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

[Mr H]

Going back to my one reply, coming to think about it, its only in the US where you can bring toenail cutters past airport security eh?
Or it a banned item over there too.
Here I am sure you can't bring scissors or nail cutter or nail files through dom airport security screening anymore.

Nail scissors are ok so long as the blade is less than six centimetres long and the ends are not sharp.

 

[p--and--t]

I have a small nail clipper that can do toes and haven't had a problem getting it through either DOM or INT security.

I had one of one of those small foldback ones in my backpack one day a few years back that I had forgot about and was stopped and searched very thoroughly by security in SIN and it was confiscated.

I have since transited many times with one and nobody batted an eyelid

 

[craven morehead]

Does that honestly bother you?

Sit somewhere else if it does, it's a big lounge.

It doesn't bother me so much, but I do find it odd that you can wear this to an INT F lounge but can't wear thongs into a Dom J QP. Being from regional Qld, it's more that combining a Flounge visit with flying internationa J&F is a treat for me. I'm not a suit and tie type of person but I like to make a small effort, for what's for me, a special occasion YMMV. As for sitting somewhere else, I was parked here hours before this chap arrived.

 

[RooFlyer]

I always think it is helpful to define the problem that requires solving before looking at potential solutions. Is anyone able to articulate the problem that the QF Lounge dress code is solving?

The problem is, put bluntly, that some are want to lack manners and the common social graces to dress in an acceptable manner and so a dress code is needed to be imposed. Take, for example, y’all types with (apparently) lots of money and ghastly American sandshoes. How vulgar

 

[Quickstatus]

anyone able to articulate the problem that the QF Lounge dress code is solving?

Some people have always had an more favourable view of themselves, for instance, showing higher self-esteem and a greater degree of narcissism. What easier way to exclude the riff raff than a lounge/club with restrictive entrance requirements

The airline is not trying to solve a problem per se. It is trying to show that exclusivity can be bought and some passengers like described above will pay a pretty penny for that. Then there are the "Howard battlers" - the aspirational passengers who see the lounge as a leg up into the upper echelons of society.

 

[Mr H]

The problem is, put bluntly, that some are want to lack manners and the common social graces to dress in an acceptable manner and so a dress code is needed to be imposed. Take, for example, y’all types with (apparently) lots of money and ghastly American sandshoes. How vulgar

American sandshoes may be vulgar but they aren’t on the cough list - all-Aussie ugg boots, on the other hand…

 

[drron]

Normally I’d say welcome as a newbie to AFF y’all but on this occasion I may make an exception.

As a mentor of mine said back in the 70s - Ron the only people who can be very certain are those that are very young or those that don't let their experiences contradict themselves.
I think we have an example where the or should be replaced by and.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

I had one of one of those small foldback ones in my backpack one day a few years back that I had forgot about and was stopped and searched very thoroughly by security in SIN and it was confiscated.

I have since transited many times with one and nobody batted an eyelid

After a bit of reading, it turns out that certain articles have been taken off the banned list.
Now even umbrellas are allowed, as are said nail clippers and nail files...
This is from the Aust govt, but with Aust dom airport security having a mind of their own, ((sometimes my bag has got nothing iffy, and it gets pushed onto the far side, where it gets special attention)), but, who am I to argue if they decide certain things are a nono.

 

[Ade]

That bloke is worth 3 points in Breakfast Buffet Bingo.

For those who don’t know this game, first person to 10 points wins. Points as follows:

Thongs - footwear (1 point / 0 points beach resorts)
Thongs - the American type (2 points / 1 point if beachside location)
Hat on indoors (1 point)
Cap on indoors worn backwards (2 points)
Sunglasses on head backwards (3 points)
PJs (2 points)
Ugg boots (1 point)
Bare feet (1 point)
Bare feet and told by staff to get shoes (3 points)
Slippers (1 point)
Crocs (1 point)
Singlet (1 point / Bintang singlet in Bali -1 point)
High-vis (1 point)
Bathrobe (2 points)
Shower cap (5 points)
Onesie (1 point / 2 points if pink, purple or lime green)
Plate piled so high that food falls off (1 point)
Take-away coffee cup tower - min. three cups high (3 points)
Takeaway coffee cup tower fall (5 points)
Two or more egg types on one plate (1 point)

How many points if someone wears a baseball cap backwards, ending each sentence with the word "bro"

 

[Ade]

undies are on show now

WRT undies - happens very frequently ... Not that I (or anyone, for that matter) notices such things. It's very common. There is a fashion sense where less is more and loose is fitting. Loose clothing, around the waist (or given the lack of) is an opportunity for the undies to pop out ... very common ...

But as many others mentioned, these things don't bother me. When I'm in a lounge, I'm either working/replying to emails or on the phone or binge watching Netflix and I'm too busy to notice any fashion mishaps Can't be bothered!

 

[justinbrett]

It doesn't bother me so much, but I do find it odd that you can wear this to an INT F lounge but can't wear thongs into a Dom J QP. Being from regional Qld, it's more that combining a Flounge visit with flying internationa J&F is a treat for me. I'm not a suit and tie type of person but I like to make a small effort, for what's for me, a special occasion YMMV. As for sitting somewhere else, I was parked here hours before this chap arrived.

