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Adam unfolds the profoundly sexist and disrespectful treatment flight attendants endured during the Golden Age of flying. #truTV #AdamRuins
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[@Kiki-cs8xv]

I used to work with an ex flight attendant who had been with a major international airline for 15 years. She had been forced to quit her job when she got married, because her contract required her to be single. This was in the 1990s. I couldn't believe that those ridiculous rules carried on for that long.

[@camelopardalis84]

I don't know if that's still the case but at least until 2013 male policemen in Germany had to have two functional testicles. Edit: I was wrong. Just one functioning testicle was needed and it seems like this rule was normally ignored in practice at the time already.

[@Katiedid1044]

Marie L

[@krisdphillips]

@@camelopardalis84 What in the world was the justification for that?

[@camelopardalis84]

​@@krisdphillips Okay, I'm currently looking it up and can say this much: First of all, it's possible that this rule only exists in one Bundesland in Germany. A Bundesland is a state within the state, comparable to one US state withing the US as a whole. For men, at least one functioning testicle is required. (I probably got that wrong when hearing about it for the first time.) Because the hormonal system of a person who wants to become a member of the police needs to work (normally/normal enough). The same goes for women, they too are required to have a (normally) working hormonal system. I don't know where they draw the line between a sufficiently and an insufficiently working hormonal system. To make it short: Someone with a non-working (or not sufficiently normal working; again, I don't know where the line is drawn) hormonal system is not considered healthy enough to become a member of the police. So far the rule. It seems that in most cases this rule has not been applied anymore for roughly ten years now. And it is about to chance in the very near future or has changed just recently. (The wording in my source isn't perfectly clear.) There was definitely a case of a man (female to male transgender person) who had transitioned from woman to man 15 years prior to trying to become a policeman in 2005. He was pretty much done with all the tests and a very strong contestant. Then there was a last formality to go over, which was a health exam. (I have no idea why the health exam came last ...) There it was found out about the man not having even one functioning testicle and the case became relatively well-known. If you have any specific questions, just ask.

[@bananakingcomment6651]

Kiki yes Christian men ran the country

[@benhuang2773]

To those who say "Why didn't they just quit the job?" In the full episode, that was addressed. The flight attendant said that there weren't many jobs available to women, and "You either get harassed as a teacher as a secretary or as a flight attendant."

[@jackgreentheweirdonce-ler969]

True after all the 1960's were Messed up back then

[@andmos1001]

"Atleast you can get to see to world before you getting harrazed as an full time wife" Jep 1960 where not an good time to be an woman

[@monroerobbins7551]

Ah, the 50’s and 60’s; the good old days ONLY for rich white straight men.

[@gabrielmomene1297]

Eventually they did get to stop these ridiculous rules except the weight gain.

[@bruhbruh-sw9cf]

No one even commented that

[@bleachbleachBLEACHER]

"She's contractually obligated to stay single. She could be your next wife!" Me: "No, she couldn't - because she's contractually obligated to stay single."

[@benhuang2773]

Yeah, that statement of "She could be your next wife" didn't really make sense in my mind.

[@HallowqueenCrafting]

That would just mean she would have to quit when she married you. Since a significant percentage of young women did quit their jobs when they got married in that era, that wouldn't be much of a stumbling block.

[@IgorRockt]

@@HallowqueenCrafting The point being that the (male) passengers don't realize/know that she would lose her job if she married you, and since she obviously was single, they would try to flirt with her more (and as such got distracted from other stuff like being late or bad food), full of hope that they could win that very good looking 20 year old girl as a wife...

[@nightmareX1993]

bleachbleachBLEACHER This was a time when a woman’s obligations as a wife/mother came second to her contractual obligations. If she DID become one of these sleazeballs’ next wife, he would force her to quit before she was fired for breach of contract.

[@sarafontanini7051]

that's how they get you! she's supposed to appeal to you in that manner, without you realising that rule. The airlines seem more attractive with the sweardesses seemingly waiting on you hand and foot and acting as an ideal woman, by incredibly sexist standards. You'll use th airlines more in the hopes of being the special someone the 'lucky' lady quits her job for! and in the meantime, you spend more money using the airlines to fulfill your perverted,s exist goals!

[@brainstorm623]

This is like expecting lifeguards to be like Baywatch.

[@ryanjapan3113]

Brainstormer623 wait what how?

[@ryanjapan3113]

Brainstormer623 what do you mean?

[@noahmiller347]

Is it too much to ask for clones of David Hasselhoff to run slowly towards me as I'm quickly pulled under by a riptide!?

