AN MD80 FLT ATTENDANT RPTED THAT A PAX BECAME SO DISRUPTIVE WHEN SHE WAS DENIED HER REQUEST FOR EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL; THAT THE FLT ATTENDANTS WERE UNABLE TO MAKE THEIR SECOND SVC. ASTONISHINGLY; THE POLICE WERE UNWILLING TO ARREST THE PAX UPON ARR IN PHX.

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PAX HAD ENCOUNTERS WITH FLT ATTENDANT #2 PRIOR TO DEP. MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH HER WAS DURING BEVERAGE SVC. BEFORE I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK FOR HER PREFERENCE; SHE SAID 'NO FOOD; GIVE ME 2 BLOODY MARY'S' I TOLD HER; CONSIDERING HER BEHAVIOR; I DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE SERVING HER LIQUOR. SHE MENTIONED SHE WOULD NOW NEED TO WRITE ANOTHER LETTER TO MY COMPANY. PAX SEATED NEXT TO HER TOLD ME THEY WERE AFRAID OF HER. I RELOCATED THEM. THE CAPT TOLD THE DISRUPTIVE PAX; VIA FLT ATTENDANT #1; NOT TO ADDRESS EITHER ME OR FLT ATTENDANT #2 UNLESS IT WAS AN EMER. SHE THEN CAME TO THE AFT GALLEY AND PROCEEDED TO CONFRONT FLT ATTENDANT #2 WITH VERBAL THREATS. I ATTEMPTED TO PUT MYSELF BTWN THE 2; TELLING HER TO SIT DOWN. SHE WOULD NOT DO SO. I CALLED THE COCKPIT. THE CAPT CAME ON THE PA TELLING HER TO SIT DOWN. EVENTUALLY; SHE DID. WE WERE UNABLE TO PERFORM OUR SECOND SVC DUE TO THIS PAX. POLICE MET OUR FLT IN PHX. THEY SPOKE TO THE CREW; PAX SEATED NEAR HER; AND THE PAX HERSELF. THE POLICE TOLD US THEY WOULD NOT TAKE THE DISRUPTIVE PAX INTO CUSTODY; BECAUSE SHE HAD NOT TOUCHED US. OUR PLACARD STATES 'UNITED STATES FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES YOU OBEY INSTRUCTIONAL SIGNS AND CREW MEMBER INSTRUCTIONS.' SHE DID NOT FOLLOW OUR INSTRUCTIONS; AND SHE INTERFERED WITH OUR FLT SVC. I BELIEVE THE OFFICERS; WHO MET OUR FLT WERE REMISS IN THEIR DUTIES. SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CITED.