Taking the Highland Spring (glass) bottles from the lounge
Apr 17, 2017, 11:51 am
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I used to take out small bottles (eg: Evian in AA or Hildon in CX-both 0,33l), but these days I just purchase 1,5 or 2L (can't remember exactly) from WH Smith for £1,97. It's just easier.
Apr 17, 2017, 12:00 pm
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I would hardly label it as 'theft' if he was entitled to be in the lounge. Where do you draw the line and who decides? Newspapers? Magazines? People getting vert het up over a bottle of water when the guy might have spend thousands of pounds of his own money gaining membership.
Apr 17, 2017, 12:01 pm
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Fair enough, but as we get served water on board anyway (at least in J) how many gallons do people need to drink?
Perhaps it's my metabolism, but I might drink 200ml (if that) on a TATL, and none in transit. Maybe 100l on a subsequent transcon leg.
Is this the new H2Ophobia? "Keep hydrated at all costs"? How have I survived 72 years without filling myself with pints of water all the time? We never used to do that, so what's new?
Perhaps it's my metabolism, but I might drink 200ml (if that) on a TATL, and none in transit. Maybe 100l on a subsequent transcon leg.
Is this the new H2Ophobia? "Keep hydrated at all costs"? How have I survived 72 years without filling myself with pints of water all the time? We never used to do that, so what's new?
Apr 17, 2017, 12:03 pm
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Perhaps they should look at these..
Skipping Rocks water Its a edible water bottle.
(note I am an investor in this company)
Skipping Rocks water Its a edible water bottle.
(note I am an investor in this company)
Apr 17, 2017, 12:07 pm
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I would hardly label it as 'theft' if he was entitled to be in the lounge. Where do you draw the line and who decides? Newspapers? Magazines? People getting vert het up over a bottle of water when the guy might have spend thousands of pounds of his own money gaining membership.
Apr 17, 2017, 12:07 pm
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Apr 17, 2017, 12:16 pm
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I am not sure whether people have a different view of what constitutes theft but perhaps more on what constitutes dishonesty.
Anyway, my take on this is that it would be perfectly acceptable to drink a whole bottle of water in the lounge, but it is not acceptable to take the bottle (full or empty) from the lounge. I also don't think it's acceptable to decant the water from the bottle into your own bottle and then leave the lounge.
I really don't care how much people eat or drink in the lounge. I am not the gluttony police or the "Who ate all the pies?" monitor! However, the food and drink provided in the lounge is generally for consumption in the lounge. I am fairly tolerant of people taking a packet of crisps or a can of coke with them for the flight but anything more than that would probably be too much in my view.
Anyway, my take on this is that it would be perfectly acceptable to drink a whole bottle of water in the lounge, but it is not acceptable to take the bottle (full or empty) from the lounge. I also don't think it's acceptable to decant the water from the bottle into your own bottle and then leave the lounge.
I really don't care how much people eat or drink in the lounge. I am not the gluttony police or the "Who ate all the pies?" monitor! However, the food and drink provided in the lounge is generally for consumption in the lounge. I am fairly tolerant of people taking a packet of crisps or a can of coke with them for the flight but anything more than that would probably be too much in my view.
I regularly take a full bottle to my table as I will always drink more than one glass worth, I would never swig from the bottle, it just saves me going back and forth to fill up my glass. The bottle gets returned if it's not empty and I would never remove it from the lounge.
Apr 17, 2017, 12:31 pm
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Is it tacky and potentially greedy? I'd say so. Is it theft? Not so much, in my opinion. Some things, like crisps, cookies, water, and coffee/tea, are meant to be taken away. As another poster mentioned, BA can institute a no-takeaway policy or place small placards at the water bar if they wish for people to consume in the lounge only. BA likely won't do this if it sees its customers as adults, but it's always an option if water "spillage" becomes an issue for them.
Last year, I watched someone fill a large Nalgene bottle with Johnny Walker Blue, plonk the empty JW bottle back on the bar, and then leave the lounge. That's abuse if I've ever seen it. I've seen plenty of people funneling "roadie" cocktails into smaller water bottles, too.
I lol'd. Maybe it's the dude selling blankets.
Last year, I watched someone fill a large Nalgene bottle with Johnny Walker Blue, plonk the empty JW bottle back on the bar, and then leave the lounge. That's abuse if I've ever seen it. I've seen plenty of people funneling "roadie" cocktails into smaller water bottles, too.
I lol'd. Maybe it's the dude selling blankets.
Apr 17, 2017, 1:01 pm
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Apr 17, 2017, 1:07 pm
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Thank you for making my point for me. As I tried to indicate, people's definition of theft varies. I tend to be at one end of the spectrum and we've had at least one view that's completely at the other end. Most people are somewhere in between.
FYI, I have only ever taken 2 small cans of diet coke for a SH flight in all the times that I have been in the lounge. The reason that I have not taken anything above this is not because I think it is theft to do so but as I have never felt the need.
Apr 17, 2017, 1:09 pm
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Exactly my beliefs on the subject.
I regularly take a full bottle to my table as I will always drink more than one glass worth, I would never swig from the bottle, it just saves me going back and forth to fill up my glass. The bottle gets returned if it's not empty and I would never remove it from the lounge.
I regularly take a full bottle to my table as I will always drink more than one glass worth, I would never swig from the bottle, it just saves me going back and forth to fill up my glass. The bottle gets returned if it's not empty and I would never remove it from the lounge.
Apr 17, 2017, 1:15 pm
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In fact the Coca Cola launch was a textbook example of how not to launch a product.
It started with the tag line
"can't live without spunk"
Then the Food Standards Agency found quantities of Bromate far higher in the water than legally allowed. [Don't poison your consumer] This and front page headlines that this was basically processed tap water killed the brand in both the UK and the wider EU.
Apr 17, 2017, 1:29 pm
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It was Sidcup tap water where Coke had a factory.