I was astonished to read the NYT article about the flight attendant escaping from the plane (
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/ny...attendant.html). It has come to my attention that flight attendants are just not happy people; they have to herd people into the plane, tell passengers what to do and also do safety checks.
A lot of times it's the passengers who are idiotic and make the jobs harder for the flight attendance. I have witnessed so many passengers forsaken safety concerns for selfishness such as standing up prior to seat belt sign is off to get the bag so they could get out of the plane faster, blocking the corridors which is technically a work space for flight attendants, etc.
We just have to act more civil!