Dubai: The Jealous Boyfriend

​Confession by an Ex Flight Attendant

I was flying with one of the airlines that required me to be based in Dubai. We were allocated accommodations where 3 crew members shared a unit. The more senior crew member would take the room with the attached toilet.
 
So when my senior roommate asked if I would like to swap rooms with her, I immediately jumped at the opportunity. My senior room mate was a Singaporean so we were naturally closer. I didn’t think much about the swap and thought she was just looking out for me because at that time I was seeing someone and the attached bathroom was very much welcomed.
 
A few days later, however, she asked for her room back. It raised red flags when she absent-mindedly commented, “It makes no difference which room I go”.
 
Wait what?
 
I started digging for more information and learned that her boyfriend had recently passed away from a boating accident. Ever since, she would wake up to find wet footprints around her room. One side of her bed would be wet in the morning. The worst of it was when she brought her dates back for the night. At least on three occasions, they had run away mid coitus, saying that her room was haunted. One got strangled in his sleep. He did come back a second night but that was the last I saw of him.
 
She wanted to change rooms to see if there was any difference but it didn't matter as he would even follow her overseas.
 
I didn’t care if she was senior, I f**ked her up ‘gao gao’ (meaning excessively in hokkien dialect). She thought her room was haunted and wanted to change with me? What the f**k lah? Sabo (meaning sabotage) !!!
 
I don’t think her situation ever improved. We didn’t talk about the incident again but I noticed she stopped bringing guys back. About half a year later, she quit the airlines. Rumour was that she was very ill and couldn’t fly anymore.