While travel disruption continues to afflict Australia, airport staff were caught on tape dancing in front of a camera in plain view of a terminal. Their actions split Australians online.
Popular club music DJ Dave Winnel shared the video on Thursday, saying that it was not surprising that his baggage took so long to arrive at the airport. He said that while he was wrapping up a trip abroad, he saw the workers taking a little vacation from their work.
Then, when they were performing in front of a phone, he filmed it. His video garnered one million views on TikTok.
Some people were critical of the employees in the video, while others pointed out that they were merely cleaners and weren’t to responsible for the delays that were hurting the country’s airports. The video’s DJ description said, “Why’s my luggage taking so long?”
Over a clip of two cleaners dancing, the message “Airports: We don’t have enough employees” also showed. There were a total of five employees dancing in front of the phone.
I’m delighted these people are enjoying their job even if I know they aren’t luggage carriers! An amusing joke only! Relax, everyone! Lots of love. Later, the DJ added a remark to the video he released.
However, the video sparked a flood of responses online. Ah, Gen Z,” wrote one lady. Another person said, “Now we know why we have shortages on everything,” while another joked that they must also concentrate on road development.
Another TikTok user bemoaned, “TikTok has killed work ethic on its own.”
Another person said, “We all adore TikTok, which is why we are watching it right now, but to be recording them when you should be working,”
However, the majority agreed with the cleaning crew, stating that they wouldn’t be all that unhappy if dancing was the cause of their flight’s delay.
One commented, “I won’t get angry with delays anymore.”
Another TikTok user wrote, “If this is the cause of the delays, I’m rather thrilled with it.”
Actually, due to a significant backlog of medical exams that need to be completed, the pilots are understaffed. So these employees are probably simply having a good time,” one person said.
Another person said, “Every workplace needs some fun—how that’s you keep your team happy.”
Many former airport employees defended the reveling cleaners.
Having worked at Manchester Airport, I can attest that these are really stressful times and that we are verbally insulted and paid inadequately. Hope they had a good time.
One person responded, “I used to work at the airport; they’re cleaners presumably waiting for the passengers to come off the aircraft so they can clean,” a position that typically pays $23 per hour.
Others were just happy to see the crew having fun.
‘Oh no! Stop having fun at work, please!
Let’s be glad that they like what they do since else they could give up.
They were probably dancing to one of his newest songs, Mr. Winnel said Daily Mail Australia.
He jokingly said, “They were absolutely raving to ‘1993’.”
The infamously delicate world of airline operations is susceptible to outside disturbances.
Widespread flight cancellations in Australia have been mostly blamed on a paucity of staff, including pilots and hostesses, amid recurring Covid situations.
At the beginning of the month, 41 flights out of Sydney and Melbourne were canceled in a single day due to IT issues with the Qantas system.
Large delays were experienced by all airlines throughout the winter break due to understaffing and technological issues, with check-in and security queues extending outside of the terminals.
Flights out of Sydney were canceled by Qantas, Virgin Australia, Jetstar, and REX, with some irate passengers getting just a few hours’ warning.
Ten flights were cancelled by Virgin Australia, eight by Qantas, two by Virgin, and one by Rex.
Travel mayhem has been caused by massive lines that have accumulated at Sydney Airport in advance of the long weekend in June.
In Melbourne, Qantas canceled seven flights, including two from American Airlines and one each from British Airways, Emirates, and Virgin Australia.
The flights to and from Sydney are said to have been canceled for operational reasons, including resource constraints and engineering demands.
A countrywide computer problem that affected hundreds of Qantas customers’ travel arrangements earlier in the day caused the delays.
After an IT error caused up to a dozen domestic flights to be delayed, hundreds were left waiting on board grounded aircraft on airports around the nation.
Meanwhile, in July, significant aircraft delays and long lines were caused by early morning fog, forcing hundreds of passengers to wait outside Sydney Airport in the cold.
Major airlines have issued a number of sincere apologies for recent problems and cancellations that have upset travelers.