Originally Posted by
JacksonFlyer
Well, to me it is a yes and no type of situation. I personally do not like pushing the button just for a drink as they may be attending to someone and leave them to answer my summons. Every time I hear a chime, all the FAs seem to look down the aisle to see whose button it is and usually they go there fairly quickly. That being said, if there were no FAs to be seen perhaps that is when I might consider pushing a button. However, as I said before, I am just as happy to go to the back, ask for a drink and use the facilities and pick the drink up on the way back. Luckily, I have been getting my upgrades to First, so not much of a problem for me currently,heh, heh.
I have used the button in F as well. As recently as this past Friday I was flying F to Hawaii from SFO on UA and I the cabin lights were off after dinner and some people were sleeping (I was playing video games). I wanted a cup of tea and the FAs were in the galley, so I pushed the button. An FA came out, I asked for a cup of tea, she brought it, and I thanked her. Pretty normal stuff, I think. Everyone was friendly and no one seemed upset in the slightest.
I think that some people are overly sensitive about this sort of thing. Just be polite (as you hopefully would be in any other situation) and there really shouldn't be a problem.