Reinforcements

The other flight attendant I'm flying with this trip (the same one with the carnivorous elevator) is an IOE instructor. You may or may not remember what that is. If you do, don't read the next 26 words; an IOE instructor leads a flight attendant recruit just out of school through their first trip and pronounces them an official FA if they survive it. In Atlanta, we picked up just such a recruit, and I got to watch an IOE without actually having to be in it. Actually, I got to ignore the whole thing... since the instructor was instructing, and the new FA was learning, and there are usually only two FAs on board, I just stayed out of the way for most of the trip. Basically flew six legs looking out the window and getting paid for it. Nice.
The other thing about having three FAs on a plane is that there is nowhere to put them all. You've seen the galley... it's barely big enough for one. Putting two in there is like Twister. Three is Ripley's Believe It Or Not!