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Title: Coffee, Tea or Me? The Uninhibited Memoirs of Two Airline Stewardesses by Trudy Baker, Rachel Jones, Donald Bain, Bill Wenzel ISBN: 0-14-200351-4 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 03 June, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: things sure have changed
Comment: Back in 1967 when this book was firs published it was considered to be prettty racy stuff. My parents owned a copy but I was never allowed to read it. Finally after all these years I saw the new edition and bought it. Things certainly have changed. Rachel and Trudy were lighthearted, funny girls who got into madcap adventures that no sane flight attendent today would dare try.
Back in the 60s stews had to be single, attractive and thin, today as anyone can tell you flight attendents don't have to be any of these things. Sex seemed to be a game both men and women were playing. Today romance on the job isn't much fun at all. Back then flying was still fun. Today it's more like Dante's Inferno. Rachel & Trudy occasionally dealt with pervert passengers, and often with drunks and rotten kids but the whole phenomenon of air rage was stil unknown.
Some of the observations Rachel and Trudy made about certain types of male passengers were considered beyond the pale back in '67, today we don't even give it a second thought. Check out their comments on page 237 and you'll see what I mean. One more thing I noticed about this funny book. It couldn't be written today. The whole mind numbing political correctness movement would've made an editor cut out whole chapters. The book will make you smile and it's like a historical artifact to boot.It's a peep into a swinging lost world.
Rating: 4
Summary: Amusing read...
Comment: I don't know why I got this book, maybe the title grabbed my attention. I thought it would be interesting to read about life as a stewardess back in the 60's, when it was so glamorous. The book is choc full of anecdotes (sp?) about passengers and captains. I've really enjoyed reading about Trudy and Rachel's escapades, especially the chapter about their "basic training" like stewardess school. I haven't finished the book, but I am about 80% through it. I pick it up every once in awhile and read a chapter here and there. It's not like a novel in that I want to read the entire thing to see what happens. Overall I recommend it with 4 stars, I've gotten quite a lot of enjoyment in reading it and find it to be well worth the money spent.
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Title: Around the World in a Bad Mood! : Confessions of a Flight Attendant by Rene Foss ISBN: 0786890118 Publisher: Theia Pub. Date: 06 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Plane Insanity: A Flight Attendant's Tales of Sex, Rage, and Queasiness at 30,000 Feet by Elliot Hester, Elliott Hester ISBN: 0312310064 Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Come Fly With Us!: A Global History of the Airline Hostess by Johanna Omelia, Michael Waldock ISBN: 1888054611 Publisher: Collectors Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Please Don't Sit Next to Me! by Matt Ellis ISBN: 1930669003 Publisher: Aaron and Shemp Publications Pub. Date: 30 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The coffee tea or me girls' 'round-the-world diary by Trudy Baker, Rachel Jones ISBN: B00005VMM2 |
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