[@Rox123ify]

@@noahmiller347 Maybe The Rock instead. No? Just me? Ok...

[@DukenukemX]

I don't see a problem with this.

[@howeboutthis]

There was also an age requirement, after you reach a certain age you were fired because they only wanted young attractive woman. "Oh Happy Birthday Martha, you're fired."

[@ranelgallardo7031]

Yeah cause back then MILFs didn’t exist

[@appa609]

There's a number of jobs that do this. Fighter pilots can't join after 32 or so.

[@ranelgallardo7031]

@@appa609 That’s different cause of physical activity and mental decline. The whole age thing was based on a very subjective view on beauty and looks.

[@9mmshort254]

They would often be given pensions

[@superskierful]

Airlines in India still have this requirement.

[@carolinaremley1377]

Working at Disney World is emotional labor

[@sbalogh53]

Being a customer at Disney World is emotional labor, and we have to pay for it.

[@giuliab8484]

Melissa Remley i can imagine

[@skullton3292]

true.

[@ThereIsAlwaysaWay2]

My favoriiiiiiiiiite part is all those 40-50 yearls old "Geegs" filming the parade with giants iPads even if it's already all on youtube. Oooooohhhhh thank you apple and samsong, now I cannot see any parades. Love

[@joghost2365]

I bet

[@AllieSocks12]

There are female twitch streamers who have lost almost all of their followers when they revealed they weren't single. Same with K-pop stars, many of the women involved have to sign contracts to remain single/never discuss relationships. I think it's this fantasy that maybe just maybe one of these fans will hook up with their e crush/singer one day, even though they know its never going to happen, so as long as the money keeps funneling in they will keep that fantasy alive.

[@darkhorse381]

I have sympathy for the female streamers that actually play video games and are good at them but lost their viewers. But many of them seem to be coasting entirely on sexual appeal to get a following so I’m not surprised that happened when they revealed they weren’t single.

[@tmartin6300]

Like which ones?

[@annekekramer3835]

@@tmartin6300 Amouranth?

[@lovatojonasfan1]

Sad.

[@CidVeldoril]

@@darkhorse381 That happens to male K-Pop stars for example too though. Boybands are only ever successful if their members are perceived as "available".

[@yazanhussein9226]

That is true. In retail you're force to always smile and act happy all the time (there's also emotional labor in retail do)

[@j.c.2240]

Personally, I get freaked out by overly happy cashiers... they just seem off... like they're hiding something or on the verge of snapping. Makes me not want to go back in that store

[@nater567]

doctors have to act happy too. no one wants a depressed emo doctor coming in to help them when they have a strange mole on their arm. emotional labor is a farce. it's called customer service and it isn't hurting anyone. You still have 128 hours a week to be yourself

[@GrimoireOfTheSage]

@@j.c.2240 Finally a kindred soul! We have a couple of really friendly store managers around here. They are just SO helpful, energetic, and always smiling ear to ear. So much so that I suspect them of being some kind of soul eating alien. No way is that natural. Or maybe some kind of emotional vampire that sucks the happiness and energy out of everyone they meet. Either way a threat to be avoided at all costs.

[@j.c.2240]

@@GrimoireOfTheSage IKR!? I think it bothers me because I lack the ability to fake smile. Not I won't, I can't. My facial muscles simply don't allow it. And every time I try, I look like a serial killer. So now all fake smiles look like serial killer smiles to me.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

You mean... Customer service?

[@NeighborSenpai]

Makes a bit sense i guess, i always wondered why female flight attendants wear makeup, has leggings and wears hills, i mean Amtrak attendants don't do any of that

[@LNERSirNigelGresley-gt5ry]

Frozen Kebab I’ve never even seen Amtrak coach attendants (which from my personal experience are mostly chaps instead) do anything more than take my tickets. But they are better with sleeping accommodations.

[@a-10wartaboo77]

Because there’s a train monopoly owned by Amtrak

[@blackhatfreak]

@@a-10wartaboo77 lol no

[@SadisticSenpai61]

Airline companies and car companies were trying to compete with passenger rail in the 50s and 60s. Between the two of them, they decimated the passenger rail industry. We only have the public-private partnership known as Amtrak because in the late 70s there was virtually no passenger rail services left and yet there were areas of the nation that desperately needed it. Amtrak isn't a monopoly so much as its the only nation-wide passenger rail service simply because no other company sees it as profitable and doesn't want to be in that business. Along the Eastern Seaboard and specifically in New England, there's a lot of passenger rail companies that actually do compete, but they only do so locally - primarily because that's the only section of the nation where passenger rail is actually profitable. That's also the only place where Amtrak actually owns a few of the railway lines that they run on. Everywhere else, they run on rails owned by other train companies (often very poorly maintained by the owner - the Capitol Limited line from Chicago to DC is in particularly bad shape). The Amtrak line that runs through my state uses the BNSF line, although I wish they used the Union-Pacific line (as UP's line runs right through my town and the BNSF line is an almost two hour drive away with very limited bus services from my town to the town Amtrak goes through). Additionally, Amtrak is not owned by the US government. They are a company that was created by the US government and operate in partnership with the US government (and receive funding from the US government). But they are still a private company - hence the term public-private partnership.

