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#819989 by slinky09
15 Aug 2012, 14:54
hat wrote:funniest i saw on my latest flight was one bloke deciding to put his VS sleep suit on over his shirt & trousers. can't imagine how hot he must have got in the night :eek:


I've seen that too, it is very odd!

Also anyone recall when at Newark you could get a sleep suit in the clubhouse then trudge to the gate in them ... also amusing.
#819991 by Tinkerbelle
15 Aug 2012, 15:10
honey lamb wrote:Fact #5. What is not acceptable is what I viewed (or rather what I would rather not have viewed) is on a flight to JNB in Y when a middle-aged guy in the departure lounge sat with one leg resting at right angles on the other leg wearing the skimpiest cut-off shorts I have ever seen to the extent that his liathroídí* were exposed! :0 :0 :0

*http://translate.google.com/#ga/en/liathro%C3%ADd%C3%AD

:| :| :|


Ahhh the amount of times I've had to go and find extra blankets to cover both men and women who have fallen asleep on top of their duvets with everything on show!
#819995 by at240
15 Aug 2012, 15:55
Hev60 wrote:Did you ever consider 'people' do it simply as a wind up, and it's best not to bite the bait :D

Doesn't wind me up at all. Like I said, I find it amusing. I'm sure people look at me and think I look incredibly unfashionable.
#820786 by Fatcat
22 Aug 2012, 15:34
In a slight variation - if we get a new shiny leather purple seat in a couple of weeks, will I slide off wearing my shiny tracksuit bottoms ! :-)

No truth in that actually, I have an approved flying outfit - hasn't changed in years - don't know why I do it but I find it comforatable and as such always fly in the same thing - shame is, it's probably the only time I wear my XXXXX trousers (posh brand so won't name !)and they are now just about at their limit of acceptable sizing as I have lost a bit of weight - last time I wore them for a domestic flight I nigh on lost them at security !

And for earlier posters, I am well over 25 and do possess A&F clothing - no Hollister though, in a nod to my age, every time I go in to one of their stores it's too dark to see anything !

Jack wills on over 25's..... thats another story :-)
#820788 by Ian6969
22 Aug 2012, 16:10
no Hollister though, in a nod to my age, every time I go in to one of their stores it's too dark to see anything !


LOL I know what you mean :D I think it's to keep us golden oldies out of the shop :?
#820789 by Hev60
22 Aug 2012, 16:14
Fatcat wrote:
And for earlier posters, I am well over 25 and do possess A&F clothing - no Hollister though, in a nod to my age, every time I go in to one of their stores it's too dark to see anything !


Having been dragged around numerous poorly lit Hollister & AF stores in Florida over recent years, I've learnt to hook on my little keyring torch. Absolutely invaluable especially when I'm paying for the goods :)
#820790 by Fatcat
22 Aug 2012, 16:22
Funnily, me and the OH were on a city break to Cardiff and visitied one of the aforementioned poorly lit Hollister stores (she is younger than me but still over the 25 year apparent age restriction !) in the St Davis shopping mall, walked in to the store as per normal and was suddenly hit with the darkness - wasn't until we departed said store, we realised our names were mud as across the walkway, there was a queue for people waiting to go in !

Whoever heard of waiting in a queue to enter a shop !

FC
#820791 by Ian6969
22 Aug 2012, 16:25
wasn't until we departed said store, we realised our names were mud as across the walkway, there was a queue for people waiting to go in !

Whoever heard of waiting in a queue to enter a shop !


They should have more respect for their elders :P
#820792 by Tinkerbelle
22 Aug 2012, 16:30
Fatcat wrote:
Whoever heard of waiting in a queue to enter a shop !

FC


I take it then you have never seen the massive queue to get into Abercrombie on Fifth Avenue in NY. Couldn't believe it when I saw it - thought something special was going on but it was just a normal day there. Who would queue just to wander around a shop? ?|

Didn't bother me though as I do not shop there! :)
#820793 by slinky09
22 Aug 2012, 16:44
Tinkerbelle wrote:I take it then you have never seen the massive queue to get into Abercrombie on Fifth Avenue in NY. Couldn't believe it when I saw it - thought something special was going on but it was just a normal day there. Who would queue just to wander around a shop? ?|

Didn't bother me though as I do not shop there! :)


I went there for a friend's children earlier this year, never again, it's like Hades!
#820795 by Tinkerbelle
22 Aug 2012, 16:49
slinky09 wrote:
Tinkerbelle wrote:I take it then you have never seen the massive queue to get into Abercrombie on Fifth Avenue in NY. Couldn't believe it when I saw it - thought something special was going on but it was just a normal day there. Who would queue just to wander around a shop? ?|

Didn't bother me though as I do not shop there! :)


I went there for a friend's children earlier this year, never again, it's like Hades!


