Originally Posted by
rjw242
If your method works on bartenders, though, let me know if you're in SF sometime. We've got the world champs for grumpy "service" out here, so I'm curious how you'd do

Ha! Might take you up on that, I get out to the bay a couple/few times a year. Never noticed service was any worse than elsewhere...it's the east coast folks who really pride themselves on their meanness
Your other point is well-taken; if the call button puts an FA on tilt, there's something bad wrong with that FA. I think I'd have a decent chance of getting them past it, but you're certainly right that it's not a good place to start. I haven't ever personally seen that, but I also recognize that even a few hundred flights is still a small sample size.