What cheeses me off

[Cruiser Elite]

OK ... upon which level of First World Problem is aw, diddums ... an appropriate response?

Have you experienced it? Not shooting from hip unarmed are you?

 

[Cruiser Elite]

….. is SQ offering The a pagan as an F Class wine offering - I don’t know how much feedback we need to send or how many times we need to get IFM to add it to this flt report but still it is offered - wasn’t much pre Covid and they offered RWT - stand them side by side and how do they compare?

 

[Lynda2475]

…….. is no coughking o/h bins in SQ F on 777 - just a PITA having to stow all your gear under ottoman in front

Looks like no bins over middle seats in J is also becoming standard on newer aircraft.

Bad call imo, as it means people on the aisle seats will be woken up by people from middle seats opening bins above their heads. It not like having a bin overhead was a huge inconvenience, and with bins above every seat you could have a dedicated one per seat minimising disruption to others.

 

[Forg]

Have you experienced it? Not shooting from hip unarmed are you?

One does not speak unless one knows.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

One does not speak unless one knows.

Question was have you experienced it not what you know? Big difference*

*Spend a couple hours with Tommy, penegal or boomy - experience definitely not a prerequisite for being an expert on any topic

 

[Forg]

Question was have you experienced it not what you know? Big difference*

Sorry I thought we were both being tongue-in-cheek, what with the concept of F travel cheesing someone off etc.

with bonus Star Wars reference on my part in case someone picked it up

*edit*
My only F experience was EK A388 with no overhead bins, I had zero concerns about storage & was more annoyed about being conned by the rave in their menu about their "signature dish" fried rice & ordering it, wasting one entire main meal of what will likely be very very few in F. Allowing me to order fried rice in F as a main course, now THAT cheeses me off!

 

[Lynda2475]

with bonus Star Wars reference on my part in case someone picked it up

Yep but some of those Mandalorians dont seem too smart, why make camp next to a lake full of giant crocodiles in a cave where foundlings routinely get taken by some giant bat thingy.

 

[Vic]

Looks like no bins over middle seats in J is also becoming standard on newer aircraft.

Bad call imo, as it means people on the aisle seats will be woken up by people from middle seats opening bins above their heads. It not like having a bin overhead was a huge inconvenience, and with bins above every seat you could have a dedicated one per seat minimising disruption to others.

Had the no middle J bins recently from BOM to SIN. I thought it'd be a problem. actually was plenty of storage under the parts of my pod. I had a heap of carry on as well with multiple speaker gifts from the conference.

 

[OZDUCK]

Yep but some of those Mandalorians dont seem too smart, why make camp next to a lake full of giant crocodiles in a cave where foundlings routinely get taken by some giant bat thingy.

I often feel that the Star Wars universe is populated by the dumbest people/creatures in creation. The Jedi being not only at least as dumb as the rest but also with an overweening pride and arrogance.

 

[Forg]

I often feel that the Star Wars universe is populated by the dumbest people/creatures in creation. The Jedi being not only at least as dumb as the rest but also with an overweening pride and arrogance.

Lucas was trying to represent the Jedi as having becoming overly proud & arrogant to the point of stupidity by the time the Skywalker saga starts. Or should that really be the Palpatine saga?
I’m surprised anyone has picked-up on his subtlety!

 

[Pushka]

I often feel that the Star Wars universe is populated by the dumbest people/creatures in creation. The Jedi being not only at least as dumb as the rest but also with an overweening pride and arrogance.

Try listening to National Radio on the (SA 5aa but Melbourne station production). Thankfully they tip people off really quickly but my there are some stupids out there.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Who will take over from Uncle Alan when he goes, sooner or later.
Why can't QF tell us now, who will take over, instead of waiting till the last min, when AJ does go.
Not that it would make a deep difference to us, but we would like to know.
Would be nice if the new CEO brings back their (QF's) call centers back to Aust and become call centres again.
We can dream, can't we?

 

[Forg]

Who will take over from Uncle Alan when he goes, sooner or later.
Why can't QF tell us now, who will take over, instead of waiting till the last min, when AJ does go.
Not that it would make a deep difference to us, but we would like to know.
Would be nice if the new CEO brings back their (QF's) call centers back to Aust and become call centres again.
We can dream, can't we?

There would need to be a business case due to the increased cost … and it wouldn’t be simple to calculate, because the future return on loyalty is difficult to put down on paper. Given how lucrative the premium seats are, I suspect the simplest way they’d be able to get an indication would be how many people with large points balances have Noped out of the QF loyalty schemes into the schemes of other airlines, a lot of people are talking about it ==> has it happened en masse yet?