Hades with the smell of Abercrombie Fierce wafting out of the door!
#820808 by Hull
22 Aug 2012, 18:23
Also anyone recall when at Newark you could get a sleep suit in the clubhouse then trudge to the gate in them ... also amusing.[/quote]

After a flight to DEL earlier this year my wife and I had a fellow UC passenger remain in her sleep suit all the way through the airport an into her awaiting transfer.

In a slight twist from the original post what are peoples perceptions of visible Tattoos when turning left?
#820810 by pjh
22 Aug 2012, 18:41
slinky09 wrote:I went there for a friend's children earlier this year, never again, it's like Hades!


No, I disagree. It's far, far worse.

Hull wrote:In a slight twist from the original post what are peoples perceptions of visible Tattoos when turning left?


Depends. Are we talking tramp stamps, teardrops on the face and "love" in one set of knuckles and "hate" on the other?
#820816 by Tinkerbelle
22 Aug 2012, 18:50
Hull wrote:In a slight twist from the original post what are peoples perceptions of visible Tattoos when turning left?


I met the guys from Miami Ink years ago on flight who were all sat in Upper - no one even batted an eyelid. Even though I personally would never get a tattoo, the artwork on theirs was amazing!
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#820818 by Hull
22 Aug 2012, 18:54
I was not thinking of any specific tattoo but with all the comments about what tee shirts people should or shouldn't wear then I thought there would be strong opinions about body art, myself I have a full japanese sleeve on my left arm and have been traveling UC for many years now with no problems.
#820861 by honey lamb
22 Aug 2012, 22:47
Ian6969 wrote:
no Hollister though, in a nod to my age, every time I go in to one of their stores it's too dark to see anything !


LOL I know what you mean :D I think it's to keep us golden oldies out of the shop :?

I was forces into a Hollister shop in SF recently. I thought the darkness was as a result of a power cut and not intentional!!
#820910 by PeterStansfield
23 Aug 2012, 14:18
I tried to buy something in the Hollister store in Bath, only to not be able to decide (in their VERY dim lighting) whether the shirt in question was navy blue or black. I asked an assistant, who by his gaze said 'what do you think I am, psychic?'. So I asked whether I could take it nearer the door to try and decide. In doing this, in the darkness, I tripped over the end of a (black) display stand and went flying!

I decided this was the time to give up....

Peter
#820912 by Hev60
23 Aug 2012, 14:37
PeterStansfield wrote:I tried to buy something in the Hollister store in Bath, only to not be able to decide (in their VERY dim lighting) whether the shirt in question was navy blue or black. I asked an assistant, who by his gaze said 'what do you think I am, psychic?'. So I asked whether I could take it nearer the door to try and decide. In doing this, in the darkness, I tripped over the end of a (black) display stand and went flying!

I decided this was the time to give up....

Peter


You should have informed the arrogant clueless shop assistant you was reporting them to the Health& Safety Council!
You might have got the shirt 'gift wrapped' just to keep quiet.
Seriously there must be an H&S issue in those stores.
Sorry we are off topic but it's been an amusing thread lately.
#820914 by James!
23 Aug 2012, 14:52
I've often seen trendy kiddies queued up outside these shops but to be honest the pretentious-looking shop fronts have put me off even going in for a nose around.
#820915 by David
23 Aug 2012, 15:08
PeterStansfield wrote:I tried to buy something in the Hollister store in Bath, only to not be able to decide (in their VERY dim lighting) whether the shirt in question was navy blue or black. I asked an assistant, who by his gaze said 'what do you think I am, psychic?'. So I asked whether I could take it nearer the door to try and decide.


:D lol, this has happened to me so many times (although not in the Bath store :D )

The secret is Abercombie / Hollister dont do black. Even if it looks black inside or under one of their pathetic lights, it's navy blue.

I'm surprised nobodys mentioned the booming music yet :D

David
#820916 by Ian6969
23 Aug 2012, 15:09
I've often seen trendy kiddies queued up outside these shops but to be honest the pretentious-looking shop fronts have put me off even going in for a nose around.


They are no different inside I tell you! The "people" who work in there all look like they've all come from a photo shoot and I've never seen anyone over a size 8 v(
#820917 by Hamster
23 Aug 2012, 15:15
What I find amusing about Hollister is that on one of their recent bags, the male model has nearly had his belly button airbrushed out...
#820921 by hat
23 Aug 2012, 16:01
my friend was in a shopping centre with his 20 year old daughter & she smelled a Holister store & found it before she even saw it
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