Beware the business bogan

[james4321]

....... Reclines seat smoothly....... Ahhhhh that's good

LOL !! Good one MarkD - this thread has become WAY too serious, has some interesting definitions of selfishness and consideration for others.

 

[euromichael]

this has nothing to do with reclining seats, but you should've seen ten's coverage of the F1 melbourne GP in the qantas lounge backdrop. you needed silver+ to get into the lounge, and all these freaking bogans were acting like tools on national TV, taking pictures, calling their mates (hey i'm on TV!), giving each other antenna ears. I'd cringe to discover they are gold or platinum FF'ers. in fact, it downright pisses me off!

 

[Archphoto]

As an aside you DO have to have thick skin on this forum, but back to the off-topic topic of recliners. I don't think anyone has an issue with an exhausted Y pax trying to get a few hours of precious sleep - it is the habitual recliners who just do it because they can that annoy me and others. Psychologists would call this an example of overcompensating or misguided entitlement, I just think it is just the result of poor upbringing.

I know full well the crazy banter that goes on here - it's a great way to kill a few hours!

I guess what I was trying to get at is, how can you tell an exhausted flyer from a "habitual recliner" - it seems that we all get lumped together, and then named as such.

I honestly can't "sleep" in an upright position - doze off and on, sure (but that's not very restful at all), and it's only on rare occasions that I need to recline on a short hop.

It's a pity airlines can't reduce the seating just slightly, to give the whY flyers some consideration for the conditions we fly under. (Then again, from re-reading the posts, even if you fly J, you're also in the firing line - guess it doesn't matter what class you fly, reclining seems to be a *huge* NFW no matter where you sit. :mrgreen

 

[11sjw]

Some of us don't have the luxury of being able to fly J (I wish I did!) and the hours I work - that's my job, nothing I can do to change it - but being called a *moron* because I recline my seat on a short hope when totally exhausted, rather childish IMO. . . . .

I'm expected to be understanding of everyone else' needs, yet mine are totally unimportant and should be ignored? Guess my interpretation of the word "tolerance" is very different to that of others on this forum. . . . . .

^^^^^^^ This deserves quoting

 

[harvyk]

this has nothing to do with reclining seats, but you should've seen ten's coverage of the F1 melbourne GP in the qantas lounge backdrop. you needed silver+ to get into the lounge, and all these freaking bogans were acting like tools on national TV, taking pictures, calling their mates (hey i'm on TV!), giving each other antenna ears. I'd cringe to discover they are gold or platinum FF'ers. in fact, it downright pisses me off!

Two things -
1 money doesn't buy class,
2 there are a lot of PS \ SG \ WP and WP1's out there who are FIFO for typically blue collar jobs, they earn the big $, they earn the big FF points \ SC's but see point number 1.

 

[TonyHancock]

money doesn't buy class,

It does buy F and J class though

That said I am an ignorant buffoon without class or money!!

 

[Ewing]

Two things -
1 money doesn't buy class,
2 there are a lot of PS \ SG \ WP and WP1's out there who are FIFO for typically blue collar jobs, they earn the big $, they earn the big FF points \ SC's but see point number 1.

I know a number of FIFO people who have a lot more class than a suited WP DYKWIA type. Given the choice, I'd much rather have a beverage at the pub with the first lot.

My point being - stereotypes are bad.

 

[harvyk]

I know a number of FIFO people who have a lot more class than a suited WP DYKWIA type. Given the choice, I'd much rather have a beverage at the pub with the first lot.

My point being - stereotypes are bad.

Couldn't agree more...