srbrenna

Speak for yourself. Given that cans now have a wider opening than yesteryear you can now enjoy a beer much quicker. Also there is a party trick where you pierce the bottom of the can, put it to your mouth and pull the pin. It is known as a “shotgun” and will impress your friends although mentioning “shotgun” in the confines of an airport may not be advisable. So, with this in mind the amount for immediate personal consumption can be greatly increased.

dougzz

But that's fine, because if you're arguments are being debunked one by one you simply return to the thread and pretend it was all a joke.

BOH

Were they "debunked one-by-one".....would you also like to comment that over the last few days there are a surprising number of people that seemed to be in full agreement that it was perfectly acceptable to take a nibbled croissant out. I think quite a few on here even admitting to taking another item out too.....shock-horror eh dougzz?

Anyway, this morning in the LGW lounge I pretended I also was holier-than-thou too. So with a broad smile I again reverted to asking the BA Agent on desk on the way out if the croissant in my hand was breaking either a) any criminal law or b) any BA rule. It certainly seemed to brighten her day and she answered with a surprised grin, "What"?? No, of course not, why are you asking"?

So the growth of this ridiculous Virtue Signaling is (thankfully) not a trait that we all have succumbed to.

But we must all never forget the wise words from yesterday, "theft is theft"

BOH

Have you not worked out yet that post #558 was tongue-in-cheek? Seriously??

HIDDY

How big was it?

BOH

I'm not sure what shocks me more HIDDY? The sheer size of your huge croissant....or that you are wearing Dungarees in 2022??? Surely not still fashionable in Argentina?

Steve in Olympia

Quite true because, when someone is arguing that theft is not theft, they run out of arguments very quickly and start making up excuses, throwing out buzzwords, and trying to laugh it off. It is a time-honored tradition, repeated many times.

But it is still fun to watch.

crazyarmadillo

I never knew that . I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Thankfully for my liver, we don't drink LPGS anymore, Miss L and co, at the bar, used to give us a tad too much ☺️

AnaTravel

"Theft is theft", - some claim. 😑 Some little cubicles offer the perfect cover for cheese appropriation. Or sandwich snaffling. Perhaps a big fat CCR sign would have prevented LPGS larceny. I jest, of course, as the topic amuses me.

Steve in Olympia

“Theft is theft” —- a tautology (a statement that is true by necessity or by virtue of its logical form).

”An acceptable level of theft”. —- an oxymoron (a phrase that is internally inconsistent or incongruous).

Pick one.

Stormbel

I'm in a quandary about this thread?
One part of me is amused and the other doesn’t forgive the level of frustration that a post like this causes.
It should have been stopped about 300 posts ago, or never started!

BOH Unfortunately I haven't flown from Gatwick for many a year. If I need to travel anywhere other than London I depart from Dublin with its easy access and lack of APD and transfer elsewhere.

BOH

The BA Gatters lounge is really nice, much nicer since the move to the South terminal about 5 years ago. Seems more tranquil than the ones in T5

DelTroon

A different class of customer at LGW I think!

AnaTravel

Too funny that you provided definitions for tautology and oxymoron.

Barnaby100

I fill my chilly bottle with hot water
Is that theft?