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What’s a “smoothie”? I’ve only ever heard them being referred to by crew onboard as “energiser drink”! ;) And quite stingy are crew about it too, as in “Would you like a juice OR energiser drink?” - to which I would answer “Both.” but not without feeling that BA has succeeded in making me feel that I’ve been greedy. |
Originally Posted by orbitmic
(Post 31035268)
Seriously? This is frankly weird. Plenty of other airlines offer smoothies and have no apparent issues with the glassware. Is there an alternative offered? A second guest fresh squeezed juice (grapefruit, carrot, beetroot, etc) would not come amiss.
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I love those smoothies. I'll normally try and get a little extra sleep, skip the main breakfast and just have two glasses of smoothie.
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Once again, I repeat, BA will never know how you feel unless masses of you write in to complain!!
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Originally Posted by carrotjuice
(Post 31035525)
And quite stingy are crew about it too, as in “Would you like a juice OR energiser drink?” - to which I would answer “Both.” but not without feeling that BA has succeeded in making me feel that I’ve been greedy.
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I also love those smoothies. A recyclable paper cup would do it, as long as they don't use a plastic glass though.
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If the paper cup was printed in Club World colours - or even a few retro liveries - they could become a talking point rather than an issue. It could also be sold as being useful for those waking at the last moment, rather than giving out crockery in the final approaches.
I can see the problem, the smoothie bits would get glued on to the glass and no machine is going to be effective in getting them off. I keep meaning to do a smoothie mini-rant since I'm not that fond of the vanilla one, but the banana ones are good.
Originally Posted by GavT_london
(Post 31035527)
they have trouble offering orange juice as a welcome drink [enhanced away] - do you think they could cope with a second guest juice????
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Originally Posted by footballfanatic
(Post 31035501)
I’d rather get them in paper than not at all |
Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave
(Post 31035626)
If the paper cup was printed in Club World colours - or even a few retro liveries - they could become a talking point rather than an issue. It could also be sold as being useful for those waking at the last moment, rather than giving out crockery in the final approaches.
Appreciate it’a perhaps not that eco friendly though |
Originally Posted by fluffymitten
(Post 31035498)
I can see complaints about that! "I've paid for a CW ticket and my smoothie is in a PAPER cup!"
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Most paper cups are not recyclable though as they have a thin plastic coating. A truly paper cup tends not to be very liquid resistant, so I can see that introducing paper cups in the current zeitgeist might not be a smart move.
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This prompts the thought: how clean can the glasses actually be, if the cleaning process can't remove a bit of dried fruit pulp? What if there was, I don't know, some dried mucus instead? I guess it wouldn't be removed. Ugh. (Perhaps best not to pursue train of thought further)
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What about smoothie in a plastic cup?
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So BA is able to put some of the most complex machines into the air thousands of times every year, keep them there and make more than a billion pounds in profit... but it can't work out how to easily get a bit of dried fruit off a glass? I will give my services for a few thousand a year if they need a washer-upper with a bit of common sense...
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Are we sure it's the smoothie and not the eggs that have been enhanced?
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