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"What is your policy on men wearing makeup?"

As a flight attendant (with our airline at least), there were endless-attend seminars on various topics. With one or two exceptions, which always involved subjects issue presented in such detail superfluous, really would rather have had his head in a vise on the part of my day. One such workshop, titled "Appearance Standard. "He focused on every detail of our (increasingly" better ")-mandated requirement for our presentation airlines outward the first company, then it far behind. To the disgust and offense more flight attendants, for the first years of my employment with the airline, who underwent annual weigh-in. If you went to the window of his goal (which was created by the airline), who were paroled, and then subjected Weighing a month until it has complied with the requirement. In our "Appearance Standard" meeting with the management of the company, one of our brothers raised his hand and asked how adult women and men could in good conscience are forced to undergo this kind of humiliation or face the prospect of losing your job? The rest of us shifted nervously in our seats waiting for some explanation to placate one of the executives-line "We are concerned you eat right and exercise and take care of their health, "or" We want to ensure that no one will be left in a window exit during an emergency evacuation. "Without But the response of the party that came without a moment's hesitation: "It is a generic look, nothing more."

The requirement weight was a queen bee in the bonnet of Lynne. It lit a fire under it, as any other issue. A stop, flight attendants and pilots (a phrase so frequently, often came out as "assistants Flylots situation"), anyway, we all went to have a beer together, and the issue addressed was required weight. Lynne does not stop talking about half an hour on the way it was humiliating, and how everyone should stand up and rebel against oppression. Norma Rae was so passionate about the topic compared to the rest of us just sat listening and nodding.

The pilots always had a list of the names of assistant team flight controls published in the cabin, and the next day, as they chat with them (the crew of the same scale), we have seen that the copilot had drawn a picture of the scales of justice in the midst of a large circle with a diagonal line through greatly reduced it, by the name of Lynne. "Roger that Lynne. Read out loud and clear. Negative weighing. More "

A year after that, there were some legal disputes involving a class action lawsuit with another airline, and the weight of our "standard of appearance" was dropped. Our management team went into a frenzy of some legally make way for fans of carnival horrible I'm sure he thinks inevitably appear without a certified supervisor monitoring each of our perimeters. The bronze was implemented a new "standard of Appearance." It was not a written document draconian and distributed to each flight attendant details what is expected of scholars is now-appearance. It was written in the minutiae so that everything, literally, from the plant and the type of footwear to the top of his head, had to fit into a rigid box, or they were written and the element embarrassing, repulsive, its exterior had to be corrected before I could leave home. Administration actually establish a platform for desktop login in the hall of flight attendant, which consisted of flight attendants, who flew former supervisors, once a year to keep their current status. Believe me if I flew with a supervisor who was on her or his annual stay in the sky, I was shaking. He had the right idea about first how to proceed. However, a flight attendant who enter the room to start your journey, set your bags, and were forced to head immediately to the table the Gestapo and I shit not to run once the heel, while the captain stood up from his chair or to look up and down, back and forth. It was a bad way to begin your journey, and you really want to kick Ninja. I remember a male flight attendant in line in front of me for inspection, ask a member of the secret police, "What is your policy on men wearing makeup?" That has to be the thing more accursed than I ever heard.

The SS officer replied harshly "Women wear makeup, men do not."

This was in the battle of the ponytail began between a supervisor and I named Suzette. I was lucky that I've always passed inspection stupid at logon, however, had a supervisor who did not work the Bureau of the appearance, but it would leave behind glass, bullet-proof? Supervisor Station, each time he saw me walking down the hall to tell me that my hair was not in order. The first few times, I told her that I had passed inspection by the Gestapo. However, she was not discouraged. My hair was very long, and we were not allowed to have "swinging" ponytails. I braid my hair and then fold up under and ensure the "End roll" back to the band for the hair to make a braided loop. Suzette swore that this remains a ponytail, and suggested that maybe you should consider using a "red hair" Now, let me be honest, the only way I ever found using a network to hair, if someone is shot with a tranquilizer gun and spread around its edges coma bit my head as I was unable to stop them. This suggestion led to the nickname for Suzette harangue of "Hairnette," among my friends. It would be forever labeled with this moniker as far as we are concerned. I would ignore the protests of Hairnette, and grab my bags and head to my trip, knowing that I was going to write, but never did. It happened again and again. Honestly, Bloodhound was like a dog when I walked in that room, shoot the head and that she would come after me. Finally, I had had enough of "School Hairnette Cosmetology. When he approached me for the umpteenth time, I said, "Look, hair ... Suzette, who are the only one who has had a problem with my hair style. Why not get the opinion of a different Supervisor? "Well, it happened that the database administrator (Hairnette manager) was standing in the corner and approached her.

