AF-A319 From United Kingdom, joined Oct 1999, 591 posts, RR: 3 Posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 6246 times:
Many of us here dream about intercontinental 1st class travel and its caviar, champagne and fine cuisine…. For some people, the picture seems a bit different..!
* On a SQ flight back in 96, a Chinese couple traveling in 1st class with their children and nanny had refused the food served. When asked, the man of the family replied: “We are just not used to these and would prefer a bowl of instant noodles.” Since then, every SIA flight carries a supply of instant noodles for those customers who find in-flight cuisine not quite to their taste! (Source: Asian Business, May 1996, p40).
* On a recent BA flight to Bermuda, a friend of mine traveling in F noticed that his fellow passenger was welcomed by the CSD who said: “Will you have your bottle of Bordeaux as usual?” In fact, the bottle of wine was the only item that this passenger ordered during the whole flight.
Dc863 From Madagascar, joined Jun 1999, 1414 posts, RR: 2 Reply 1, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 6105 times:
I'm sure there are quite a few. The notorious tale of the investment banker travelling F from NY-south america on United who defecated on a serving cart. My wife(who was a stewardess for SAS) had a peculiar passenger travelling F in the 70s flying from the far east to Copenhagen who ate food with his hands only.
A340600 From United Kingdom (England), joined Aug 2003, 3956 posts, RR: 51 Reply 3, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 5925 times:
I heard some F/A's dicsussing that a passenger in Club Europe (I know it isn't first, but this is funny ) had requeated a bib! They were most understandably in hysterics! I was in the queue fo the toilets in Y when i overheard this, and couldn't stop laughing!
Fbgdavidson From United Kingdom (England), joined Oct 2004, 3252 posts, RR: 22 Reply 6, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 5693 times:
You guys need to tune into 'Tales From The Galley' where a BA CSD who goes by the name of Pucci Galore tells of recent goings on at 35,000ft...the latest instalment of many!
I saw this as trouble on two legs as it flounced on board in designer everything and announced to the aircraft in general and my colleague in particular, that he was an Exec Plat at One World “equiv to Premium ya know” – and that the dumass staff on the ground had not recognised his status – “I’m BA Gold as well” and had denied him a “promised guaranteed upgrade (yes he used the word) to First. Who promised this? He’d had a letter from Customer Relations telling him (should explain that we acquired this treasure from the Far East en route to Oz). He was seated in WT+ and had been upgraded to that as far as I could gather – we were full in the back. So, I said that I was sorry, but that I had no message and there was nothing on the manifest. He had not used his Gold Card as he was going back up to ExpP (this is all at the Boarding Gate). I asked him to sit down and I would come back later (much much later).
He left – swished is the word my colleague used – and I got busy trying to sort out families that were all over the place. We got some people to move and two people very generously gave up their seats and were prepared to sit in the middle. After we got airborne, I went back to speak to them – and moved them again. Forward. Charming people. I then organised some Champagne for the other people who had been less inconvenienced – but inconvenienced none the less. ExPlat as we shall call him, said “Hey Miss” (not been thus summoned in years). I ignored this. I then had a colleague come and inform me that I was “summoned to report to him” You can imagine how pleased I felt, so I went back (my colleagues said that I looked dangerous. I actually felt murderous)
“I’ll have some Champagne please – and you can get it from the front”
“Of Course, that’ll be £4 please”
“You didn’t charge them!”
“No, I didn’t”
“So why are you charging me?”
“They helped us, you did not have to”
“You may need to re-think this. I said “please”, I expect the same as them, otherwise I will write you up”
“I’ll get you a comments card, a pen, and my name” said I
“When you realise who you’ve upset, you’ll be sorry! I’m a shareholder.
“So am I” I retorted “and you might be far sorrier than I ever will be”
“If this were an American carrier, I could have you fired upon landing”
“If this were an American carrier, I could have you met by the police for interfering with a Flight Attendant”
At this point, another passenger in front spun round and said
“For God’s sake, shut it. I’ve listened to you whining and whinging all the way from XXX and I’m sick of it and with you” at this point several other voices chimed in. One person came up and said
“Excuse me Madam, but may I give you my card. If there is any complaint from this person, I want to write in and tell them exactly what you and the other crew members have had to put up with.”
At this point, Explat jumped up and started brandishing a card that was on a ribbon around his neck with several others.
“Look at this..look at this….I matter more than anyone of you. I’m important to THE LONG TERM SURVIVAL OF THIS AIRLINE. I have been treated horribly, abominably, shamefully, degradingly. I have treated as a non-entity! I will be recognised, I will not be ignored….” He was actually stamping his feet in rage.
Before I could stop my self I said (very unprofessionally) “Sir? A non-entity? You see, you did have your status recognised”
As his colour started to drain and hel stood completely at a loss for words, one of the passengers corpsed and we all did – we could not stop laughing. Someone shouted “Come on throw your Teddy round the cabin. Someone else shouted “Go on Miss, you stamp your feet as well!”
