Beverage options on a plane
 

These are beverage options:

http://theoatmeal.com/blog/beverage_options

Since not a general travel news story per http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/newss...elsewhere.html moving to Travel Buzz

cblaisd
Moderator, Newsstand

The oatmeal is usually quite thorough, but this time he forgot an option: tomato juice.

Which leads me to a question - why is it that lots of people drink tomato juice on an aircraft, but it's not a common order in a bar?

I've had this question myself, and if you google it there are extensive theories about it, but apparently everyone else is wondering the same thing :p

It's healthier than soda? Doesn't have caffeine? They've managed to sneak their vodka on board?

It's a great question - I find myself craving it when I'm on a plane.

Could it be they are thinking that a request for tomato juice is a rarity, so they'll get the entire can/bottle to themselves?

That's one funny website! :)

I acutally got "addicted" to ginger ale many years while flying. I used to fly Eastern Shuttle(later Trump Shuttle, then US Airways Shuttle) and commute BOS-LGA daily. I must have had a gallon of ginger ale onboard every week. :)

Am I the only one that finds it quite surprising - and a little bit scary - that there in fact are extensive theories about this?

Question: Has consuming so much Ginger Ale helped oyour overall well being over the years?

I drink ginger ale on a regular basis on the premise that its good for you.. but don't know if that's really the overall expected results..

A German comedian once pointed out a theory that it reminds people of blood. Having a slight fear of flying in the back of one's head, it may make sense to stock up... :D

Speaking for myself, I actually like tomato juice a lot (also at home), however, for some reason I need to see it to get the craving... :D

Yesterday I went shopping in a drink market [Is there such an expression in English? Never found dedicated stores for drinks in the US or UK, not talking about liquor stores] and as I walked past tomato juice I was thinking "Yum - that would be good now!".

Same if I fly LH - I usually spot the Tomato Juice on the cart and have one. Not seeing it on BA, I'll order a coke... weird but true.

As for Bars: I hardly ever 'see' tomato juice in Bars (well for Bloody Marys maybe)... Also it's just not a bar drink, is it?

I know why I do on short flights: I'm often just a tiny bit hungry/peckish, but not hungry enough to buy food, and a can of tomato juice is perfect to quench this.

That's true as well...

Don't think so. In UK English, a liquor store is an "off licence" (because it is licenced to sell alcohol for consumption off the premises) but you don't really get separate soft-drinks stores in the way you do in say Germany. I think that's because we don't sell them in large crates like the Germans do, so it's just as easy for them to be on the shelves in supermarkets with everything else. And, unlike Germany, dilute-at-home "squash" drinks are very popular and again take up less space.

Neil