It's a PLANE not a flying Starbucks

[AirHostess]

Oh My, I have had a fair few weirdos this week:

"Excuse me ma'am, do you have diet Dr Pepper?"
Errrrrrr....this is a small plane flying on a short flight. Do you really think I am going to have Dr Pepper, let alone DIET Dr Pepper in my tiny trolley?

I then had to go through to the whole list of drinks and she wrinkled up her nose and went "nah, I just wanted a Dr Pepper."

Woman asked me for a soya skinny whipped latte or something...my answer was, "we have coffee which you may have with standard cows milk and sugar."

My collegue was dishing out sandwiches on the trolley behind me and the choice was ham or cheese. Some woman (why are they always women) started asking can we make her a tuna salad baguette instead? My irate collegue said "madam, look around you. Can you see a Subway sign anyway?" The woman still was not satisfied until he said "fine I'll just pop into the galley and whip you up a butty."

To be honest they should be glad they are getting freebies-most airlines don't on shorthaul flights anymore! Airlines are in the business of transportation not fine dining

[smileyeagle1021]

Wait... on a short haul they complained about not having a good enough selection of food and drinks... I figure anything shorter than two time zones I'm damned lucky to get a bag of peanuts and half a can of stale soda...

[AirHostess]

Happens all the time. In business class they get a tray depending on how long the flight is. Again you pay more so you expect more, fine. Even then when we have a cold salad with bread and a mousse they still whine. The types of dining they can expect are on the website...

In coach class they get a sandwich most of the time followed by free drinks. On short flights or off peak flights they get a cereal bar or birdseed or cookies.

I only do shorthaul...thankfully. Can't imagine putting up with these idiots on flights of up to 15 hours moaning about the hot selction of food!

[smileyeagle1021]

I only do shorthaul...thankfully. Can't imagine putting up with these idiots on flights of up to 15 hours moaning about the hot selction of food!

or people like me who will (somewhat legitimately) complain constantly about being on the plane for way too effin long (I'm sorry, the human body is not meant to be in a pressurized tube for 15 hours straight).

[AirHostess]

or people like me who will (somewhat legitimately) complain constantly about being on the plane for way too effin long (I'm sorry, the human body is not meant to be in a pressurized tube for 15 hours straight).

Oh I don't mind that, the flight attendants moan constantly about it!

[tollbaby]

On my last flight to London, the flight over, we got nothing. Everything had to be paid for. On the flight back, we got a sandwich shortly after take-off, and a meal tray for dinner (drinks other than water had to be paid for). I was so thrilled to get my free sandwich, I was effusively thankful to the flight attendant - she said "You took our contracted flight over, didn't you?" LOL (flight from Philly to London was a subcontractor airline, flight back was US Airways)

[auntiem]

or people like me who will (somewhat legitimately) complain constantly about being on the plane for way too effin long (I'm sorry, the human body is not meant to be in a pressurized tube for 15 hours straight).

I don't mind the length of time on the plane. It is the "milk run" flights where I have to change planes to consistantly smaller planes each time to get there that bug me beyond.

And to the latte lady - seriously?! you want your flight attendant dealing with steam on a moving aircraft. EW that one.

[SteeleDragon78]

kate, i have to say im envious of your patients with them, i probably would have given the options of "take it" or "leave it" on the sandwich and would have clubbed the starbucks addict like a seal.

[AirHostess]

kate, i have to say im envious of your patients with them, i probably would have given the options of "take it" or "leave it" on the sandwich and would have clubbed the starbucks addict like a seal.

LOL my flight attendant act is just that...an act. I can appear to be like Mary Sunshine at work...the only way I can cope with it all is by being fake, over the top friendly with a sarcastic dark undertone...on my bad days I'm a lot like me only grumpy with no smiles.

It's amazing what you can get away with saying with a big smile on your face. Especially if they don't speak English.

[JLRodgers]

I was on a flight once from Indiana to California (and back) and I was offered a 1/3 of a can of pop... once... and that was it.

[fireheart]

On Australian flights, you pretty much pay for your food while on flight. Or alternately you can bring it onboard with you provided it's not something hot. I got away with a can of Pringles on the way down and a packet of chips on the way back. Of course, being in a pressurised cabin and all....I could barely get the packet of chips open.
They also had headphones on offer for about $2.50 AUD, but I just plugged my own in and listened to the in-flight music instead

[katie kaboom]

On Australian flights, you pretty much pay for your food while on flight. Or alternately you can bring it onboard with you provided it's not something hot.

Just out of curiosity, why is hot food not allowed? Because a passenger might get burned and try to sue?

[Nakajo]

This is why I hate the rules of no outside drinks on planes. Good news is TSA announced that rule is to be lifted soon. Yay common sense!

[mharbourgirl]

This is why I hate the rules of no outside drinks on planes. Good news is TSA announced that rule is to be lifted soon. Yay common sense!

I sure hope so, because I'm not flying again until I can take a 2-litre bottle of water with me to stave off the inevitable migraine due to dehydration from the environment of a plane.

Which reminds me, OP, something I am curious about: Why is it I can't get more than a dixie-cup's worth of water at a time, and if I dare to ask for more than one I'm treated like dirt by the flight attendants for the rest of the flight? Because that has happened on every flight I've taken in the last 10 years. I can't help being thirsty, and it's only water. Not like I'm asking for anything complicated. This isn't a gripe at you personally, I hasten to add. Just something I've noticed that makes me really NOT look forward to having to fly somewhere. I can live with not eating, but I need to be well-watered or it's going to be a pretty unpleasant flight for everyone that can hear me whimpering from the migraine.

[auntiem]

This is why I hate the rules of no outside drinks on planes. Good news is TSA announced that rule is to be lifted soon. Yay common sense!

Actually, this has been lifted for awhile. You just have to purchase it after going thru security.