A flight attendant has revealed they live by a secret ‘Coke or stroke’ motto when dealing with passengers.
Although it may seem like a fun job, flight attendants have to deal with a lot when they’re on duty. Alongside making sure passengers are happy - and not about to kick off - they have to be on the lookout for any potential hazards or problems; all while maintaining a calm and professional manner.
In fact, from the second you step foot on the plane, a flight attendant will be there to greet you and there’s actually a pretty important reason for that, according to flight attendant Kat Kamalani.
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In a clip on TikTok, she explained: "Have you ever walked on a plane and saw the flight attendants standing right here greeting you? Or the flight attendants walking up and down the aisle?
"Well I'm about to tell you what we're really doing.
"So, when you're walking on the airplane and you see our happy, smiling face - we're actually looking you up and down and we are trying to find our ABPs.
"And what that is called is our able body people or person - so, these are people who are going to help us in an emergency.
"For example, military personnel, firefighters, nurses, doctors.
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"So, in case of an emergency, like a medical emergency or we are going to land the plane or there's a security breach, we know who is on our plane and who can help us.
"But, we're also looking for one more thing - beside from looking for things that don't belong on the plane, like a boxful of liquids - we're looking for human trafficking.
"It happens a lot in the industry and our passengers' safety is our number one priority."
And, of course, it doesn’t stop there - once the ABPs have been identified and holidaymakers are in their seats, the call bells start to ring, meaning the passenger needs the attention of a flight attendant - and at this point the member of staff has no idea what it is they’re about to be expected to deal with, so they live by one simple motto.
Writing for the Sun, one flight attendant explained: “Our motto for the call bell is ‘Coke or stroke’ - as in it could be someone wanting a drink, or it could be a medical emergency.
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“We never know what it's going to be, so we have to respond as quickly as possible.”
Fortunately, the flight attendant goes on to explain that it's rarely an emergency.
“Most of the time, before the plane has even started moving, it's people complaining or asking us to move them to a better seat,” they wrote.