Originally Posted by
emma69
I'm on the 'cut some slack' front too.
Last weekend I was in Washington D.C. and paid around $40 for a quick bite to eat and a soft drink (or, in normal terms, about double what it should have cost for two people in a city). a) It was easy to just grab food where we were and b) it was in one of the museums, which had free entry, so I figure supporting with food purchase was fair enough.
(I then stopped at CVS on the way back to the hotel to pick up some pop for the room!)
But you understand the cost/value proposition. OP called it a negative that he paid that amount. It's a tradeoff; convenience and 'safe' food at a high cost, vs local food at a lower cost. Hopefully he understands that now and doesn't see it as a negative but as a choice he made.
If one complains or call it a negative, I believe that it is fair to point out that one had options, and how to avoid that situation in future.
I wouldn't want to be at LHR this week; on the weekend I managed to fly at a relatively quiet time, but some of the vendors were almost completely out of stock and said that they had been overwhelmed with customers even though they had stocked up in anticipation of a very busy weekend. I believe that LHR departure traffic today was up over 25%. I've flown at the end of Olympics in past and it isn't always easy, no matter how well managed.