How to Get Out of the Dog House at 30,000 Feet

A little toilet humor, if you will.

My 24-hour, year-round day job is as a Flight Attendant.

One of our duties during the flight is to let the pilots out of the cockpit when they request a bathroom break (get it? duties?). For this reason many pilots refer to this task as letting them “out of the dog house.” Normally this task is accomplished politely and expediently. And sometimes, understandably, with a little embarrassed humor.

This was my favorite approach by a pilot. The first officer slid this card underneath the cockpit door.

This is what the card read inside. And then, just like a pilot, he asked for the card back.