[@genericuser1454]

amtrak amirite lol haha xd

[@danteflores8190]

1:45 Nice to see Adam doesn’t forget his roots from collegehumor. One of the original cast meme era of college humor

[@nonamefound9296]

Amir is in this one too, he actually uses collegehumor cast a lot

[@Ikajo]

Emilie and Murph started out in College Humour

[@HeartOfTheEarth009]

This is the first time I head the term "Golden Age of Flying". I thought they meant the Wright Brothers, and all those other mad young men in their flying machines.

[@danielgehring7437]

That was called the Gentlemen's Age. At the time most practitioners were born-into-money socialite young men experimenting with the new technology. On the one hand, it sounds like a very exciting time to have been alive and brought about many new advances... or on the other hand, if you're thinking it's not so enlightened, many of those young rich socialite men died at the hands of their own hubris so silver lining. ;D

[@SCP_Wandsman13_13]

So, back when flying was actually cool.

[@latetothegame5557]

Josh deserves better than being an extra.

[@danielgehring7437]

He actually has his own show now so he probably didn't have the time. They're on a new streaming service called DropOut started by College Humor.

[@wellesradio]

Daniel Gehring No, we meant on real grown up TV.

[@danielgehring7437]

@@wellesradio Yeah I know. They ended up trying to stretch all their 4-minute skits to half-hour shows instead of just making more 4-minute skits. I'm vainly hoping they get enough support to turn the ship around before they go the way of the VRV. Still it's not like being on a real channel is all that great an honor these days anyway. When hoping to be as famous as Big Bang Theory is the pinnacle of your life choices you made the wrong life choices.

[@blackhatfreak]

Who?

[@brewsinthehood7345]

Josh last name?

[@SadisticSenpai61]

Ah yes. As a former retail worker, I'm very familiar with "emotional labor" - and yes, it's a job requirement, even if it isn't technically part of our job descriptions anymore.

[@phastinemoon]

I’d argue that it’s even worse when it’s not TECHNICALLY part of the job description, but still totally is - because the UNspoken rules are that much harder and more toxic than the spoken and written ones

[@AvangionQ]

The service industry has it rough, some worse than others ...

[@sbalogh53]

Yeah, they have to deal with humans. This is why I wanted a career that dealt with people as little as possible and became a computer programmer. I had a happy career. Retired now.

[@marinmarinhola]

@@sbalogh53 I did too, electronics engineer. However I ended up in a management job and had to deal with people even more than I expected. The pay was incredible, however, so I couldn't refuse.

[@alphascorpii3757]

I hope I won’t end up in a job where I have to frequently deal with people.

[@jasmineshelton759]

As an exotic dancer I know exactly what the term ,"emotional labor" is lol.

[@firebirdchild975]

If you don't mind me asking how did you get into that business I don't mean anything negative toward you or your job I'm just curious if you went into it because you wanted to or if it was out of necessity

[@theabyssofjin3372]

Your job is literally to entertain people tho :| Ofc the harassment shouldn't be part of the job.

[@allyoutube8876]

may i ask what knd of exotic dancer?

[@mhzaman6979]

You mean a stripper?

[@allyoutube8876]

@@mhzaman6979 I meant to say that,but decided to ask what type of exotic dancer instead....

[@throughalfanoir7302]

basically most women in the service industry are still expected to do that, I am thinking waitresses, bartenders, but even as a staff in the club you are expected to just smile at these sexist comments

[@NeighborSenpai]

I literally forgot the last time I saw a 50 year old waitress in a restaurant, if there is a grown woman serving the table for you, you immediately assume she is the owner or the cook of a small restaurant (usually she is), when I come to any kind of coffee shop or restaurant I see men of all ages serve but only young (and usually attractive) women, me personally I never tried to flirt or do any inappropriate jokes to the waitress so I never really saw their "smile even if you are offended" but I can believe, in this workplace if you act anything less than perfect you get the boot and next day you already have a replacement

[@endorphinmachine4748]

Then they can just leave if it's true you realize. No one is forcing them

[@waleuska]

yeah leave your job right now.

