Some crews are great, some are lousy.

I just experienced back-to-back crews that were night and day.

Outbound: fanstastic F FA -- always on her feet, did everything by the book, constantly topping off drinks, pitched in in the back when she had spare time, kept a great attitude despite having to go back to get a few things she'd run out of, and even having to deal with whiny pilots who complained that the milk with the cereal was 2% not skim. She sat down for maybe 5 minutes, if that.

Return: 2 chatty F FAs -- did the service, but didn't come around that frequently after the meal, difficult to get their attention when refills were needed, closed up the liquor cabinet 1 hour out, and used plastic cups towards the end of the flight.