picture somewhere of a turkey cake that took me three days to make and an hour for everyone to eat! |
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