 

[QF1]

What cheeses me off... contacting Qantas contact centre. consistently poor service.

 

[Lynda2475]

Having to take time out of my Saturday to vote, when in the previous two state elections we could vote online. We are almost 1/4 through the 21st centrury why do we still have to use archaic methods reliant on table cloth sized pieces of paper.

Online voting would mean we could have an immediate result within a minute of polls closing; be more enviornmentally friendly saving all the ballot papers, how to vote paper (why do the greens always hand out the most paper, kinda hypocritical) and cardboard booths and not have to interrupt our weekends. It also means aussies travelling can vote easily too.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

What cheeses me off... contacting Qantas contact centre. consistently poor service.

Sorry to bring up the past few posts now, but the mentioning of a cough crowing in the background on a call, as mentioned on this website, heh, hilarious.
Funny as, ... wow, really, wow.
Seriously, QF must have gotten to the bottom of the barrel, so to speak... by now.
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Having to take time out of my Saturday to vote, when in the previous two state elections we could vote online. We are almost 1/4 through the 21st centrury why do we still have to use archaic methods reliant on table cloth sized pieces of paper.

Online voting would mean we could have an immediate result within a minute of polls closing; be more enviornmentally friendly saving all the ballot papers, how to vote paper (why do the greens always hand out the most paper, kinda hypocritical) and cardboard booths and not have to interrupt our weekends. It also means aussies travelling can vote easily too.

In South Aust, they still ask for a name and address, and the SA electoral commission officer, (South Aust, not South Africa), still has to turn a page or few pages.
They had a QR code system, but also it relied on mentioning name and address, so there is an opening for people to double dip, if they know your name and address, and (not being racial), are of the same race, so there is opening for fraud.
Oh, and not to mention, if they had online voting, there would not be a way for the $16 democracy sausage sizzles to make money, eh?
Some are run by the schools the voting sites are on, some are charities, but some are for profit.
$16 for a bit of ground up meat, 1 slice of bread, a bit of onion and sauce.
Plus if its for charity, so no GST, but the costs the charities have paid out, they can claim back.
Never bought one myself, as they used to take only cash, but I think now they accept cards.

 

[kookaburra75]

Having to take time out of my Saturday to vote, when in the previous two state elections we could vote online. We are almost 1/4 through the 21st centrury why do we still have to use archaic methods reliant on table cloth sized pieces of paper.

Online voting would mean we could have an immediate result within a minute of polls closing; be more enviornmentally friendly saving all the ballot papers, how to vote paper (why do the greens always hand out the most paper, kinda hypocritical) and cardboard booths and not have to interrupt our weekends. It also means aussies travelling can vote easily too.

Having worked in this space, technology related, surprisingly the paper-based system is the simplest, cheapest and most secure way of doing it. Given you only have elections every 3 or 4 years (depending where you are), the cost of refreshing technology alone is enormous. The Brazilians have about the best approach, but even that would be hard to do in Australia.

Plus, think of the children - how else would their schools get the funds if it wasn't from the democracy sausages, and cakes.

 

[Lynda2475]

Given you only have elections every 3 or 4 years (depending where you are), the cost of refreshing technology alone is enormous

We seem to go to the polls at least once every 14 months between local, state federal, by-elections and referendums.

When we had the i-vote system it was used for both local and state elections (i voted online for both seemlessly). Either the AEC or a contracted company could provide the program/app for all states and territories and the jurisdiction need only pay for the config to be loaded.

I also work in technology and disagree that it needs to be anymore onerous or expensive. If cloud hosted, you only need to pay for the time the specific election is running a few weeks at best (deploy code, configure data, hold election, archive result, nothing to maintain in between). The voting logic doesnt chnage election to election, just reference data i.e. candiate names.

And save the costs of all the paper and thousands of people manning election sites and counting votes.

Plus, think of the children - how else would their schools get the funds if it wasn't from the democracy sausages, and cakes.

Weakest argument yet. This marks my 30th year voting and only once (today) has there ever been a sausage sizzle/cake stall and i didnt buy anything. Schools hold fete and charity events all time outside of election days.

 

[justinbrett]

Weakest argument yet. This marks my 30th year voting and only once (today) has there ever been a sausage sizzle/cake stall and i didnt buy anything. Schools hold fete and charity events all time outside of election days.

I drove all the way to Tweed to vote (hadn't got around to changing my enrolment yet) and no sausages on offer! I was livid!

I stopped at Bunnings when back in QLD to get a sausage (which is also a fundraiser)

 

[Hvr]

Plus, think of the children - how else would their schools get the funds

Actually the rent paid by the Electoral Commission is much appreciated by the schools.
And I believe lots of teachers work on election day.