She thought he was taking too long in the bathroom\u2026then saw him collecting trash in an apron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many people might think that the job of a flight attendant is a luxurious one. After all, you\u2019re visiting different states and countries, and looking pretty sharp while doing it. But flight attendants have plenty of unenviable obligations after the flight takes off. One being collecting garbage from the passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So when the crew on a TUI Airlines flight asked a man to help them with collecting \u201crubbish\u201d as a joke, they were certainly not expecting to get a \u201cyes\u201d in response. But the man, named Michael, was serious about the offer, and when his girlfriend Olivia Power, who goes by @lifewiththemancs on TikTok, looked up, she saw that her boyfriend somehow took a new job role mid-air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The footage showed Michael in the aisle of the flight, wearing disposable gloves and donning an apron along with a neck scarf to mimic the flight staff\u2019s uniform, pushing a trolley alongside a flight attendant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnyone with any rubbish?\u201d Michael spoke to his fellow passengers, who gladly played along and handed him the trash that he stuffed down the trolley he was pushing. Power recorded her boyfriend and giggled along as he inched closer to their seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As Power shared in interview with Newsweek, she and Michael were traveling back to London\u2019s Gatwick Airport from their vacation in Crete, Greece, when the 36-year-old man decided to join the flight crew. When he didn\u2019t return from the washroom within the next few minutes, Power wondered what was taking him so long\u2026until she noticed Michael in a new attire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI turned around and he was coming down the aisle like that!\u201d Power told the news outlet, writing \u201cThe UK and Ireland might have a new staff member by next week. We\u2019ll take free flights as payment, please,\u201d in the caption of her video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
People in the comments section of Power\u2019s video were equally gobsmacked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTook me a moment to realize he wasn\u2019t the guy behind the attendants and he was the new attendant.\u201d \u2013 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAirlines are going to cut staff now and ask passengers to fill in to pass the time.\u201d \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI thought he was the guy in red and he was just stuck behind the trolley.\u201d \u2013 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI need to know how this happened lol what was the conversation with the flight attendants that he was allowed to be an honorary flight worker.\u201d \u2013 (To this comment, Power replied that Michael had taken up the offer as a joke for the time being.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf they removed the extortionate baggage prices, I\u2019d do this to pass the time.\u201d \u2013 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Honestly, given how chaotic travel has been lately, maybe Michael\u2019s silly act of service feels like it\u2019s for the greater good. With government shutdown talks sparking fresh worries about air traffic delays, staffing shortages, and general airport mayhem, having a few enthusiastic volunteer-bin-collectors on standby might not be the worst idea. Hey, if everyone pitched in a little mid-flight, maybe we could shave a few minutes off boarding times, or at least score some free pretzels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the meantime, you can follow Olivia Power on TikTok for more lifestyle videos and, who knows, maybe updates on Michael\u2019s budding aviation career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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