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

[GoldCanyon340]

QF surely was prepared for media and social media backlash. Let's face it: the complaints will only last a few days.

I agree with the new policy but would have avoided instituting it on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year.

 

[Himeno]

Bad, unneeded policy. Targets wrong "issue". Won't solve the real problem (behavior) and creates discrimination.

 

[Himeno]

QF surely was prepared for media and social media backlash. Let's face it: the complaints will only last a few days.

Just wait until someone who is transgender gets turned away because their clothing doesn't match their "assumed" gender.

 

[Limewood]

Just wait until someone who is transgender gets turned away because their clothing doesn't match their "assumed" gender.

Depends if wearing a dress or thongs and tank top well i guess the latter passes as long as under arms are not bushy but hey still should be OK as its a dress code not a body code uh

 

[BLK343]

Was in the Sydney QP lounge this morning and I can confirm although an army of staff were at the entrance, a gentleman in front of me was wearing a pair of beach sandals and was allowed in. As I walked past one of the staff, I also overheard "I'm also keeping an eye on the ladies"

Conclusion .. Still very subjective about the dress code enforcement

 

[moa999]

Three gents out the front of MEL wearing thongs. Heard one being offered the $5 donation.

That said bright orange Nike trainers and tatty jeans OK for the business lounge.

 

[Misspiggy]

Thongs were never the issue in the lounges it is the hi vis clothing and steel cap work boots that the workers look like they have just stepped off the work site. Yet Qantas allow this but a lady in nice thongs. Totally whacked view of what is acceptable.

 

[trippin_the_rift]

Bad, unneeded policy. Targets wrong "issue". Won't solve the real problem (behavior) and creates discrimination.

If it were a needed policy it would be network wide and include first class lounges. We could then watch QF intl die quickly.

I agree it's only creating discrimination and turns what should be a friendly lounge agent into a nightclub bouncer.
I would be easier to put a blanket rule saying "no footwear where your toes are exposed".... which would then highlight how flawed the whole concept is.

 

[medhead]

The problem for those raising the subjective objection is that hard and fast rules simply can't work. It is a subjective judgement. As the examples mentioned highlight wearing of thongs doesn't define smart casual. Someone in designer jeans, decent modest top and thongs is smart casual. A slob in stubbies, wife beater and thongs is not. What if we replaced the Havvies with open, leather strapped sandals? Or open toe heals? (For the lady that is, not the male slob)

The footwear alone simply isn't a definitive point of assessment.

Except for anyone who wears crocs with socks. long socks and sandals was a popular combination when I grew up in queensland. Doesn't make it right.

 

[TomVexille]

Thongs were never the issue in the lounges it is the hi vis clothing and steel cap work boots that the workers look like they have just stepped off the work site. Yet Qantas allow this but a lady in nice thongs. Totally whacked view of what is acceptable.

So bare feet on tables isn't an issue?

Admittedly I haven't been to PER, but the people I've seen wearing hi vis in QP's have been better behaved than the corporate type.

Also rubber thongs are not smart casual.

 

[defurax]

I'm in the MEL J lounge and the guy next to me is wearing rubber thongs (with jeans and a hoodie). So apparently this is smart casual.
After one day this is already turning into the priority boarding enforcement fiasco.

 

[TomVexille]

I'm in the MEL J lounge and the guy next to me is wearing rubber thongs (with jeans and a hoodie). So apparently this is smart casual.
After one day this is already turning into the priority boarding enforcement fiasco.

And why am I not surprised?

 

[JohnK]

I've heard ( on feed back in the papers) people argue that they wear the thongs for comfort on the flight.
So carry them in a bag , and wear them on the flight. How hard can it be?

Obviously too difficult for some.

I can see this policed for a few weeks then swept under the carpet like everything else.

 

[slc767338]

Three or so dragons guarding MEL QP, one had to turn away a woman not because of her attire but because, and I quote 'No Madam, Frequent Flyer doesn't get you access to this lounge' *woman starts to enter the lounge* 'No, Madam you'll have to leave'.

Also noticed a sign on top of the JCL service desk noting the new 'enforcement' of dress code although no extra staff than usual it seems.

 

[slc767338]

I'm in the MEL J lounge and the guy next to me is wearing rubber thongs (with jeans and a hoodie). So apparently this is smart casual.
After one day this is already turning into the priority boarding enforcement fiasco.

I see him also..

 

[defurax]

I'm in the MEL J lounge and the guy next to me is wearing rubber thongs (with jeans and a hoodie). So apparently this is smart casual.
After one day this is already turning into the priority boarding enforcement fiasco.

I have to correct my post. The lounge Dragon just came to tell the guy that thongs are not acceptable and to wear something else for his next visit.

 

[Princess Fiona]

I have to correct my post. The lounge Dragon just came to tell the guy that thongs are not acceptable and to wear something else for his next visit.

She's been reading AFF

 

[Joshua]

Sounds pretty close to what I'd wear except as rule I have never worn open footwear to an airport / when flying from a safety perspective. So it wouldn't affect me but I do find the policy and the sounds of its implementation typical poor. I haven't stepped inside a domestic Qantas Club in a year but last I checked the problem wasn't from people wearing open footwear...

I have a genuine question that I don't think I'll be flamed for here.. exactly when did they communicate this? I'm actually looking back through old emails and cannot see a single mention of it. I did read mention of it on sites however. If they could expect to get this response surely a separate email should have been sent to say they've gentrified the club by simplifying the social classes allowed in? (or something worded awkwardly similar )

Possibly they underestimated that most of the people that wear suites/hi-vis generally aren't the ones who are highly connected/active on social media.

 

[Old Dynamite]

The confusion over "thongs" is important to note

 

[Cruiser Elite]

I have to correct my post. The lounge Dragon just came to tell the guy that thongs are not acceptable and to wear something else for his next visit.

Well done Qantas Lounge Employee - I hope you followed her to her next station defurax to compliment and reinforce her actions?

Policing this policy is not going to be easy for Lounge Staff - they will cop plenty of abuse for just doing their job - important that they know their actions are being supported by other pax.