Remember UTA, any of you?
I liked the airline, but flying back from an African country to Paris, I had elected lamb chops. They looked nice as they went past me down the aisle.
Chap turns up and dumps in front of me what, given the scales, fins etc. was clearly a fish.
Now, I have a violent allergical reaction to eating fish.
I say "That is not quite what I ordered"
He says "That's all I have left"
I say "If I eat this, can you have the skipper radio ahead for an ambulance revved up and ready to go, on the apron, because I am just a weeny bit allergic to fish."
The dead fish made a getaway which would be a credit to a live fish pursued by a predator.
It was replaced within seconds by a couple of nice chunks of lamb.
I thanked the kind fellow and ate my lamb (he was very friendly but courteous at the same time; know what I mean?)
The lamb was actually very good.
I suppose therefore that he was trying to foist off fish wherever he could, because it was not in huge demand, and because there was a massive demand for the lamb, and he could see that he was going to run out of lamb. Not his fault. Improvising as best he could, I think
Or he had brought his own emergency supplies of lamb with him, just in case.
Great bloke anyway, and great airline, sadly missed.