Misunderstood again

First off,

Crew support tried to take away my trip this morning by changing my schedule from the 4 day to a local. But I didn't acknowledge it online and when they called, I didn't answer. I knew that if they couldn't get ahold of me then they couldn't change it.

I still wasn't sure if I was obligated to answer the phone since I am a reserve. I don't want to get a SAD (scheduled assignment deviation). So I called my chief flight attendant. She said that what I did was fine and well within the rules. While we were talking, she saw that my 4 day trip to MKE was back on my etrip. Yippee!

I was so ticked off to see that they tried to take my trip away from me. I've been looking forward to this one.

In all the confusion I ended up reporting for my trip a whole hour early. Opps. I grabbed a burrito and waited. I was given a ticket that read, seat 22A.
Finally it was time for Zone 8 to board. I handed the lady my ticket and walked down the jetway. Before I could step onto the plane, she came running down and told me to wait. Soon she was back in view telling me to take seat 5A.

Okay! That's first class! Dang, I'm lucky.

I used my first class treatment to study up on the 700 AFT position. This time I was not going to get caught off gaurd. This time, I wanted to know exactly what I was supposed to be doing.

Everything was going great. I got to the crew lounge in Salt Lake City and printed out my trip. Soon I spotted my first officer. I went up and introduced myself. I gave him the brownies and we started to discuss the trip.

I told him that I've only flown on the 700 once. He looked at me funny and said, "Well, we're flying the 900."

WHAT! The 900?!?

Of course my first thoughts were "oh shit! I didn't study for the 900. I've never been on the 900. The announcements are different for the 900! Where's my manual??!!"

In seconds I had my book out and digging for the pre-departure announcement. It was worse than I thought. There are 2 full paragraphs that are added for the 900.

Luckily, another flight attendant who noticed my panic, told me to just make a copy and read it on the plane. She said they all do that.

Really? I thought all announcements HAD to be memorized?

Well, I had no choice really. I wasn't going to be able to memorize all that in the next 10 minutes. So I took her advice, printed it out and stuck it in my pocket.

When it came time to read it, I still messed up and said there were 2 overwing exits. I quickly corrected myself...4 overwing exits! I didn't like reading off the paper because I couldn't pay attention to what the other FA was doing. We are supposed to be in sync.
At least not that many people watched me mess up. This is a 70 passenger plane with 10 first class cabin seats. We had only 15 passengers tonight.

Perhaps tomorrow I'll do better. My crew is pretty cool. They like my brownies and my disco ball joke.

BTW- The 900 is a nice plane! They are brand new and have that "new car" smell. I'm in Heaven! Except for the new seat belt on the jumpseat. That I could do without. It's supposed to sit nicely at my waist, but instead it had me pinned to my seat with the buckle just under my boobs! Drove me crazy!