I recently took the London Heathrow to Larnaca flight which was delayed for about 1 hour and 15 minutes. When we were finally allowed to board the aircraft, I attempted, in vain, to speed things up by rushing to get on board and settle down as quickly as possible. I stowed my hand luggage, took out my headphones, iPad, reading material and settled down waiting for the other passengers to do their own thing. A crew member approached me proudly brandishing his B.A iPad.
Him: Mr Sukkar? Welcome back on board, I am Tom, Senior cabin steward
Me: Hello
Him: I have you down for a special diet meal and a wheelchair at the Larnaca end, right?
Me: Wrong! I do not take any meal on board, special or otherwise. As for the wheelchair, unless I take the special diet meal on offer, I will leave the aircraft the way I boarded, using my own legs
Him: Ooops! Thank you for letting me know
Me: Not at all.
