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Old Nov 8, 2014 | 6:42 pm
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Originally Posted by Kacee
The thing is, it's not like this service is particularly effective or efficient (and certainly not gracious). They run around like crazy, but it can still take an hour for you to get a drink. Then they just dump the food on your table and disappear. Definitely feels like it is all for their convenience, not yours.
CO crews tend to make all the drinks (or one aisle's worth at a time) in an assembly line format. So if you are in row 1, there were 19 drinks made after yours by the time you get it. And if you're in the back, there were 19 drinks served to ahead of yours after yours was made.

Bottom line, if you order anything carbonated, it's flat by the time you get it; if you order a beer, it's starting to get warm, etc.
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