TOTD goes to the Captain (and fellow employee) who barked (for lack of a better word) at me the other day in the jetway.
Normally at DL when you hand off the plane to another crew, you exchange pleasantries, let them know how the ride was, and any other pertinent information. At the very least, a "good plane. have a nice day."
I was saying bye to all 160ish passengers off an MD90. Mr TOTD is standing at the bottom of the jetway, and loudly (with a look of contempt) says, "You're 2 hours late!" I smile and reply, "Sorry, crazy weather and ground stops in DTW." His response, "Get off the plane!"
I couldn't believe it. I grabbed my bag when I had a chance to swim up stream, and got off without even saying another word to the TOTD.
My Capt and I discussed it - because I couldn't believe it. Me/us getting out of the cockpit shouldn't make a bit of difference in them pushing on time since the plane still had to be cleaned, catered, and 160ish pax loaded. I checked to see if he or his FO were new and might have wanted/needed more time, they were not new.
Like my Capt said...some guys just wake up grumpy.