Alcohol consumption in CE
Sep 24, 2018, 10:22 am
#76
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Sep 24, 2018, 10:27 am
#77
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I believe wildly inaccurate posts like yours should be corrected. It’s clear you’re either incapable or unwilling to do this for some reason. I’m impressed you’re now happy to deem it irrelevant given you started it in the first place, but there we are.
Apologies again for the OTs folks.
Apologies again for the OTs folks.
Sep 24, 2018, 10:28 am
#78
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Again, you haven’t understood how this data is compiled and presented. Just read through this properly:
https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/researc...onsumption-uk/
(My last post on the subject - sorry everyone for going so OT!)
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulat...atbritain/2017
- 20.4% of survey respondents reported that they did not drink alcohol at all.
For those who are tee total. please do not worry. I am doing my best to make up for you
Sep 24, 2018, 11:20 am
#79
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I flew from GLA to LHR on Saturday and the crew happily served me 4 rounds of Tanqueray and tonic. All of them proactively offered. I even got the last one in a plastic cup to enable me to land with it. Great service on such a short flight.
Sep 24, 2018, 12:09 pm
#80
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yes, definitely not the case that the majority of adults do not drink
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulat...atbritain/2017
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulat...atbritain/2017
Still this has nothing to do with the price of fish which is whether the remark alleged to have been made to the OP constituted anything other then a bit of friendliness. Most seem to think so from what I can gather
Sep 24, 2018, 12:23 pm
#81
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i gave my source, the 2017 Adult Drinking Habbits in Great Britain, Office for National Statistics, but yes you right you have taken us way off topic with irrelevancies.
as you can see it states 29.2 million people are estimated to drink in the UK, with a population of 65.1 million.
As to the OP’s question I would generally cautiously side with BA but how one takes these comments is so personal and dependent on the moment that am not sure there is a right or wrong. Say it and you’re rude, don’t say anything and you’re bland. One of BA’s few merits is to have crews with personalities rather than robots...
Sep 24, 2018, 5:41 pm
#83
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tbh @navylad you don't need a survey taken by the medical profession or commissioned by HM Gvmnt. It's well known that societal pressure / guilt leads most people to lie to their GP about their smoking and drinking levels making such data massively unreliable at any given time since such studies were commissioned.
I count men & women from all 3 emergency services as good friends and many a NHS worker ( more broadly) and they from personal experience wouldn't even consider consuming that little on a night out if they've moved onto their rest days.
I count men & women from all 3 emergency services as good friends and many a NHS worker ( more broadly) and they from personal experience wouldn't even consider consuming that little on a night out if they've moved onto their rest days.
Oct 2, 2018, 4:22 pm
#84
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I found the assertion that most people did not quite unbelievable. Apart from religious or medical reasons, most do in my experience. They may not drink much, but they still do.
Still this has nothing to do with the price of fish which is whether the remark alleged to have been made to the OP constituted anything other then a bit of friendliness. Most seem to think so from what I can gather
Still this has nothing to do with the price of fish which is whether the remark alleged to have been made to the OP constituted anything other then a bit of friendliness. Most seem to think so from what I can gather
It was rude, plain and simple.
Oct 2, 2018, 4:34 pm
#85
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mixed fleet longhaul is already bad enough, can one imagine if you couldn't have a joke with them?
Oct 2, 2018, 5:44 pm
#86
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Glad I’m not the only one to be regularly given a plastic cup on the descent.
When it’s accompanied by another 2 mini-bottles “to keep Sir going during the taxi”, you know you’ve got a classic BA crew. 🙂
When it’s accompanied by another 2 mini-bottles “to keep Sir going during the taxi”, you know you’ve got a classic BA crew. 🙂
Oct 3, 2018, 8:21 am
#87
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Never had a problem with this in CE or Y when it was free. I am usually proactive in asking for a plastic glass with my final order. My record for a domestic was 4 G + T's on a very quiet Saturday evening LHR-GLA flight.
Recently in the states I was pleasantly surprised by the AA domestic first service. I had heard all sorts of stories of how parsimonious they could be. Pre departure drinks offered on both flights and whenever my glass was empty I was offered another drink.
Recently in the states I was pleasantly surprised by the AA domestic first service. I had heard all sorts of stories of how parsimonious they could be. Pre departure drinks offered on both flights and whenever my glass was empty I was offered another drink.
Oct 3, 2018, 8:37 am
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Oct 3, 2018, 9:55 am
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In my limited experience with AA it’s been flood or drought. Either pouring it down my throat with gay abandon or looking at me askance when I ask for a second drink on a 2-3 hour flight. Glad you had the former.
Oct 3, 2018, 10:08 am
#90
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tbh @navylad It's well known that societal pressure / guilt leads most people to lie to their GP about their smoking and drinking levels making such data massively unreliable at any given time since such studies were commissioned.
Reported alcohol consumption based on surveys that ask people how much and how often they drink typically amounts to 40%-60% of total alcohol sales in studies conducted internationally. This was roughly confirmed for consumption in England in a 2013 study by University College London and Health Survey for England
The ONS also caveat the numbers referenced upthread on this basis:
It is likely that the estimates underestimate drinking levels to some extent. Social surveys consistently produce estimates of alcohol consumption that are lower than the levels indicated by alcohol sales data. This is likely to be because people either consciously or unconsciously underestimate their alcohol consumption.