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👍Free free Qantas lounge🤓
November 01 2018
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MsSuperFoxy
6 years ago
People want to work hard and appreciate what they get and do. There's just something empowering and soul enhancing about it. I know myself, the fuzzy-wuzzy feelings are pretty awesome. Nothing is free, not even pay it forward. Oh ok, maybe hugs. Everything has some don't of strings attached. There are so many people out there that do take advantage of peoples vulnerabilities. Sad but true. What you thought was a kind gesture to do, others didn't think so. Ms Foxy
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High_Lighter
6 years ago
Just wondering if you asked a group that was already together? Or was it 3 separate individuals? Were they all men or woman or a mixture? - Posted from rhpmobile
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MsSuperFoxy
6 years ago
Ms Foxy
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OkeyDoke45
6 years ago
It is sad that people are mistrusting of simple offers borne out of simple generosity, but to me the simple fact of the matter is that there are so many people/organizations who are out to squeeze as much out of everybody as they possibly can. Take donations - it seems you can't just make a one-off donation anymore. You have to basically sign up to some kind of scheme so that they may dig money out of you in perpetuity. If you do wish to make just a simple donation you have to give them your email address ("it won't let me process it without an email address'') so that you can be spammed to all buggery. Don't get me started on charity vultures at shopping centres. Fuck off with your handshake, I know what you're trying to do. I lost $8000 many years ago to a lovely (but highly flawed) Cambodian man who I loaned some money to help him build a house for him and his family. He was legitimate, I met him in Cambodia purely by accident and developed a friendship with him, met his family - all that. Dude blew the money I gave him trying to double down at cards. People at work trying to hawk cryptocurrencies to me, can't have a simple conversation without them dropping in a spiel about it. The Amway pyramid marketing schemes (shamed to admit I fell for it back in the early 90s) for the new millenia. Email/phone scam artists, no need to say anymore about that really. My sister works for a bank and is always trying to counsel elderly clients not to send their fortunes off to overseas princes. I was nearly conned by a very attractively packaged scam that arrived in the mail (remember that?) a few years back. Apparently I had won $250,000 because I stayed at this particular hotel in Singapore the year prior - which I had. Apparently they entered me into a draw when I checked in, now all I had to do was ring this particular number and provide a few details (of course) so that they may deposit the money. Had a brochure, a website (I Googled) - the whole bit. So yeah, a stranger approaching me at an airport and offering me Qantas club admission? I'd probably be thinking they would be up to any number of things, the above examples being only a few of the many possibilities. Sometimes I miss the naivete of my younger years, the blissful ignorance. But then, I got done over so many times - wariness is a natural by-product of this. I'd rather be mistrustful and keep my money, thanks.
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GoodKarma
6 years ago
Keep going and giving unconditionally :) be the change :) - Posted from rhpmobile
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HarleyQandMrO
6 years ago
Most people are seen to have an agenda, some more so than others. It also depends on the delivery of your offer, and your target audience. Were you making these offers to guys you thought would be cool to hang out with, or perhaps single women you fancied? - MrO - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
6 years ago
but had that happened to me, especially at an airport, I would have been VERY sus about the whole suggestion and would have said no thanks immediately.Too many scammers and schemers around these days to believe that a stranger wants me to accompany them into what is more or less a private lounge just as a nice gesture......then do or talk about what I wonder????The transient nature of the environment would have been enough to put me off.I would def have thought they are trying to entice me into some situation I'm uncomfortable with or as Okey said, try to talk me into a pyramid scheme, cryptocurrency or, as one so called friend has already tried to do, talk me into joining his religion/church.No thanks.(Said friend, who I thought I could trust, who had also been someone I'd worked alongside for many years and who I had supported in many practical ways when he had cancer, dumped me as soon as he realized I was not interested in coming along to his church every weekend. Just proves you never really know who can be trusted and who can't)
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AnnieWhichway
6 years ago
Maybe you come across as Uncle Creepy......
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swingalingson
6 years ago
This time I did not ask any of the hi vis army. When I ask the high vis workers they know the go and snap at the opportunity. Because when they themselves have a chance to give in the same situation to a random a free pass as a guest they just do. Also when entering with a guest I just say "treat yourself". I go off on my own way and they go off on theirs. And to answer the question they were all men. The offer was Not to pay forward either.
