Originally Posted by
putzin
Outsider here.
That's just a flight attendant being lazy. There are zero reasons for a blocked middle seat and zero reasons for them not to provide service.
To subsidize the company while leaving money and passengers behind is just plain foolish.
That flight attendant is saying exactly what the company has told him or her.
When beverage service was first completely suspended and when the modified water-only service started, the company explained it to the flight attendants as JUST THAT - to limit the amount of contact with customers.
Whether you or I or anyone else accept that explanation, it is the company's explanation so it's pretty rude of you, as an outsider, to call one of our flight attendants lazy for quoting it.
I don't even think the company is stocking alcohol on the aircraft right now.
Furthermore, I don't think any of the other U.S. major carriers are serving alcohol in coach right now for the same reason. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong on that point.