tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163679024619392733.post8064494616035672554..comments2023-10-19T13:54:12.979+02:00Comments on Life Lessons of a Military Wife (overseas in Europe!): From the Inside...of the Mind of an Airline Gate Agent****Veteran Military Wife at Life Lessons of a Military Wife****http://www.blogger.com/profile/14858503892858989499noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163679024619392733.post-24662634622529601672008-03-18T14:06:00.000+01:002008-03-18T14:06:00.000+01:00Read more travel related articles at the Carnival ...Read more travel related articles at the Carnival of Travel<BR/><BR/>http://www.airlinecreditcards.com/travelhacker/carnival-of-travel-guide-11-2/****Veteran Military Wife at Life Lessons of a Military Wife****https://www.blogger.com/profile/14858503892858989499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163679024619392733.post-26550951797510752612008-03-11T22:15:00.000+01:002008-03-11T22:15:00.000+01:00When we left Germany to PCS back to the states, th...When we left Germany to PCS back to the states, the gate agent, an American expatriate told us we should give classes to families who are PCS'ing because so many just don't follow the rules. She was AMAZED that we managed to pack for 2 kids and 2 adults and not have 8 bags and 8 carry ons. People think it's an automatic right. Yeah...you COULD bring that much...but do you NEED to? I mailed several boxes ahead to our new unit. I didn't pack it all in my luggage. Our bags didn't weigh so much that we couldn't lift them. We had all the straps, handles and miscellaneous stuff removed from bags, carseats, etc. Our carry on luggage was not oversized. <BR/><BR/>And we didn't fight or argue...even when she was unable to seat us all as a family...we made do with what we got.<BR/><BR/>BUT...by the same token...gate attendants need to curb their tongues...I've heard them say things to other gate attendants about passengers...obviously not meant for my ears, but heard nonetheless. And...for the attendants (all airport/airline personnel, actually), please be VERY SURE that the person/people you are talking about don't understand the language you are speaking BEFORE you say bad things about them.<BR/><BR/>I speak French, and flew Air France to Paris, and then to Nurnberg...they said some absolutely awful things about me and my kids...and the "amount of stuff" I had (hey, we were PCS'ing TO Germany, I had 2 carseats, 2 kids, a stroller, diaperbag and backpack...that was IT). But it was said in French...and after hours of abuse and complaints from the passengers sitting in front of me (my son was 15 months old at the time and, well... was doing BABY things...like whining, crying, kicking...babbling, etc), and the LIES of the flight attendant (I know she was just trying to be nice to ME, but she said things to the guy ABOUT me that were not nice). Anyway...after being talked about, I'd had enough and went off...IN FRENCH. I don't go off on people, but I'd had enough abuse. This is a LONG story for another time, though....Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11956372504248127591noreply@blogger.com