Another lounge etiquette moan
Aug 10, 2017, 12:26 pm
#17
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They must have been status holders as they were in ET for the flight, so any charitable thoughts that perhaps they were flying business for the first time and excited to be in a lounge were gone.
No wonder we have a terrible reputation in stag do hot spots like Prague!
No wonder we have a terrible reputation in stag do hot spots like Prague!
Aug 10, 2017, 1:49 pm
#18
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I really have to laugh at this.
Just because these 4 guys came into a lounge, and decided to have a wee drink - everyone is very quick to cast aspersions. Jesus wept - all they did was take a few bottles of booze, some ice, and have (what sounds like) a jolly wee drink.
I don't see anything AT ALL different from what these guys did, than what lots of you do every day, week, or month in say the CCR or Flounge, where you all sit with "your pals" and quaff back champagne, cocktails and god knows what else, laughing, chatting, and having a good time.
No different.
You all need to give yourselves a good shake, stop judging people, and thinking the world owes you all etiquette, standards and morals. It doesn't.
Just because these 4 guys came into a lounge, and decided to have a wee drink - everyone is very quick to cast aspersions. Jesus wept - all they did was take a few bottles of booze, some ice, and have (what sounds like) a jolly wee drink.
I don't see anything AT ALL different from what these guys did, than what lots of you do every day, week, or month in say the CCR or Flounge, where you all sit with "your pals" and quaff back champagne, cocktails and god knows what else, laughing, chatting, and having a good time.
No different.
You all need to give yourselves a good shake, stop judging people, and thinking the world owes you all etiquette, standards and morals. It doesn't.
Aug 10, 2017, 1:52 pm
#19
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I really have to laugh at this.
Just because these 4 guys came into a lounge, and decided to have a wee drink - everyone is very quick to cast aspersions. Jesus wept - all they did was take a few bottles of booze, some ice, and have (what sounds like) a jolly wee drink.
I don't see anything AT ALL different from what these guys did, than what lots of you do every day, week, or month in say the CCR or Flounge, where you all sit with "your pals" and quaff back champagne, cocktails and god knows what else, laughing, chatting, and having a good time.
No different.
You all need to give yourselves a good shake, stop judging people, and thinking the world owes you all etiquette, standards and morals. It doesn't.
Just because these 4 guys came into a lounge, and decided to have a wee drink - everyone is very quick to cast aspersions. Jesus wept - all they did was take a few bottles of booze, some ice, and have (what sounds like) a jolly wee drink.
I don't see anything AT ALL different from what these guys did, than what lots of you do every day, week, or month in say the CCR or Flounge, where you all sit with "your pals" and quaff back champagne, cocktails and god knows what else, laughing, chatting, and having a good time.
No different.
You all need to give yourselves a good shake, stop judging people, and thinking the world owes you all etiquette, standards and morals. It doesn't.
Aug 10, 2017, 1:54 pm
#20
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I really have to laugh at this.
Just because these 4 guys came into a lounge, and decided to have a wee drink - everyone is very quick to cast aspersions. Jesus wept - all they did was take a few bottles of booze, some ice, and have (what sounds like) a jolly wee drink.
I don't see anything AT ALL different from what these guys did, than what lots of you do every day, week, or month in say the CCR or Flounge, where you all sit with "your pals" and quaff back champagne, cocktails and god knows what else, laughing, chatting, and having a good time.
No different.
You all need to give yourselves a good shake, stop judging people, and thinking the world owes you all etiquette, standards and morals. It doesn't.
Just because these 4 guys came into a lounge, and decided to have a wee drink - everyone is very quick to cast aspersions. Jesus wept - all they did was take a few bottles of booze, some ice, and have (what sounds like) a jolly wee drink.
I don't see anything AT ALL different from what these guys did, than what lots of you do every day, week, or month in say the CCR or Flounge, where you all sit with "your pals" and quaff back champagne, cocktails and god knows what else, laughing, chatting, and having a good time.
No different.
You all need to give yourselves a good shake, stop judging people, and thinking the world owes you all etiquette, standards and morals. It doesn't.
