Once I was in a domestic flight in India and as I remember a one hop flight - either to or from Chennai. The crew on board were distributing meals on board. As I opt for special meals, got served first. But the pack did not have the cutlery. Eating by hand wasn't an option.
So I notified the Air Hostess about this. She said she will give. But forgot all about it. Then they started collecting the packs and the Lady who came to collect the waste, saw mine and asked, "what happened?". I told that am waiting for the cutlery. She profusely apologized
She then offered me an option. Either she will take this pack, reheat and then serve or give a fresh pack in the 2nd half of the flight. I opted for the latter. This was another crew member who was attending to.
In the 2nd half, my request was taken care of. Then I chatted with her - the stories of passengers who keep demanding things, who make life a wee bit more tough on flights, when things are not available and like. I told her many don't understand what means to be an Air Crew.
The Small Big Things of Life: A little bit of understanding and polite requests always work better than demanding and throwing around one's weight. I got reminded of this incident while reading @almightykarthik's thread -
https://twitter.com/almightykarthik/status/1392301056390885379?s=20
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