[@waleuska]

That makes it ok then.

[@HallowqueenCrafting]

@@endorphinmachine4748 While nominally that is true, sometimes jobs are hard to come by, and most people are enamoured of eating, keeping the lights on....

[@RhyperiorRanger]

“She’s contractually required to stay single. She could be your next wife.” Say that again, but slower.

[@JBC352]

I do love the assumption with "your next wife" that those men have probably all been married and dump-- divorced before.

[@chakatfirepaw]

Oh, she'd have to quit her job but back then that was pretty much expected no matter what job she had. This would be even more true for women marrying the kind of men who would be flying, ("you have a good job, why does your wife need to work?").

[@lightningbolt4419]

@@JBC352 funny thing is that statistically women do that much more

[@elliecarlson2788]

Okay. You in between the syllables you hear the whispered reminder that once married, women were socially obligated to quit their jobs anyway.

[@Dohyden2]

I worked at a job where forcing yourself to smile was a instituted practice and if you were unhappy they would tell you you should smile, or that you're not trying hard enough to smile. This is such a pervasive and sick mentality, the idea that you can just 'force your employees to be happy at their job'. This place I was working at clearly had given up on trying to make their employees happy and would cycle through a batch of new recruits literally every month or sooner. I was fired because I couldn't raise enough donations for charity :l

[@allstarwoo4]

I know the past even now is sexist but damn they were contractually forced to endure physical harassment. Don’t get me wrong I know women will endure things to keep jobs and such but to have it in a legal contract is on the nose.

[@ryanjapan3113]

Nathan Woo well the past itself was not sexist it’s the THINGS of the past

[@ryanjapan3113]

Nathan Woo true

[@maximilianjack1764]

@@ryanjapan3113 I mean society as a whole was just sexist, the sexism kinda affected every women's life in essentially every way. So yeah the past was sexist.

[@LewdMama]

@Geto Daco Oh god. Yeah, idk about you but I'm totally not happy unless I have some weird freak rubbing his hand up my ass and I gotta smile through it. I also especially miss when husbands could beat their wives and rape them with no legal consequences ever at all. Nothing really gets me depressed when I realize I can own property and control my reproductive system, I mean, I'd prefer going to the doctor and having the doctor talk to my husband / bf as if I'm a dog that doesn't understand how to take care of myself, and also deciding when we have children and how many children we will be having. :3

[@feliciaamore1105]

@Geto Daco i mean... Have you actually read the 48 page paper you used as your source? Because it clearly answers your question for you. Like... If you genuinely want to know why, read your own source. It tells you why. Very clearly. Over 48 pages. You're not a child. Stop asking random KZbin strangers to read to you.

[@jonplaud]

I worked this trader years ago and he used to be a pilot for PANAM and he told me stories like the one in the video. He was a pilot and a player. He didn't get married until he was in his 60s after PANAM shut it's doors.

[@sbalogh53]

Must have been a great time to be an international pilot... all those pretty single women fawning over you. Sigh.

[@CamaroAmx]

Pilots have a tendency to be alcoholics, have a higher rate of divorce and are generally overworked and underpaid.

[@joshuadunford3171]

As an aviation enthusiast, I know about the horrible ways Flight Attendants were treated, he also left out that they had to pose suggestively on the engines (still a tradition among male and female flight attendants, they even went on strike when an airline tried to ban this) Although the good thing about the golden age of flying was seeing Dc3s, Super Constellation Boeing 727, the 747-00 being queen of the sky’s, the birth of the DC10, L1011 Tristar, ect but of corse today’s aircraft have promise such the upcoming MRJ and Airbus A220-100

[@ATARI800XLfan]

don't forget the convair 880 and 990. back when speed was more important then how many could be shoved into a plane.

[@NeighborSenpai]

I wish I could fly on a TriStar or a Boeing 727, I feel like the trijet era was unique

[@wx7fm]

Wait, sorry, not a flight enthusiast here, but could you clarify that tradition you mentioned? They flight attendants went on strike when they couldn't pose suggestively?

[@okyes2753]

@@wx7fm It's probably evolved to just be seen as a fun tradition, without anyone caring for the origin

[@wx7fm]

@@okyes2753, I see. That makes sense (P.S. I love your username, it makes it seem like anyone who is replying to you is agreeing with you. I implemented it into my reply.)

[@TheJjcczz]

Adam's face in the end card is like "where is that voice coming from"

[@man_on_wheelz]

Glad I was born in this era... I don't even know how I would feel if I witnessed this on a flight and nobody did anything about it!