Yes, it is ridiculous that the domestic lounge has a dress code and the international lounge does not.

It’s great that you want to dress up for the Flounge to make it special. You do you. But don’t enforce that on others. This guy is not breaking any rules, really no different to a woman wearing a sundress and you’d see plenty of people dressed like him at cafes and pubs. I’d be more annoyed at you taking my photo.

 

[offshore171]

How many points if someone wears a baseball cap backwards, ending each sentence with the word "bro"

Qantas has a lounge at Bankstown airport now?

 

[drron]

American sandshoes may be vulgar but they aren’t on the cough list - all Aussie ugg boots, on the other hand…

Except Ugg is a registered trademark of the Decker Company of the USA.
So there can be Aussie lambskin boots but by law not allowed to be called Ugg.

 

[Mr H]

Except Ugg is a registered trademark of the Decker Company of the USA.
So there can be Aussie lambskin boots but by law not allowed to be called Ugg.

My understanding is that sheepskin boots made in Australia may be called ugg, but they may not be sold overseas. This reflects the fact that ugg boots were invented in Australia and sold as such before some opportunistic American trademarked the word. Hence I used a small u in ugg.

 

[drron]

Except that small manufacturers have been sued even when selling in Australia. It was the place we went to when living in Maitland. Mortels. Now they again sell UGG boots and they have the trade mark for that so anyone else selling ugg boots in Australia is doing so illegally.
But they had to change their name to Mortel sheepskin company. UGG is only one of their brands the others are more numerous and incidentally can be sold online and delivered overseas. Their UGGs can not go OS.
On their website they go into length about only having Australian outlets..

Premium UGG Boots | Mortels Sheepskin Factory | Thornton & Warners Bay

Since 1958, Mortels have been manufacturing and retailing high quality sheepskin products, such as UGG Boots & Slippers. Proudly Australian own, grown and made.

www.mortels.com.au

Counterfeit Products – Mortels Sheepskin Factory

Counterfeit Products Update - 2021 BEWARE of uggs.com.au It is happening again (actually every year) but this time it is not a China company but a company in Victoria Australia that is using our brand name and reputation to sell their products on their Australian website. Once on their website...

www.mortels.com.au

 

[Princess Fiona]

Except that small manufacturers have been sued even when selling in Australia. It was the place we went to when living in Maitland. Mortels. Now they again sell UGG boots and they have the trade mark for that so anyone else selling ugg boots in Australia is doing so illegally.
But they had to change their name to Mortel sheepskin company. UGG is only one of their brands the others are more numerous and incidentally can be sold online and delivered overseas. Their UGGs can not go OS.
On their website they go into length about only having Australian outlets..

Premium UGG Boots | Mortels Sheepskin Factory | Thornton & Warners Bay

Since 1958, Mortels have been manufacturing and retailing high quality sheepskin products, such as UGG Boots & Slippers. Proudly Australian own, grown and made.

www.mortels.com.au

Counterfeit Products – Mortels Sheepskin Factory

Counterfeit Products Update - 2021 BEWARE of uggs.com.au It is happening again (actually every year) but this time it is not a China company but a company in Victoria Australia that is using our brand name and reputation to sell their products on their Australian website. Once on their website...

www.mortels.com.au

These are the best ones IMHO
Last for years.
Don’t wear mine to the Flounge though

 

[Mr H]

Except that small manufacturers have been sued even when selling in Australia. It was the place we went to when living in Maitland. Mortels. Now they again sell UGG boots and they have the trade mark for that so anyone else selling ugg boots in Australia is doing so illegally.
But they had to change their name to Mortel sheepskin company. UGG is only one of their brands the others are more numerous and incidentally can be sold online and delivered overseas. Their UGGs can not go OS.
On their website they go into length about only having Australian outlets..

Premium UGG Boots | Mortels Sheepskin Factory | Thornton & Warners Bay

Since 1958, Mortels have been manufacturing and retailing high quality sheepskin products, such as UGG Boots & Slippers. Proudly Australian own, grown and made.

www.mortels.com.au

Counterfeit Products – Mortels Sheepskin Factory

Counterfeit Products Update - 2021 BEWARE of uggs.com.au It is happening again (actually every year) but this time it is not a China company but a company in Victoria Australia that is using our brand name and reputation to sell their products on their Australian website. Once on their website...

www.mortels.com.au

I don’t want to get sidetracked, but the trademark in those links is for Mortels rather than Ugg. Ugg as a word cannot be trademarked in Australia because it is deemed to be generic - although anyone in Australia is free to make a trademark out of a particular visual representation (i.e. logo) using those letters.

 

[Franky]

Checking into a hotel in Manchester UK recently and there was a couple of girls checking in and they had their hair in rollers

Perhaps they were part of a bridal party about to take place?...

 

[drron]

Checking into a hotel in Manchester UK recently and there was a couple of girls checking in and they had their hair in rollers

Just as well it wasn't a Travelodge in Newcastle UK. 28 cough stars checked in.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1720595/travelodge-fury-coughstars-kicked-out

 

[VPS]

Perhaps they were part of a bridal party about to take place?...

I think it was going to be a girls night out but even so