I have another great question this week form Joe:

Q: Since you work first so much, I’ve got to ask, what’s the easiest/hardest meal to serve? Seems to me like breakfast would be pretty easy since it has a lot less options, at least on AA, which is who I tend to fly. It’s basically just three choices, omelet or cereal/fruit, bagel or biscuit, and drink. Once you get into the dinners, there are a couple of hot options, you’ve gotta worry about wine & cocktails on top of water & all the other drinks, etc, etc.

FP: I’ll answer for both cabins. In coach, I find it easier to serve lunch or dinner. Breakfast in coach involves a lot of coffee and tea. Here is a secret…..every FA I know has a pet peeve about passengers and coffee. The peeve is that nine out of ten people don’t tell you how they take their coffee. “What?” you say….is the big deal with that? Just ask them…right? Well, I’m not sure, but I can tell you from experience that it does get a tad annoying by row 32….leg #3. I guess you add that with having to ask, “Would like something to drink?” three times before the head phones come out of the ears and voila’….irritation sets in. I know that most passengers still don’t understand what the fuss is but trust me it’s not personal, it’s just one of those things: ) If you would like to get on your FAs good side, next time you fly say, “coffee, cream and sugar please.”

In FC everything is easier….to me. I find it more relaxing and Breakfast is a bit easier up front……(except for scrambling those eggs and the bacon splattering everywhere…hahaha!!) You’re right it is usually a lighter fare and even if all of my passengers kept how they take their coffee to themselves I only have to ask, “how do you take that?” at the most twenty four times;-) The only problem is I never work early enough to serve breakfast. I guess I like checking in late more than anything else!