Does anyone enjoy it when flight attendants do this sort of thing? I turn into such a grump when Southwest does this stuff — and in my experience, they are the most serious offender. We are taking a huge piece of metal and hurling into the sky — can you at least pretend you are taking it seriously? Stephe, how do you do fly Southwest twice a month?
Formed in 1997, Schad began performing sketch comedy on Chicago’s north side. The troupe has since performed at countless venues around the world including The Goodman Theatre, The Second City, Steppenwolf, Lollapalooza, ImprovOlympic, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (LA), HERE (NYC) and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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Ugh, I hate the Potbelly’s/Southwest “We do things a little differently” bullshit. We’re Potbelly’s we call our food “Eats!” instead of “Food” like all those squares!
“Men’s Room” – take that button down shit to the Baja Fresh, we call ours “Gents”.
How about you literally go fuck yourself?
People need to start flying to Milwaukee more. Because the only somewhat decent airline left in this country (unless you fly first class) is Midwest Airlines.
They bake chocolate chip cookies during the flight for everyone.
And, they serve Leinenkugel.
And the seats are leather.
Oh wait, Im talking to a bunch of Chicago people. You can just drive. Not that you would go to Milwaukee for any reason.
Nevermind.
Lee Ann! I know about Midwest — they are the best (I went to school in Milwaukee). The cookies are my favorite part!!!! They serve them warm — what is better than that?!?!
Well it was a little bit better when they first launched and you got free champagne on every flight but that was a long time ago.
Kate, I am so pleased someone knew what I was talking about. My only complaint is they could hand out an extra napkin because the warm, melted chocolate chips are so gooey and delicious that it turns passengers into 5 year olds with sticky cookie fingers. You see people in business suits smiling and literally licking their fingers – and it isnt the guys from AIG who got those fat bonuses.
Were you at Marquette or UW-M?
I was at Marquette and flew a few times on Midwest to the East Coast (they didn’t fly to mid-Michigan where I grew up). I’ll never forget the first time that my brother flew with them (when he was at grad school at MU) and he couldn’t stop talking about the cookies. I remember we talked about buying stock in Midwest because we thought it was such a great idea!
First of all I call racism. How dare you have the black guy rapping… or at least that’s what I assume he ended up doing because about 30 seconds into the thing I vomitted on myself and couldn’t watch any further.
“Unless I get some audience participation this isn’t going to go over well at all”… well guess what RUN DMC, assume the crash position.
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I don’t anymore. They used to be the cheapest, but now I fly shitty United. The airline that “books” 6 flights a day, then sees which one is the fullest, and cancels the rest, and crams them into the one flight. That’s happened to me 3 times in the last two months. One other difference, on Southwest, you get the pleasure of a full can of soda. On United? They fill your stupid half-plastic cup, and call it a job well done.
All airlines suck balls. Fuck cookies. I want cheaper flights, no bullshit and no one to charge me if I want to sit on the aisle. Is that too much?
Yes, that’s too much.
They bake cookies? That’s ridiculous.
I can fly home from Nashville to Milwaukee for usually no more than $200, non-stop, rarely an overstuffed plane, almost never delayed and not packed in like a sardine (they also have great leg room). The only time that I had a really bad experience was due to bad weather and the lack of a flight crew (they were stuck in TX) – 14 hours at Nashvilles airport – and yes it sucked, but they gave me a free flight, food vouchers – no fuss, no arguments, free cocktails on the flight and extra cookies if I chose. I got to Milwaukee happily baked.
Any other airline would have said ’screw you, we cant help mother nature’. American for example – who I cant stand, because they did just that to me once.
Worst airline ever though is Delta.
I think I’m the only guy who likes this. I would have LOVED this dude. Keep on dude. Keep on.
Christ. I would be tempted to get up and try to leave the plane if I was in that situation.
Sign me,
Another Southwest Hater
This is exactly why I ONLY fly Southwest here in Texas. Most of my fellow passengers also at least seem to enjoy the entertainment. I’ve had flight attendants deliberately (and hilariously) sing off key, tell jokes, ask everyone to sing “Happy Birthday” for a little girl, even impersonate celebrities. Last year (2008) on a flight from San Antonio to Dallas, Herb Kelleher — founder and former CEO of SWA — boarded our flight and started handing out peanuts, shaking hands, and joking with passengers. These always lighten my day. Obviously, judging by these posts, this is not for everyone, and I do respect that. But I love Southwest’s lighthearted attitude.