Aug 10, 2017, 2:38 pm
#22
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Clearly my point was lost on them as half an hour later my husband had to do the same. This time they'd taken the single bottle of sekt to their table too, again letting it go warm and flat. They suggested he might want to pour himself two glasses of it, as otherwise they were going to drink it all. How generous of them!
Agreed !!!
Last edited by ComputerCommuter; Aug 10, 2017 at 2:44 pm
Aug 10, 2017, 2:45 pm
#23
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I really have to laugh at this.
Just because these 4 guys came into a lounge, and decided to have a wee drink - everyone is very quick to cast aspersions. Jesus wept - all they did was take a few bottles of booze, some ice, and have (what sounds like) a jolly wee drink.
I don't see anything AT ALL different from what these guys did, than what lots of you do every day, week, or month in say the CCR or Flounge, where you all sit with "your pals" and quaff back champagne, cocktails and god knows what else, laughing, chatting, and having a good time.
No different.
You all need to give yourselves a good shake, stop judging people, and thinking the world owes you all etiquette, standards and morals. It doesn't.
Just because these 4 guys came into a lounge, and decided to have a wee drink - everyone is very quick to cast aspersions. Jesus wept - all they did was take a few bottles of booze, some ice, and have (what sounds like) a jolly wee drink.
I don't see anything AT ALL different from what these guys did, than what lots of you do every day, week, or month in say the CCR or Flounge, where you all sit with "your pals" and quaff back champagne, cocktails and god knows what else, laughing, chatting, and having a good time.
No different.
You all need to give yourselves a good shake, stop judging people, and thinking the world owes you all etiquette, standards and morals. It doesn't.
Aug 10, 2017, 3:32 pm
#24
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It sounds as though the lads were good natured and tolerated the OP's passive-agressive behaviour rather well.
A more reasonable action would have been to ask the lounge staff to bring out more refreshments, leaving it to them, the staff, to either comply with the request or retrieve the bottles from the lads' table.
A more reasonable action would have been to ask the lounge staff to bring out more refreshments, leaving it to them, the staff, to either comply with the request or retrieve the bottles from the lads' table.
Aug 10, 2017, 5:11 pm
#25
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I really have to laugh at this.
Just because these 4 guys came into a lounge, and decided to have a wee drink - everyone is very quick to cast aspersions. Jesus wept - all they did was take a few bottles of booze, some ice, and have (what sounds like) a jolly wee drink.
I don't see anything AT ALL different from what these guys did, than what lots of you do every day, week, or month in say the CCR or Flounge, where you all sit with "your pals" and quaff back champagne, cocktails and god knows what else, laughing, chatting, and having a good time.
No different.
You all need to give yourselves a good shake, stop judging people, and thinking the world owes you all etiquette, standards and morals. It doesn't.
Just because these 4 guys came into a lounge, and decided to have a wee drink - everyone is very quick to cast aspersions. Jesus wept - all they did was take a few bottles of booze, some ice, and have (what sounds like) a jolly wee drink.
I don't see anything AT ALL different from what these guys did, than what lots of you do every day, week, or month in say the CCR or Flounge, where you all sit with "your pals" and quaff back champagne, cocktails and god knows what else, laughing, chatting, and having a good time.
No different.
You all need to give yourselves a good shake, stop judging people, and thinking the world owes you all etiquette, standards and morals. It doesn't.
Social media does seem to be turning us into moaning minnies.
Aug 10, 2017, 9:15 pm
#26
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I troll BA forum sometimes just to read up on these "Oh boys will be boys" (Or is it "Lads will be lads" in British?) responses. It gives me a bit better perspective as to why Britain as a whole is kinda going bananas. lol
Aug 10, 2017, 10:29 pm
#27
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Not the best of behaviour in the lounge but IMO hardly the end of the world and certainly not something I would be too bothered about providing I could still get my drink. Mind you, I would probably still post here but less of a complaint but more of a point of interest... after all, isn't that what the forum is about! 
Aug 11, 2017, 12:25 am
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