Just when you thought you had seen it all in the Qantas lounge...

[Scarlett]

Sorry, off topic, Balikpapan, my father was there in the mid forties, not as a tourist though!

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@Cossie, I was at the little WWII history museum on Tarakan on Monday. Still some relics and photos of Operation Oboe 1 there. Oboe 2 was the follow on landings in Balikpapan. Great shots, well preserved!

If your father landed in Balikpapan via the beach it would highly likely to have been in the area of my hotel. This little patch is the only sand remaining, with the rest concreted over. This is probably in the area of the ‘Green Beach’ amphibious landing zone.


Guess the ladies wouldn’t be allowed in the QP due lack of footwear!

 

[AIRwin]

I was on a river cruise and woke up just before sunset. Went up to the main deck and the cook was getting ready for breakfast.

Preparing for breakfast at sunset?

 

[dairyfloss]

Preparing for breakfast at sunset?

It was a massive night

 

[Hvr]

It was a massive night

All of those Diet Cokes and Coke Zeros!

 

[Quickstatus]

Vegemite with me"

They should make it the passport. Long dated expiry as well

i prefer to eat local cuisine when travelling.

With a bit of Vegemite?

The single serve packs are very wasteful as contain much more than a single server, can easily do 4 slices from one.

Opposite. One single serve hardly enough for 1 piece

 

[Danger]

I travelled through Kuala Lumpur earlier this week. When I purchased a bottle of alcohol at duty free, it was packed in a sealed bag and given to me, then and there at the duty free shop. I seem to recall that in the past, duty free over 100mL was delivered at the gate, just like in Singapore.

Has something changed? And why can't the same approach be taken in Singapore?

 

[Mr H]

I travelled through Kuala Lumpur earlier this week. When I purchased a bottle of alcohol at duty free, it was packed in a sealed bag and given to me, then and there at the duty free shop. I seem to recall that in the past, duty free over 100mL was delivered at the gate, just like in Singapore.

Has something changed? And why can't the same approach be taken in Singapore?

Any chance of this thread getting back on topic?

Personally I find it bizarre how many AFF threads are going off-topic with reckless abandon lately.

 

[Danger]

Exactly!

 

[Seat0B]

Surprised that Vegemite meets the definition of a LAG. What about Peanut butter for example?

Happened to Seat Son a couple of years back leaving SYD. He offered to eat a teaspoon full of his treasured Vegemite that he stupidly put in his hand luggage on the way back to UAE to prove it was just food. Security guy said “ok, do it.” So Seat Son did eat it but they still confiscated it. The security guard said he just wanted to see Seat Son eat a spoon full of Vegemite !!!!He was really upset to lose it as it’s hard to get in UAE.

 

[Groundhog]

Was at the BNE International lounge last week. Just after i ate dinner, the chef came out of the kitchen picking his nose.
Made we wonder for the next 14 hours on the way to L.A.

 

[p--and--t]

I think most people who have tried Vegemite and Marmite would agree that Marmite is clearly superior both in flavour and consistency as it is not watered down!

Oh. Now I am not a most people

 

[p--and--t]

Ive seen Nutella Pizzas but Ive never seen Vegemite Pizzas. Ive heard Dominoes make them but...

Coles and Woollies have upped their game and in the local supermarkets with bakeries are making delicious Vegemite Croissants and Yeast Twists and other delicacies - YUM . But you have to be quick they sell out fast

 

[Danger]

View From the Wing calling it out.

Just Because The Airline Lounge Is Classy, Doesn't Mean The Customers Are - View from the Wing

Everyday passenger behavior in lounges has gotten worse, from being draped over couches asleep (lounge couches aren’t nap rooms) to simply sticking bare feet up on the furniture. Would you do this at the home of an acquaintance - someone you know, but not well? Why do this in front of other...

viewfromthewing.com

 

[Mr H]

View From the Wing calling it out.

Just Because The Airline Lounge Is Classy, Doesn't Mean The Customers Are - View from the Wing

Everyday passenger behavior in lounges has gotten worse, from being draped over couches asleep (lounge couches aren’t nap rooms) to simply sticking bare feet up on the furniture. Would you do this at the home of an acquaintance - someone you know, but not well? Why do this in front of other...

viewfromthewing.com

Ah, Americans...

