Manners, Attitude and Etiquete in Qantas Lounges

[yohy?!]

Im in T2 QP now JK - good catch up - no problems in T2, it must be a BNE thing


munitalP

I agree, the SYD lounges are always most civilised - starting to approach first BNE lounge visit with trepidation...how should I prepare??

 

[tuapekastar]

Not using the tongs is a no-no, both because it is forbidden by the rules, and because you don't want strangers touching things you are going to consume. But if you do not use the tongs, but also do not touch anything other than what you are taking for yourself then it's no big deal on the health front (though as I said, you should - and I do - use the tongs).

I guess everyone is different (deep statement ) but we encounter gazillions of germs out there and at home every day, and while I would not take anything at the QP that I knew someone had touched (and incidentally, would never buy anything from those open salad bars the supermarkets have :shock, the chances of 'getting' something from handled food in the QP are probably a lot less than 'getting' something from anywhere else you frequent on your daily travels, food-related or otherwise.

On the attitude front, the pax described in the OP needed a swift slap.

 

[benson69]

I absolutely agree with the revulsion that others have expressed. No matter how much you earn in life or whether you are a bronze QFF or a Platinum member if one hasn't been taught manners, or have a ounce of personal insight one will always be trailer trash. Really not worth upsetting yourself over, shake your head (in front of them if it makes you feel better) and go sit down and don't let these odd people ruin your enjoyment! They will always be with us! Cheers. G

 

[Stealth]

Not using the tongs is a no-no, both because it is forbidden by the rules, and because you don't want strangers touching things you are going to consume. But if you do not use the tongs, but also do not touch anything other than what you are taking for yourself then it's no big deal on the health front (though as I said, you should - and I do - use the tongs).

I guess everyone is different (deep statement ) but we encounter gazillions of germs out there and at home every day, and while I would not take anything at the QP that I knew someone had touched (and incidentally, would never buy anything from those open salad bars the supermarkets have :shock, the chances of 'getting' something from handled food in the QP are probably a lot less than 'getting' something from anywhere else you frequent on your daily travels, food-related or otherwise.

On the attitude front, the pax described in the OP needed a swift slap.

A couple of observations. One is that the sanitisation of our environment (probably combined with the increasing intrusion of plastics and other petro-chemical compounds) is leading to significant issues in regard to coping with infection and allergies. Secondly, the likelyhood of the 'pc' and spineless populace delivering a verbal attack, never mind a physical slap is extremely unlikely. All this talk of ejection is pure bull****; the staff aren't to be expected to do it at risk of jeapordising their jobs. The customers will stand by, do nothing, then only moan on forums such as this. Note that this very forum is so PC that it censures simple and commonly used terms such as "bull5h1t"..................need I say more?

 

[oz_mark]

All this talk of ejection is pure bull****; the staff aren't to be expected to do it at risk of jeapordising their jobs.

Of course it is all bullstars, but we can dream!!

 

[shambles]

starting to approach first BNE lounge visit with trepidation...how should I prepare??

buy a check shirt????

 

[JohnK]

To be fair though I do not think this is just an issue in the lounge(s).

There have been a few times where they have ordered pizza at work and people see nothing wrong with separating the pieces with their hands. Now they may well be the cleanest people in the world but I just lose interest in the food as soon as I see that happening..

With some of the people I think it is more of a case of what you do at home do not do in public....

 

[medhead]

A couple of observations. One is that the sanitisation of our environment (probably combined with the increasing intrusion of plastics and other petro-chemical compounds) is leading to significant issues in regard to coping with infection and allergies. Secondly, the likelyhood of the 'pc' and spineless populace delivering a verbal attack, never mind a physical slap is extremely unlikely.

Of course, when I got home on Thursday night after the J lounge, I had a bit of the trots. 3 to 4 hours? Is that the correct timeframe?

Also had a read of new scientist on the plane, especially the article about antibiotic resistant bugs. They seem to take a sideways swipe at drug companies that have stopped looking for new antibiotics and other treatment methods, and just tried to cash in on the current range of drugs. Anyway, it was interesting.

 

[Ewing]

There have been a few times where they have ordered pizza at work and people see nothing wrong with separating the pieces with their hands. Now they may well be the cleanest people in the world but I just lose interest in the food as soon as I see that happening..

