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“The kind of book that’s a nuisance to own. Everyone wants to borrow it.” — Look
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“The kind of book that’s a nuisance to own. Everyone wants to borrow it.” (Look)
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This coffee book makes a great husband birthday gift.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
5.0 out of 5 stars
Funny, Funny, Funny
you’ll laugh out loud. Easy & quick to read. Timeless even in today’s air travel.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Back in 1967 when this book was firs published it was considered to be prettty racy stuff. My parents owned a copy but I was never allowed to read it. Finally after all these years I saw the new edition and bought it. Things certainly have changed. Rachel and Trudy were lighthearted, funny girls who got into madcap adventures that no sane flight attendent today would dare try.
Back in the 60s stews had to be single, attractive and thin, today as anyone can tell you flight attendents don’t have to be any of these things. Sex seemed to be a game both men and women were playing. Today romance on the job isn’t much fun at all. Back then flying was still fun. Today it’s more like Dante’s Inferno. Rachel & Trudy occasionally dealt with pervert passengers, and often with drunks and rotten kids but the whole phenomenon of air rage was stil unknown.
Some of the observations Rachel and Trudy made about certain types of male passengers were considered beyond the pale back in ‘67, today we don’t even give it a second thought. Check out their comments on page 237 and you’ll see what I mean. One more thing I noticed about this funny book. It couldn’t be written today. The whole mind numbing political correctness movement would’ve made an editor cut out whole chapters. The book will make you smile and it’s like a historical artifact to boot.It’s a peep into a swinging lost world.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
5.0 out of 5 stars
When flying was actually fun
This is a must read of a not too distant time when flying actually was fun and considered by most, exciting.
July 27th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
4.0 out of 5 stars
Coffee, Tea or Me
My daughter was going through her training as a flight attendant and I remembered this book - I read it when I was a teenager. I sent it to her as a surprise.
July 27th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome book
This book was my mothers as a young teen and passed down to me when i turned 13 a few years ago. The book is wonderful, Its one of those books you start reading and dont want to…
July 27th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
I don’t know why I got this book, maybe the title grabbed my attention. I thought it would be interesting to read about life as a stewardess back in the 60’s, when it was so glamorous. The book is choc full of anecdotes (sp?) about passengers and captains. I’ve really enjoyed reading about Trudy and Rachel’s escapades, especially the chapter about their “basic training” like stewardess school. I haven’t finished the book, but I am about 80% through it. I pick it up every once in awhile and read a chapter here and there. It’s not like a novel in that I want to read the entire thing to see what happens. Overall I recommend it with 4 stars, I’ve gotten quite a lot of enjoyment in reading it and find it to be well worth the money spent.
July 28th, 2009 at 12:57 am
2.0 out of 5 stars
not what you expect
No juice stories, probably written by people that got married and didn’t want to be honest about the life they were used to.
Don’t spend money buying this book…..
July 28th, 2009 at 3:23 am
I picked this up based solely on the reissue cover. I got into it and started wondering who the heck would talk like this, as a woman? Then, about 1/2 the way through, I read the intro and realized this was actually penned by a male who had interviewed a lot of stewardesses. It made me feel better that these weren’t real women, but a man trying to sound like a woman.
This isn’t a literary work, but it is a great beach read. Don’t expect too much, and you’ll be thrilled to join these two “women” on their careers. I was born well after the 60’s, and it is fun to imagine how classy and upscale air travel was back then. It’s certainly a contrast to the budget consciousness of today.
It was definitely a page turner, because I wanted to keep having more adventures in the crazy life of 60’s stewardesses. Check this one out and have fun for a few hours.
July 28th, 2009 at 6:48 am
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best books on the subject ever written!
Mind you, I read this book way back when I was in the 6th or 7th grade, so I don’t have an active memory of it, however, from what I can remember, I thought it was terrific!
July 28th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
2.0 out of 5 stars
Loved it in the ’60s, but now…
“Coffee, Tea, or Me?” is fun to read if you’re into the current 1960s retro movement, or if you grew up in those days as I did.