Why do airline passengers always look so scruffy nowadays ?

[anonymous-user]

Uggers said:

Best attitude.

As someone else alluded to, it's a bus in the sky. No matter what class it is, given the choice I'd rather be anywhere but stuck in a small tube full of other people.

I wear loose fitting joggers and a hoodie. If I see anyone the same I assume its likely they are well versed in dealing with the horror that is modern day airline travel.

12 hours+ flights and folk are going straight to a business meeting? I'd personally prefer to go to the hotel and change out of my fart infused clothes that I have become nose blind to.

I think the point most people are making is that they wouldn’t dress like that on a plane on a bus or anywhere else in public,

It’s not about dressing up for a flight it’s about making an effort generally. Dressing down for everything and not making the effort just reinforces your view that it’s rubbish and makes others less happy.

If everyone went around in hoodies and joggers and ripped jeans, life would be just a little bit stter for everyone,

[anonymous-user]

RikJonAtk said:

O/T, but I couldn’t disagree more. I design and deploy secure Cisco networks for mid-large Corporates / Hospitals / Universities / etc... A good salesman alongside who is personable, knows when to push it and knows when to shut up, will always do better than some socially inept moron who doesn’t know their product. It’s almost never the sales person who delivers the solution, that’s what engineers and consultants are for, so IMHO their (good!) personalities are very much an essential part of the sales cycle. If you have a brilliant idea but are saddled with an awkward person with no Sales skills trying to sell it, you’ll get nowhere.

Engineers and sales people, two different mindsets entirely IMO. If you are pitching to site technical managers It is a very different ballgame to dealing with CEO’s. That’s just what I’ve found. My main point is that the days of ‘the good old boys’ is well and truely over. People will invest in the best technical solution ,ultimately with what they feel has the best support.

After almost 13hrs on the plane, dressed in jeans and flying business nobody noticed me and I didn’t cause the stock exchange to fart.

And it’s still raining in London

[Mr E]

16 hours tomorrow evening over a couple of flights.
I’ll be wearing a hoody and skate shoes like the 23 year old rebel that I still think I am.

[ApOrbital]