Hilary wrote:
On Jul 12, 9:49 am, Duh_OZ wrote:

In disbelief, Penland asked the woman if she was kidding. It was then,
Penland said, the flight attendant went too far.

"She then said, 'You know, it's called baby Benadryl.' And I said,
'Well, I'm not going to drug my child so you have a pleasant flight,'"
Penland said.


Post-911, you do not dribble your attitude upon flight attendants,
even if you think they are "rude and aggressive".

"Well, I'm not going to drug my child so you have a pleasant flight"
is right up there with "No, officer I will NOT step out of the car,
what are you gonna do about it!" in the list of "responses that create
predictable results".


Given that the FA wanted the mother to give her child a sedative - one
which, by the way, sometimes causes children to become hyperactive -
simply for saying 'bye bye'... No, there was no attitude. There WAS a
mother protecting her child, possibly wondering whether this FA would
try to drug her toddler anyway (as another FA did last year).

If the child were throwing a tantrum, or generally being restless and
not settling, the matter might be different. If passengers were
complaining, it might be different. It sounds like the FA was the only
person with a problem, and *she* was the one with the attitude.


Did you base this all on one slanted "news" story?