Perched in the lobby bar of my outskirts-of-Rome hotel earlier in the week, sipping a cappuccino and nibbling a delightful but decidely diet-unfriendly biscuit (bad me!), I was distracted by the arrival of a flight crew.
They’d clearly flown in from somewhere in Asia; the stewardesses looked cute, immaculate and gorgeous in their designer uniforms. My mind wandered…
They’d be tired, of course, after their lengthy trip. The routine would be the same whenever and wherever they landed after a long-haul flight: check in, shower, then catch a nap before heading out for dinner at a nice local restaurant.
Oh, but I miss one important step for the lass looking downcast at the back of the group – the one who’d been caught sleeping en route when she should have been serving customers. Her hotel routine would be rather different: check in, shower, then report to the captain’s room for punishment.
He’d express his disappointment in her – for so selfishly letting down her colleagues, and for failing to take proper care of her travellers. And then he’d make her stand facing him and take down her trousers and knickers, before bending her over his knee: the shame would be as much part of the punishment as the prolonged hand spanking that would follow. She’d plead, apologise, beg for mercy, apologise more, and eventually allow her tears to flow. And afterwards he’d hug her tight, before sending her back to her room…
(Any alternative endings in which he cuddled her closer and they shared their post-flight nap chastely together on his bed would be quite improper. As would any variations in which her recuperation was less chaste, as she made amends – or he made her make amends – for her misconduct. Honestly: I know how some of you think: you’re such perverts!)
Are you unfairly trying to trap us into acts of defiance ?
It is almost impossible to not now think up alternatives. Forcing us into impudence of the dumb kind
As scene member we both know is a flight attendant ;-), the Captain would never get to know – unless someone tattle-taled, and I can assure you that cabin crew hold fight crew in, shall we say very limited esteem! Furthermore, flight safety rules require that cabin crew keep a watch out for each other. Sorry!
None the less, years ago in BOAC days, there was a gym in Hong Kong where recalcitrants did report for “behavior modification” if they’d been seen misbehaving, even worse pilfering on a layover. The company employed an ex-military policewoman as permanent local flight service mananger, who showed no reluctance in offering a choice of a dose of painful stripes or an entry in the recalcitrant’s work-record. “Efficient, memorable and to the point,” said one friend who’d taken the former option after a raucous night out in Kowloon.
R
I am going to pretend I didn’t read that last paragraph, and you didn’t trick me into thinking of alternative endings
Lovely post!