The most recent mention on meal priority as applied to the PE cabin had me thinking.

On my most recent trip back from Hong Kong, I flew PE, and when the FA asked me for my meal choice for the first meal, I told him that both selections looked good, so he could bring me whatever was left over after he'd checked with the other passengers (despite only being E50K, I was one of the first people asked, if not the first one - I wasn't really paying attention before he asked me). After he'd checked everybody else's preferences, he came back to me and said he had some of both meals,so I chose.

At the time I though I was being considerate, since I honestly didn't have a preference and didn't want to take an option away from somebody who did but would be asked after me. However, now I'm thinking that I might just have created more work for the FA, since he came back to me afterward.

I'm socially awkward and bad at reading body language, and socially awkward, so I honestly couldn't tell at the time which way I should have gone. (Did I mention I'm socially awkward?) However, I figure that if I canvass the group mind, I might be able to get a better feel for the next time this occurs.