Classy
Mar 26, 2019, 10:48 am
#32
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Since nobody else has done it, I'll chip in with the obligatory: Why can't BA provide a few day beds, QR manage to do this at their home airport blah blah.
On a serious note though: Even Aspire in T3 have day beds.
On a serious note though: Even Aspire in T3 have day beds.
Mar 26, 2019, 10:59 am
#33
Join Date: Oct 2006
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I think it’s slobbish behaviour. It’s an airline lounge not his own home!
Mar 26, 2019, 11:24 am
#34
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He is a slob.
The photo is good. It exposes the slob, without showing his face.
The photo is good. It exposes the slob, without showing his face.
Mar 26, 2019, 11:38 am
#35
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Mar 26, 2019, 11:46 am
#36
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Mar 26, 2019, 11:55 am
#37
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Another vote for slobbish. Couldn't really care less if it's socks/ankles/soles/bare feet that are on the sofa arm. Can never quite understand how people think it's appropriate but there you go. I sat opposite someone who had (shod) feet up on the low coffee/snack tables in GF a few weeks ago.
In the words of the great AP, I just hate the general public. Unbelievable.
In the words of the great AP, I just hate the general public. Unbelievable.
Mar 26, 2019, 12:25 pm
#38
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Mar 26, 2019, 1:00 pm
#39
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It's not like that furniture is in great shape, is it? The picture shows a chair with very noticeable scratches in the wood, and the sofa shows worn through not leather
Mar 26, 2019, 2:43 pm
#40
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This would absolutely raise my eyebrows. However, as someone who suffers a bad lower back and arthritis my immediate thought was what a soothing position this is if I’m in pain so I do wonder if he was in pain and trying to head it off. I would have to be in extreme pain to be doing it in a public place using furniture others are going to touch though.
The first lounge in terminal 3 lhr seems to be most typical for lounge stretch out sleepers in recent experience of early morning flights, equal amount of early morning take offs from Gatwick south first lounge and I’ve not seen one person doing it. Personally I find I spill my champagne in the reclined position so I won’t be joining in. (Ponders how uncouth my manners are necking champers at 5.30am, but Dutch courage is how I fly, to each his own)
The first lounge in terminal 3 lhr seems to be most typical for lounge stretch out sleepers in recent experience of early morning flights, equal amount of early morning take offs from Gatwick south first lounge and I’ve not seen one person doing it. Personally I find I spill my champagne in the reclined position so I won’t be joining in. (Ponders how uncouth my manners are necking champers at 5.30am, but Dutch courage is how I fly, to each his own)
Mar 26, 2019, 2:50 pm
#41
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I need more information...
Who is this Janet that can only afford a bi annual holiday but can travel first or flies enough business miles for access and isn’t clued in enough to the perils never wear white travelling?
Secondly why is a Janet on lesuire travel more important than say a Carl travelling to a business meeting he’s been trying to set up for two years in a stained business suit/shirt... classism or sexism?
I think the British public have been socially conditioned by too many Janet’s standing frowning next to the things that ‘ruined me life’ in tabloids or morning TV.
Who is this Janet that can only afford a bi annual holiday but can travel first or flies enough business miles for access and isn’t clued in enough to the perils never wear white travelling?
Secondly why is a Janet on lesuire travel more important than say a Carl travelling to a business meeting he’s been trying to set up for two years in a stained business suit/shirt... classism or sexism?
I think the British public have been socially conditioned by too many Janet’s standing frowning next to the things that ‘ruined me life’ in tabloids or morning TV.
Mar 26, 2019, 3:12 pm
#42
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A tangential question - when footstools are provided (e.g. CX T3 J lounge), is it better to have shoes on or off? It seems some have strong views on this as if there's an objectively right answer...
Mar 26, 2019, 4:39 pm
#43
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OP pairs "classy" and 'F lounge" as if there's some automatic link between good manners & wealth. I long since gave up believing that - quite the opposite as we live in a society where the attitude is often "I've paid a fortune so I can do what I want".
Mar 26, 2019, 5:14 pm
#44
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It's interesting the kind of assumptions people can make, if this were posted without the BA LHR reference in some parts of Asia, they would automatically ascribe this to being a mainland Chinese.
Mar 26, 2019, 5:41 pm
#45
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The photo shows best the situation and has the good sense to leave off the man's face.
Shoes on is slobbish to me. However, I'll presume innocence due to cultural ignorance and/or health reasons such as Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
Preventing Blood Clots
Wear loose-fitting clothes, socks, or stockings.
Raise your legs 6 inches above your heart from time to time.
Wear special stockings (called compression stockings) if your doctor prescribes them.
Do exercises your doctor gives you.
Change your position often, especially during a long trip.
from ahrq.gov
Shoes on is slobbish to me. However, I'll presume innocence due to cultural ignorance and/or health reasons such as Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
Preventing Blood Clots
Wear loose-fitting clothes, socks, or stockings.
Raise your legs 6 inches above your heart from time to time.
Wear special stockings (called compression stockings) if your doctor prescribes them.
Do exercises your doctor gives you.
Change your position often, especially during a long trip.
from ahrq.gov