The other day a fight attendant with Southwest Airlines began boarding the families with children first.  After they were boarded and seated, the attendant asked the four oldest children, “Do you want to help pass out the peanuts?” 

 After boarding the rest of the people on the flight, the flight attendant took four packs of peanuts wrote the children’s names on them and placed them in the aisle.  He said, “We are going to have a race. If the pack of peanuts with your name on it makes it to the end of the aisle first, you win and you get to help pass out the peanuts.” 

 As the plane raced to the end of the runway and began to take off into the sky, the people started cheering for the children and their packs of racing peanuts. Once the plane leveled out and the first pack reached the end of the aisle, the attendant picked up the winning pack and called out the child’s name and said, “You get to pass out the peanuts!”

 Everyone on the plane cheered for the girl that won.  Then the attendant said, “But wait, I actually need four helpers, so all of you get to pass out peanuts!”

 I heard this story from a man that was on this Southwest Airlines flight, and he witnessed this event first hand.  I hope this attendant was commended for their creativity and ability to make the passengers flight enjoyable.  I hear they are a fun company to work for!