a fellow GGLer and I were travelling together on the UD not long ago and starter and main orders were taken early in the flight.

however, when it came to serving, the crew apologised and told us that he thought he had 12 shrimp loaded when in fact there were only 9 so told us we could only have the alternative (the goats cheese - which turned out to be very tasty).

given neither of us were addressed by name at any point, I sort of assume that the crew on UD didnt have a manifest or didnt look at it so they didnt do orders (or allocation) by status.

no big deal for either of us though.