I thought it was quite good and only needed a little tidying to fix the scansion. There seemed to be a line missing- at least there was one without a rhyme so I made one up. Anyway, here's my version, hope you like it but I won't be in the slightest offended if you don't :-)

So youÂre gonna retire-is that what you say?

Throw out those redbooks and call it a day.

No more grumpy passengers yelling out " Miss!"

From now 'til eternity life will be bliss.

No " Fish, steak or chicken?" , no trolley to wheel

No more pillows and blankets and headsets to deal;

No more early mornings...no more sleepless nights

From dreaming of city codes, remembering flights;

Give those feet a rest and the back and arms too-

Sit back and relax, thereÂs nothing to do!

Forget about jet lag, forget the stew lounge,

Forget looking for food and trying to scrounge.

Just hang up your wings, put yourself in the seat

And enjoy your retirement, for itÂs no small feat!

You know you will miss us- but itÂs really O K

ÂCause now youÂve retired and CALLED IT A DAY!

That sounds great!!! It is a wonderful idea, I think.
ivame

I don't ever post here and just ran across this by accident while searching for a poem.....but I have to say you should put something in there about no more People, Star, Sudokus, etc. I think it is a great poem that covers everything and Colleenoz did a wonderful job of tweaking it. I am not a FA but have worked around them for too many years!

Oh, Colleen! You did great! I'm going to add a little something, because I know this a FA's job, too...

So youÂre gonna retire-is that what you say?

Throw out those redbooks, hip-hip hooray!

No more grumpy passengers yelling out " Miss!"

From now 'til eternity life will be bliss.

No " Fish, steak or chicken?" , no trolley to wheel

No more pillows and blankets and headsets to deal;

No more full barf bags, or accidents to clean,

No more drunken newlyweds or first-classers who're mean.

No fending off men who hide their ring-tan,

No strangers joining clubs while they hide in the can.

No more early mornings...no more sleepless nights

From dreaming of city codes, remembering flights;

Give those feet a rest and the back and arms too-

Sit back and relax, thereÂs nothing to do!

Forget about jet lag, forget the stew lounge,

Forget looking for food and trying to scrounge.

Just hang up your wings, put yourself in the seat

And enjoy your retirement, for itÂs no small feat!

You know you will miss us- but itÂs really O K

ÂCause now youÂve retired and CALLED IT A DAY!

Oh I do like that, Flamingo!

Colleen and Flamy...OMGOSH...I can't THANK YOU enough...I've been stewing..(play on words there) on this in my head for about a month now...and how the heck I got roped in to this is beyond me...but now I'm better then OK!!

THANK YOU!!

Gotta watch out for those mean who'res! LOL

Well, Colleen, you made it easy for me!

Liz, you had a great beginning, Colleen finessed it a bit and I just had to add some of the more annoying aspects of your job. I swear, you must be a saint to keep doing what you do, doing it so well, and still liking what you do, in spite of all the annoyances. I commend you and really wish I was on one of your flights, it would be a hoot!

It's called "The Art of Getting Along" Flamy...I learned very early on to let the comments roll off my back...I can probably count on one hand the run ins I've had in 31 years...

Alisande...Who're...did we make up a new word or what??? LOL

Isn't "who're" a contraction of "who are"? And as a bonus, it's funny looking. lol

When I read that I saw it as who are so I guess that isn't a new word after all.
Great poem you guys.

bringing this back up for a follow up...We had the party on October 2nd and it was a big hit and I thank you all for help in tweaking the poem...it brought on buckets of tears...800 of my co workers retired between July 1st and Nov 1st and I feel a great loss...I'll be there to shut the lights off...Anyways I wanted to share some of the goodies I did for the party...

We gave the 12 retiring boa's and tiaras to wear on their last flight...I put the poem on big 13 x 19 paper so the other party go'ers could sign their farewells...I also made them "Pad About Slippers" to wear on their downtime and devised a little poem to go with them...And finally I made them a DVD thru photostory with about 600 pictures gathered from 75 years of Delta's history...It was a huge hit and I'm still making copies of the DVD...Thanks for all your help!

The partygoer's!
{{!gwi}}

The bag of goodies I put together for them!

Wearing their pad about slippers!

I'll bet they're STILL talking about that party, Liz! I know if you're involved, it's gonna be a good 'un!

Those FAs all have super great legs, standing and walking all day is good for your muscle tone, I guess!