Bringing McDonald's food into BA first class
May 10, 2019, 8:20 pm
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I'm rather fond of microwave popcorn paired with a nice Chablis.
May 10, 2019, 8:33 pm
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I dislike the flavored popcorn, including the kind with artificial butter. For me, just plain, lightly salted if possible, is best.
BTW, I know people who find the smell of lamb (or mutton) to be highly objectionable.
For me, I dislike when someone's clothes and/or hair smell from smoking, including FAs working a flight as well as seatmates or even people with whom I share a jetway. OTOH, steak cooked on a wood fire or over charcoal is wonderful, with a good full bodied cab of course, although Zinfandel works for a more casual version of the meal.
BTW, I know people who find the smell of lamb (or mutton) to be highly objectionable.
For me, I dislike when someone's clothes and/or hair smell from smoking, including FAs working a flight as well as seatmates or even people with whom I share a jetway. OTOH, steak cooked on a wood fire or over charcoal is wonderful, with a good full bodied cab of course, although Zinfandel works for a more casual version of the meal.
May 10, 2019, 8:44 pm
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May 10, 2019, 8:52 pm
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I can't recall seeing sheep in Asia. I've seen (live and at least semi-wild) deer in Japan, but I've never noticed venison on the menu except in French restaurants in Tokyo.
May 10, 2019, 8:56 pm
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The original post had nothing to do with smell. It was about judgment and looking down at the passenger in 1A. The only reason people are bringing up sense of smell is because they're trying to justify their own elevated sense of supposed superiority.
i look forward to the day when I see a pic of myself on here for not conforming to your norms. I'm surprised it hasn't happened already.
i look forward to the day when I see a pic of myself on here for not conforming to your norms. I'm surprised it hasn't happened already.
May 10, 2019, 9:17 pm
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For that matter I also think there are important cultural habits at stake. When you go to the us it almost smells of food (and notably fried food) everywhere and people eat almost anywhere any time. By contrast, there are countries where you don’t smell food outside of homes and restaurants and where people don’t really eat outside of those places or outside of relatively standardised meal times (in fact apart from places which cater to tourists, try to go to a restaurant outside of fairly strict meal times in France, Italy Greece, or Spain and you’ll be looked at like some sort of weirdo and told to come back in x hours. Those are also countries where the vast majority of locals eat in fairly formalised ways, not at their desk or in the subway).
May 10, 2019, 11:10 pm
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In a similar manner I once discretely polished off the remnants of a parmo in KLM J MME>AMS>YUL a few years ago.
I was heading away with work for a good few weeks and as a dedicated connoisseur of Teesside cuisine this was my final fling.
(for those unfamiliar with a parmo I recommend you give it a go if in the Teesside area).
I was heading away with work for a good few weeks and as a dedicated connoisseur of Teesside cuisine this was my final fling.
(for those unfamiliar with a parmo I recommend you give it a go if in the Teesside area).
May 10, 2019, 11:58 pm
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Doesn't bother me one bit. As long as it's not something really stinky like durian or fish, and honestly, most fish I feel like smells worse uncooked than it does cooked.
Airlines have conditioned us to feed ourselves. Sure this is a long haul flight, so most people know they're being fed, especially F/J class passengers.
That being said, I'm the kind of person who doesn't often fly J/F class, so maybe I don't know what to expect. On top of that, when I do fly upper class products, I have no idea what kind of food to expect. Some times the domestic option isn't appealing to me. Like flying an asian carrier, if the default option is fish, I can't do it. I don't eat fish, so it's a non-starter for me. Sometimes the western option isn't much better. I had lasagna for breakfast flying OZ J at one point cuz that's the western option they had. I se trip reports of people having caviar and salads that don't look like salad to me...so if I was actually really hungry, I might wanna bring a burger, sandwich, nuggets or whatever with me...honestly multiple times when I HAVE flown J class I've thought I wish I could just get the Y option for food.
Airlines have conditioned us to feed ourselves. Sure this is a long haul flight, so most people know they're being fed, especially F/J class passengers.
That being said, I'm the kind of person who doesn't often fly J/F class, so maybe I don't know what to expect. On top of that, when I do fly upper class products, I have no idea what kind of food to expect. Some times the domestic option isn't appealing to me. Like flying an asian carrier, if the default option is fish, I can't do it. I don't eat fish, so it's a non-starter for me. Sometimes the western option isn't much better. I had lasagna for breakfast flying OZ J at one point cuz that's the western option they had. I se trip reports of people having caviar and salads that don't look like salad to me...so if I was actually really hungry, I might wanna bring a burger, sandwich, nuggets or whatever with me...honestly multiple times when I HAVE flown J class I've thought I wish I could just get the Y option for food.
May 11, 2019, 12:04 am
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Last month, someone in the seat behind me whipped out a Subway sandwich a few minutes after takeoff. Since apparently hardly anyone here frequents, nay, ever sets foot in such plebeian establishments, I should explain that a Subway shop and the food served therein have a very distinct scent.
