Originally Posted by simonsmith
And what about all the passenger food / beverages that the FAs help themselves to?? On a KLM flight last year one of the FAs couldnt get more little houses into her bag if she tried! Would shouting at them be ok I wonder or might the hand cuffs be brought out?
As someone who in the distant past has been close enough to a KLM crew member (though I wouldn't immediately use the expression "had my hands on their nuts") to be upgraded in great ad-hoc style on crew trips on more than one occasion in the past, I can assure you that anything that is not bolted down to the aircraft does get and is stolen by the flight attendants. It is frankly shocking to see the sheer bulk that regularly disappears into carry-on bags, particularly those of family flying with the FAs.
Before it was entire tins of caviar & whole bottles of vodka. Now it is champagne, biz class wine, huisjes, chocolates, the occasional unaccounted for duty free item, you name it.
If you have a KLM flight attendant over for dinner, don't blush when they present you with a stolen bottle of business class wine; if you are invited to eat at their house you might be served on a complete KLM cutlery set while admiring their double collection of huisjes.
My guess is that the lecture given to the passenger by the FA was partly the combined result of a crew-drink hangover and guilty projection.