I think I've become an intolerant QP snob!

[ashleyn]

Time to all agree to disagree and put this one to bed ? Please ?

 

[Paddy55]

Time to all agree to disagree and put this one to bed ? Please ?

As the OP I can only agree!

 

[muppet]

Of course in business the serviettes have a button hole that allows them to be attached to a blouse and hence absorb spillage of tomato juice before it gets to said blouse. I can see how one might not be aware of this feature if wearing singlets when flying.


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O M G

medhead.... you have just solved my "every flight question" (being the question my +1 responds with "you say that every flight")

The button hole is to attach it to the shirt..... it's so simple....

I seriously thought is was used in the laundering process or something.

 

[misstam]

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Judge the book, not the cover - unless of course, the cover is covered in tattoos....

Hang on now, I resemble that remark!

 

[JohnK]

... and noise was right up there in my original grizzle!

So true but the funny part is that he was on my flight and he was sitting in "my" 40G! Well he was in 40F but could not tell the difference between that and 40G. His 2 work colleagues were in 40DE. And he was also on the phone when I boarded the flight.

But to be fair he was queit throughout the flight and his IFE was not working. Felt sorry for him and he had no idea how to use IFE or the tray table. Perhaps a work flight and his first time on Qantas....

 

[adampenrith]

I am kinda old fashioned as I can remember when it was the done thing for everyone to dress up to travel on an airplane.
However I am a casual kind of guy, jeans and polos for my job.
I travel in dress pants , lace up shoes, or boots, and a collared shirt.
Even on my regular commute to Bali.
Dressing well does not give you class, it is how you behave.
Recently I was in the Garuda Executive Lounge at CGK - and observed a quite attractive, well dressed Australian business woman, enter the lounge, demand a gin and tonic.
Now I hear you say - whats wrong with that.
Well Garuda in their wisdom, only serves Beer or soft drinks in their lounges, why I have to do without a scotch while beer drinkers (particulary the Japanese can get high on multiple beers) I dont get
anyway she shouted and screamed at the staff to get her a gin and tonic - eventually they gave up and got one for her from somewhere .
I was appalled at her treatment of the staff.
So much so when waiting at luggage at SYD the next morning, I mentioned to her that she was one of the reasons our Indonesians friends who are less toleratant than most - plan terrorist acts on people like us.
I still don't think she got it.

 

[medhead]

So much so when waiting at luggage at SYD the next morning, I mentioned to her that she was one of the reasons our Indonesians friends who are less toleratant than most - plan terrorist acts on people like us.
I still don't think she got it.

I understand your point but it is not technically correct. People don't plan terrorist attacks because of rudeness by travellers, if that was the case the Germans would be leading the global war on terror.

 

[Deleted member]

The problem is that good manners are no longer a standard.
In fact there are those that think maintaining a "standard" is somehow un cool or an outmoded affectation from a past era .
The fact is to have "class" does not mean the wearing of a suit etc. but rather understanding the right time to wear a suit, or not to wear shorts and a singlet. If you don't know, then you don't know, and no amount of finger pointing on this forum will change this.
Another example is knowing when and where swearing aloud is acceptable or not. The list goes on and short of suggesting that deportment classes be reintroduced into the school curriculum ( because these bad / lazy habits are learned in the home) I can't see it getting any better.
I have decided that my contact with those who don't know how, or don't care To "play the game" as it were when flying is to fly up front ( in J) this means I fly less often and watch for the best deals to do so. It's not my only reason, but as I get older I become less tolerant of things that once were just an irritation .
No point in railing against the object of my discomfort, I vote with my feet and move.