Originally Posted by
jd2000
The question makes the assumption that you believe that a sleeping passenger shouldn't be woken up to ask if they want something to drink. In F, if it makes a difference -- it's not like it will be half an hour before they can get one if they miss their first opportunity.
It's a 737 on a 2-hour flight departing at 5pm. About 5 mins after takeoff 2D falls asleep (and if it matters, she's apparently GS, judging from pre-flight activity detailed
here) .
After the seatbelt sign comes off, the guy next to her goes to the lav, and the FA comes around taking drink orders, and wakes her up. They had an ensuing discussion about whether this was OK or not, and I definitely support the pax, but hypothetically:
If the FA started to wake up a sleeping pax next to you to offer them a drink, someone you didn't know, would you try to stop them?
I would not. First, for all I know, the pax asked the FA to wake him for meals, snacks or beverage service. Second, it's none of my business -- as long as the service is okay for me, I'm not going to interfere.
What I do object to, however, was the FA who made a point of not waking me to offer me a drink in F (which was fine), but then proceeded to stand next to my seatmate's seat and talk loudly for at least 10 minutes, waking me up. I finally told her, "You know, I was sleeping, like most passengers on this flight (it was a late-night transcon), and not only did you wake me up, but you're keeping me up." She apologized and what back to whatever it was she was doing. Friendly service is fine. Noisy/friendly, when most pax are asleep, is not.