Plastic Cutlery in J - The Indignity!!
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Having sat thru a briefing attended by a BA MCS the other day (Manager Customer Services) -most of whom are from ToysRUs,Natwest, and M&S and have no idea what the role of cabin crew is...
We were informed of the latest procedures in place ,company nes etc..and then asked for any questions...
When asked why the BAA had not been approached about the fact that most of the airport restaurants had not been approached about their use of metal (sometimes steak) knives, we were asked to take a lifestyle check, and put things into perspective ---
pleeeeeezzzzz! these are OUR lives we are talking about , not some groundbased twit who has no real conception of the flying world - it makes you feel like giving up , bit at least our union pals have some grip of the real world - see them first . . . !
We were informed of the latest procedures in place ,company nes etc..and then asked for any questions...
When asked why the BAA had not been approached about the fact that most of the airport restaurants had not been approached about their use of metal (sometimes steak) knives, we were asked to take a lifestyle check, and put things into perspective ---
pleeeeeezzzzz! these are OUR lives we are talking about , not some groundbased twit who has no real conception of the flying world - it makes you feel like giving up , bit at least our union pals have some grip of the real world - see them first . . . !
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Per Ardua: Just by way of a small clarification - the "All Day Deli" sandwich bags provided on BA internal routes pre-dates Sep 11 by months. FWIW, they are still far better than anything thrown (if at all) at cattle-class pax in USA short-haul.
By the way ... Will the rapid sharp pointy thing also force pax to eat their caviar with plastic implements?
[ 21 October 2001: Message edited by: sanjosebaz ]
By the way ... Will the rapid sharp pointy thing also force pax to eat their caviar with plastic implements?
[ 21 October 2001: Message edited by: sanjosebaz ]
How long before airline catering will be reduced to pureed baby food squirted out of a tube such as the Apollo astronauts used to eat?
Are we going to have to remove ties, belts and shoelaces before boarding soon?
Are we going to have to remove ties, belts and shoelaces before boarding soon?
Hmmm - I thought that one used a gold, bone or mother-of-pearl spoon to eat caviar? Beluga on its own and served with a chilled Brut champagne, Osetra perhaps on lightly toasted white bread with a little creme fraiche, served with a belt of iced Moskovskaya and Sevruga with an iced Limonnaya such as Kremlyovskaya Limonnaya Luxe, for example?
Plastic spoon?? Dear me no. One might as well wear crimplene or eat wrapped cheese...
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Plastic spoon?? Dear me no. One might as well wear crimplene or eat wrapped cheese...
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Well, the aim is to avoid contact between any metal (be it gold, silver, or just steel) and the caviar. That's why you should put it on the back of your hand and lick it off if you want to eat it as it comes.
If you don't like to do that the only correct way is to use an ivory (or similar) spoon and bring it on some toast.
All the rest (including the golden spoon) is invented by what is called "nouveau riche" in French: people who have plenty of money, but who lack style and knowledge to act in accordance with it...
I guess you'd call it kitch in English(spelling?)
If you don't like to do that the only correct way is to use an ivory (or similar) spoon and bring it on some toast.
All the rest (including the golden spoon) is invented by what is called "nouveau riche" in French: people who have plenty of money, but who lack style and knowledge to act in accordance with it...
I guess you'd call it kitch in English(spelling?)
