Stewardess

So, my friend Hendra’s girlfriend, the beautiful young Ratih, is applying this morning to become a ‘pramugara pesawat’—an airline stewardess.

“Oh, that’s good,” I said. “It’s a great way for a young person to travel the world and get paid at the same time.”

“Oh?” Hendra said, seeming unenthused.

“Sure. In fact, I know an Indonesian woman who lives now in America but started out as a stewardess. Now she’s married to a pilot, a very rich man, and lives in a big, elegant mansion.”

“Oh,” Hendra said.

“As a matter of fact, my wife is now with a pilot, too. Although she was never a stewardess. He's also very rich and they live in a villa in Sanur." 

“I know,” Hendra said.

Hmmm. Hold on a sec. I’m suddenly thinking that maybe becoming a stewardess is not such a good idea for Ratih. Or Hendra.

In fact, I reckon this is what he has been thinking all along.

Time to go home and shut my mouth! Lol.