Originally Posted by
knope2001
That reminds me of something funny the other day coming back from MCI on the 717. It was a cookie flight (425...in the evening) and we were nearly full. F/A #1 pushed the beverage cart ahead of him and started serving from the front. By the time he reached row 5, F/A #2 came with a cart to serve cookies. Because drinks take much longer than cookies, I figured the cookie cart would catch up to drinks quickly, which it did.
Because F/A #2 was blocked by her own cookie cart, and then the drink cart itself, she couldn't get to the other side of the beverage cart to help serve either. I figured that F/A #1 would get stuck serving all the drinks (which would take a long time on a full 717) and F/A #2 would slowly serve cold cookies behind.
Instead, the cookie cart actually passed the drink cart at row 11...the first row of Saver which is only 2x2 instead of 2x3. It was quite a sight to see them try to squeeze one cart past the other, and the person seated in 11B ended up getting exceptionally cozy with one of the F/A for about 15 long seconds. But they managed to do it.
That's a pretty funny story!
On my recent flights that include BOB, I have noticed that al the signature passengers get served both meals and drinks before moving to Saver. in my experience, the F/A selling meals comes through signature first, sells/serves meals, then stops at Row 11 to fill the drink orders in Signature before again moving on to Saver.
Not a big deal, but it's a slight preference to the Signature passengers. That logic makes sense, considering they get more revenue from those passengers, but it takes a little bit away from the "all passengers are treated the same" philosophy associated with having a single class containing two seating options.