Confessions of a Fed-Up Flight Attendant #4 –11 Strangest Things People Ask for on a Plane

by Adam Last updated June 19, 2014

What are the 11 strangest things people ask for on a plane? Betty continues spilling her secrets. Thanks to Mark from Yahoo! for sharing a new weekly series called “Confessions of A Fed-Up Flight Attendant” written by “Betty”. Below is a snippet of the fourth entry from the series, you can check out the full post here and a new one each Monday.

1. Sleeping pills: I’m sorry. I may look like one, but I am not actually a doctor.

2. Diapers: You have a baby but forget to bring diapers?

3. Deodorant: On certain international flights I truly wish we had deodorant to give to passengers.

4. Tweezers: I just had to ask this passenger, “What do you need tweezers for?” I assumed they had a splinter or something, but the response I got really surprised me. “I fell into a plant before getting on the airplane and need to get the thorns out of my butt.” I actually had my own personal tweezers in my bag that I might have offered for a splinter but definitely not for thorn-in-the-butt removal!

5. Toenail clippers: They asked as if we just have one pair that we all share back in the galley.

6. Hemorrhoid cream: I didn’t even want to know.

7. Pen: This would have been fine. We have pens. It wasn’t fine when the passenger said: ”Do you have a pen? I need to clean my ears.”

8. Screwdriver: I obviously don’t have a screwdriver but again, I just had to ask. He replied, “To take the seat apart.” Um … that”s not going to happen! Also, we want you off the plane.

9. Clearasil: They were very specific about the brand.

10. Inhalers: See #1.

11. A cup and lid, a straw, and a knife: For what, you may ask? “I need to make a catheter.”

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Adam

Adam is the proud Founder and CEO of both Point Me to the Plane and point.me. An international consultant turned TV programming strategist, Adam currently works full-time on both websites. His obsession with points and miles dates back to his freshman year at college. After browsing Flyertalk and Mileage Workshop, Adam pulled the trigger and signed up for his first Citibank AAdvantage credit card and MCI phone line (yes, landlines still existed). Back then, both deals were churnable and in no time at all, the college freshman had enough miles to travel to Europe and Asia in First Class for free, multiple times. Needless to say, he was hooked! Fast forward a few years and Adam of course ended up in a career with a heavy travel requirement…which meant extra miles for awards! As his colleagues and friends started to hear about and see pictures from his trips, they wanted in on the secret and Adam began to assist them with their bookings, Juicy Miles was born. At the same time, Adam started an email newsletter to prevent those less obsessed co-workers from squandering their point collection opportunities. The bi-weekly email covered everything from upcoming promotions, guidance on maximizing points, and redemption advice. The distribution quickly expanded outside the office and Point Me to the Plane became a BoardingArea blog.

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9 comments

Emmanuel June 19, 2014 - 5:39 pm

give me a break…these supposedly requests are the figment of the imagination of an unstable disgruntled ill mannered flight attendants…

VG June 20, 2014 - 6:18 am

(10) Actually having a spare asthma inhaler on board would be rather like having a defibrillator and certainly less expensive. I imagine a fair number of passengers, in the confusion of TSA rules, accidentally put theirs in checked luggage or forget them.

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