Before reading further you must be sworn to secrecy! You are not allowed to divulge the following to anyone who is remotely associated with the airlines industry. Promise? Okay!
On our recent trip to Peru we took a train from Cusco to Machu Picchu. Our carriage was very modern with seating for about eighty, in groups of four arranged around little tables. The tables were set with tablecloths and we were provided a light meal during our journey. The crew in our car performed the same kind of service as an airlines stewardess, serving meals and drinks and cleaning up afterwards.
The differences occurred after the meal. A couple of the carriage crew dressed up in some native costumes and entertained the passengers with dancing and music. It was quite enjoyable.
The highlight however was the fashion show. A male and female crewmember sashayed up and down the railcar wearing a variety of different Peruvian made shawls, sweaters, panchos and jackets. It was a quality act, but something that I had never encountered before while traveling on public transport. After the show the crew came up and down the aisles selling the items that had been modeled at the fashion show.
If the airlines ever discover that there is something else that they can try to sell on an airplane, I will quit flying. Not only is it bad enough that they can wake you up on a flight to sell you duty free items or items from their in-flight catalogue, but the thought of a fashion show and sale on every future flight slays me. You have to pay for a bottle of water, or a drink, or a sandwich or a blanket and now you are possibly going to be subjected to another moneymaking scheme – the unnecessary fashion show.
This information is too dangerous to fall into the hands of an airline marketing executive. If it does, air travel will be ruined forever. And my mind will know who squealed and you will be blown away! Remember you have been sworn to secrecy.
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