Panty Hose for a Worthy Cause

I’m happy to say I have a locker where I can keep my valuables during my shifts. I always go to the locker room before my shift begins. Nothing very unusual about that — not until I walk around the corner to the sinks. And there it stands — a large, grey box with a sheet of paper stuck to the front. Curious at the sight, I start to read.

“Dear ladies,” the letter begins.

“Would you please keep all your torn panty hose? We can send them to an elephant orphanage in Kenya. The baby elephants wear blankets on their backs and these are kept in place using panty hose. This is safer for them than ropes, which can do damage. Animal lovers, I’m counting on you.

Greetings from Marjolijn.”

In my mind’s eye, I try to picture a little Dumbo, happy, young, frolicking about — and tied up in panty hose.

One good feature of panty hose is that they are stretchable and strong enough to offer our KLM staff kilometres of walking pleasure. At least, that’s the case for the Lycra One [?one-size?]. I can tell you, I know everything about wearing the wrong panty hose. The kind the gets a ladder the moment you stick your toe in — or, better said, through it. Or when the seam doesn’t remain centred and starts roaming around, forcing you to visit the invalid toilet every chance you get to set things straight. And let’s not forget the colour — natural, diamond, or whatever! In other words, nothing that resembles your skin colour — too dark, too light.

So what should you do if your panty hose has a ladder and the department store at Schiphol doesn’t have your colour in stock? Not impossible with more than a thousand staff people. So, you try to score an spare pair from a co-worker with the same taste.

Fortunately, all these baby elephants shouldn’t suffer from our problems.

I then read that boxes have been placed at a number of KLM personnel locations on the Airside. With a big smile, I drop all my bad buys in the box.

It only remains to be seen just how many pairs you need to keep a blanket on a mini-pachyderm.

With LAV,

Morena

Link to: Airline Staff For Animals

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