Flight Attendant Takes Drink Orders. Then A Passenger Requests Something Baffling: ‘All-Inclusive Expectations At 35,000 Feet’

For some people, vacation is a state of mind. That means anywhere, anytime can be—with the right cocktail—a resort experience.

Or at least that’s the case for one recent flyer who tested the bounds of “all-inclusive” when she tried to order a specialty drink from Nadi (@thenadilew). The veteran flight attendant had to subtly remind her passenger that once you’re on the plane headed home, vacation is over.

2 Types Of Passengers

“There are two types of passengers I’ve noticed whenever I’m doing an international turn,” says Nadi in a TikTok that’s been watched over 135,000 times.

“Passengers who’ve completely disassociated from vacation. They get on the plane [and] they either want water or nothing at all,” she says.

Brief pause.

Now it’s time to get the story behind the in-screen statement, “All-inclusive expectations at 35,000 feet.”

She continues, “Then there’s your passengers that still feel as though the party’s not over, and this aircraft is an all-inclusive resort.”

But Where’s The Cherry Juice?

“I was doing a Belize turn, and I ask this woman what she’d like to drink,” Nadi explains.

Her answer: “A Dirty Shirley.”

“What’s that?” Nadi asks. But to herself and the audience, she says, “Forgive me, I did not know what a Dirty Shirley was. I do now know what a Dirty Shirley is.”

The passenger explains that it’s a Shirley Temple all grown up. That is to say, add vodka.

“Ma’am we don’t have that,” Nadi says with admirable restraint.

“So you can’t just put the cherry juice and some Sprite [in a glass] and add the vodka?” asked the passenger, per Nadi.

At this point, the flight attendant is forced to explain that not only does she not have cherry juice, she doesn’t have produce of “any sort” on the aircraft.

A Mode Of Transportation, Not A Bar

The comments section is a combination of users stumbling over themselves to detail their “low maintenance flyer routines” and those who’ve worked in the industry.

“I love it when they ask me for FRESH orange juice!” exclaimed Inês Yebra (@ines.yebra).

While Katie (@tinytamale) contributed, “Or when they come onboard and say “hola” like please just go sit down [melting face emoji].”

TikToker @flyygirlsteph noted, “They want cold foam creamer, lemonade and anything else we don’t serve.”

“I’m the passenger who says hello at the door, buckles up, covers up, headphones on goes to sleep. It doesn’t matter if it’s a 25 minute or 5 hour flight. The best rest I’ve ever gotten outside of anesthesia is on flights. I refuse to be the annoying passenger,” another said.

How Not To Be The Annoying Passenger

It seems like common sense: Behaving on a flight is behaving in public but perhaps with more kindness. But sometimes, people need direct cues. That’s where The Points Guy can help sort things (or give you a good laugh).

He’s got nine distinct points to consider. Among them (for the love of groomed toes), keep your socks on.  Also, don’t indulge in any plucking, picking, or trimming (save the personal grooming for the restroom). And finally, remember you’re not in a hotel—meaning the flight attendants are not bartenders.

Flying is a shared endurance experience, like a family reunion without your fun cousins to sneak off and smoke with. You’re packed in with other people and their stuff, barely able to move, subsisting on Biscoff and Diet Coke. Here the focus is on landing in time to slog on to the next leg of the journey.

What Did Passenger Party Time End Up Drinking?

“Baby that vacation brain is real [sobbing emoji]. Sorry boo, play time is over … Vodka cran perhaps?” reads Nadi’s caption to the video, and it forecasts the end of the passenger interaction.

The closest she can get to the requested beverage is a vodka and cranberry drink.

“OK, I guess that’s fine,” the passenger reportedly told Nadi.

“It’s gonna have to be fine,” Nadi says. “This aircraft is not the all-inclusive resort you just left, and I am not the bartender who kept the Dirty Shirleys coming.”

It’s not clear whether she’s talking to herself, the viewers, or the passenger.

Moral of story? If you’ve gotta keep the vacation vibes going, do it discreetly (and with your shoes on).

BroBible reached out to Nadi via email and TikTok direct message. We will update this article with any travel tips she shares.