‘His face said it all’: Vegetarian passenger backtracks on request for ‘veggie meal’ after flight attendant complies, serving passenger ‘first class salad'

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Eleonora Bader
Sep 11, 2023 10:00 AM EDT

Flight attendants are usually pretty smiley, nice, and overall helpful, as long as you don't do something to leave them with a sour taste in their mouths. The same goes for anyone working in customer service, or hosting, of any kind. I can tell you that back when I was a waitress, a big grin and a kind word went a long way. If an entitled Karen showed up, I would not go out of my way to do a good job, but rather, I might have opted to be petty, and he or she would have been none the wiser.

One flight attendant took justice into their own hands when a rude passenger confronted them about a vegetarian meal that they wanted. The crew had run out, and this passenger had not pre-ordered. At first, OP wanted to help the passenger out, but quickly backtracked when they realized that the passenger was pretending to be vegetarian in order to get a better meal.

That did not fly well with OP (pun intended), and petty revenge was soon served, cold, on a plate. I hope the passenger learned his lesson and will treat staff a little better next time. But hey, you never know, maybe the sour experience did not make a dent in the passengers' managers. Next up, a fast food worker whose hours were suddenly gone after the company found out she was dating one of the managers.

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    Font - Posted by u/Troikos 2 days ago Fake Vegetarian on Flight M OC Okay so just to preface this. I'm a Cabin Crew member (Flight Attendant). I've been doing it for over 10y. Any issues that crop up during my work day I will bend over backwards to accommodate people, if I can. However, there are unfortunately a handful of people
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    Font - that are dishonest to try and get what they want. Fake injuries to try and get upgraded, fake birthdays, you name it, people have tried it and believe you me, I've had loads of scenarios where people try to cheat the system because it makes them feel special or that they have one upped me, I guess?
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    Font - Let me tell you about a fake vegetarian I had on board... He was flying in economy (coach) in the 2nd from last row. He wanted the pasta option. I apologised and told him due to popular demand we had ran out in the middle of the cabin, but we had the chicken option instead if he wanted thay. Without skipping a beat he said "I'm a vegetarian. Last time they brought me a meal from business class, so I will just wait for that".
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    Font - Now, this is something I would have offered anyway as a nicety, (if available), as I'm not too much of a and I genuinely like helping people out, if I can. (After all, it's a 747, not a 7-Eleven, as the saying goes). d Anyway, the way he just expected it right off the bat before I could even offer a solution left a slightly bad taste in my mouth. And also I smelled a rat. I was 99% sure that I
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    Font - had cleared in an empty packet of smokey bacon Crisps from him earlier on, and no, they weren't a veggy brand as I have the same ones occasionally. I was certain that he was being picky and wanted a higher quality meal. (Plus, any regular flyer would know how often we run out of the veggy
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    Font - option and to preorder a veggy meal). I said 'It's unfortunate that you didn't pre order a vegetation meal, I will see what I can do for you though, just give me 5 mins to finish up here D Anyway, I went up to Business Class. They had also ran out of the Veggy option. So I went up to First Class and asked if they could spare
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    Font - anything. We ended up putting a few leaves together with a bit of dressing. (They spend £1000s more up there and can dine at any time, so they didn't want me taking any of the hot Veggy options in case someone wanted it later. Fair enough). Then I thought... I could probably have some fun with this fake Vegetarian. Cue malicious compliance.
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    Font - I brought it back down on a Silver tray and held it above his eyeline so he couldn't see what it was. I explained that unfortunately the vegetarian business class option had run out, then he went to cut me off so he could complain, but I held up my hand and said "However, I managed to go one step further and I got the last vegetarian meal from FIRST CLASS
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    Font - Then I pulled the linen cloth off the top of the tray as I placed the salad down in front of him. (It really was a very basic but large salad and his face said it all). His face went from a smug "Haha, I worked the system" to "V Fis that?!" within 2/3 seconds flat.
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    Font - He then said "I wanted something hot, I'll just have the chicken then". I put on a shocked face and said "I cannot give you that Sir, I would feel awful." He responded with "Don't worry about it, it's fine". I gave him an "Are you sure you're vegetarian?" look and brought back the chicken, by which point it had been sat drying up in the oven a little bit longer. Bon appetite ((9)
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    Font - Just to say, even if he was a real vegetarian, he should have pre ordered. Same goes for Gluten Free, Vegan, Children's Meal, Diabetic, etc... Anyway, that's my story. Sorry if I rambled a bit (D)
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    Font - Electronic_World_894. 2 days ago I love it! I am vegetarian and I always preorder. And even with preordering, some flights run out of vegetarian options. Sigh. I've never been offered anything more than a bag of chips as a "sorry" for that.
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    Font - You are a great cabin crew member for doing that for the vegetarians! And I loved this malicious compliance! 42.1k Reply Share
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    Font - OtterBurrow- 2 days ago I pre-ordered the vegeratian meal once. It was a plate of iceberg lettuce with a packet of dressing. 162 Reply Share siccoblue 2 days ago Excuse me sir that's called a wedge salad up in first class. Have some respect. 110 Reply Share
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    Font - Araucaria2024 - 2 days ago I admit that I accidentaly did this once, many years ago. I had moved to the back row as it was empty (14hr Sydney to Dubai flight), so the only thing left was the fish option. Now airline food is bad enough, but airline fish sounds like a recipe for disaster. I declined, I can live with
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    Font - skipping one meal, but she kept pushing it on me, so I eventually said I was allergic to fish, and not to worry, but I'd love another glass of wine if she got a chance after food service, and then settled back down to watch a movie. Twenty minutes later, I'd completely put it out of my mind, but she comes
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    Font - down the aisle and hands me a huge tray and tells me she'd managed to get a first class meal for me, and also just handed me a bottle of the wine she was serving, and a pass to the business class lounge on our stopover (6 hrs in Dubai before flying on to London). I felt so guilty (although I enjoyed the hell out of it!). 114 Reply Share
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    Font - Newbosterone - 2 days ago I had a coworker who travelled over 100,000 miles a year. He knew which meals on which airlines were best and would pre-order them. Apparently the Kosher option is pretty good. 649 Reply Share
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    Font - Troikos OP 2 days ago He is right I definitely recommend the Kosher Option! You get more stuff usually too 371 Reply
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