But at least they are keeping the economy going.

With tears in my eyes, I pulled into the gas station Tuesday, and filled my car with gasoline priced at $3.95. I had checked online not even a half an hour before, to see what parts of Columbus had the cheapest gasoline. I drove 20 miles on "E," to "my" gas station, nervously singing to Sara Bareillis and constantly glancing at my dashboard, all for supposed $3.62 per gallon gasoline. I was too late.

I bring up the gas prices because I work for a private aviation catering company. I do not handle the food; however, I do coordinate catering for those people lucky/affluent/fortunate enough to fly in private jets as their major means of transportation. We process orders for actors, actresses, millionaires, billionaires, athletes, royalty and professional sports teams. In the 10 months I have worked at this company, I have seen almost everything. From new puppy Superman costumes to "Playboy" magazines, these folks have no limits. When the rest of us are worrying about the price of gasoline, more specifically driving on "E" for 20 miles to get the cheapest gas, those of privileged stature can spend $500 on a catering for a two-hour trip.

When an order goes wrong, whether it be by the fault of the kitchen, client services, or the ordering company, a deviation is created. Most of the time, deviations are boring, straight-to-the-point, no frills. However, there are deviations such as the following that remind us that our clients are still human and still have moments like the rest of us. (Names, companies have been removed to protect privacy, of course.)

"We thought you should know that the catering on our Cabo flight was not good. The tuna wraps were inedible. Our family flew from Cabo a couple weeks ago and had the same reaction. I think you need to find a different caterer.
BTW – serving the pilots a rum cake soaked in rum, is not a good idea (they didn’t eat it)."

"Someone may want to inform the caterers that they should actually place food inside of the crew lunch bags. These meals are getting worse. I know we're attempting to slim down some of our less spry crew members, but I'm 6'4" 220lbs- I need more than an apple and a cup of lettuce."

"Spoke with Carol and she had been meaning to make us aware that the Catering on board for the flight on 4/26 was poor. She said that the Turkey sandwiches had only 1 slice of turkey and cheese with two pieces of bread "slapped together" also seemed to be sogging. She said, 'A 3 year old can make a better sandwich'."

"Myrna reported that the fresh squeezed orange juice was too thick. She could "barely get it out of the container." Her passengers would not drink it. Please credit from invoice. See feedback"

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