RANT: This really is the thin end of the wedge [no bacon rolls in T5B GC after 0930]
Mar 13, 2010, 3:07 am
#1
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold GL
Posts: 154
RANT: This really is the thin end of the wedge [no bacon rolls in T5B GC after 0930]
Look - I can put up with most things.... paying nearly 5k for a club ticket to go to BOS and having to wait to check in, wait to go through security, taking practically everything off to be searched, to be searched again before boarding the plane, cabin crew that have voted to go on strike so travel plans have to be rerouted or not depending what happens over the forthcoming week, random lottery for getting a spa treatment blah blah and so on.
BUT this morning - I thought, you know what, I will go directly to B gates to use the lounge there as would save a bit of time and the F lounge while nice, well it's just a place to sit. Sat in B gate lounge now waiting to board to BOS I thought - "I know I will get a bacon roll"...
So - I wander off to try and find one. Couldn't find any. So I ask a very nice catering lady...
ME: Excuse me - do you have any more bacon rolls.
HER: Im so sorry - we are not allowed to serve them after 09:30. It's not us - we would love to and in fact we have the stuff out the back, but we have been told not to.
ME: Oh really - er, well is there anything else?
HER: No - Im so sorry - just some pastries. We don't start lunch service til 12.
ME: OK - thank you - I know it's not your problem
HER: I'm ever so sorry.
So - while I am sure bacon rolls are probably available in the F lounge and probably my own stupid fault for coming over here early, I really do think this is the most ridiculous bit of cost cutting I have ever seen in my life. Do they really think a bit of bacon is going to save the airline.
12 years a gold card holder, unwavering loyalty to this airline and it has come to this! Rant rant rant rave rant - must find a glass of something stronger to calm down.
BUT this morning - I thought, you know what, I will go directly to B gates to use the lounge there as would save a bit of time and the F lounge while nice, well it's just a place to sit. Sat in B gate lounge now waiting to board to BOS I thought - "I know I will get a bacon roll"...
So - I wander off to try and find one. Couldn't find any. So I ask a very nice catering lady...
ME: Excuse me - do you have any more bacon rolls.
HER: Im so sorry - we are not allowed to serve them after 09:30. It's not us - we would love to and in fact we have the stuff out the back, but we have been told not to.
ME: Oh really - er, well is there anything else?
HER: No - Im so sorry - just some pastries. We don't start lunch service til 12.
ME: OK - thank you - I know it's not your problem
HER: I'm ever so sorry.
So - while I am sure bacon rolls are probably available in the F lounge and probably my own stupid fault for coming over here early, I really do think this is the most ridiculous bit of cost cutting I have ever seen in my life. Do they really think a bit of bacon is going to save the airline.
12 years a gold card holder, unwavering loyalty to this airline and it has come to this! Rant rant rant rave rant - must find a glass of something stronger to calm down.
Mar 13, 2010, 3:44 am
#6
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Scotland
Programs: BA Gold, Marriott Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 2,447
The sad things is that people who travel up front regularly (and therefore provide the most income to BA) are the ones who are going to notice the deterioration in standards and consider going elsewhere.
OTOH, people who travel J or F rarely will just accept the product for what it is and not have internal or external comparisons.
So, the people who are most likely to walk from BA because of this are the ones who spend the most money with them. That's really smart.
And although it's only a bacon roll, for some it will be the straw that breaks the camel's back, coming on top of a long line of enhancements from birdseed on domestics to no newspapers in CE.
OTOH, people who travel J or F rarely will just accept the product for what it is and not have internal or external comparisons.
So, the people who are most likely to walk from BA because of this are the ones who spend the most money with them. That's really smart.
And although it's only a bacon roll, for some it will be the straw that breaks the camel's back, coming on top of a long line of enhancements from birdseed on domestics to no newspapers in CE.
Mar 13, 2010, 4:28 am
#10
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Argentina
Posts: 40,210
As long as the cabin crew demand out of date working conditions there'll be more than bacon rolls disappearing.
They're not very healthy anyway......so BA could be doing you a favour and saving your bacon.
They're not very healthy anyway......so BA could be doing you a favour and saving your bacon.
Mar 13, 2010, 4:55 am
#12
Join Date: Mar 2005
Programs: Mucci, BA-GGL, LH-Sen
Posts: 2,241
Still, this is absolutely ridiculous. You'd think they would be allowed to serve the damn things until they run out. They're going to throw them away anyway. Sounds to me like a triumph of procedure over common sense. Arghhh!
PS: Bacon rolls are bad for you
Mar 13, 2010, 5:00 am
#13
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Europe
Programs: Mucci, BAEC Gold, Aegean Gold
Posts: 2,115
RJLondonGold I'm sorry for your lack of bacon. I'm afraid I may have had your portion, on brown toast, with brown sauce, just now. With the usual beverage.
Mar 13, 2010, 5:08 am
#14
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: AA Lifetime PLT , BA Silver , BD RIP , HH Gold, SPG / Marriott PLT , EF Subscriber
Posts: 6,702
Calm Down...its just another BA Con
Anyhow they were removed from T3 GL and GF after 0930 because all the AAdvantage People were...well taking AAdvantage.
Anyhow they were removed from T3 GL and GF after 0930 because all the AAdvantage People were...well taking AAdvantage.