I agree that the papers on the glaresheild are unprofessional. I agree that we have a professional job and need to act professionally. I will admit, however, that when I am on hour 4 of my sit in an airport that we have no crewroom in, I do not look or act like a professional. I am expecting to catch a lot of flack on here for admitting this. My company builds trips with a complete lack of regard for MY time. 4 plus hour sits in CLT are the norm. I did not sign up for this. I spend so much time sitting above the foodcourt in CLT that it makes me sick. As I said, we have no crewroom. Nowhere to store our bags. We lug all 70lbs of our s%#t with us for hours on end and are never out of view of the public eye. I absolutely will not go out of my way to act like a total professional in this situation. I consider it MY time when I'm at work and not being paid. I like to be comfortable when its "my time" so I will unbutton the collar and loosen the tie. I will put my earbuds in my ears and listen to the ipod. Frankly, I don't care at that point. I feel the company is taking 4+ hours of MY LIFE from me that I will never get back. They are doing this without paying me a single cent so no, I'm not going to go out of my way for them or for our pax. Sorry.

That being said, when I am walking to the airplane, my collar is buttoned and my tie is tight. No ipod and the hat is on. When I get to the gate I talk with the gate agent because I think it looks good, makes me look like Im on top of things to the pax. I make a nice bording announcement and keep newspapers and magazines out of view. At the end of the flight I say goodbye to all of the fine folks that flew with us.

When I am actually working I present myself with the utmost of professionalism. When the company is pi$$ing my time away, it aint gonna happen. Say what you want, I won't change, sorry.