Well, it wouldn't have bothered me but I know a number of folks that would have upped there Scotch order from 3 bottles to 5 before push back!
Then again, typical British dry humor which is wonderful. In the States, we get attempted comedic relief some of it funny once and some of it funny nonce.
Still the best line I ever heard was a Brit pilot on our UA 727 from Boston to O'Hare circa mid-90s. On final in muck, start to see the city through cloud, getting lower and wham - go around. As we're burning fuel circling over Lake Michigan for about 15 minutes, he finally announces that Air Force One had flown into the area and to maintain mandatory separation the area was cleared. The next line was delivered classically in a wonderful dead-pan Brit accent - "one can only hope that President Clinton decides not to get another haircut".