amartin1979

I noticed my neighborhood Chipotle is now stocking limes when before they only had lemons. Is the crisis abating or does my neighborhood have an upscale Chipotle?

jmanirish

While it may seem obvious to us native English speakers, google search the difference between lemons and limes in other languages, and you'll quickly see that depending on the region/language, some have have different words for these very different fruits, others do not. I have a couple friends from Mexico who always say "lemons" to refer to both lemons and limes. For example:
Lima menas Lime (Green)
Limón means Lemon (Yellow)

However, in certain Latin American countries this can vary,

in Colombia: lima is lemon and limón is lime
in Mexico: limón is used for both limes and lemons
in Ecuador: lima is used for both limes and lemons

discoverCSG

I just got a battlefield upgrade on 1026 from DCA-ORD.

FA graciously offered to take my coat and then asked for my beverage order. Without remembering this thread, I asked for a water with lemon. She told me they have no lemons or limes and brought me water without lemon.

Then, a minute later, she appeared with a blue plastic stirring implement on which was impaled a small slice of lemon. "Found one."

Too bad I didn't ask for a lime.

DErg

UA241 from ORD-SEA yesterday sadly had no lemons or limes. I had to drink my sparkling water with nothing

UA-NYC

No limes in PS C yesterday JFK-LAX

Shareholder

Talk about your First World tragedies!

CDKing

Unlike UA my DL flights had limes. Got 2 giant slices in my Margarita. There was no lime shortage on my 9 DL segments this month. AS stopped giving them out for a short time but was back fairly quick

DErg

It has emotionally scarred me to the point where I'm considering filing a DOT complaint about the lack of limes

Seat 1F

+1
I was on UA, DL, & UA flights last week. Only UA had no limes. AA & DL had limes aplenty in flight.

milepig

I'm still trying to figure who made this decision.

I assume that catering is supplied on a set price contracted basis. $xx per beverage can, $yy for a snack plate, etc. And, I'd assume $zz for bar setup (lemons, Limes, etc.)

So, did someone in the catering company call and say "we're going to need to increase the cost of the bar setup due to the price of limes"? Does the contract even allow for flexible costs based on such cost changes?

Then, who in UA decided to not accept the change and instead striking limes from the standard catering set up? I assume not Jeffie. Some catering cost manager who needs to work within a strict budget?

There isn't a Lime famine, just higher prices caused by a shortage. They're available. Some person decided to cut them, I doubt the caterers have the power to just stop supplying them. I also doubt that what they supply for a typical domestic flight amounts to much more than a single lime, we we're talking, what, $.50 more per flight??

fly18725

You have to remember that UAL owns its own caterer, which changes the dynamic. Plus, any caterer worth its snuff would negotiate a contract that allows it to pass variable food costs onto the airline and/or substitute products.

For what its worth, I was on an AA flight yesterday from an outstation with no limes. It's the last time I will ever fly AA.

DL2SXM

Quiz for my fellow FT'rs. What airline was this little slice of heaven found on this past Wednesday?

alex_b

Unless you're smuggling Delta cups onto AA, I'm guessing DL

kirkwoodj

Either Delta or Pan Am

mkrecek

I bought a fish taco at Del Taco (a cheap fast-food place in So-Cal) and to my surprise, they included a nice large lime wedge with it. So, cheap fast-food restaurant includes a lime, but UA First class is too cheap? I feel like a sucker sticking with this now-patheticly run airline.