..........Ps the reason this Nigel asks/takes a first class mug..........
The mind boggles. I carried my own, polystyrene, insulated, ( 'cos one never managed to drink the stuff whilst it was still hot, had to attend to things like flying the aircraft, talk to ATC, you know, sort of important things ) chosen to fit the standard Boeing hole, and decorated with the important stuff in hand-written nail-varnish - so's it wouldn't wash off - i.e. CAPTAIN ( so they knew who to give it to ) Black Coffee, White tea, NO SUGAR.
Course I also remember the old North Atlantic Barons, who insisted on their tea being served in bone china, on a silver tray, with lump sugar in a bowl and sugar tongues a la the Monarch Service in First Class.
think my way was better.