A lounge is a waiting room. People may be moving between time zones, may be moving between cultures. They may be tired, hungry, thirsty, intoxicated. This idea about having to wear shoes, not being allowed to sleep, not being able to put feet up is just so prissy. This might have been the way people behaved in 1950s America, but these days people do not relax by sitting upright on upright chairs. And when they get into a plane they take their shoes off - indeed, they are encouraged to do so by the provision of socks/slippers - so why is it an issue in the waiting room to board the plane?

 

[Guvner]

Socks and slippers don't equate to bare feet.

 

[offshore171]

This idea about having to wear shoes, not being allowed to sleep, not being able to put feet up is just so prissy.

I have no issue with people having a snooze. Indeed many lounges have reclining seats specifically for this, and I'm pretty sure I've done it myself mid-trip.

But bare feet all over chairs and tables? Sorry, that's a hard no. Culturally unacceptable in many parts of the world. Feel free to do that at home, but not in a shared space.

 

[dajop]

I have no issue with people having a snooze. Indeed many lounges have reclining seats specifically for this, and I'm pretty sure I've done it myself mid-trip.

But bare feet all over chairs and tables? Sorry, that's a hard no. Culturally unacceptable in many parts of the world. Feel free to do that at home, but not in a shared space.

People probably should not put their feet up on tables, perhaps the airlines could provide foot rests in their lounges (some do), but don't because it probably costs too much money. For chairs, well, unless you're going to be sitting on the chair butt naked probably not such an issue. If people are going to do - best to do it with socks on, which are a better look than bare feet. But IMHO the gravest sin is putting shoes up on furniture.

 

[RichardMEL]

This is one of those YMMV topics I really feel (and have commented as such before) both based on one's own background, upbringing, cultural norms and any other factors. I do agree some expectation are perhaps "prissy" and ridiculous - the QF dress code in many respects being an example of this.

But I think most people do have general lines of what's acceptable and what isn't - no matter where. Putting bare feet (or dirty shoes for that matter imo) on tables, furniture etc isn't on. someone's dirty feet or shoes on a seat that someone next may sit down on next? no thank you. Tables may or may not be wiped down and it's a great way to spread all kinds of things. That's not me being a germaphobe or similar but just nasty.

I think though there are reasonable accomodations... someone like a kid in clean socks tucked up in a chair? in general no biggie...

but again it's about hygeine - personal and otherwise.

Just with the endless dress code "debates" the main issues for me, and for most people I think, are about cleanliness and behaviour in its many forms. Often these go hand in hand I guess. eg most people with reasonable sense of manners wouldn't stick their dirty feet up on a table.

And as pointed out above - when on a plane you get socks/slippers - same in lounges fine.

Again I couldn't give a tinkers if someone wants to wear a dinosaur onesie, their preferred politicians popular cap, or thong-flops fine. go for it. Dirty (and I don't mean the "I've just had a 15 hour flight and connecting" kind) clothes and/or poor personal hygiene and manners... depending on the level... can cross a line.

 

[Danger]

A couple more blogs calling it out.

Passenger Takes Revenge On Man With Feet On Couch In United Airlines Airport Lounge - View from the Wing

In airport lounges people shovel food and drink into their bags, and stick their feet up on the furniture, going to sleep on couches, and generally acting as though these 'nicer' spaces are U.N.-administered refugee camps. One airline passenger saw another's behavior, and decided to take reform...

viewfromthewing.com

Lout Performs Full Body Workout In First Class Lounge - Live and Let's Fly

A restless passenger decided to do a full body workout on the floor in the center of the Chelsea first class lounge at New York JFK.

liveandletsfly.com

 

[Mr H]

A couple more blogs calling it out.

Passenger Takes Revenge On Man With Feet On Couch In United Airlines Airport Lounge - View from the Wing

In airport lounges people shovel food and drink into their bags, and stick their feet up on the furniture, going to sleep on couches, and generally acting as though these 'nicer' spaces are U.N.-administered refugee camps. One airline passenger saw another's behavior, and decided to take reform...

viewfromthewing.com

Lout Performs Full Body Workout In First Class Lounge - Live and Let's Fly

A restless passenger decided to do a full body workout on the floor in the center of the Chelsea first class lounge at New York JFK.

liveandletsfly.com

Ah, the feet one again. I really don't get why people are so troubled by feet. In many (most?) parts of the world you take shoes off when you go indoors and you are expected to put feet on furniture. Even in the plane, people in premium cabins will (perhaps) take their shoes off and sit with them on the seats. In hotels, people put their feet on furniture. In gyms, spas, swimming pools, lounge showers - people take their shoes off. The anti-feet brigade have, I suspect, remembered a childhood rule and applied it without thinking whether it is actually sensible.