[@cjlane5677]

If you were born in that era, you may have been either not batting an eye, or being apart of it.

[@jq6641]

I'm weeping for humanity

[@bellegraphnole527]

O JQ jinx

[@WateverWatever04]

+

[@hunterowl1756]

Got any tissues

[@fandomguy8025]

@Evi1M4chine The way we're going. Eventually.

[@houditto]

Been weeping for humanity for so long , I'm out of tears. LOL

[@jamilleyomtown]

"Emotinal Labor" Ah. Costumer service representatives.

[@sourpickle9097]

I feel good that there are male flight attendants in Vietnam

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

@James Moody ew?

[@Fia-ps6ur]

James Moody I think she means there are more gender equality Not that she can harasse anyone (I'm from Vietnam btw. Most the time, women and men are equality respected. Except for some ridiculous "double standard")

[@sourpickle9097]

@@Fia-ps6ur yes, my point exactly :(

[@superskierful]

You’re forgetting India (although that’s fading away)

[@sourpickle9097]

@@superskierful idk man i've only been in Vietnam, it's my homeland 😭 also this comment of mine is soooo old

[@alpharius2802]

When I’m on a plane I always thanks the flight attendances for both teaching plane safety and being trained in case of a crash but i think anyone could do it as well

[@JoshDoesTravel]

Oh hey, I recognize the set that this was filmed on! It was built by a guy who loved planes so much, he built a whole plane cabin from scratch, and leases out for film (or tv) shootings

[@TheBeatlesShow]

Cool!! That's among the coolest things I've ever learned in a KZbin comment XD, can I see the set?

[@JoshDoesTravel]

@@TheBeatlesShow Well here’s the video link. It’s pretty cool stuff kzbin.info/www/bejne/joiVmKyhipx2aNE

[@floralfancy7814]

Flight Attendants are not just pretty faces they are hard workers who help take care of and support the passengers. They even train, some of them even hold or get degrees!

[@amazoncrash]

Customer Service in a Call Centre is Emotional Labour !!!! If I hear the phrase smile with your voice again I will go postal !!!

[@ehuddavidovich3723]

Smile with your voice

[@lucygirl4926]

I'd always thought the height and weight restrictions had to do with the tight spaces and such...the less the cast & crew took up, the more passengers they could carry.

[@TigerKirby215]

Flight attendants do a lot more than fetch you drinks. They need to make sure that the staff are all capable of doing their jobs and require basic training to perform tasks in a dire emergency, like land the plane if both pilots are unable to do so.

[@mjolnirsoul9214]

in a time where being sexist was the norm, they were sexist wow

[@diegorincon4673]

I always thank flight attendants. They deserve more.

[@anthonyhewetson5086]

The "Golden Age of Flying" was also rather smoky.

[@Somerandomdude-ev2uh]

She contractually required to stay single, she could be your next wife lol

[@nobodyimportant2470]

Well back then married women were expected to stay home to take care of the household and raise the kids. Even if it wasn't in the contract most would expect them to quit when they get hitched.

[@carultch]

Isn't that a bit of a contradiction? If she's contractually obligated to stay single, she by definition could not be your next wife.

[@benhuang2773]

@@carultch Good point.

[@HallowqueenCrafting]

@@carultch Not really. She's contractually obligated to stay single to continue working as a flight attendant for the airline. A very significant percentage of women quit their jobs if they had them upon getting married to become housewives in that era. She would just be required to as she cannot be married and still work as a flight attendant with that airline.

[@Senovitj]

@@HallowqueenCrafting Between being single and being married there is just the grey area of being in a commited relationship, which might be a contractual breach.

[@octoboi]

You're missing the part where the "Golden Age of Flying" was also expensive as hell

[@ziadahmed470]

as much as your videos are right and on point , things unfortunately never change

[@johnyliltoe]

Don't lose hope yet. Things change consistently, but slowly. The push to a less skeezy society almost always wins out in the end but it takes a generation for things to truly change. 20 years from now the "old ways" will mostly die off like slavery or child marriage. There will still be issues to address, but we'll keep slowly moving forward like we always have. Well, until the next big disaster that leaves people panicked, looking for scapegoats and causing massive social regression. Just need to hope we're a few hundred years from the next big event...

[@icantdodge6598]

Unfortunately, child marriage is still legal in some states.

[@ZeldagigafanMatthew]

Change is inevitable, it's only a matter of time, and whether said change is voluntary, or not. The various Civil Rights Acts passed throughout US history has largely made the practices seen in this video illegal. Marital status, sex, age (40+), and race have been put into a category of protected classes. Employment cannot be denied simply because of these reasons.

