Why you shouldn’t order this drink on a flight
Flight attendants have to deal with a lot of mess and irritable passengers. Although it is, indeed their job, a little kindness wouldn’t hurt, so here is how you can make your flight attendant’s life easier.
To put it simply, you can order anything you like, with the exception of diet coke. Fizzy drinks generally cause problems because of the cabin pressure, according to the Independent. Back in 2013, an anonymous author wrote on the blog These Gold Wings about the time consuming technique needed for pouring Diet Coke:
“I literally have to sit and wait for the bubbles to fall before I can continue pouring. If all 3 passengers ask for diet coke I’ll often get them started, take another three drink orders, serve those, and then finish the diet cokes.”
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Former flight attendant and author Heather Poole, made similar points about the pouring problems in an article for Mental Floss: “Of all the drinks we serve, Diet Coke takes the most time to pour — the fizz takes forever to settle at 35,000 feet. In the time it takes me to pour a single cup of Diet Coke, I can serve three passengers a different beverage. So even though giving cans to first-class passengers is a big no-no, you’ll occasionally spy 12 ounces of silver trimmed in red sitting up there.”
However, in 2012, Poole wrote on her site that flight attendants don’t care much about the drink: “Let me repeat, we do NOT hate serving Diet Coke. Nor do we hate serving passengers. Or even passengers in general. For the record, I drink Diet Coke both as a flight attendant and as a passenger.”
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