Newsgroup: it.hobby.viaggi
Titolo: hostess italiane e inglese raccontate da Severgnini

e' incredibile quest'uomo: dopo 20 anni ancora riesce a vendere libri
negli USA pieni unicamente di luoghi comuni sugli italiani :)
Devo dire pero' che questo confronto tra hostess italiane e inglesi
(tratto dal suo ultimo libro "la bella figura"), benche' farcito
anch'esso di inevitabili luoghi comuni, mi e' piaciuto:
***
The Italian flight attendant sometimes takes her job title literally
- the plane flies, she just attends. But she's always pleasant,
elegant, and ladylike, so much so that she can appear intimidating. I
remember one flight from Milan to New York. The Alitalia attendant, an
attractive brunette from Naples, was strutting up and down like a model
on a catwalk thirty thousand feet above the ground. The man sitting
next to me glanced at her and asked me, "Do you think I might be able
to get another coffee?" "Why ask me? Ask her," I replied, nodding in
the direction of the flight attendant. "How can I ask Sophia Loren for
a coffee?" he whimpered. He was right. The good-looking attendant was
putting on a fashion show in the sky, and no one dared to interrupt.
But then take a British flight attendant. You wouldn't mistake her for
a model. She'll have very little makeup, and no jewelry. Often she is
robustly built, and until recently would be sporting one of those
little round hats that you only see on British cabin staff and New
Jersey ice-cream vendors. Her heels are low, and her shoes are
"sensible," as they say in New York. Alitalia crews wear emerald green.
British Airways has improbable combinations of red, white, and blue, or
a mayonnaise-cum-apricot shade that nature felt no need to invent. The
British woman is attentive, though. She comes back again and again,
smiling all the time. She waits until your mouth is full, swoops on you
from behind, and beams "Is everything all right?"
Then something happens. Let's say you spill your coffee on your pants.
At that point, the two personalities undergo an abrupt transformation
that - you've guessed it - sums up the respective national
characters.
The British attendant stiffens. You have deviated from the pattern; you
have done something you shouldn't have. All of a sudden, her inner
nanny emerges. She doesn't say she's annoyed, but she lets you know.
The attractive Italian also undergoes a change. In an emergency, her
detachment disappears. At times of crisis, what emerges is her inner
mom, sister, confidante, friend, and lover. She takes off her jacket
and actually helps you. Weak at, if not openly irritated by, routine
administration, she comes into her own in exceptional circumstances
that allow her to bring her personal skills to bear. Where did the ice
goddess go? She melted. In her place is a smiling woman who is trying
to be helpful.
Do you think some people might be tempted to spill their coffee on
purpose the next time they fly Alitalia? Could be. A gorgeous Italian
is worth a minor scalding.
****
ciao, U.

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 si è fermata all'introduzione de "Le Vie dei Canti".
Quindi chi conosce Chatwin di cognome ed ha letto "le vie dei canti" e' 
gente "sipida" ? Io trovo Chatwin, soprattutto nel libro che hai 
citato, uno snob borghese e soporifero... per cui il tuo paragone e' 
alquanto curioso.
IMHO e' Chatwin "un luogo comune vivente, idolo di una massa di 
bloghettari sempre con il falso sorriso sulle labbra" e che se la 
tirano da grandi viaggiatori.
:-DDDDDDDD
ciao
nb
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 sorriso sulle labbra.
Ma l'hai letto il post a cui ti sei attaccato? Mi pare di no. Lui sta 
parlando benissimo della bella, elegante e molto gentile (e utile quando ne 
hai bisogno..) hostess italiana contro quella brutta, mal vestita e, quando 
hai un problema, maleducata e cazziosa, hostess inglese. L'avevi letto o hai 
visto "Severgnini" e ti ci sei appiccicato??
:-/ 

 camera 211 Holiday Inn, Carteret NJ.
e questo che informazioni adduce al tuo post? 

> e questo che informazioni adduce al tuo post?
per caritą, magari pensa che faccia figo!
Gianluca
GDM 28 agosto 2006
h. 0.11 p.m. (!)
piano 1 scala 15 cond. BAU
treviolo (BG)