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swingalingson
6 years ago
🤓
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FeistyFatty
6 years ago
Sorry, may not be intended and I've just read them out of context (apologies if so) but the "Hi Vis Army/Hi Vis Workers" and "Treat Yourself" comments come across pompous and condescending...... maybe the people you were offering the access to felt this also? - Posted from rhpmobile
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EarthQueen
6 years ago
Pick me! I would have gone. You only live once. I dunno people are suss? but I know you only have the purest of intentions 🙃 - Posted from rhpmobile
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countrytouch82
6 years ago
I'm one of the hi vis army and I didn't see anything wrong in any of his descriptions. - Posted from rhpmobile
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countrytouch82
6 years ago
Obviously not at the airport though, but you get the picture. - Posted from rhpmobile
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boobsandbusted
6 years ago
we would take you up on it , we have been the fortunate recipients of good will in the past and try to pay it foward where we can, i like trusting people and gut feeling ,when we were at six flags california lining up to buy tickets years ago a man came across saying. a pair of his group hadn’t turned up. and offered us. the pair for a very cheap price ,but no money to exchange hands until we were on the other side so we felt ok about it ,,went of with out a problem but must admit was sort of waiting for alarm bells to go off when we scanned through ,lol mr b - Posted from rhpmobile
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countrytouch82
6 years ago
People are inherently suspicious, as many have said. Reminds me of a short segment on ABC The Chaser. Lookup on youtube, "The Chaser, Free Money". :)
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RHP User
6 years ago
He isnt pompous, hes just a very friendly guy. Unfortunately, people are very wary nowadays, and why wouldnt they be in this age of knowing every bad thing that happens because it is posted in the media. I was having a drink one hot day in my local after some shopping and a guy came up and asked if Id join him. He was an older gent, and said to me that if he had offended me then he was sorry but understood. I had a couple of drinks with him and we were chatting for 2 hours and ended up becoming friends. The old me would have turned him down but since I became single again and my own person, I like to do my own judging of people. He seemed nice and I was right. I would probably have joined Swinga in the lounge, I just like to go with my instincts and like meeting new people.
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FeistyFatty
6 years ago
Well I did. Hence my comment. But glad you didn't. - Posted from rhpmobile
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Rlee552
6 years ago
... the black ring, arm band or whatever is the current masonic symbol of swinging at the time? Did you inadvertently do the side step, one hand rubbing your belly, the other hand tickling your ass and your tongue licking the left side (not the right side) of your lips? All of these may have accidentally identified you as a swinger. And, of course, if you slipped into the conversation the words ‘pina’, ‘carrot’ and ‘slippery whipple’ in that order, we all know that is code for a sneaky toilet rendezvous.
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swingalingson
6 years ago
I have a free guest entry to the qantas lounge. Would you be interested in goin? "Hi vis army" if you go to Perth there is a flood of FIFO workers flying all around Australia. And early in the morning it is yellow and orange hi vis everywhere. It is in your face. The high vis or the army is never mentioned in the delivery. Treat yourself, check it out, enjoy your flight is only mentioned once the person has entered the lounge and they realise that there is no gimmic. It is also a way for me to say you dont need to hang with me at all and no expectations no strings attached nothing in return. I go off my way and they go off on theirs.
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Seachange
6 years ago
How lovely of you. I travel a lot for work. Gestures like that would be a welcome kindness from a stranger. If it's approached as you said, I may accept. Not creepy for me. It is a very public space with thousands of people. The Qantas lounge is visible and security is tight. I don't feel insecure ir suspicious about it. No dramas here. Even better that we get to roam on our own. I've done something similar before overseas when work has occasionally given me meal allowances everyday during the project, enough for a family. I asked a couple of nice looking older couple if they would like to join me for free dinner, after chatting with them in the park. I gave them the address of the restaurant in my hotel and we had a lovely meal together as I don't like eating in my own when I travel. No strings attached. I had great company, they got a great meal and win-win for all. Wrt to hi viz, I don't find it offensive. It's part of the modern vernacular and every knows what we mean. Not dissimilar when we refer to an electrician a sparkie, etc. Keep it going and your kindness and generosity would make a lot of people happy even for that short space in time.
