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Summary: Wild
Review: Not for the squeamish or prudish, but probably the funniest book I've ever read and one of the scariest, since I sometimes fly.
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Summary: Entertaining
Review: This is a great book to read, not only as a frequent passenger but also an airplane enthusiast. I have new opinion (and respect) to flight attendants.
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Summary: Hilarious and Entertaining
Review: I first found out about Elliot Hester while reading the travel section of the Denver Post. He had an article about selling all his belongings and traveling around world. This definitely got my attention so I started reading all his subseqent articles and decided to read his book. I found his writing hilarious, witty, and in a few cases very informative. Talking to anyone who tends to service the general public will always get some good stories of insane people; and flight attendants are no exception. I hope to read his upcoming book on his travels round the world when he returns.
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Summary: A Wild Ride.
Review: You can't say that Elliott Hester hasn't had an interesting life as a flight attendant and his choosing to share it with us is a real treat. The book is authoritative, funny, ribald and educational. Four out of four ain't bad.
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Summary: Good stories by one who has been there.
Review: Well written. This is the way it is for those dedicated flight attendants who have to contend with all the vagaries of the humans who ride on the airlines.
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Summary: FOR WORLD TRAVELERS
Review: This is a good book for anyone interested in travel and travel realted stories.
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Summary: Brillant
Review: This book had me laughing in the first few pages. I thought they were going to ask me to leave the bookstore. If you are a frequent traveller, like myself, you will appreciate every richly written paragraph in this book.Two thumbs up.
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Summary: ZzZzZzZzZz
Review: I thought this book was terribly boring. I didn't even finish it. It did have some humerous parts and was well written but the stories were either too short with no details or too drawn out with details of passengers that were not funny or interesting.
I expected to hear stories that would have my jaw drop but instead they were stories that I have heard standing in line at the aiport checkin - Nothing I haven't read in the papers and nothing very interesting.
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Summary: The Truth is Funnier than Fiction
Review: As only another flight attendant could tell these stories, Elliott Hester is right on. The truth is stranger (and more humorous) than fiction. His anecdotes brought to memory the time I found a dead bird lying feet up on top of a meal tray inside a food cart. The poor bird apparently met his demise after getting trapped inside a catering truck out on the tarmac. Or the time a passenger found a piece of latex glove in his entree, claiming it had to be a condom. Not! Hester tells it as it is, warts and all. We all could add to his stories, but most of us couldn't tell them as well as he does. Full of laughs for frequent travelers, passengers and crew members as well.
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Summary: Looking forward to the follow-up book!
Review: This is an excellent book written by a flight attendant with sixteen years of service. It is impossible to read this work and be unmoved. Any insightful person who travels by air will profit by reading the thirty-or-so accounts experienced firsthand by Mr. Hester and acquire a deep sympathy for the demanding work of the flight attendant. The stories made me curious: I wanted to more fully understand the personalities of people who go into this difficult line of work. Hester's discussion of flight-attendant training program ("five weeks of hell") might have been expanded to describe those prospective trainee-candidates who washed out or opted out - and why! In addition, a more detailed explanation of the training itself would clarify the social, psychological and professional demands placed on flight attendants compared to other personal-service jobs (Waitress, Doctor, Lawyer, Hotel Clerk, etc.). In my opinion, Mr. Hester has a good eye for detail and an insightful memory. I hope he would consider a second book to provide deeper understanding for his readers.
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