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Old May 1, 2017 | 11:50 am
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nrr
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Originally Posted by Premier Owl
I had a little tete a tete with an American cabin crew the other day. Pressed my call button twice within 15 minutes and got a "I am busy" response after the second ping, to which I replied, I am thirsty, should I help myself ??

She turned her back without a response.

When the Captain did a short walk about, I mentioned it to him - never did see the crew member again for the entire flight...but I did get a top up, in fact several... oh... it was a longhaul and I was in F !

Thank goodness the American culture of service industry tipping has not been extended to having to tip cabin crew !!
If tipping DID extend to cabin crew, a FA would be at your seat within seconds of your pressing the CB.
When I flew on DL (a long time ago), jfk-las, a routing which attracts lots of groups going to a bachelor party, they were buying lots of rounds of drinks AND tipping the FA.
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