What cheeses me off

[Yearlylonghaul]

They spent a lot of money cancelling contracts & reducing the scope/speed of the network,

I agree, we didn't get the NBN that we should have got.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

If you want to know what really cheese me off it's the lack of cheese at QF domestic lounges and clubs. Why is it that at the Emirates lounge one has a cheese plate consisting of a variety of hard and soft cheese whereas at the QF pub I'm lucky if there's just mozzarella on offer! Even the mice at these lounges complain!

 

[AIRwin]

Even the mice at these lounges complain!

They do give a rat's...

 

[Forg]

If you want to know what really cheese me off it's the lack of cheese at QF domestic lounges and clubs. Why is it that at the Emirates lounge one has a cheese plate consisting of a variety of hard and soft cheese whereas at the QF pub I'm lucky if there's just mozzarella on offer! Even the mice at these lounges complain!

Maybe leprechauns don’t like cheese?

It’s not the way things used to be, I picked up my better-half from the airport one night & all she could talk about was how good the cheese had been & how she’d cleared the flight of the all the brillat-savarin they had onboard …

 

[JohnK]

Sorry folks, this is amateur hour when it comes to poor buffet etiquette. How about cupping your hand and sticking it in a pot of soup to scoop up soup when a ladle isn't present? I've seen it with my own eyes and suddenly lost my appetite for eating in the lounge.

-RooFlyer88

I don't think they are the same thing.

You can't compare someone using their hands/fingers at the buffet to someone choosing what they eat at the buffet.

Next you'll tell me it's bad buffet etiquette to just have the curry/stew at the buffet without the rice?

 

[Quickstatus]

because the transport companies that support either want to use roads that are paid-for by somebody else rather than pay for rails themselves

Well the problem is rpartly the regulators who want the rail built by someone to be available for use by everyone.
Way back in the US, rail monopolies made some people very rich - Vanderbilt for one

 

[cove]

Rail transport should be really working a treat but Australia spends a lot on rubbish instead.
We also need to fix getting water to where it is needed to make Australia a food bowl for the world.

 

[Ade]

Australian scientist Karl Kruszelnicki has revealed disturbing detail which may change your next visit to the bathroom.
Dr Karl explained if a toilet is flushed with the lid up, “a polluted plume of bacteria and water vapour just erupts out of the flushing toilet bowl”.
And some of that icky bacteria could even - wait for it - settle on your toothbrush.
Now the pooey water particles ... float for a few hours around your bathroom before they all eventually land - they will land,” he explained.

Link to a similar article in ABC

Shocking photo shows what happens when you flush with the lid up

Every time you flush a toilet, it releases plumes of tiny water droplets into the air around you. We used lasers to show how, writes John Crimaldi.

www.abc.net.au

 

[jastel]

Trying to watch some cricket...and that %$@# KFC ad comes on with the screaming brat girl at the birthday party...nearly shatters the windows.

Works but...Im off to get some soon!

 

[Forg]

Trying to watch some cricket...and that %$@# KFC ad comes on with the screaming brat girl at the birthday party...nearly shatters the windows.

Works but...Im off to get some soon!

Roasted brat girl?

 

[Rich]

I am sure someone has raised this before, but hotel booking sites that ask for the number of occupants and children's ages, but then return results listing prices as "from $x" when that is for 2 people or even list an adults only hotel. Some will say they don't have availability for the dates selected when they could accommodate you in 2 rooms.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

……… are Cafes / Restaurants that dish up re-useable straws in drinks - particularly those glass ones - impossible to guarantee internally cleaned properly between uses - should be totally outlawed across the board

 

[Forg]

……… are Cafes / Restaurants that dish up re-useable straws in drinks - particularly those glass ones - impossible to guarantee internally cleaned properly between uses - should be totally outlawed across the board

What’s the difference compared to plates & cutlery?

 

[coriander]

What’s the difference compared to plates & cutlery?

A dishwasher will clean a plate ok. It won't clean the interior surface of a glass straw.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

What’s the difference compared to plates & cutlery?

Plates and cutlery have no lumen that can easily clog with remnants of previous use - I would have that was pretty obvious

 

[Forg]

I don’t know what a lumen is outside of lightbulbs, but I’d have thought filth in a glass straw would be visible?

My better-half uses a metal straw daily, cleaning it with a bottle-brush of the correct size is super fast. So it wouldn’t be hard to do, if the people doing the cleaning want to clean.

 

[JohnK]

I am sure someone has raised this before, but hotel booking sites that ask for the number of occupants and children's ages, but then return results listing prices as "from $x" when that is for 2 people or even list an adults only hotel. Some will say they don't have availability for the dates selected when they could accommodate you in 2 rooms.

My daughter is 6 years old and I still search for 2 adults when booking. Avoid adult only hotels and I've had no issues.

She sleeps with us in either double bed or 2 singles. Once she is ready for her own bed/room I'll book for 3 people.

 

[coriander]

I'm with CE - wouldn't trust the kitchen hand to clean the lumen.

 

[Pushka]

I don’t know what a lumen is outside of lightbulbs, but I’d have thought filth in a glass straw would be visible?

My better-half uses a metal straw daily, cleaning it with a bottle-brush of the correct size is super fast. So it wouldn’t be hard to do, if the people doing the cleaning want to clean.

You really think that straws are individually cleaned like this in a restaurant? I'd much prefer paper. Then there is the thick cardboard revolting things that takeaway places use.

 

[Forg]

You really think that straws are individually cleaned like this in a restaurant?

Not necessarily … but I’m not sure all the trust in dishwashers for other stuff is necessarily valid, either!