Here’s a good reminder that perception of service onboard flights can differ significantly between passengers….
Continue reading: Dear Flight Attendants: I’ll Take The Can, Please, Including In First Class!
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These women have three jobs, smile, pour your drink, cleanup. Yet they can’t ever seem to get this right.
I think Gary probably brainstorms the worst possible take on a trivial matter and then posts it like his own opinion to get engagement
Yeah agree with you. On short-haul, always give me the can. I get the first class argument, but meh on a 2-3 hour flight I rather not bother the flight attendant if i don't have to.
Fully agreed, give me the whole can especially if the flight is longer than 60 mins. With FA these days going into hiding after any service and call buttons either being ignored or pax gets shouted at for using it, leaving me the whole can is the way to go.
Give me a can unopened in F. Last weekend on AA flight in F received can (opened) and glass partially filled, but the total did not equal the can volume and the coke was mostly flat. Can likely opened and some poured out earlier. I would rather open myself or see the FA open the can.
Gary sounds insufferable. He probably rages at home because he has to put the toothpaste on his toothbrush himself.
I'm increasingly seeing more and more airlines worldwide refuse to give you the can at all, regardless of cabin for safety reasons. In case of turbulence, flying metal cans can cause much more injury than plastic cups.
25% of flight attendants are men my man. And no, their job is not to be your servant. Sorry.
What a silly take by Gary. First, pretty sure even billionaires can handle pouring their own can.
Second, the idea of domestic F being the stomping grounds of the landed gentry…
"And no, their job is not to be your servant. Sorry."
He doesn't even fly up front, ever. He's like a back seat driver for the front of the plane, and still fails at something as simple as that.
Yep, he is insufferable. I dropped his site ages ago. The garbage content outweighed what little usefulness the rest of the site had.
Nailed it. There's nothing too trivial and stupid for Gary not to publish. This is one of those.
Gary Leff is insufferable, and morbidly obese. The guy never shuts up about inflight catering, and his fixation on free breakfasts borders on the pathological.
Just yesterday, he had yet another rant about how American hotel breakfast buffets aren't policed or secured, and "anyone could just walk in and eat for free."
I don’t buy it. We won’t give you the can bc it could hurt someone, but here’s a literal glass.
"...anyone could just walk in and eat for free."
Good grief he's awful. And if asked why he cares so much about hotel cheap industrial-made breakfast stealing, he'll always pivot to the RWNJ answer of "We ALL pay for breakfast theft in the form of higher rates and breakfast cost cutting!!! AAAAARGH!!!!! KEEP SHITTY BREAKFAST EXCLUSIVE AND THEFT FREE!!!! AARRRRRGH!!!!!"
Ji, I would hardly call a male stewardess a @man@. Lol. And NO, their job is simply to be nice to their customers. PERIOD!!!
Does anyone clean the top of the can ?
Or , are you ingesting the finger dirt residue from employees who don't wash their hands ?
Are we all shocked that libertarian Gary Leff has the worst possible opinion? I’m not.
I must say that I couldn't relate to much of anything that Gary wrote in that little tantrum of his. Someone has to pour his drink? What entitled rubbish! I expect better of him than this dribble. Perhaps he needs to join Nonstop Dan in whining about being "stuck because of the war zone".....in Singapore. From which there are loads of flights - but not on Emirates in First Class. That's the kind of tone deafness that was on display in that article.
If the FA is kind enough to leave the whole can of soft drink with me, I say "thank you" and am pleased. And that goes for wherever I am seated.
The larger question here is obviously why is anyone drinking Tito’s with Diet?
Sometimes you don’t get the can in the coach you only get a small cup of pop along with a few ice cubes. The flight attendant claims that they do not have much stock. and if you have your own drink or beverage, sometimes they won’t even give you ice claiming they do not have enough to give to passengers who bring their own beverages.
"I'll have a coke."
"Would you like that in the can?"
"No, I'll just have it right here, thanks."
-- National Lampoon's European Vacation, 1985
Ben, come on... You're German! Certainly you know plenty of people who would like a room temperature can of soda.
Cmon Sean M. this is corporate BS making a positive spin on a negative by hiding behind safety.
Might as well say flying service cart, food tray, utensils, ice, water, etc. can cause injury and we might as well have no service at all.
For safety reasons, no one should travel.
This is a known hazard for air travel. It's not like a it's intentional.
This is not a Final Destination movie fantasy made in Hollywood.
Yes he always faces hardship.
Life is hard when he can't decide if 1A or 1D is better.
Where did Gary get these ideas of superior grandeur so that it is beneath his station in life to pour a drink into a glass? Is this Prince Andrew being re-created for the lower classes. What a snob!
“Someone else should pour your drink” - poppycock and balderdash. If the flight is over 90 minutes wheels up to wheels down I’d like the can regardless of class.
I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t given the can without asking in economy (except on Southwest!), and I always ask for it in first. Never gotten a lick of pushback.
Alaska has migrated to the 7.5oz cans which I think is great for short flights but less effective on a transcon/midcon. In fairness Alaska does more services than others and their FAs are in the aisle more. Still seems a waste of aluminum.
Who is the person sneaking into the breakfast buffet for a 2oz yogurt cup and a shelf stable muffin? If anyone is hungry enough to do that, clearly they need the food.
Super edgy to bring up FA gender stereotypes that have been stale since the 1980s.
The only thing sadder than a troll is someone who can’t even do that right.
Gary is a pompous #$@%^&%. I no longer read his posts. 100% want the can btw...
My complaint is sometimes on the regional flights, FA often denies request of getting the whole can even when asked explicitly if I can get the can
Not on the regional though, even if I asked most of the time they still denies it.
I imagine Gary prefers to spend his time at the whine bar rather than the lounge preflight
I don't remember the last time I wasn't given a can on a domestic flight. On longer flights I usually have a couple glasses of wine and stick with water.
A half empty can isn't much of a risk as opposed to a laptop, phone or real glassware. I guess some people need something to be terrified of. Beware of those killer cans
I was pleasantly surprised when I flew China Airlines from Narita-Taipei- LA. On the second leg, the FA asked me if she could make the bed for me. I smiled at her and advised her that she was not my maid.
As for Gary, long ago, I posted a comment on his blog about a rich European landlord who rented his house in LA to an unsuspecting prolific tenant, who sued her previous landlords to hit a jackpot and enjoyed free rent. She sued him for tens of thousands of dollars and called a city inspector for violating building codes while paying no rent for nearly six months. The landlord rented his house without paying tax to city. I commented that LA and NYC have the most restricted laws on short-term rentals in the country. A couple of days later, he posted an article about NYC just implemented a new restricted law relating short term rentals plus a condescending remark that it was soooo predictable, etc... Needless to say, I no longer comment on his blog. I rarely read his blog long before the incidence.
First of all, Vodka and Diet Coke? That’s absolutely disgusting. Hopefully it was vodka on the rocks and the can of Diet Coke was saved for later. We can only hope.
And secondly, flight attendants absolutely HATE pouring Diet Coke into a cup with ice. It take a minimum of 3 pours due to the extreme carbonation at altitude. Giving out a can is far more efficient and expedient. On short flights with a beverage service, it’s all about efficiency and speed.
The whole can is the only way to go.
BTW on many airlines they just pour you a cup from a big bottle.
Solved the problem 🙂
100% agreed Ben - I always want the can. I have never read Gary's blog and I certainly won't be anytime soon!
The airlines should just use those half sized cans. The FA can ask you whether you want the can, the cup with ice or both. Problem solved.
I'm really tired of flight attendants giving me the evil eye when I ask for the can, in economy