An Air China passenger flying from Seoul to Chongqing complained in a microblog that passengers were made to wait five minutes after the scheduled boarding time before finally getting on the aircraft, after a stewardess arrived late carrying several shopping bags.
The microblogger posted comments saying that Air China's Chongqing branch had acknowleged his complaint.
The microblog has been forwarded over a thousand times on sina weibo. Many netizens expressed dissatisfaction towards the stewardess. At the same time, some were worried the stewardess may lose her job.
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(QD) Juan Shen (狷生) says on weibo.com:
"Passengers pay for the service of stewardess as the service fee has been included in the ticket price. But they have to stand at the airport due to such personal behavior. The stewardess failed to meet the qualification of her job."
(JA) wh8361 says on mop.com
"The stewardess deserves criticism for being late. However, making this affair public is probably too much. Why not give her a second chance? There's no necessity for overreacting like this."
(LY) Blue Ocean says on qq.com,
"Being on time is one of the good professional virtues a stewardess should have. This is no good causing flight delay for personal purchasing."
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However, Air China denied the claim, saying that the stewardess was actually back at work one minute before the first passenger began to board and the flight had never been delayed.
Later, the microbloger deleted all complaints he posted.
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(QD) 刘天麟 says on weibo.com,
"Oh? The stewardess was back at work one minute before the first passenger began to board? So she got on board together with the passengers? Does that mean the passengers have to do all the preparation work before the plane takes off?"
(JA) Hatred of Thanatos says on mop.com,
"I can tell the stewardess is going to pay a really high price for her purchases this time."
(LY) "nukin" says on flyertea.com,
"I've never seen a foreign stewardess buying so many bags of goods like the Chinese do. Let's blame the high cost and lack of resources of our domestic shopping environment. "