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

[sudoer]

Does 'no dress code' apply for Qantas First Lounges?

No dress code.

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/qantas-experience/at-the-airport/airport-lounges/dress-guidelines.html

To ensure an enjoyable experience when you're visiting our Qantas domestic lounges, we ask that you follow our smart casual dress guidelines.

 

[Mr H]

No dress code.

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/qantas-experience/at-the-airport/airport-lounges/dress-guidelines.html

Either smart casual dress is not necessary for having an enjoyable experience when flying internationally, or you are not guaranteed to have an enjoyable experience when flying internationally.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Either smart casual dress is not necessary for having an enjoyable experience when flying internationally, or you are not guaranteed to have an enjoyable experience when flying internationally.

Especially given the no thongs in lounge rule is not enforced in international lounges. I'm just waiting for the day Borat enters the QF Flounge in a thong and says, "Very nice!".

-RooFlyer88

 

[RichardMEL]

Especially given the no thongs in lounge rule is not enforced in international lounges.

Because that has never been a rule. Sigh.

 

[Mr H]

Especially given the no thongs in lounge rule is not enforced in international lounges. I'm just waiting for the day Borat enters the QF Flounge in a thong and says, "Very nice!".

-RooFlyer88

Are you American?

 

[justinbrett]

The rule is now "No Rubber Thongs" so if you have fancy thongs made of leather / reef style you're good to go.

I have tested this a few times. Ironically the only place I've been pulled up was OOL, which isn't supposed to have a dress code at all.

 

[RichardMEL]

Are you American?

Lolololol worst thing to say to a Canadian!

Though this one does not come across as very Canadian at all eh?

 

[Mr H]

Ironically the only place I've been pulled up was OOL, which isn't supposed to have a dress code at all.

Trying to impose good taste in Ool is a fool's errand.

 

[RichardMEL]

Trying to impose good taste in Ool is a fool's errand.

They did replace the Red Rooster with a Banh Mi place I saw ..

But yeah OOL specifically never had the stupid dress code. Prob die to being considered mostly leisure (in comparision to BNE at least) How odd to be pulled up there.

 

[Mr H]

Lolololol worst thing to say to a Canadian!

Though this one does not come across as very Canadian at all eh?

Everything this poster says (based on observations over a long time) screams American.

 

[RichardMEL]

OT but I am suddenly reminded of the Waldorf Salad episode of Fawlty Towers for some reason.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Lolololol worst thing to say to a Canadian!

Worst thing to say to a Canadian is praise for the current Prime Minister, <redacted> and nothing like his father (Pierre Elliot Trudeau who did more for Canada in one year, 1982, than most PMs did in a whole career).

Though this one does not come across as very Canadian at all eh?

Everything this poster says (based on observations over a long time) screams American.

And yet, I've got a Canadian passport and lived in Canada for the better part of 30 of the past 36 years. This stereotype that Canadians are quiet and always polite is inaccurate. We can be assertive when necessary, such as when lounge agents in the Flounge don't properly allocate showers in the lounge.

-RooFlyer88

 

[Mr H]

This stereotype that Canadians are quiet and always polite is inaccurate.

I'm not sure there really is a stereotype of Canadians. But there sure as hell is a stereotype that blends ethnocentricity with an extreme sense of entitlement...

 

[RichardMEL]

We can be assertive when necessary, such as when lounge agents in the Flounge don't properly allocate showers in the lounge.

You mean after YOU ignored advice given prior to your visit to sort out shower first and chose to priortise eating? Yeah.. that's all their fault. Wow.

However this does bring us, strangely enough, back on topic...

 

[kangarooflyer88]

I'm not sure there really is a stereotype of Canadians.

The stereotype is quiet and very polite. That is at least what my partner and others have told me.

But there sure as hell is a stereotype that blends ethnocentricity with an extreme sense of entitlement...

To your point, I would encourage you to spend some time travelling in the United States. You will see meltdowns there that make any "stunt" I pull off seem like a walk in the park. Specifically I have seen grown men pounding the desk at gates, I have seen someone on a power trip at the AA customer service centre demand the names of the employees and station managers saying how he'll write a report to the CEO and they'll all be fired. On one of my flights I actually saw someone argue with TSA who refused to the passenger go through with a gun. Really?!

 

[kangarooflyer88]

You mean after YOU ignored advice given prior to your visit to sortt out shower first and chose to priortise eating? Yeah.. that's all their fault. Wow.

It is what it is. At the end of the day, I went to the business lounge and managed to find an empty shower. Yes I was in a hurry and rushed through some of the niceties getting there. And yes it was my fault for not prioritizing the shower. I should have done that first in hindsight, or signed up for a slot as others mentioned. I did not realize this would be much of a big deal to be honest. Then again, the LAX Flounge is quite a bit different than those in MEL and SYD. In my defence, at least I wasn't on a power trip or something!

 

[RichardMEL]

Except for the power trip of cutting the queue at the J lounge to get your shower. No entitlement whatsoever. Nope.

 

[RooFlyer]

The stereotype is quiet and very polite. That is at least what my partner and others have told me.

in my long time of living in Canada and around Canadians, I have to agree with that one.

 

[p--and--t]

in my long time of living in Canada and around Canadians, I have to agree with that one

So appears there are outliers from the curve

 

[RichardMEL]

So appears there are outliers from the curve

As with anywhere really. That's tge problem with stereotypes and generalisations.

Like saying everyone in a Loinge has class...