It always amazes me when I read TR's where the author:
- Arrives at the lounge 3 hours prior to STD and proceeds to sample every single dish on the menu, washed down with good deal of bubbly, then;
- Boards the aircraft, and polishes off 3 bowls of nuts and 4 glasses of bubbles prior to takeoff;
- Orders the whole full-scale extravaganza lunch, with several glasses of wine;
- Passes-out for 4 hours due to gastric overload, then regains consciousness and reaches for the snack menu;
- Chooses several items and more bubbly;
- Stumbles back from the toilet to find their bed made, passes out for another 4 hours, then;
- Awakens to a full-scale, four-course breakfast with a couple of Bloody Mary's, then after arrival;
- Staggers into the arrivals lounge for a quick shower and... A quick visit to the breakfast buffet!
OK, if you're a sometime-traveler, especially if you rarely get to sit in the first dozen or so rows on long flights, this behaviour is totally excusable. In fact, I'd encourage it! I get the feeling, however, that a good number of the people who write of their Bacchanalian inflight gustatory orgies are accustomed to sitting up the front. I just hope they also have a good Cardiologist on retainer for when they wake up with crushing central chest-pain at 0300 one morning! That, and an iron-clad Will.