Qantas Club Dress Standards...Stubbies, singlet and thongs....What the???

[Pushka]

To some the flip, flop noise made by thongs is also disturbing. The faster they walk the more disturbing the noise becomes.

But wedges make the same noise and are also legal.

 

[DC3]

..... Anyway. Mr FM has said I am not allowed to argue anymore - he totally agrees with me, but says it is childish to argue on social media, so I am out of this

No they didn't which was what made them acceptable. However who would like to bet on someone being rejected at some point wearing a similar style because a new lounge angel gets confused on rules. Last year when travelling in F (QF codeshare, EK metal), a lass at the Qantas F lounge refused to let me in until I produced my platinum card!

Welcome back, Flying mermaid.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Welcome back, Flying mermaid.

Thank-you - contributing but not arguing - have had to smack my fingers a few times though to stop myself.

 

[blackcat20]

But wedges make the same noise and are also legal.

My wedges make far more noise than my sandals.

 

[Pushka]

My wedges make far more noise than my sandals.

We'd better not give Qantas any ideas - footwear might need to pass the noise test - an enhancement.

 

[JohnK]

Isn't that what headphones are for?

sure I agree it can be annoying a bit, but hey it's a (mostly) public space. People in lounges also cough and sneeze or slurp their coffee....

In a way you are right. Should remember to load some music on the phone and constantly walk around with headphones.

Not sure I understand why the people who continue to behave this way get away with it. Too scared to complain? I know I am.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Not sure I understand why the people who continue to behave this way get away with it. Too scared to complain? I know I am.

Either that, or simply don't care.

 

[JohnK]

But wedges make the same noise and are also legal.

Wedges make the same noise as flips flops? Not that I have heard. I can hear flip flops miles away and usually before I have seen them. Can't stand that noise.

 

[Franky]

I don't care too much about dress standards. But the bare feet on the tables in the SYD FLounge I can see in front of me is tasteless regardless of ones clothing.

SBF - that's disgraceful, you should have asked a staff member to chastise that person, or done so yourself. Someone has to take the first step, and it only has to be done once and the offender will get the message.

 

[SeatBackForward]

SBF - that's disgraceful, you should have asked a staff member to chastise that person, or done so yourself. Someone has to take the first step, and it only has to be done once and the offender will get the message.

Its a losing battle. Rules are only there for others to follow, not my very important self

I saw shorts and things in there too. Feet on bulkheads in J. The guy sitting next to me, taking to his gf as the plane begins its take off roll, he then skyped the onboard camera to her I think..

 

[blackcat20]

Wedges make the same noise as flips flops? Not that I have heard. I can hear flip flops miles away and usually before I have seen them. Can't stand that noise.

Mine do, they have a heel strap so they slap up and down against my feet. My sandals on the other hand make no noise... guess which I'm planning to wear into the lounge

 

[maninblack]

My watch makes a ticking sound but a very quiet one. Hope that's okay!

 

[Franky]

Its a losing battle. Rules are only there for others to follow, not my very important self

I saw shorts and things in there too. Feet on bulkheads in J. The guy sitting next to me, taking to his gf as the plane begins its take off roll, he then skyped the onboard camera to her I think..

I see what you mean, and understand your position, there seems to be no hope for some. It's just a great disappointment.

 

[Deleted member]

So this is what passes for smart casual in the MEL F lounge

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[TonyHancock]

Yes I see what you mean that bag is a little on the gaudy side.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

So this is what passes for smart casual in the MEL F lounge

Except there is no 'smart causal' code for the F lounge

Do you know that guy? Otherwise is it possible to re-post the picture with the face blurred out?

(I actually think that the outfit is just fine for a lounge.)

 

[serfty]

... is it possible to re-post the picture with the face blurred out?
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... Done ...

 

[cmon0005]

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[RichardMEL]

The above (no I didn't see the pic) illustrates the peril and confusion of having different standards for different lounges.

Anyway I was sitting in the ADL QP(this moniker used on purpose) recently for a couple of hours. It was quite full prior to a number of departures on QF and JQ. I was in a little area not too far from the bar like a semi booth area with a couple of tables.


I sat in one corner, and this bunch of blokes came and took the other area, pulled some chairs up to make a group. In the end there were 5 or 6 of them. No issues.

They were drinking, and drinking, and talking as though they were in the qP - not yelling, but lound enough to be heard by most around the area (including some kids nearby). Every 2nd word was the F bomb.

Both credit and displeasure to the ADL QP staff who did come and refresh their drinks several times (table service fantastic to have, but clearly no sense of "have you had enough?" or perhaps even suggesting they may want to tone down the language etc). They went from beer and whatever to whisky and it went on and on. So much so I even heard one of them boast "We always get here early to 'slam it' before the flight"

Now they weren't offensive to anyone else (that I saw) or yelling or creating a big scene except for that they were a fair sized group for the area and many could hear the language.

It was no surprise to me when they finally left to catch the flight to Olympic Dam.

My point is that QF is worrying about dress codes and who has appropriate sandals or not, and not about the behavior of some of its guests? If the whole point of a dress code is to create a particular base level of guests in the lounge, you'd hope that they'd also want to have a respectful environment for all guests?

These guys were by the end borderline RSA worthy in my view. Again not over the top, but well on the way there. I'm no prude and swearing doesn't bother me, but there were kids around and stuff and the lounge was pretty full (and anyone who has been in the ADL QP know how big it is) so it was fairly busy, but options to move, specially for more than a solo traveller were limited until after a few flights left.

Now I know responses will say things like "you could have moved"(well probably, but why should I have had to?) or "What do you expect being near the bar?" (what's that to do with it?) or "Why didn't you complain to the staff/manager?" (It didn't bother me hugely and they weren't shouting at random passersby or anything like that and I was kind of interested to note how the staff would act) or even "Don't you have better things to worry about?" (probably ). It just struck me hearing this group (I was trying to mind my own business) again that the whole dress code thing seems far less important than what people do once in the lounge.

These comments are not about these blokes per se, apart from the language they were fine, but it's more my point about worrying about dress codes when I reckon the focus needs to be more on personal hygene (thankfully this is rarely an issue that I have seen ) and behavior.

 

[JohnK]

I thought we had a lounge behaviour thread.

Just witnessed someone grab all the napkins (10-15) in front of the wine bottles on long table in BNE Business lounge to wipe down the table and then put the napkins back. :shock: Then he took his notebook to put down on table. Told staff member who came over and took napkins away.

Well dressed person. Gross.