Originally Posted by
binman
I don’t actually care what the service standard states on ShortHaul the crew should always serve ladies first. It’s simple manners.
It drove my late mother mad when they did this and she’s been gone since 2008!
I have on more than one occasion in the past directed crew to serve my wife first, even in F.
The rest of the OPs tale is now pretty normal.
This is nonsense, we don’t live in the 1920s. The crew should serve according to the standard guidance, offering meal choices according to status/CIV if required.