"En garde".

Base Manager had me back and said, "That does not is a ponytail. A ponytail is something that swings. You look great, Lori. Bon voyage. "

"Touché."

"Hairnette, which has been run through." I do not Hairnette and I've had any kind of business with each other after that.

A section of the standard new look was referring to the types, quantities and locations of jewelry. He said that a flight attendant could take an earring in each ear only. The flight attendants were forbidden to wear men of the rings, but both sexes can wear a watch, two rings and a necklace total. Although male flight attendants were told explicitly that if wearing a collar, which had to be stuffed inside his shirt buttoned. What was the point of including this part, if not even going to see? It would be like regular underwear. Although in reality, the underwear was addressed in the standard of appearance, but only for women. It specifies that women flight attendants were "forced to wear appropriate underwear." I guess the administration does not care if the flight attendants men walked about free riding.

Lynne generally had between five and ten pending in one ear, from the lower lobe all the way to the top of your ear. A captain, who was obviously very popular and passes, Lynne realized Bedazzled ear. Because of their extensive training aircraft, they immediately recognized him as a threat to security is critical, and told the lead flight attendant Lynne wanted to eliminate all outstanding, except from conventional hearing. Lynne was reprimanded for his ugliness, and took all his appendix earrings extra Bejeweled, except the one at the top (the highest and most of offenders rebels). I am sure that the captain had predicted Lynne see the error of their wicked ways, at his request, and the elimination of all of his iconoclastic hardware and replacing it with a subtle five-millimeter pearl studs couple, only one in each lower lobe. Like any self-respecting woman seen wearing in public.

The deviation atrium was on his left side, so Lynne made a point to have breakfast and the captain of his hand he tray, bending over him with his bad ear left to right in the face.

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Culpepper Lori Dinsmore

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About the Author Lori Culpepper Dinsmore

There is a psychiatric/psychological diagnosis called "Folie a Plusieurs," which is a French phrase literally meaning "Madness has Several." This disorder was first discovered by French Mental Health Professionals, thus the French name. The illness may occur when people are so enmeshed with each other they actually adopt the psychosis or psychoses of their companions.

The imagery which the phrase~Madness has Several~evokes, for me, is simply enchanting.

This is my portal into my own folie and joy. I am a former Flight Attendant for a major U.S. airline, where I traversed the globe for eight years. As a natural progression, I then went into Psychiatric Research at a State Psychiatric Hospital, where I (under the tutelage of the Psychiatrist for whom I worked-along with a team of colleagues), was a published author concerning such hot button issues as "Total Cotinine in Plasma: A Stable Biomarker for Exposure to Tobacco Smoke." Have you read it? That one stayed a little below the non-scientific community's radar. But, then came "Initiation of Daily Smoking and Nicotine Dependence in Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders." After this one leapt off the presses, I was lucky to be able to make it through the grocery store without hordes of photographers and autograph seeking, chain-smoking, mentally ill persons obstructing my path.

Currently, I am a Stay Home, HomeSchooling Mother to a ten year old Human Boy, a four year old Bloodhound Boy, and a six year old Retired Racing Greyhound Boy. My Husband (also a Boy), Jonathan, and I have been married for 15 years.

They are my treasures.

I also write. Here is my lens for the epoch we all (every presence) share-past, present, and, God willing, future. These are my hopes, ruminations, and of course, delirious thoughts…but what always burns most vividly is the beautiful laughter.

Détenir sur étroite à la folie avec mon âme folle ma pretties.

Lori Culpepper Dinsmore

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