For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for July 19, 2013

Well, sir, the kid has the “U[nderaged] M[inor]” tag.

I’ve wondering that same thing for the past 40+ years.

No social pressure or agenda, imagine how liberating that would be!

Youth!

Yeah. “underaged minor” is redundant.Like “hot water heater”.

They did it wrong. You’re supposed to leave the passengers sealed in a steel tube out on the tarmac, with no food, water, toilets, lights, or air conditioning. I guess the Canadians don’t know how to treat passengers.

Okay, he’s a bit creepy. Maybe for some it’s fine, but for the most part, you shouldn’t be talking to children that you don’t know or hitting on flight attendants.

Females like boys, because they’re not interested in activities. He gets older she wouldn’t like him anymore.

His mind s above water level !

Your mind is in the gutter !!

“Hair”

Looks, personality, manners…

Well to start off with…he’s a kid and your a creepy man

she figures what can he do at his age?

I know what he has that the guy behind him doesn’t…Innocence.

Because he’s not going to use the same old’ creepy lines to coerce a nice young woman to go to bed with a married guy?

At one time (& even today to some extent) it was a requirement that flight attendants be attractive, young & fit. Today it’s probably an unwritten rule that the company HR person would get nailed on discrimination charges for, if it’s found out.

Strange how so many are claiming this man is married, for example “That man has a tan line of a wedding band on his ring finger.” Where exactly did you see his ring finger? All I can see are the finger tips of his left hand. And as for creepy, to me it sounded like a joke, not some creepy come on. Don’t forget when this was written, in an era when people actually still had a sense of humor.

No. Creepy would be him saying, “Hey, kid… How about I sit with you instead of her?” Lighten up. She could be in her 30s, he could be in his 40s. Men are wired to be attracted to women. Doesn’t mean he’s a pervert.

I hope he didn’t leave his bear. My 8 year old daughter is always leaving something somewhere.

Does the guy kinda look like Gordon as an adult?

I flew the first time with my family when I was 11. 727 to Florida. Every time I smell kerosene and stale coffee it takes me back.

I am a retired airline employee, was married to a flight attendant….this is a pretty accurate depiction of how we handled UAs and the elderly…..the UAs will do pretty much what they are told to do, but those elderdy will wander off and get lost, and in an airport the size of Atlanta, that can be a really big problem.