Writes of Passage

This review is for a female flight attendant in the main section, on Delta flight DL0101, from Atlanta ATL to Buenos Aires EZE on January 16 (took off 9:18pm arriving BA the following day, at 8:39am – all local time).

Is asking a flight attendant to help me to close the overhead bin door a ‘favor’?

… on Google Maps, Yelp; … and another tall Delta FA2024.8.07

It was sleeping time during the flight. The hall was dark. I opened the overhead bin door and put my bag back in, but unable to close it. I’m too short, apparently. I looked to my left, hoping my husband would have done his business. No, he hadn’t but I saw the tall and slender flight attendant with short hair was watching. Leaving the bin door open, I’d think it’s dangerous. When I saw her making no move, I tried the second time. Still unable. Guess I don’t grow tall in a few second. So I walked to her, and whispered, “Can you help me to close it?!”

Please is part of my sentence structure but this time I left it out, because of the situation – it’s her job and she made no attempt to help.

She said, “what?”
“Close the bin” I said. Thinking isn’t it obvious?!?
“Are you ask me a favor?” She said.
“No. I’m not.” I thought it’s her duty. Isn’t it dangerous to leave the bin door open while in the air?
By now my husband is out of the bathroom, who closed it in a snap.

I remembered this attendant: when we met in the aisle before taking off, she coldly walked straight at me, as if I wasn’t there. How rude!

As I was walking away, she said, “if you ask for a favor, you should say please.” Is she teaching a kid, or talk down to a little old Chinese woman?
Why did she consider closing the bin door a favor?

A few hours later, at breakfast, I asked for a supervisor. An attendant said, “what’s up?”
I asked her if closing the overhead bin door, a part of their job? And what is that short hair attendant’s name. She said, “Ill talk to her in a minutes.”

“Ma’am, I’m asking you two straightforward questions.”

“I’ll talk to her in a minute.” The supervisor repeated.

“What’s your name?” I asked.

“I’ll talk to her in a minute.”

Guess the supervisor’s name is I’ll talk to her in a minute.

What’s going on in the corporate America? No one wants to take any responsibility.

I guess their names are off limit too. So I took two photos (side and back) to identify the attendant and the ‘supervisor’ – I did ask another woman who assured me, the lady I was speaking with, is a supervisor.

… the flight attendant who won’t help to close the bin door and the supervisor whose name is I’ll talk to her …

Unintentional, I’ve been flying – almost exclusively – with Delta for decades. Have been a satisfied customer. This kind of rude behavior is a first, actually is the first from any airline: leaving the overhead bin door open.

Their chief customer experience officer is Allison Ausband, hope she’ll handle this matter correctly.

Av. Sta. Fe 750, C1059 CABA
Buenos Aires, Argintine

… more pix on Google Maps &

This review is for their garden cafe. Won’t return – low food quality.

Walking out of our hotel we saw the Circulo Militar compound. Then the third floor restaurant with blue chairs. It’s around noon, so we decided to lunch there.

There is a female guard by the gate. But it’s easy to gain entrance.

Once inside, I didn’t see the entrance to the third floor and gut feeling it’s probably for dinner only (?). It’s comfortable outside, at noon on a 80 degree January day. Breeze. Birds. Flowed. Trees. Plants. Good presentation of the food but the quality could have been better. So we have our lunch here – outdoor, on the ground level.

We got into Buenos Aires at 9am and it’s the first South America country for us. First thing first: not many people speak English. I get it: Argentine is huge and Spanish is a major language, spoken by 7%+ of the world population. No need…

They’ve English menu tho. The service is average. Presentation is good but quality is poor.

A beautiful young lady in a white sheath made my day. Thanks

Argentine is A big meaty country – their salmon and prosciutto are super thick, which are kind of unappetizing.

The building is cool.

La Plaza General San Martín in Buenos Aires.

… more pix on Google Maps.

Who was General San Martín?

José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (1778–1850), known simply as José de San Martín (or “the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru”) was an Argentine general who led the successful struggle against the Spanish Empire. He was born in Yapeyú, Corrientes, in modern-day Argentina, and studied in Málaga, Spain.

Plaza General San Martín is small. It has a tiny police station on stilts on the southern end; the Circulo Militar is across the street. It’s the Retiro neighborhood’s main green space. The statue has bullring. It was inaugurated in 1862, and declared a National Historic Site in 1942.