If we have shared food at work whether it be cake, pizza or whatever - washing your hands is compulsory immediately prior to partaking.

I am always really cough about it - more so since contracting novovirus on a cruise ship a few years back (fortunately I only got the symptoms on the day I arrived back home so I didn't have to be quarantined but a lot of the passengers were).

The DJ lounge in Canberra actually has automated hand sanitisers at the food buffet. It's the only lounge I can recall seeing them in - but I wish more did.

 

[Travel Guru]

I agree, the SYD lounges are always most civilised - starting to approach first BNE lounge visit with trepidation...how should I prepare??

Perhaps a bottle of Aqium Gel might be a wise investment, I never travel anywhere without one...you think food gives you the creeps when others touch it, I'm more worried by toilet door handles touched by people who clearly dont know what the basin's for.

TG

 

[jpk]

But if everyone uses the tongs, isn't that the same as everyone touching the same piece of food? The same many fingers touch the shared surface of the tongs... Lots of people seem to sit down then eat the food using their hands (as they are doing something else - newspaper, phone, computer), rather than using a fork, especially the crackers and pizza. Then they rub their eyes.

Sanitisers in the QP would be nice.

 

[Hvr]

Perhaps a bottle of Aqium Gel might be a wise investment, I never travel anywhere without one...you think food gives you the creeps when others touch it, I'm more worried by toilet door handles touched by people who clearly dont know what the basin's for.

TG

This is my biggest bugbear. And why don't toilet doors open outwards so you can push them open with your shoes when you leave rather than having to place your nice clean hands on a handle that has been touched by someone who has just left the cubicle? :evil:

I have been known to take a paper towel and use that to hold the handle on the way out.

 

[LiamR]

This is my biggest bugbear. And why don't toilet doors open outwards so you can push them open with your shoes when you leave rather than having to place your nice clean hands on a handle that has been touched by someone who has just left the cubicle? :evil:

I've always wondered that too. It would make so much sense.

I always carry a bottle of hand sanitiser with me, I agree with others, airlines should have a station to clean your hands as you enter the lounge. We have them at work, and it does the job.

 

[oz_mark]

This is my biggest bugbear. And why don't toilet doors open outwards so you can push them open with your shoes when you leave rather than having to place your nice clean hands on a handle that has been touched by someone who has just left the cubicle? :evil:

Overall safety dictates that doors open inwards. Heaven help people walking past toilets if the doors opened outwards.

Doors to nearly all rooms open inward for that reason.

 

[LiamR]

Overall safety dictates that doors open inwards. Heaven help people walking past toilets if the doors opened outwards.

Doors to nearly all rooms open inward for that reason.

Ahhh. Good point.

Gold Coast airport have solved this by not having doors to the entry of the bathrooms, rather just two corners when walking it, keeping privacy, but eliminating the need to touch a door.

I can understand why everybody can't do that, you need more space, needing a purpose design right from the start.

 

[ejb]

Ahhh. Good point.

Gold Coast airport have solved this by not having doors to the entry of the bathrooms, rather just two corners when walking it, keeping privacy, but eliminating the need to touch a door.

I can understand why everybody can't do that, you need more space, needing a purpose design right from the start.

O/T....but....why can't they install sliding doors that open automatically? No need for more room, just a cavity slider added.

ejb

 

[samiam]

Doors to nearly all rooms open inward for that reason.

Nearly is correct. In health facilities, ensuite and other doors must open outward in case of an emergency.

 

[oz_mark]

Nearly is correct. In health facilities, ensuite and other doors must open outward in case of an emergency.

The same issue occurs in houses (e.g. how do you get to an unconcious person in the toilet). In most houses, it is done by having a door liftable from outside the toilet.

 

[Travel Guru]

I have been known to take a paper towel and use that to hold the handle on the way out.

I do exactly the same.

Thank god toilet designers have seen sense these days and tend to build them without doors, makes so much more sense.

TG

 

[missafternoondelight]

Agree guys, it is gross seeing grubby hands touching the communal buffet. Hygiene is pretty engrained in our culture in some respects. Feeling a sense of revulsion is a 'Pavlov's Dog' reaction to seeing something unhygienic.

However, most adults have had some pretty dirty things in their mouths at one time or another.
No point losing sleep over it.