[@pythonjava6228]

The world is still profoundly sexist. I live in a third world country and I've never seen a woman walk around peacefully without being harassed by men. Even girls as young as 10.

[@HallowqueenCrafting]

They do, but incredibly slowly. This is probably the best time in history to be a visible minority, a woman or a member of the LGBT community. Do we still have miles to go? Absolutely, but society does evolve, if at a glacial pace.

[@Batguy001]

My maternal Grandma used to work as a flight attendant during those days and quiet because of the sexist passengers.

[@plaguegaming1733]

The idol industry is even worse, your not allowed to have a relationship cause you will work until your pooped, fans will harass you, or you’ll be in court, your fans are older than you, they will stalk you, harass you, and harass you even more when you leave the idol industry. *Why isn’t show talking about this which taking place to this day?*

[@cowskullanimations1884]

So does Disney have emotional labor?

[@jasmineshelton759]

Yes

[@AtarahDerek]

Oh yeah. Try being a Disney park princess or other popular character, greeting a Make-a-Wish kid, hearing their story, and then having literally no time to pick up the pieces of your heart before you have to plaster a smile on your face for the next kid in line. Frankly, the park characters have one of the hardest jobs, especially if they're in a full body suit. None of them last long, which is why those roles are seasonal by design.

[@blisszagar1640]

I would assume so

[@RosePierce.]

100%

[@davidroddick91]

"Coffee, tea, or me?" was a catchphrase of the era, though I'm not sure it was ever used in a commercial.

[@EveryThingGirl238]

I had taken a plane before, really I just wanted to get home, I was sunburnt and tire,d and starting college. A simple flight from Florida to Virginia was all I needed. I didn't ask for being name planes from my aunt, but she's in the army so it was American Airlines and another smaller American type plan. The first one you got a cookie half way, I tried it, not the best thing I ever had, but I saved it for later. The flight attendants were very nice, and I tried to be kind, I mean really, I work in retail a kind 'Thank you' is always appreciated. I never understood why people mistreat flight attendants.

[@moosesandmeese969]

Because flight attendants are required to take the abuse, much like other service jobs

[@claudeusgothicus6453]

Because people are assholes...

[@KTSpeedruns]

Please tell me he also delves into the tragic torture of having to put up with rotten customers in retail and fast food jobs. We also are required to grin and bear it, even if a customer is cursing us out for simply doing our job. Then the managers apologize for doing what we’re told, give in to the rotten customer’s demands, and the employee gets punished.

[@gumshoecomix]

im not sure if they mentioned it in that episode but golden age of flying had about 60 hijackings per year

[@godzillavkk]

Really?

[@suzyclark5080]

I was wondering about that.

[@epicsamurai5]

IT'S JOSH!

[@LukasKain]

Right!? First thing I thought too. Whatever happened to that dude? His voice seemed almost redubbed in this video; just didn't feel right.

[@Kratosuser610]

I looked at the comments. I weep for humanity

[@ragingultimate1003]

Same. Humanity is doomed

[@tylerchannell6868]

In the early 1990's, my mom applied to be a flight attendant and they told her she needed to lose 5 pounds in order for her to work the airline. She was already 125?! And my mom is tall for a women.

[@connerfields4753]

You have to go with the smile rule when you work food service in the front of the house, even if you are a man (even if you present as man).

[@moosesandmeese969]

But women still get it worse though. I've worked in food service a lot, and when I worked at a coffee shop, I rarely smiled. Not because I hated it, but because I just decided people would rather me be fast and prompt rather than smile and act like a waiter, so I did just that, but women didn't really get the same luxury. Women still always get it worse from the sexist comments to more dickheads shouting at them. I remember some guy who I could tell was about to try to abuse one of my coworkers so I just put myself in front of him so he would talk to me instead of her.

[@daniaflores8013]

“I’ve got nonstop flights to Miami everyday. *FLy mE!* “

[@mariogamefreak1]

At least people didn't get dragged off airplanes back then

[@mariogamefreak1]

Joseph Waters that what I'm referring to back then people weren't dragged off airplanes

[@NeighborSenpai]

I can bet they got, it's just that you had no Facebook so people just forgot about that really.....

[@Raja1938]

They definitely could've since airlines were far more regulated back then. Plus you didn't have the riff-raff that would need to be dragged away, traveling by air the way you do now.

[@SovietReunionYT]

Riff-raff? You mean doctors who need to get to their patients in a hurry and are randomly chosen for removal from an overbooked plane?

[@ikewilson7336]

@@Raja1938 I'm curious what "riff-raff" entails?

