Bringing McDonald's food into BA first class
May 10, 2019, 11:57 am
#31
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Perhaps it was the Loonmander in Chief, who seems to only eat MacD's. You are lucky he wasn't up in the cockpit wanting to show he can fly the plane...
May 10, 2019, 12:01 pm
#32
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Absolutely outrageous!!
To think that people on public transport are allowed to do what they want as long as confirming with BA rules. It’s just like when I see a young child in F/J!!
do these people not understand that I’ve paid for my F ticket and I want the full sense of entitlement that comes with a PJ.
To think that people on public transport are allowed to do what they want as long as confirming with BA rules. It’s just like when I see a young child in F/J!!
do these people not understand that I’ve paid for my F ticket and I want the full sense of entitlement that comes with a PJ.
May 10, 2019, 12:05 pm
#33
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This incident just proves that money and etiquette don't go hand-in-hand.
I do think the proper response is to overlook this behavior. But it would bother me a bit. I also find it sad so many people have such an eating "culture". This morning, I sat on the tram and a college student apparently had to use the <15 min ride to have breakfast. She had a box prepared with yogurt, muesli, and fruit and make lots of clinging noises as she seemed to aim for cleaning the bowl completely with her (metal) spoon.
I do think the proper response is to overlook this behavior. But it would bother me a bit. I also find it sad so many people have such an eating "culture". This morning, I sat on the tram and a college student apparently had to use the <15 min ride to have breakfast. She had a box prepared with yogurt, muesli, and fruit and make lots of clinging noises as she seemed to aim for cleaning the bowl completely with her (metal) spoon.
I've come to accept that eating in public is a fairly normal thing these days. If she has prepared stuff, great. It's not possible to eat at cafes/restaurants etc every day, especially when some people's wages are so low. Bringing food from home is the logical thing, especially when one is a college student on no money and high fees.
Not meaning to get at you here, just looking at it from the perspective of those who don't have the option to eat 3 meals sat at a table.
May 10, 2019, 12:12 pm
#34
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This incident just proves that money and etiquette don't go hand-in-hand.
I do think the proper response is to overlook this behavior. But it would bother me a bit. I also find it sad so many people have such an eating "culture". This morning, I sat on the tram and a college student apparently had to use the <15 min ride to have breakfast. She had a box prepared with yogurt, muesli, and fruit and make lots of clinging noises as she seemed to aim for cleaning the bowl completely with her (metal) spoon.
I do think the proper response is to overlook this behavior. But it would bother me a bit. I also find it sad so many people have such an eating "culture". This morning, I sat on the tram and a college student apparently had to use the <15 min ride to have breakfast. She had a box prepared with yogurt, muesli, and fruit and make lots of clinging noises as she seemed to aim for cleaning the bowl completely with her (metal) spoon.
What is the big difference between eating a McDonalds on the plane or eating food served by crew, clearly it is acceptable to eat on the plane and they have no rules about not bringing your own food on. As for etiquette, so what if not using a knife and folk many cultures dont and some of the best tasting food I have ever had is street food in some countries, why because I generally use a crockery and cutlery does that make my etiquette better than someone who does't as long as they don't leave a mess for others to deal with!
More tolerance of things that wouldn't appeal to us but don't have a negative impact on us would gfo a long way in this world rather than looking down our noses at people because we feel they lack certain social etiquette or are somehow beneth us because they choose something they enjoy that we do not and don't know why they do!
May 10, 2019, 12:19 pm
#37
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i suspect there are both generational and cultural issues at play on this thread, especially as highlighted by TTmex.
That said, I wonder what the reaction would be in ‘a fine dining at 0 ft’ restaurant if I brought in my own starter?
That said, I wonder what the reaction would be in ‘a fine dining at 0 ft’ restaurant if I brought in my own starter?
May 10, 2019, 12:19 pm
#38
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There's special menus for religious reasons served on board, but none for passengers who like plain, ordinary food, so I hat-tip the passenger's enterprise in self-catering their needs. 
May 10, 2019, 12:25 pm
#41
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Personally I don't give two hoots what other passengers choose to eat, and that includes passengers in F. If someone has a craving for nuggets, so be it. If they also wanted a BrewDog IPA to go with it rather than LPGS then that's fine too. I don't think it's any of the crew's business either. I think people need to wind their neck in and mind their own business a bit more.
That said, galley smells often waft through too, and if you're waiting to be fed that can get pretty frustrating.
May 10, 2019, 12:49 pm
#43
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My kids (in their 30’s) always take a burger on board in first as they just don’t like the “fancy” food on board. I’m a pretty plain eater myself and have taken my own food when there was nothing on the first menu that suited my taste. As for the smell it wouldn’t bother me as I’ll take that over garlic which literally makes me gip
