gypsyjaney

Yes indeed - I am both surprised and disappointed. In fact there are many who seem to view the publication of the photograph as being just as worthy of condemnation if not worse. I fail to see why, since he is not identifiable.

catcher1

Go ahead, but there are those of us who will consider it deplorable behavior. Clearly, my mother set different standards for me than yours did for you.

Badenoch

If sleep is required sleep it is of infinitely greater importance than the approbation of anonymous strangers in an airport lounge. Your opinion, that of your mother and various self-appointed hall monitors are entirely inconsequential. The only opinion that might matter is that of the lounge attendants who are in charge and so far not one has objected to my conduct.

BrunswickSq

For travelling WT or for putting their feet up?

PUCCI GALORE

My Mother would have killed me or my Father for good measure if he had even dreamed of doing such a thing. She also considered eating in the street, without a knife of fork to be common. She and my Dad were sticklers for good manners, and table manners in particular. I fear that my Father,( inspired by my Mother) would have probably tackled him head on as the rest of us would pray for the ground to open up. They were afraid of nothing and nobody. I wish that I had half their robustness of character.

I fear it is the fact that well mannered people let the ill-mannered get away with this sort of thing that allows this to become unsurprising. This is, in fairness, mild in spite of its uncouth nature. I have seen far worse, most of which I simply cannot post here.

catcher1

I would suggest that you forget about the "approbation of anonymous strangers" (and by the way, are some strangers not anonymous?) and develop some self-respect. THAT is of infinitely greater importance in my view.

T8191

@ PUCCI ... social standards and upbringing have changed dramatically in our lifetimes. Whilst we may try to retain ‘that wot i was taught’, the sad fact is that we are now massively outnumbered by ‘them wot weren’t’.

(Not that I’m suggesting you are as old as I am, but you get the idea, I’m sure)

Badenoch

What is of "infinitely greater importance" in your "view" is entirely irrelevant. My preferred option is to be well-rested for the next leg of my journey and shall not trouble myself with the irrelevant fretting of judgmental fusspots whose opinions are of no consequence whatsoever.

LondonElite

PUCCI GALORE

Inconsequential and irrelevant though it may be, this is about respect for others. I could not care tuppence if someone falls asleep. What this was all about was someone asleep or otherwise with his shoes on the armrest. What they do at home is , thank God, no concern of mine. Once it is in a public place where other people will come into contact with that arm - yes it does concern others.Had he been been in the sofa with his feet on the floor no one would have taken any notice.

T8191

Everyone here is entitled to an opinion, whether you agree with it or not. Such is the world of the www.

As to 'well-rested', I guess an impending business meeting might justify the nap. Or alternatively better flight schedules. I'm only guessing, but he's not dressed for a high level conference.

At 70+ I've survived a 36-hour door-to-door 5-sector run home (OGG-LAX-CLT-DUB-LHR/LGW-JER) without behaving like that (actually over 48h from getting out of bed in OGG). Not sure whether the 2 night sectors alleviated sleep-deprivation, as OGG-LAX launched at 2300.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/28738886-post4.html

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LTN Phobia

I think there are a few words that some of us tend to like avoiding in modern days somehow.

Self-discipline (or discipline in general);
and
Consideration towards others.

I think some of the oldies amongst us (myself included) had those things drummed into us from a very early age.
Another one for me was "privileges come with additional obligations towards others".

PUCCI GALORE

Yeoman5

Who complained?