{"id":409638,"date":"2010-03-09T23:15:21","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T04:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalvoicesonline.org\/?p=126860"},"modified":"2010-03-09T23:15:21","modified_gmt":"2010-03-10T04:15:21","slug":"peru-flight-attendant-becomes-internet-celebrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/409638","title":{"rendered":"Peru: Flight Attendant Becomes Internet Celebrity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Due to some very special welcoming words that were captured on video, the chief flight attendant on the December 20, 2009, TACA<\/a> flight, C\u00e9sar Soto has become the newest YouTube sensation in Peru. Minutes after landing at Jorge Ch\u00e1vez International Airport<\/a> in Lima, Soto said the following words to the passengers on the flight originating from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic:<\/p>\n

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Damas y caballeros, quiero darles la bienvenida a Lima: capital gastron\u00f3mica del mundo, tierra del cebiche, del pisco y del pisco sour, as\u00ed como tambi\u00e9n del lomo saltado, la causa lime\u00f1a, la chicha morada, el pollo a la brasa, los anticuchos, el suspiro, etc.<\/p>\n

La ciudad cuenta con bares t\u00edpicos y sabrosos restaurantes. Si se queda en nuestra ciudad, no olvide visitar el centro hist\u00f3rico, su famosa catedral. Si quiere ir de compras vaya a Miraflores y si est\u00e1 corto de dinero, pude ir a Gamarra o a los Polvos Azules.<\/p>\n

Vaya y divi\u00e9rtase en LarcoMar y del\u00e9itese la vista con nuestro extenso circuito de playas. Si aun as\u00ed se queda corto y quiere algo rom\u00e1ntico, vaya a Barranco a caminar por el puente de los suspiros.<\/p>\n

Quiero recordarles que no dejen sus objetos personales en el avi\u00f3n, tales como laptops, iPods, libros, sombreros, bastones, gorras, etc.<\/p>\n

No nos haremos responsables por objetos dejados dentro del avi\u00f3n. M\u00e1s aun, los estaremos sorteando en nuestro pr\u00f3ximo vuelo entre los pasajeros que tengan la dicha de viajar con nosotros.<\/p>\n

Quiero recordarles al pasar sus controles de migraci\u00f3n y aduanas sonre\u00edr y pensar bonito. Cuando piensa bonito todo sucede bonito.<\/p>\n

Tome su paso por Aduana como si hubiera hecho un deporte extremo.<\/p>\n

Usted queda totalmente a merced del Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Ch\u00e1vez de la ciudad de Lima.<\/p>\n

Finalmente me gustar\u00eda recordarles que la vida es muy corta: perdone r\u00e1pido, bese lento y ame intensamente, y nunca deje de sonre\u00edr por m\u00e1s extra\u00f1o que le parezca el motivo.<\/p>\n

La vida tal vez no sea la fiesta que esper\u00e1bamos pero mientras estemos ac\u00e1 solo nos queda bailar.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Lima: world's gastronomical capital, land of the ceviche<\/a>, pisco<\/a> and pisco sour<\/a>, as well as the lomo saltado<\/a>, causa lime\u00f1a<\/a>, chicha morada<\/a>, barbecued chicken<\/a>, anticuchos<\/a>, suspiro<\/a>, etc.<\/p>\n

The city has typical bars and delicious restaurants. If you will be staying in our city, don't forget to visit historic downtown, its famous cathedral<\/a>. If you want to go shopping, go to Miraflores<\/a> and if you are kind of broke, you can go to Gamarra or to Polvos Azules.<\/p>\n

Go and have fun in LarcoMar<\/a> and enjoy yourself on our long beach circuit. If you still are kind of broke and looking for something romantic, go to Barranco<\/a> and take a walk at the Puente de los Suspiros.<\/p>\n

I want to remind you not to leave personal objects in the plane, such as laptops, iPods, books, hats, canes, caps, etc. We won't be held responsible for objects left on the plane. Furthermore, they will be raffled off on our next flight among the passengers who have the joy of flying with us.<\/p>\n

I want tot remind you while going through Immigration and Customs controls to smile and think nice. When you think nice thoughts everything happens nice. Take your passage through Customs as some type of extreme sport.<\/p>\n

