Virendra's Blog

An air hostess has recently moved into our apartment complex. She is from one of those new budget airlines where you are not fed or given good seats but you can be content with the air hostesses. And this one certainly looked good.

Well I am not sure. I have never seen her face actually. Not not because I’m content with her dress – it has nothing to do with her uniform. Actually she hardly ever comes out of her house. The cab literally comes up to her door, only she lives on the fifth floor. So the only time she is visible is that 50 meter stretch from the cab to her front door and vice-versa, which she sprints rather quickly.

I was having an after-dinner walk with wife when I saw her for the first time and immediately there was a discussion about her. She had around half an inch thick coating on her face, a makeup coating, and she was leaving trail of perfume as if she just took a bath in that (we could not use the lift even half an hour after she had left).

I felt that her job was attractive –
1) Go around world for free.
2) Decent amount of money.
3) Less interaction with cheap lafanga kind of people (like me).
4) More interaction with filthy rich kind of people and a real possibility of marrying one. (Hey they show this stuff on movies!)
5) Glamour.

But wife countered with this-
1) A very small work life. (You retire as soon as you are not good looking, or have babies or gain some extra kilos).
2) Hiding around when not on plane (the way she does) to avoid other people.
3) You need to keep smiling even in front of most disgusting/irritating people.
4) You are a waitress (even if you are on plane).

Well I think wife has a point. I let her win. I have started feeling pity for my nayi padosan. Let’s hope she stays.