Glamgirl,
I know that you're normally flying out of lgw with lower manned short hop flights, and I know that you kindly give cuddles for pc help, and I know that you are the voice of CC reason, but reading what you've just written about the call bell was a bit of a "shock" to me.
It just shows how our expected standards have changed over time.
In the past - and I've no idea when it stopped, and you may well be too young to remember this, - the call bell didn't use to be reserved for emergencies - it was used, and staff told it it should be used, for requests for service. From 1990 to mid 2000s I was a BA and SQ gold card holder, so I travelled quite a bit, and that's what I used the call bell for.
Oh, well, things change, I guess.