That smell is not entirely objectionable but did affect me somewhat, although only because of its timing. I wish they had waited until meal service. I can, however, see how someone of more refined taste and higher class, manifested clearly and perhaps solely by their boarding group number, would be rightfully and righteously horrified by such scandalous behaviour.
I mean, what is this world coming to? Right? Right?!?!
That smell is not entirely objectionable but did affect me somewhat, although only because of its timing. I wish they had waited until meal service. I can, however, see how someone of more refined taste and higher class, manifested clearly and perhaps solely by their boarding group number, would be rightfully and righteously horrified by such scandalous behaviour.
I mean, what is this world coming to? Right? Right?!?!
May 11, 2019, 12:29 am
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Isn't that slightly passive-aggressive conclusion a tad paradoxical? I mean, I haven't seen anyone asking that Mr 1A be kicked out of the flight with his McDonald's delicacies. I haven't read any suggestion that he be whipped with barbed wire. I haven't heard any dramatic outburst of the "it's the nugget or me!" type, complete with hand on heart.
OP was surprised at someone bringing McDonald's with him in F, asked what others thought, a number of people said that they wouldn't care in the least and a number of us mentioned that we don't like the smell of McDonald's fried stuff lingering around the cabin and would prefer people would not bring that stuff near us. That is pretty much in the same way as, from what you say, you may well feel happier without your neighbour engulfing a tuna sandwich next to you or might have a sigh of relief if your seat neighbour asks for a cup of tea with her breakfast rather than a couple of coffees. That's pretty much it - preferences, things that people do and do not like smelling or seeing around them, and people exchanging ideas on how they try and deal with sharing a common space for lengthy time. I mean I love Munster, Sinking Bishop, and Roquefort. Personally, I think that they smell delicious, but quite frankly, I wouldn't dream of bringing them with me on a plane. I don't particularly love McNuggets, I think that they are mediocre reconstituted stuff which present very little interest however "most successful in the world" they might be, but I eat the stuff occasionally, and I do love good chips (again, not the McDonald's stuff which I find frankly uninteresting) but again, I just wouldn't bring either of those things with me on a plane for fear of imposing the smell of my current craving onto others. And yes, I do think that it is different for an airline to propose food and for someone to make a unilateral decision to bring smelly food which fragrance he/she will choose to impose onto others, and I'd actually say the same of strong perfumes or anything about body odours that would be avoidable (e.g. people choosing not to use deodorant, etc).
Now again, that's just what I'd prefer people to do. If I sit next to someone eating their Big Mac and fries or smelling of three days of cumulated sweating mixed with way too much perfume, I won't ask them to leave right now, I won't ask the crew to kick them out, I won't claim that my nose matters more than their personal food or hygiene habits, I'll just feel miserable, and I don't really understand where the "you should get yourself a private jet" fits in to be honest or what exactly I'm supposed to do? Feel guilty for not liking those smells? Pretend to the op that he's unreasonable because McDonald's economic success makes it uncriticisable or that the fact that many people might find the smell of McNuggets absolutely delicious (and what not) just like I find the smell of a good aged Roquefort wonderful means that everyone must agree with us on the question of olfactive deliciousness?
To me, the thread has been pretty well behaved, people just talk about what they like, what gets them excited, and what makes them feel not so good, and those of diverging opinions remain entirely free to either take any of it onboard (sometimes we just don't realise that one thing we love may feel uncomfortable to a number of others and it is nice to learn it) or ignore it and stick to their habits and preferences, whichever they see fit.
In regards the Tuna, you make a good point on some cheese's I really cannot stand the smell of them, I would't appreciate the smell but I would never then think they are out of line, having bad etiquette or think its not the done thing. If this was a tuna sandwich or a smelly cheese this thread wouldn't have existed, its the fact its a McDonalds and the assosiation that is attached to that.
May 11, 2019, 12:31 am
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Couldn't give a flying whatsit.
There used to be a McDonald's in T7 at JFK. I’m sure it used to happen more frequently in that route.
And as there is now a KFC at T3 in MAN I could be tempted to order one to see the reaction on board. Do you think CC would plate it io for me so I can enjoy it on the short hop yo LHR? Although I'd prefer to eat it whilst got/warm rather than wait until it was cold.
There used to be a McDonald's in T7 at JFK. I’m sure it used to happen more frequently in that route.
And as there is now a KFC at T3 in MAN I could be tempted to order one to see the reaction on board. Do you think CC would plate it io for me so I can enjoy it on the short hop yo LHR? Although I'd prefer to eat it whilst got/warm rather than wait until it was cold.
May 11, 2019, 1:00 am
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I used to eat mutton curry a lot when living in Singapore.
In Hokkaido, a famous dish is grilled mutton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingisukan
They also have this in Tokyo. In fact there is one near my house that I must try soon.
May 11, 2019, 1:55 am
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