Flight Attendant Featured On “Extreme Cheapskates”

By: Ben Schlappig

Published: January 22, 2018

23 comments

I admit my taste in TV is really, really bad. I just love something that’s easy to watch and ridiculous, because it’s the only way my brain will turn off. That’s why I love Real Housewives. A few months back I became obsessed with the show 90 Day Fiancé, and I’ve now seen every episode of the show, and hope it comes back for another season. If you’ve never seen 90 Day Fiancé, here’s a clip that should give you an idea of what the show is like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwLbM5-0R5U

It made me realize that TLC as a network is right up my alley. Well, in the past few days I’ve become obsessed with Extreme Cheapskates, which is a show about people who are obsessed with saving money. To be clear, these are largely pretty well off people who just get a high out of scoring a deal, in the same way we do with miles. They do things like peeing in bottles so they don’t have to waste water, getting food out of the trash so they don’t have to pay for it themselves, and not furnishing their houses, because it’s cheaper that way.

I’ve seen a handful of episodes so far, and there’s one that I just had to share. It confuses me on so many levels. Specifically, it’s about a “cheapskate” who is a flight attendant for a major US airline. Here’s a little teaser:

And the whole segments is the first 12 minutes of this video, if you’re so inclined:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfOmVAm3hPw

The stuff she does is insane. She takes the half eaten nuts from the plane. She takes the leftover meals from the plane. She takes stuff from the airport lost & found. She creates her blankets at home by sewing together a bunch of airplane blankets, and creates her mattress pad by sewing together airline pillows. She takes the pillowcases from the plane and turns them into coffee filters (which she claims saves her a whopping $6 per year).

That doesn’t even scratch the surface, given what she does at the end of the episode.

The most amazing part of this? She filmed the entire episode in uniform.

Suffice to say this has been my favorite “Extreme Cheapskates” so far, and I feel like a lot of other airline nerds would appreciate it, even if they don’t otherwise watch this show.

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Luis Santiago Guest

January 25, 2018, 6:49 am

Unless she got permission from the airline she works for to do this piece, she could be fired for this. We got a say in my airline that says "what came on the plane, stays on the plane." Taking anything off the plane, it is considered stealing from the company and that is a "fireable" offense. Even if it is perishable items, crews are not to take anything off the plane. Again, it is based on each airline and their policy. Good luck to her... but I think it is pathetic... I do not eat anything on the plane... I bring my own food. Airplane food makes most people bloated (too much salt) and too many preservatives. When you fly internationally next time, look at the expiration date of the economy meal (which is on top ob the label). Usually is 10 to 12 months from the day it is served as well as the bread roll. For a chicken with rice or lasagna to last that long it must be floating in preservatives.... do I want those chemicals inside my body? Do not think so! Even as a regular passenger, I bring my own food. Feel better, sleep better at my destination and my body and digestive system appreciates it.

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Alan Wan Guest

January 24, 2018, 12:17 am

My sister-in-law convinces me the characters on the show are genuine and she would make a great star in a future episode. I could go on for hours on how cheap she is.

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Icarus Guest

January 23, 2018, 3:29 am

@ajo if you ask permission it’s not The above case was a third party cleaner and not airline staff , however in another case a court in Haarlem decided the company would not be correct in dismissing the employee for such a trivial incident considering the long term effects So you agree all edible perishables should be disposed of ? You know that over 25% of food purchased in the West is thrown away when it’s perfectly edible If there is food left over after a flight it normally cannot be recycled for use on another therefore staff should be able to take it.

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AJO Guest

January 23, 2018, 2:43 am

Interesting, because at least here in The Netherlands, if you would take stuff home from work (even perishable food items that would otherwise have been thrown away), it's a one way ticket to getting fired. There's even a famous case in which a KLM flight attendant was fired for eating a half-opened pack of peanuts after work; the court agreed with KLM that she should be thrown out.

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Katy Guest

January 22, 2018, 11:49 pm

You can tell the segments on the 90-Day-Fiance were filmed at different times because of her differing lips. IDK why but *young* Russian ladies are feeling the need for faker lips (I see it a lot in areas with Russian tourists).

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