[@NewhamMatt]

Amir AND Josh? It's the College Humor reunion we always wanted!

[@jayhitek]

Whitney Cummings in the house!

[@martinelchapelo6636]

Snoop

[@Cjnw]

I'm Whitney, fly me !

[@starcherry6814]

Lmfao this episode was so funny, I wish that they would've went into how dangerous flying was though! Apparently planes would just fall right out of the sky!!

[@MikiArtist]

I'm taking a gender studies class right now and they actually talk about all of this in my textbook. It's nearly all verbatim too, kinda freaky actually. Lol

[@Bear_Incorporated]

I always love seeing old CH actors on here. Josh and Amir are some of my favorites.

[@jameshernandez2243]

I thought that early flight crew wanted single people so that they would have less trouble flying all the time and not have family responsibilities

[@Lady_Crispr]

Way to hold back that laughter Amir. 3/5 stars.

[@JJs_playground]

Is the flight attendant Whitteny Cummings?

[@ikewilson7336]

Yes.

[@blisszagar1640]

Does look like her.

[@denisflorian2431]

And yet in every flight i was,they attendants look like they could beat you up,but maybe is just europe

[@izzypalmer8554]

It's cause they gotta bulk up to help people put their carry on in the overhead because we don't check bags no more.

[@ariannarickman6065]

I’m gonna through nursing into this as well. Maybe not at the same level, but it’s there!

[@gonzalohiguero6632]

Im a waiter and smile your way throug the day is like the number 1 rule in my daily life

[@cadetwright6496]

#RespectTheWoman

[@doubled6490]

respect wamen

[@hunterwheeler5510]

Not unless they make me a sandwich

[@faethe000]

@@hunterwheeler5510 You too stupid to make a sandwich on your own?

[@hunterwheeler5510]

Faethe I’m too important. As a man I am a functioning member of society, with little time to make my own. Women on the other hand were born to serve men anyways, and are my property. As my property, if I ask them to make my sandwich, they shall do so

[@faethe000]

@@hunterwheeler5510 So, yes? You're too dumb to figure out a sandwich? lol

[@godzillavkk]

Ever since I saw this, I've been attempting to be more polite to flight attendants whenever I fly.

[@ReaganRuinedEverything]

"Fly me" Lmaaaao

[@littleraeofsunshine]

Guess what? Still happens! 😡

[@ExhiledGod2]

I see you also watch Babish.

[@crunch1757]

I'd like to remind everyone that emotional labour outside of work does apply to society not letting men show emotions.

[@TurgsEpicYoutubeChannel]

I was watching toaster review

[@JustYourAverageGirl2002]

Emotional labor sums up what I do in retail everyday as part of customer service. Even though I lost someone this year, I still have to go in and pretend everything is fine. I have to smile and pretend like I care about your problems and take whatever abuse I get thrown at me. I hate retail.

[@StephenRahrig]

I misread this as “...SEXY as hell” and was like “whoa, Adam turned into a badass!” and then I reread and was like oic 😐

[@NeighborSenpai]

Adam is a badass regardless

[@StephenRahrig]

Frozen Kebab No, no he certainly is not

[@NeighborSenpai]

@@StephenRahrig ok, i won't argue

[@gladeskier95]

StephenRahrig I can think of a different site ending in “-tube” you probably should switch over to.

[@StephenRahrig]

Skier 1228 Wat

[@calebpaddack7450]

The idea that they were contractually obligated to stay single so guys could hit on them is insane, after all, how would a passenger know if she was single or not? The real reason is that single employees are more willing to relocate, are less upset if they have to work a holiday or overtime shift and were less likely to get pregnant for obvious reasons. I'm not saying I support the policy, just saying that it had nothing to do with the travelers hitting on them.

[@FalconFlyer75]

well as far as being married goes, typically just check for a ring to know if she is or isn't (yes I know there's exceptions to that), still pretty messed up though

[@nater567]

@@FalconFlyer75 yea but rings could be taken off. there's been jobs all throughout history that required men or women to be single. less because of sex appeal and more because they were saw as drones with no personal life to worry about that could do dangerous work or work unusual hours

[@Xman34washere]

Did you mean: the birth of the customer service smile

[@dapperparraper860]

Kind of reminds me of how some idols are treated.

[@tylerl4320]

they should’ve mentioned the smoking in flight. It was a stuffy, horrible flight for those who didn’t smoke.

[@MrAdriansoto21]

Why would this one be made? Who possibly had the misconception that female flight attendants were treated fairly and in a no sexist way?

