[finnigan2]

"Why should this first-class pain in the ass risk her manicure?"

- I seem to have missed something here. Whether it was couch or first class, I would have been upset if Brown had handed me a towel and said, "Clean it up yourself".
If Brown thought it was beneath her dignity to clean up the mess, she should herself have gone immediately to the properly authorized seat cleaner and arranged for it to be done.
Why should paying passengers be expected to service the aircraft?

[angkor]

"If Brown thought it was beneath her dignity to clean up the mess,"

I suspect you are getting close to a central truth about this incident.

[WideGlide]

Why should paying passengers be expected to service the aircraft?

ROFLMAO...are you serious? It was a little spill on the armrest for crap's sake. Nobody asked her to load baggage. Or hand out stale pretzels. (:^*)