My colleague jumped in and said:
“Those are Charles Jourdan (they weren’t) and they she will never stamp”
The passengers lapped this up like their mother’s milk.
I turned back and not for a long while had I seen anyone so deflated and so amazed. His mouth opened and shut like a fish. He sunk back down – and not a word more was said. He ate his lunch. He sat very still and very quiet.
About 4 hours later – I was coming back from my break when I saw some man heading my way. He said – you know that bloke who was carrying on alarmingly earlier on.
“Yes” I said – thinking “will I ever forget”
“Well…I don’t know if I should tell you this, but his Father is in First Class. He got to hear about all this – and he came back and he told Junior that if ever he showed him up again – he would be cut off without a penny. When he earned the money to buy the tickets – he too could fly First Class. Not before, and not without paying.”
Junior, I gathered was now sulking in the First Class toilet. At this point a rather distinguished, distracted man appeared and said.
“If my son gives you any more trouble, please let me know.”
I told him that his heir apparent was locked in the First Class toilet – and he had no business being in there in the first place.
“I see” he said” LGW-Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter (Germany)">HE went to the door and hammered on it yelling “Thomas – you open this door right now. What? Then get your pants back on – why are they off anyway. If you do not open this door right now I will ask this lady to get the door open _ DO YOU HEAR ME! I WILL NOT TOLERATE YOUR NONSENSE (not the word that he used) ONE SECOND MORE…”
The door opened and out came Junior with a look, to quote Hillaire Bellock “Snarling with disappointed rage”. He returned to his seat (aisle thank heaven) and put an eye mask on and stayed there mute for the rest of the flight.
As disembarkation, his Father waited for him just outside on the jetway. As he approached me, he poked his tongue full length – and it was a length! My colleague said
“The wind’ll change and you’ll get left like that!”
The last I heard was Papa saying “What have you done now…..” but no one came back even to half-heartedly apologise which was as well.
"My first job was selling doors, door to door, that's a tough job innit" - Bill Bailey
AeroWesty From United States, joined Oct 2004, 15527 posts, RR: 62 Reply 8, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 5620 times:
LOL!
FGB, that's better than some trip reports I've read. Absolute classic.
Eons ago I was the only one in first on Eastern one night, and there was the same type of snert in coach claiming "I know the chief of Pan Am!" etc., and after hearing enough of that, the FA in first poked his head through the curtain and bellowed out, "SIR, you're disturbing our first class passenger!"
HAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 25888 posts, RR: 51 Reply 11, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 5285 times:
My wife(who was a stewardess for SAS) had a peculiar passenger travelling F in the 70s flying from the far east to Copenhagen who ate food with his hands only.
Eating with ones hand is very common in India.
regds
MEL
Captaintim From Hong Kong SAR, PRC, joined Dec 2004, 393 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 20 hours ago) and read 3492 times:
Was on upper deck Business Class on a ORD-HKG flight.... on United..
i was a kid back then.. maybe 10? i wanted an instant noodle as a midnight snack (as i was used to it being served as a midnight snack on Economy) but on Business they served cheese, sandwiches, fruits etc.
soo i asked for a instant noodle from the staff.. they obviously got it for me.. but within 10 minutes of me eating mine, every single passenger on upperdeck asked for one.. even the ones that were sleeping woke up and requested for one!!!! i was really embarssed as maybe i kinda disturbed the ambience and the fact that instant noodles smell isn't flowing around Upper Deck as it is usually in Economy..
BUT!!! at the end of the flight at HKG, 8-10 of the businessmen on Upper Deck walked past me saying thank you that i asked for it.. cuz none of them were brave enough to since it might show their ignorance ... and everyone said that the 'noodles' were WAAAYYYY better than any of the furits or cheese that Buseinss Class served...
tim
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Delta-flyer From United States, joined Jul 2001, 2673 posts, RR: 6 Reply 16, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 19 hours ago) and read 3132 times:
CaptainTim .... I like your story.
Adults are conditioned to behave in a certain manner, even if we don't like it. Children just say what comes into their heads ... just like in the "Emperor's New Clothes".
NYCAAer From United States, joined Jul 2004, 580 posts, RR: 4 Reply 18, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 18 hours ago) and read 2671 times:
While working in First Class on an MD-11 from JFK to LHR, a man started picking the callouses on his bare feet while I was serving him his caviar. Gross! Of course, you can't say anything.
Usually the weird stuff happens in Business Class or Coach. First Class is more low-key.
Fbgdavidson From United Kingdom (England), joined Oct 2004, 3252 posts, RR: 22 Reply 19, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 17 hours ago) and read 2514 times:
and everyone said that the 'noodles' were WAAAYYYY better than any of the furits or cheese that Business Class served...
About fits in with my views of catering in premium cabins on United!
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Captaintim From Hong Kong SAR, PRC, joined Dec 2004, 393 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (3 years 10 months 1 week 17 hours ago) and read 2472 times:
catering on United is highly dissapointing.. NEVER fly their business espcially on paying flights.. its fine to redeem but paying is totally different ahhaa
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