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A headline and brief blurb caught my notice, and apart from setting my mind into creative overdrive I thought it might be fun for everyone to guess what the job is that apparently comes with handcuffs- NO PEEKING!
'now a hard grind where handcuffs are standard issue'
A great variety of suggestions, so I won't keep you in suspense.
Howard is almost spot on.
An article in the Times online yesterday 'The Trouble with Trolley Dollies' was looking at how the role and appearance of air stewardesses have changed. In the interview, and here I quote,
'There's a lot of attention paid to the threat of terrorism- we do role play, have restraint training. Nowadays there are now two sets of handcuffs for each aisle to deal with hostile passengers,drunks, whatever.'
I try not to fly for ecoglogical reasons (I love high speed trains)but I have seen some bad behaviour on flights.
I try avoid Easyjet becase I loathe the rush for seats. It all starts before you ever board.It's like Wacky Races at the boarding gate! Then it contines as you are jostled down the jetty or flattened in the rush from the bus. Ugh!
The most pleasant experience I had was on an internal flight in Spain when soon after sitting down I was recognised by a flight attendant, an ex-student whose name I managed to remember. The pleasure of seeing her again was almost overshadowed by her insistence on giving me special treatment which, in reality, no one really minded.
The whatever that did spring to mind relates to the film star and the stewardess and the supposed mile-high club- I should add I do not know if handcuffs were involved, but common sense obviously was lacking.
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'now a hard grind where handcuffs are standard issue'
It has to be a police officer, Carol.
But if I were to use my imagination, I'd hazard a guess at school principal. :)
(IG; how dare you! We definitely reserve them for private use only!)
Howard is almost spot on.
An article in the Times online yesterday 'The Trouble with Trolley Dollies' was looking at how the role and appearance of air stewardesses have changed. In the interview, and here I quote,
'There's a lot of attention paid to the threat of terrorism- we do role play, have restraint training. Nowadays there are now two sets of handcuffs for each aisle to deal with hostile passengers,drunks, whatever.'
I wonder what the whatever was for!!!
I try not to fly for ecoglogical reasons (I love high speed trains)but I have seen some bad behaviour on flights.
I try avoid Easyjet becase I loathe the rush for seats. It all starts before you ever board.It's like Wacky Races at the boarding gate! Then it contines as you are jostled down the jetty or flattened in the rush from the bus. Ugh!
The most pleasant experience I had was on an internal flight in Spain when soon after sitting down I was recognised by a flight attendant, an ex-student whose name I managed to remember. The pleasure of seeing her again was almost overshadowed by her insistence on giving me special treatment which, in reality, no one really minded.