A quick story about not having snack mix on board...this is better. A couple of years ago I was flying SMF to somewhere on the east coast, lets say IAD I think. Anyway, we get on the plane in Sacramento at 6 AM and there is terrible fog. So we wait, and wait and wait some more.

After 2 hours sitting on an active runway the captain comes on and basically says that its a zoo in the terminal (lots of missed connections) and should the fog break if he taxied back to the gate we would lose our place in line for takeoff and therefore it would be better to remain on the tarmac. So, of course we sit there.

Well we sat there for another 3 hours (its now five+ hours) before the fog lifted and we finally took off for our 5 hour flight.

After an hour into the flight the FA comes on and says, that due to the fact that we waited so long all of the meals were not allowed to be served (they could have been bad). But we have some peanuts/snack mix if you want some. Well it was like feeding meat to the lions. People were taking like 10 packs of these things. By the time the FAs got to the back of the plane (I am told) of course there was nothing to eat.

Needless to say people were eating the seat cushions by the time we finally landed, 10+hours afer taking off (12 hours if you include travel to the airport etc.).

Oh, the joys of travelling.