You all are at the mercy of Jorge Ch\u00e1vez International Lima Airport.<\/p>\n

Finally, I'd like to remind you that life is too short: forgive fast, kiss slowly, and love intensely, and never stop smiling no matter how weird you think it is.<\/p>\n

Life may not be the party we expected, but as long as we are around, we can only dance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The video was filmed by YouTube user Mellowyn<\/em><\/a>, who uploaded the video to her account. The video, which has been viewed more than 110,000 times, has made more than the passengers smile. The 36-year-old flight attendant originally from the Jes\u00fas Mar\u00eda District in Lima, Peru has over 8,000 flying hours [es]<\/a> under his belt, and also thanks to the video has his own Facebook group with more than 6,400 members<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Soto's welcoming message has been promoted by bloggers, such as from Fernando Zambrano, who reviews on his blog Ferblogtv <\/em>[es], the best parts from the message and writes that Soto has gone from Chief Flight Attendant to Internet celebrity [es]<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Memorex, who blogs on El Aprendiz RRPP <\/em>[es], shares his opinion<\/a> from the perspective of a public relations apprentice:<\/p>\n

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Es tan sencillo que cuesta creerlo. Taca no tuvo que invertir un centavo en costosos, magnos y pomposos recibimientos; simplemente bast\u00f3 el ingenio y buen humor del piloto para lograr que su p\u00fablico tenga una buena imagen de la empresa; y muy probablemente vuelva a viajar con ellos.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It's so simple that it is hard to believe. Taca didn't have to invest a single penny in expensive, great, or ostentatious welcomings; it took just inventiveness and the good mood of the pilot so that the public would have a good impression of the company; and most likely they will travel again with them.<\/div>\n

Rafael Gr\u00e1ndez emphasizes [es]<\/a> the impact Soto's words are having in Taca as a business:<\/p>\n

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Ahora C\u00e9sar Soto est\u00e1 endosando su popularidad y celebridad a TACA. N\u00f3tese el impacto positivo que tiene un colaborador motivado y comprometido con su trabajo, con el brindar un mejor servicio. Acord\u00e9monos que los primeros en hablar bien o mal de una instituci\u00f3n, los directamente llamados a mejorar su imagen, o por el contrario a dinamitarla, son los propios trabajadores.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Now, C\u00e9sar Soto is endorsing his popularity and celebrity in the interests of TACA. You can note the positive impact that a motivated and committed employee can have for providing a better service. Let's remember, the first ones who can speak in a good or in a bad way about a company are those who are directly advocated to enhance its image or, quite the contrary, to lessen it, are the workers themselves.<\/div>\n

However there are some skeptical individuals who believe that the video may actually be a viral video conceived by the airline<\/a>. For example, Milton Vela of the blog Caf\u00e9 Taip\u00e1 [es]<\/em><\/a> lists six reasons why he thinks this is a viral video from Taca, including the fact that the crew allowed a camera record when electronic devices should be turned off:<\/p>\n

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s\u00f3lo quiero resaltar por qu\u00e9 este video se ha hecho un viral, que para nada busca establecer reglas generales, ya que si se tuviera la f\u00f3rmula de hacer popular a un video en Youtube, realmente andar\u00edamos pegados a este canal, y ya no tendr\u00eda sentido tanta sorpresa.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I just want to point out why this video has become a viral, which is not intended to establish general rules, if they had the formula to make a video popular on YouTube, we would really be glued to this channel, and all this surprise would be meaningless.<\/div>\n

\u00c1lvaro Alonso Zapatel of the blog El Gato del Hortelano [es]<\/em><\/a> summarizes his opinion whether or not it is indeed a viral video on a final note to his post:<\/p>\n

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No faltan algunos que piensan que esto es un \u201cviral\u201d sembrado por TACA, pero no me interesa, la gente no lo sab\u00eda y eso me parece recontra buena onda.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There are some who think that this is a \u201cviral\u201d (video) uploaded by TACA, but I don't care, people didn't know it, and I think the video is completely cool.<\/div>\n

Viral or not, the truth is C\u00e9sar Soto has become an internet celebrity thanks to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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