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I'm a low-class snob, but classy ones exist too.
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I'm a low-class snob, but classy ones exist too.
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Assume this might have come up before.so sorry if it has.
I was chatting with some friends some of whom I have guested into the QF Syd J & F lounge.
Their impressions were that J was bursting at the seams. Would have been more space at the gate.
The F lounge is sterile and lifeless. Full of high class snobs that meant they felt a little out of place.
They would prefer more practical things such as a pool table or more a pub / bar style where you can freely interact and make noise.
Despite us calling it QF Pub and some people treating it like a pub I dont think international lounges really look like this.
Thought it was interesting and more of a millenials take on it. Most of us want the opposite and to date most lounges lean towards this. Obviously space is limited and you cant please everyone.
But I guess the lounge is meant to be a taste of what the service will be once on board i guess. First class lounges arent for everyone i guess.
I think it was more of a comment of being out of place. The atmosphere moreso than the people in it i guess
Staff are wearing white jackets, formal table dining service, everyone calls you sir. Its more of a formal environment that could make someone who hasnt experienced it before and only ever sat in Y feel out of place.
Personally I love the environment and service in F. But i can see it from the perspective of someone who hasnt been in many airport lounges before it is very different from sitting at burger king.
No, I can understand where they're coming from ... had a long-weekend away in Singapore staying in a hotel obviously used by lots of businesspeople during the week, and it had it's own "lounge" from which to get breakfast. I was in my t-shirt & shorts because it was summer & I slept-in & I was on holidays & the lounge's posted dress-regs were fine with that, and yet felt a tad uncomfortable going to get breakfast when everyone else was in suits ready to go to meetings.
At any stage did someone suggest you were dressed inappropriately.
Introduce or enforce, I wonder?QF had to introduce a dress code at select clubs.
Introduce or enforce, I wonder?
Many places enforce a dress code, even surf clubs. I guess it comes from some people showing no regard for the standards adopted by the committee's, the boards or by the governing authority acting on behalf of the members.
I'm not saying whether it's right or wrong, but it does seem to me that no matter how relaxed club rules are, there will always be those who want to buck the system to show they're "individuals" no matter how much disquiet they cause.
Nothing new about that. You just have to watch a few episodes of "The Young Ones" (which I do actually enjoy)!
No ... but that doesn’t change the fact of my mild discomfort, apparently mirrored by others in a quasi-similar situation.But that’s your personal opinion you felt uncomfortable. At any stage did someone suggest you were dressed inappropriately.
listening to all those around me who had no problem with propping their phones on the table, shoving in ear plugs and conducting personal conversations at a considerably louder volume than those about them who were actually conducting personal conversations.
For the life of me, I couldn't see the point of being there. I departed, found a peaceful gate and got on with my work.
For me, this is true!I don’t fly often enough to find lounges that passé .
So, for now, I shall continue to enjoy the escape from the “madding crowd”
... this is true too. We took my mother & sister on JQ to Melbourne last year in June, on the way there we went into the QF lounge but on the way back it's the new JQ/Tiger/etc terminal in Melbourne & we didn't think it was worth dragging Mum all the way across the airport to get to the QF lounge & then drag her all the way back.elemist said:I think the overall value of lounges has probably dropped off a bit to what they used to be, and thats due to the improvements to the overall airport experience. I know domestically in Australia at least most airports have made big leaps in food/drink options at the terminals and there's now a good range of options for places to eat and drink. WIFI is now available for free or at very reasonable rates in most terminals, and even power points etc are more freely available.
I think the overall value of lounges has probably dropped off a bit to what they used to be, and thats due to the improvements to the overall airport experience.