“Available on request” items in lounges
Jun 14, 2018, 12:30 pm
#31
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Jun 14, 2018, 12:49 pm
#33
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Makes me sick just at the thought (it's all about loving it or hating it at the end of the day 
), but I guess that all those years working for a business with head offices in Burton-on-Trent (meaning frequent trips to the town, famous for the rather unflattering smell of Carling, Marmite & Branston Pickle) together with the ghastly stuff regularly appearing on the kitchen table at work didn't help
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), but I guess that all those years working for a business with head offices in Burton-on-Trent (meaning frequent trips to the town, famous for the rather unflattering smell of Carling, Marmite & Branston Pickle) together with the ghastly stuff regularly appearing on the kitchen table at work didn't help G
Jun 14, 2018, 12:59 pm
#34
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I've been told that they used to put the jars out, without caps, but - well - they got stolen. It turns out that some people - not FTers obviously - travelled around with either a cap or some other way of closing the tub so that wasn't a deterrent. This presumably was due to either a last minute fear of being Marmiteless in Seattle or not wanting the hassle in security. When Compass ran the lounges they did at one stage experiment with the mini Marmite packs .
Jun 14, 2018, 1:17 pm
#35
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Continued close association usually brings one of two things.
1) Sensitivity
2) Comfort
I have known many people who work with rats. In some cases they have to leave their job because they have become so allergic to rats (when they weren't previously). In others they have become life long ratophiles (when they were previously ambivalent).
There is no known rat-Marmite factor IFAIK but the similarities struck me.
TBH I like rats, marmite and champagne and want all of them to be available in lounges without secret knowledge. (Except perhaps the rats)
1) Sensitivity
2) Comfort
I have known many people who work with rats. In some cases they have to leave their job because they have become so allergic to rats (when they weren't previously). In others they have become life long ratophiles (when they were previously ambivalent).
There is no known rat-Marmite factor IFAIK but the similarities struck me.
TBH I like rats, marmite and champagne and want all of them to be available in lounges without secret knowledge. (Except perhaps the rats)
Jun 15, 2018, 7:01 am
#40
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For me it's the blue latex gloves they wear on delivery. It may be champagne but delivered in the way it is takes the shine off the experience. Reminds me of student cocktail nights where bar staff hosed the cocktails into plastic cups while wearing similar gloves.
Jun 15, 2018, 9:24 am
#41
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BTW - pens to write in the comments book are “available on request”.
Jun 15, 2018, 10:16 am
#42
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LHR South Club
There were individual marmite packets in the south club lounge at LHR today. First time I have noticed this.. Also the food seemed to be better quality overall than last time I was there.
Jun 15, 2018, 10:31 am
#43
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I am guessing the massive catering packs of marmite which they can decant into bowls into bowls is cheaper thst the individual sachets you find in hotels as they have this in a bowl along with the James and marmalade’s at breakfast certainly in Galleries First.
Jun 15, 2018, 10:42 am
#44
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I've been told that they used to put the jars out, without caps, but - well - they got stolen. It turns out that some people - not FTers obviously - travelled around with either a cap or some other way of closing the tub so that wasn't a deterrent. This presumably was due to either a last minute fear of being Marmiteless in Seattle or not wanting the hassle in security. When Compass ran the lounges they did at one stage experiment with the mini Marmite packs but the consumption was greater than the amount of slices of bread left out, indeed I recall one lady woman deftly emptying a tray of about 20 packs into her handbag over in T1. So slick was the manœuvre that it could only have been borne out of considerable practice.
Off topic I know and I do apologise but last Saturday in the Morrison’s Cafe in Stratford there were these 2 delightful elderly ladies sitting on the table in front.
Over the the course of their visit between them they acquired enough condiments along with salt and pepper sachets as well as sugar, sweetener and milk portions to set up their own cafe. They did it quite discreetly though a few things at a time and putting them in Tupperware boxes at the top of their shopper trollies. I’d liken their actions to a squirrel hoarding his nuts.
Im guessing/hoping that these few items will have saved them a few £££ on their shopping but I did automatically think of FLYERTALK and what would be the title of the thread if this was an airport lounge.