Two days in a row over the past weekend, a couple of friends (from different cliques) had asked me why don't I join Singapore Airlines as an air steward. Prior to that, one colleague also suggested the same thing. And even earlier than that, various people had put that idea across to me.
Some of the reasons they gave among others were,
'You're tall enough.'
'You're still young. Go explore and experience.'
'Since you love travelling. This is just the job for you!'
'You'll look smart in the steward's uniform.'
Of all the reasons they gave, I never heard a peep about my looks. Thanks a lot guys. You sure gave me a lot of confidence. From tomorrow onwards, I shall wear stocking over my face to improve my looks.
Well, when so many people suggest I've the making of a high flyer over a period of time, I can't possibly ignore them right? In fact, the more I think about their comments, the more I believe there's a wide spread conspiracy to get rid of me.
This is what I interpret from their comments:
'You're tall enough.' - Let constant air travel weaken your bones. Grow shorter so when standing in a MRT or a bus, you'll smell my stinky armpit instead of me getting more than a whiff of yours.
'You're still young. Go explore and experience.' - So that I'll have one less competitor for the limited number of jobs here.
'Since you love travelling. This is just the job for you!' - Get away often so that you can't leech on me so frequently.
'You'll look smart in the steward's uniform.' - And stupid without it.
All right, maybe I'm thinking too much into this. Maybe they meant what they'd said and not what I'd interpreted. So far, I'd dismissed the notion of joining the airheads, though I'd left the door ajar.
I'm not despising the profession of a cabin crew. In fact, I've quite a few friends who are in this line of work and I'm envious they can get to travel so extensively. Sure, in a way, stewards and stewardesses are considered high-class waiters and waitresses. However, there's no denying the benefits, exposure and experience this occupation brings about.
Example will be like meeting some rich young and pretty heiress who'll fall in love with me, and we'll get hitch in a blink and me having the experience of laughing my way to the bank happily ever after.
So aside from wetting my pants whenever the plane lifts off, what's making me hesitate from applying as an air steward?
Well, in a way, I see it as buying time so that I can stop feeling my way and decide firmly on the path I wanted to take. Buying time is something I've reservations about, since at the end of it, I'll still have to decide, so why not sooner.
In addition, even though I like travelling and being an air steward allows me to travel extensively for close to free, it's not the kind of travel experience I'm seeking.
As for meeting a rich, young and pretty heiress so I can laugh my way to the bank happily ever after? Why make the effort when I've friends who're already stewardesses.
I've already made a pact with one of them. Once she get hitch to some prince or scion of a Fortune 500 company, she's supposed to introduce me to an equally rich, if not richer sister or relative (young, pretty and 100% female of course!). With someone doing the hard work for me, I can have it easy. Hope she's working hard at it now, if not I can lend her the other stocking.
Okay, I shall leave this issue as it is for now. My manager just messaged me and wants me back in the office early tomorrow to prepare some updates because she'd the wonderful wisdom to set up a meeting with God (BB's new nick) at 9 in the morning instead of later.