[@slumberingember]

Oh man all those people who thought they'd actually be treated like human beings sure are silly heads :D No offense but I imagine tons of people were unaware

[@evansageser6943]

I think it's more that people know about how sexualized flight attendants were (and often still kind of are) but it's often been given a more glamorous treatment so it's often easy not to recognize that this was corporate mandated behavior, which gets a lot more skeevy when you think about it.

[@BlueHero45]

It's part of a larger episode on airlines in general.

[@FalconFlyer75]

honestly, yes its true most people (myself included) assume that most flight attendants are attractive women, BUT that being said, being contracted to never get married and actually being expected to put up with harassment.... yeah that's not cool.

[@blawford1]

My grandma couldn't work as a air hostesses because she was too tall

[@darktinylight3949]

Wow, as someone who suffer to keep moral going for the team, I can relate. #respect

[@noahpartic7586]

Emotional Labor Had to do similar working for 3 different McDonald's stores as a crew grill person & it's not limited to females😱.

[@jocelyngoodwin4485]

"Every *damn* day" XD

[@carolinecameron4840]

My mom has been a flight attendant for Delta for 30 years now and even she’s still surprised at how much the industry has changed

[@MrRandomName-fb8qe]

Wow the 50s through 90s were sexiest omg wow i never knew

[@shera1815]

Josh is back! College Humor is sorely missing him right now!

[@blitzn00dle50]

That was a golden age for nothing.

[@schindlerteejay94]

so it does matter how different you are, discriminating is endless.

[@zodayn]

Given the era and target consumer this isn't surprising in the slightest

[@zodayn]

There's plenty of midieval themed games for kids. It's also that Pokémon battles are a sport. Instead of the usual kid with secret life or powers needs to save the world.

[@TheRainbowZip]

What episode is this from?

[@SheillaOlga]

Whitney Cummings killed this 👏👏👏💞💞💞💞

[@marijnzwijsen7389]

Josh is back! Give us more Josh please

[@Pistolemaster]

These are the moments when we needed Feminism

[@godzillavkk]

We still do.

[@marissaclaudio6318]

When I was a kid, my mom worked in a dinner that incentivized the waitresses to wear the tightest and/or shortest pants. No, it wasn't a hooters.

[@carultch]

Was it the Dogs restaurant chain?

[@ConnorLonergan]

Welp better get the popcorn ready for the comment section

[@Cjnw]

Normie

[@danielcaldas9819]

0:57 that’s a hooters air commercial

[@MandoMonge]

As a male cabin crew, it's pretty accurate...specially having to keep a straight face when dealing with entitled passengers all the time

[@frankchen4229]

any women hit on u?

[@jarynn8156]

Wait... Was that the grammar guy from CollegeHumor on the plane at the end?

[@12magic]

simply change the title for the golden age of sexism

[@ranelgallardo7031]

Cédric Raymond ah hell no. The Golden Age of Sexism was much much older than that. Back when women could barely hold a job, couldn’t vote, or had to be sold into marriage. Yep. Heck even today we still have sexist stuff running around so it isn’t perfect.

[@brycevo]

That last guy took a quick 180

[@GamerFrom1982]

so it's like dealing with women in customer service today...expecting everything to be like Disneyworld.

[@mikey6724]

1982 boomers*

[@tristanneal9552]

FemkeDeTijger Ofzo Yeah I was about to say, anyone in the service industry knows there can be good and bad customers of every gender, but that the boomer generation are notoriously a pain in the ass.

[@fantomp1773]

I just don’t understand... “She is contractually required to stay single” “She could be your next wife”

[@fantomp1773]

Damn, this was meant for the flight attendant video but playlist auto play decided otherwise.

[@carultch]

Yeah, talk about a contradiction of terms. If she is contractually required to stay single, she couldn't be anyone's next wife.

[@roomfullofpigeons]

It basically means "We only employ single women so that YOU can be the one to take them away from their jobs and into your household." But yes, the phrasing is a bit awkward on that huh.

[@silvertube52]

"She's contractually obligated to stay single. She could be your next wife!" It's unfortunate that Adam Ruins Everything so often deliberately distorts issues and makes exaggerated claims. In this case they're ignoring the primary reason for the "not married" requirement. You can't be a flight attendant while pregnant. Airlines saved a lot of money by not having to deal with maternity leave. That is the real reason, not to advertise the stewardesses as being available for marriage. Almost nobody knew of this requirement for employment so that is not a reasonable explanation for it's existence.

[@danieltitus26]

so maybe they can require you to not get pregnant or even not get married, but stay single makes no sense in that case

[@yeezyyankie324]

Emotional labor Is just as bad as physical labor Instead of being stressed and annoyed You have to have your arms feel like fire