JohnK
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Don't mean to generalise and I hope there are few decent ones out there but the majority of them seem to be lazy bludgers who do not care about other people's property.
Last month on returning ADL-MEL-SYD I was sitting in the bar in MEL airport near gate 2 having a drink when I see the trolley on the tarmac with the transferred bags from ADL-SYD. I knew this because my black Brosnan golf travel bag was on top of the pile. There were 3 baggage handlers talking to each other while loading the bags onto the conveyor. Loading. Poor word. One would grab a bag from the trolley, pass it to the handler nearest the conveyor who from 1 metre or so away would throw it on to the conveyor belt not even looking at the conveyor while continuing on with the conversation, then the other one would grab a bag from the trolley and pass it on to him and again it was thrown on to the conveyor. This process continued. Throwing. Please. Have some common sense. Place it on the conveyor. When they got around to the pile with my golf bag he just grabbed my golf bag from the top and dropped it to the bottom of the trolley, out of the way, and then continued to grab bags from this pile to load on to the conveyor. This bag has golf clubs in it. Fragile. Anyway I couldn't bear to watch anymore. There was no damage so I said nothing.
After my latest trip to Perth during the week, returned yesterday PER-ADL-SYD, I have noticed damage to both luggage and golf travel bag. The luggage has 2 legs parralel to the 2 wheels, to support the luggage standing when stationary, and these have now almost come apart from the bag itself. The bag does not stand anymore. This is not wear and tear. This bag has been dropped, thrown, onto the legs for this damage to happen. My golf travel bag has 3 holes and scrapes on the bottom where it seems like it has been dragged for great distances. This is supposed to be a fragile item. While all care is taken we accept no responsibility. I don't call this care. This is gross negligence.
I now need a new bag, around $60-$100, and the golf travel bag is only 1 month old and it cost $60. Surely we should expect baggage handlers to use a little more care with our possessions. Surely QF can train and monitor their staff better.
<I better not say too much more or the black vans may start to appear again>
Last month on returning ADL-MEL-SYD I was sitting in the bar in MEL airport near gate 2 having a drink when I see the trolley on the tarmac with the transferred bags from ADL-SYD. I knew this because my black Brosnan golf travel bag was on top of the pile. There were 3 baggage handlers talking to each other while loading the bags onto the conveyor. Loading. Poor word. One would grab a bag from the trolley, pass it to the handler nearest the conveyor who from 1 metre or so away would throw it on to the conveyor belt not even looking at the conveyor while continuing on with the conversation, then the other one would grab a bag from the trolley and pass it on to him and again it was thrown on to the conveyor. This process continued. Throwing. Please. Have some common sense. Place it on the conveyor. When they got around to the pile with my golf bag he just grabbed my golf bag from the top and dropped it to the bottom of the trolley, out of the way, and then continued to grab bags from this pile to load on to the conveyor. This bag has golf clubs in it. Fragile. Anyway I couldn't bear to watch anymore. There was no damage so I said nothing.
After my latest trip to Perth during the week, returned yesterday PER-ADL-SYD, I have noticed damage to both luggage and golf travel bag. The luggage has 2 legs parralel to the 2 wheels, to support the luggage standing when stationary, and these have now almost come apart from the bag itself. The bag does not stand anymore. This is not wear and tear. This bag has been dropped, thrown, onto the legs for this damage to happen. My golf travel bag has 3 holes and scrapes on the bottom where it seems like it has been dragged for great distances. This is supposed to be a fragile item. While all care is taken we accept no responsibility. I don't call this care. This is gross negligence.
I now need a new bag, around $60-$100, and the golf travel bag is only 1 month old and it cost $60. Surely we should expect baggage handlers to use a little more care with our possessions. Surely QF can train and monitor their staff better.
<I better not say too much more or the black vans may start to appear again>