Alyopsis
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Forgive me if this has already got a run or is slightly off piste vis a vis location. I'm sure I will be corrected.
A few news sites over the last day or two have raised the possible banning of Senator Anning from the Chairman's Lounge for his charming chit chat about Christchurch and people who aren't like him.
Now I have never been in a Chairman's Lounge but I figure that's no loss if there's a chance I might have to smile at the good Senator at the next table. I'd rather hang with the high vis Y riff raff in the Qantas Lounge.
But we all have personal views. On senatorial matters I could cheerfully ban one Sarah Hansen Young from ever been seen or heard in public again, but we are all entitled to our opinions, even if they are off.
Is it appropriate for a business like Qantas to start banning customers because they voice their opinions totally unrelated to the business ? Should Senator Anning's bank ask him to bank elsewhere ? Should Coles cancel his Flybuys account ? Should his vet tell him to take his dog elsewhere ?
If the Senator was relentlessly bagging Qantas, they might have a point, but I believe he is quite keen on parking his cough in a Qantas J seat.
I'm gay in a quiet mind my own business way. I have never flown Emirates because of how the UAE governments treat gay people. I've always been a bit ho hum about the Qantas / Emirates tie up because of this and the irony of Mr Joyce been one of the drivers of this hook doesn't escape me. But it is a commercial decision. I've never boycotted Qantas over it. Even if I think it's slightly off.
Perhaps, respectfully, rather than mulling over membership lists, Qantas should concentrate on getting people from A to B on time and think about improving the dinners on the 6.30pm out of MEL. Core business.
As for the Senator, I suspect he will fade from public view once the election is over and once he has to start paying for his own flights I reckon Mr Joyce will be seeing far less of him on his planes. A win for everybody.
A few news sites over the last day or two have raised the possible banning of Senator Anning from the Chairman's Lounge for his charming chit chat about Christchurch and people who aren't like him.
Now I have never been in a Chairman's Lounge but I figure that's no loss if there's a chance I might have to smile at the good Senator at the next table. I'd rather hang with the high vis Y riff raff in the Qantas Lounge.
But we all have personal views. On senatorial matters I could cheerfully ban one Sarah Hansen Young from ever been seen or heard in public again, but we are all entitled to our opinions, even if they are off.
Is it appropriate for a business like Qantas to start banning customers because they voice their opinions totally unrelated to the business ? Should Senator Anning's bank ask him to bank elsewhere ? Should Coles cancel his Flybuys account ? Should his vet tell him to take his dog elsewhere ?
If the Senator was relentlessly bagging Qantas, they might have a point, but I believe he is quite keen on parking his cough in a Qantas J seat.
I'm gay in a quiet mind my own business way. I have never flown Emirates because of how the UAE governments treat gay people. I've always been a bit ho hum about the Qantas / Emirates tie up because of this and the irony of Mr Joyce been one of the drivers of this hook doesn't escape me. But it is a commercial decision. I've never boycotted Qantas over it. Even if I think it's slightly off.
Perhaps, respectfully, rather than mulling over membership lists, Qantas should concentrate on getting people from A to B on time and think about improving the dinners on the 6.30pm out of MEL. Core business.
As for the Senator, I suspect he will fade from public view once the election is over and once he has to start paying for his own flights I reckon Mr Joyce will be seeing far less of him on his planes. A win for everybody.