Originally Posted by
fumje
I take longer to eat than most, and I often fall behind the attendants' normal schedule for app/main/dessert. I've never had one try to rush me along. Unless I'm not interpreting correctly, the experience you describe seems normal, actually. Did the FA pressure you to take dessert as soon as your dishes were cleared or to stop eating your nuts when the appetiser was served?
Originally Posted by
zoegksf
Me too. I have never had a problem eating at my own pace. I think American's eat way too fast. I prefer the European way of eating, nice and slow. Oftentimes I am still on my starter when others on dessert.
On a flight ORD-MUC last May, the FA told my wife that she should talk less to her neighbor and eat faster. However, my wife did have an excuse for eating in a slow manner: the spicy chicken is not so easy to eat if you don't want all the sauce on the front of your shirt.
I have to add that my wife is European and a meal is something to enjoy.