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HotNightsGC
6 years ago
Unfortunately we’ve all become slightly suspicious of each other these days. Mostly because of those few out there that would like to present themselves as honest but have alterior motives. - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
6 years ago
I was coming back from the airport the other day. I put 70 bucks worth of premium in the tank & bought a bottle of water. When I went to pay I was only charged for the water. I reminded the attendant pump 5 was also mine & he told me all good, petrol is free for the next 2 hours. I could not believe & thought I was on some sort of candid camera show & went looking for cameras. He was so stoked by my reaction. When I was walking back to my car I excitedly told a lady filling a 4wd that fuel was free & to fill it right up & she looked at me like I was an absolute leper. Something for nothing always feels catchy due to all the sneaky marketing around nowadays & the complete inability to hold someone accountable. People are naturally suspicious mate, hence why some of us hide our faces on here etc. It's unfortunately replaced generosity in human nature. You keep doing it though 👍 - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
6 years ago
Come on people, think about the environment we are living in, 99.9999999999% of people don't do something for nothing. We are a generation of overly cautious people and for very good reason. Though I think it was a lovely gesture, I have to agree with HarleyQandMrO on how it was delivered. People expect a hidden agenda, men probably thought you were hitting on them. Women would be uncomfortable, for all they know, you could slip something in their drink and next thing they know they wake up in a moving van with 20 other girls to be sold as a sex slave. It is very sad, but completely acceptable for people to think this way.
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Mischeviouslad
6 years ago
OP..... I’m certain that even you have used the word no, maybe no thanks, or perhaps even no thank you If you put the gesture out with sincerity, the way I see things, yours is not to question the reasons someone says no. As miss devious said.... nice gesture, but it’s ok for others to pause, think, and decide for themselves - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
6 years ago
at Melbourne a few years ago whilst headed to NZ for a Gig.Met a fella in a line and chatted a tad as we waited for attendance.He offered me exactly the same thing.Said he had a "Free" pass to offer; offered to take me in; which I accepted.We shared a coffee and a few snacks, then he had to go to catch his flight to Brisbane.Wished me well and left - no agenda, no creepy, no innuendo.I had nearly three full hours in the lounge before I boarded my flight. Point is, I would do it again if offered again, AND, If I was gifted the deal on my Frequent Flyer plan with Qantas, I would offer it to a stranger also. Having said that, I WOULD choose my target - as the fella probably did with me..
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boobsandbusted
6 years ago
to something that give an added bonus or just entry and we are leaving. and it can be used by someone else ,we always go and look for someone to offer them to that waiting in line ,but we always ask something simple like, do you know what the time it is and gauge the responce to see if they are what we think nice people . ,eg one year we had front of the line passes at universal studios that just hang around you neck. we asked a couple of people and got a shitty response and then we asked this average looking afro american teenager and girlfriend the time and all over a sudden he is pulling bag apart looking for his phone to get the time for us ,anyway he and his girlfriend got four hours use on the passes ,best bit was ,he broke down and started crying with happiness couldn’t believe it , he had been 2 times before loved the park ,but never been able to afford the expensive upgrade that got you. literally 6 rides to everyones else’s one ,that just made our day , we actually hung around to watch him and his girlfriend to gontonthenfront and get on and off ,gave him the thumbs up ,their smiles were so big ,i still remember it to this day,we always get the most out of our stuff when we can especially if it brightens someone’s else’s day mr b - Posted from rhpmobile
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boobsandbusted
6 years ago
to something that give an added bonus or just entry and we are leaving. and it can be used by someone else ,we always go and look for someone to offer them to that waiting in line ,but we always ask something simple like, do you know what the time it is and gauge the responce to see if they are what we think nice people . ,eg one year we had front of the line passes at universal studios that just hang around you neck. we asked a couple of people and got a shitty response and then we asked this average looking afro american teenager and girlfriend the time and all over a sudden he is pulling bag apart looking for his phone to get the time for us ,anyway he and his girlfriend got four hours use on the passes ,best bit was ,he broke down and started crying with happiness couldn’t believe it , he had been 2 times before loved the park ,but never been able to afford the expensive upgrade that got you. literally 6 rides to everyones else’s one ,that just made our day , we actually hung around to watch him and his girlfriend to gontonthenfront and get on and off ,gave him the thumbs up ,their smiles were so big ,i still remember it to this day,we always get the most out of our stuff when we can especially if it brightens someone’s else’s day mr b - Posted from rhpmobile
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bonefide
6 years ago
Story’s like that should be taken and pinned on the POOL ROOM wall. Well done to both of u.
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