Loud in the lounge

[JohnK]

Do people that behave this way do so because they think no one will mind? Or they do not have any manners? Or they don't care for anyone other than themselves?

Unfortunately while they may be the minority they continue to spoil it for most....

 

[robd]

Do people that behave this way do so because they think no one will mind? Or they do not have any manners? Or they don't care for anyone other than themselves?

Unfortunately while they may be the minority they continue to spoil it for most....

Surely it's just a case of DYKWIA?

There are different rules in that case, isn't there?

 

[CharlieDog]

Do people that behave this way do so because they think no one will mind? Or they do not have any manners? Or they don't care for anyone other than themselves?

Unfortunately while they may be the minority they continue to spoil it for most....

Don't care for anyone other than themselves seems to be the most common attitude.
This is why there needs to be signs and all sorts for staff and other passengers to point to if need be.
How a sign enforces authority and obedience baffles me, but it works.

 

[ashleyn]

A rude person is a rude person on a plane, bus, train or lounge.

 

[bodog]

I am jinxed!
Sat down in the Singapore First lounge and a guy sits down in the next booth and starts skyping on his iPad - long and loud....including a bloody lesson in how to speak Chinese!
Have people got no respect for others anymore
i like it in Japan - they definitely respect others when speaking on the phone in public places
i just got lucky his call dropped out!

 

[jetlagger]

I am jinxed!
Sat down in the Singapore First lounge and a guy sits down in the next booth and starts skyping on his iPad - long and loud....including a bloody lesson in how to speak Chinese!
Have people got no respect for others anymore
i like it in Japan - they definitely respect others when speaking on the phone in public places
i just got lucky his call dropped out!

Slightly off topic, though relative:

I was on a train in China recently, where there was a phone conversation going on in front of me with a lady screaming loudly into her phone in mandarin:

rough translation - 'You change lady as many times as you change your clothes"....

Well.. the passengers nearby erupted into laughter & the lady looked around & quickly ceased her phone call.. I guess the relationship was not on the best terms, though she could have been more discreet.

 

[JohnK]

Sitting in the AKL international departures area right now. Much quieter than the Qantas SYD F lounge.

I think all it takes is simple manners....

 

[jetlagger]

Sitting in the AKL international departures area right now. Much quieter than the Qantas SYD F lounge.

I think all it takes is simple manners....

If only that would be be a world of: Utopia

 

[straitman]

Do people that behave this way do so because they think no one will mind? Or they do not have any manners? Or they don't care for anyone other than themselves?

Unfortunately while they may be the minority they continue to spoil it for most....

I think that in many cases it is a lack of situational awareness. Often when their lack of consideration is pointed out they are extremely apologetic.

 

[JohnK]

And we can go from one extreme to the other.

In BNE business lounge right now at the desktops and would love to know where some people get their manners.

A person sitting next to me has been eating like a pig. In fact I think a pig may have been a little quieter. Eating meat pie smacking lips and licking and then started on some sort of peas. Crunch as loud as possible and smacking lips in sync. Not an old bloke either but extremely rude.

Perhaps I am the one that should never go out in public....

 

[ashleyn]

This cuts across many threads but last night from Bris to Per, over 5 hours and the family in front of me had a little horror who thought screaming was a good thing to do. The parents tried but failed but my trusty Bose QC15's saved the day. Volume up full. Screaming, what screaming ? How anyone could travel without them is beyond me.

 

[mel-world]

I know this might be revisiting a 2-year-old thread but I am just finishing a fortnight around Asia including Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur. However, I must make comment about the behavior of some guests in Hotel Executive Lounges. The Shangri La lounge in HKG has a note indicating that children are not welcome after 1800 but well behaved children would be preferably to loud Americans and Australians (mainly) clearly thinking that a lounge is the place to conduct business - rather than their room or the quiet corridor outside. If I was an industrial spy, I am sure I could glean some good information from the guy tonight conducting a loud and long Skype conversation about a company he was about to float. It was impossible to ignore given the length and intensity of the call. I thought I was going to be hit when I asked him how long the call would take. It is not an Asian thing for the staff to intrude, no matter how rude the guests are.

Or the other guy holding a conference call with his office in the US over breakfast in HKG, including criticising the performance of some of his staff. How do you enjoy a quiet breakfast before attacking the day? It does seem as though consideration for your lounge companions is becoming a rare occurrence - either in an airline or hotel lounge. They have paid for the access or have access privileges due to their status seniority and nobody else is as important as they are.

Or, maybe I am just getting old and cranky!!

 

[ashleyn]

I know this might be revisiting a 2-year-old thread but I am just finishing a fortnight around Asia including Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur. However, I must make comment about the behavior of some guests in Hotel Executive Lounges. The Shangri La lounge in HKG has a note indicating that children are not welcome after 1800 but well behaved children would be preferably to loud Americans and Australians (mainly) clearly thinking that a lounge is the place to conduct business - rather than their room or the quiet corridor outside. If I was an industrial spy, I am sure I could glean some good information from the guy tonight conducting a loud and long Skype conversation about a company he was about to float. It was impossible to ignore given the length and intensity of the call. I thought I was going to be hit when I asked him how long the call would take. It is not an Asian thing for the staff to intrude, no matter how rude the guests are.

Or the other guy holding a conference call with his office in the US over breakfast in HKG, including criticising the performance of some of his staff. How do you enjoy a quiet breakfast before attacking the day? It does seem as though consideration for your lounge companions is becoming a rare occurrence - either in an airline or hotel lounge. They have paid for the access or have access privileges due to their status seniority and nobody else is as important as they are.

Or, maybe I am just getting old and cranky!!

Old and cranky = experienced and worldly.

 

[Happy Trails]

Or, maybe I am just getting old and cranky!!

Welcome to the club.

 

[tuapekastar]

Or, maybe I am just getting old and cranky!!

Not at all. I'm afraid many people these days are sadly just self-centred buttholes. I'm glad you said something to person A.

 

[bodog]

As the OP of this thread I just wanted to say I still vividly recall the woman's behaviour that prompted me to start this thread - I guess we're never going to be rid of rude and obnoxious people.
The good news is that in those two years I've moved up to WP so now get to experience it in nicer surroundings in the First Class lounge

 

[mkentwell]

Definitely not old & cranky... alright, maybe old, but I am with you "bruvva".

To reiterate my strategy:

If video, stand in camera shot behind the offender and make rude, crude and suggestive moves towards the offender that the others on the call will definitely see - the more outlandish the better & when the rude prat turns and asks you to stop, simple mention that "rudeness comes in many guises mate, how about you 'find a room'".

If its audio only, sit yourself down next to the aforementioned rude cough and join in the conversation inserting disgusting and definitely politically incorrect statements into the discussion - when quizzed, use the same line as above.

Rude arrogant people like this should become a source of fun for all, not a frustration - "Seize the Day" comes to mind.

 

[lukenet]

Film her and put it on you tube, titled, "loud obnoxious women on phone in QF airport lounge" then post the link here and we can all make comments about it..

PS. if I find out that was my mum, you will have to take it down as she have NFI how phones work and she is a little deaf in one ear!

 

[Ausbt]

i like it in Japan - they definitely respect others when speaking on the phone in public places

I was actually gobsmacked on a train from Tokyo to NRT one day - it was eerily quiet and people appeared to be whispering into their phones. Then it hit it me - these people were actually taking incoming calls and receiving texts yet their phones were on silent! I seriously couldn't believe it.

 

[elbarto]

Film her and put it on you tube, titled, "loud obnoxious women on phone in QF airport lounge" then post the link here and we can all make comments about it..

I sense a facebook page based around that theme.