Wearing Thongs in Business - does it affect how you are served?

[horseman]

Even though they still look as good as new are they cutting the mustard in the j service.

Who would wear thongs in j!?

 

[elbarto]

You go for the cheap Havies.

I'm just not fashionable or metrosexual enough to pull off the diamantes

 

[medhead]

I'm just not fashionable or metrosexual enough to pull off the diamantes

Hey, my $50 Havies are diamanté-less. Double thickness sole and upmarket strap arrangement.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Thank goodness this thread wasn't on an American forum.

 

[elbarto]

Hey, my $50 Havies are diamanté-less. Double thickness sole and upmarket strap arrangement.

I hope you wear socks with them

 

[Mattg]

I'm fairly young and in my experience, age is not an important factor when it comes to how you're treated. Being polite would have to be the best way to go if you want to be treated with respect anywhere.

Although, I do think that FAs sometimes treat you more respectfully if you're dressed up. I once got on a plane wearing a suit and the FA addressed me as Mr Mattg while addressing the older lady I was with (not wearing a suit) by first name.

 

[simongr]

Lets hope the service matches the shoes...

 

[oz74]

Black dress thongs would be ok :shock:

 

[MarkD]

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Lets hope the service matches the shoes...

Holy cough. Its JR EWING

 

[Conrad_S]

Holy cough. Its JR EWING

Fanciest thongs I've ever seen

 

[eric2011]

I usually are travelling for pleasure, not for business and will invariably travel in my boat shoes with no socks. Will always get to my seat and remove my shoes when seated and this always ok with the FA's. however I have been told off however when I have forgotten to put them back on when I have gone to the toilets. Not for safety reasons but because they are concerned for my health safety from others piddle on the floor of the toilet. Thanks to the hostile who did this.

 

[Ewing]

Holy cough. Its JR EWING

No it's not. I don't believe my brother was flying today?

(yes, my brother was unfortunate enough to get initials JR Ewing).

For me, flying into DFW with just the same last name is bad enough, although it usually means an extra G&T or three from the lovely AA ladies :mrgreen:

(for those that don't know me personally, my forum name is my last name).

 

[jetlagger]

Wow..
This thread is attracting as much attention as the previous Hi Vis in the lounge thread.. :shock:
Some interesting & entertaining comments all round..

 

[ashleyn]

I usually are travelling for pleasure, not for business and will invariably travel in my boat shoes with no socks. Will always get to my seat and remove my shoes when seated and this always ok with the FA's. however I have been told off however when I have forgotten to put them back on when I have gone to the toilets. Not for safety reasons but because they are concerned for my health safety from others piddle on the floor of the toilet. Thanks to the hostile who did this.

What the hostie piddled on the floor ?

 

[shellthom]

Nice (at times not so nice) debate about footwear.

Thongs - I wear them on my flights most of the time. My reasons for doing so are:
Easy to take off and put on in customs lines
Easy to take off so I can put my sleeping socks on and get comfy on the flight
If we were to evacuate the plane - I can quickly put them back on and I wont have to take them off or in my haste forget to take them off and burst the life raft getting off the plane.
I don't wear high heels but I think there has been at least 1 documented case - didn't google it for a reference so there may be more, maybe its not documented and just urban legend - where high heel has caused a lot of drama on plane evacuation.

I do however
- have feet that swell as soon as stepping into a confined space - including a boat in a showroom at a boat show when I was 8ish - my hands swell as well but I don't put thongs on them
- feel under dressed when in my comfy clothes in J.. in Y what does it matter everyone is wearing them
- put socks on that are generally made for wearing outside anyway (think one step down from ugg boots)

I don't
- shove my feet on someone elses seat - front back or sideways
- ever wear high heels (I think they are a massive health risk in general)
- claim not to be a bogan - i'm not talking bogan pride but I am not at all disillusioned as to how others perceive me based on how I dress and I as the OP stated expect the level of service that goes along with that.
- never shocked if I am looked down on based on my appearance in the lounge or in J etc, and while they may be thinking it they still maintained a professional manner and that is all to be expected.

I think it was with much kindness the OP made his statement and it would be an interesting social experiment indeed. One day I will try it, I just bought some nice flat slip ons today so maybe our next trip can be the start of my experiment for it.

 

[defurax]

Just to add my 2 cents to this social experiment..
I usually travel in 3 different "uniforms": 1- Full suit with tie and cufflinks, 2- dress shirt and dress pants, 3- casual shirt and pants (I've never ever worn thongs in my whole life).
I tried the 3 different "styles" in Y and in J (not enough F flights to draw a conclusion...). I would say that the service is not really different according to the way I'm dressed, but it is more formal when wearing a suit. I think this is simply how society still responds to dress code. Maybe I behave differently when I'm wearing business or casual attire?

I would also add that when flying J on other airlines than QF (with no pyjama) I actually find that very expensive wool pants are actually more comfortable than jeans or other casual pants, they actually feel more like a pyjama.

Maybe one day I'll have to try the full suit with thongs...

 

[Katie]

Holy cough. Its JR EWING

They're shoes, not boots worthy of a texan oil baron! (Or whatever JR Ewing was)

 

[lovetravellingoz]

While I always wear shoes onto the plane, I will always travel with a pair of thongs for use on the plane for long-haul flights.

I find pressured airplanes tend to swell the feet and is hence uncomfortable for me to continue to wear shoes.. So shoes come off when I am on the plane. I use the things when I wish to move around the plane.

Plus at night, if nature calls slipping into a pair of thongs is quicker and easier in the dark than shoes.

Service sans-shoes? I have never noticed any difference.

Biggest difference I have observed is from being polite and conversational with the staff. A few smiles goes a long way.

 

[JohnK]

I find pressured airplanes tend to swell the feet and is hence uncomfortable for me to continue to wear shoes.. So shoes come off when I am on the plane. I use the things when I wish to move around the plane.

I took my shoes off once for a couple of hours on a SIN-PER flight. I could not put my shoes back on again when we were about to land so now no more taking shoes off in mid air for than a few minutes at a time.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I took my shoes off once for a couple of hours on a SIN-PER flight. I could not put my shoes back on again when we were about to land so now no more taking shoes off in mid air for than a few minutes at a time.

or buy a pair of Scholl compression flight socks. No swelling, no pain (and would save a lot of people from having to do that emu dance in the emergency exits to get their circulation going on long flights)