'It was like one of those ancient radio things from the '80s:' Gen-Z flight attendants call the police because they think a walkman is a bomb

A 22-year-old and 19-year-old flight attendants are doing a post-flight check, which is when they check all the seats, cabins, and overhead bins for anything left behind or anything potentially hazardous once the plane has landed and the passengers have deboarded. The 22-yea-old one spots something left behind in one of the overhead bins that made her heart stop. It was a metal contraption with wires all coming out of it and strange buttons. She had no idea what it was, but she knew exactly what she thought it was. She called over her co-worker, the 19-year-old flight attendant to see if she thinks the same of the object, and she does. 

They decide to call the police onboard to take a look at it and then they can make a rational decision on if they need to call in the bomb squad or not. The police come onboard, look at the object, and stare at it puzzled. They keep silently looking back and forth between the object, themselves, and the flight attendants. Finally, one of the police asked the attendants how old they were. They told them and the police started laughing in their face. 

Turns out what they thought was a bomb was actually an old walkman—you know, that thing from the '80s/'90s that made it so you could listen to your music cassette tapes on the go? Yep, well, the two Gen-Z flight attendants are obviously not familiar with a walkman and have probably only seen one in movies or shows. Though eventually it clicked for the two young flight attendants what it was, the damage was already done—they were mortified with embarrassment with how much they just exposed their age. 

"'Ancient radio thing' hurts more than my achy hip in the morning…"