Pet airport lounge hates

[g-lock]

Flying out of WLG on Sunday arvo, old mate in the QF lounge decides to treat us all to the American football via his laptop, replete with him clapping his team on like a monkey with a mechanical cymbal. The power cord strung across the carpet walkway that nearly tripped up a pensioner was a nice touch.

 

[agentgerko]

Flying out of WLG on Sunday arvo, old mate in the QF lounge decides to treat us all to the American football via his laptop, replete with him clapping his team on like a monkey with a mechanical cymbal. The power cord strung across the carpet walkway that nearly tripped up a pensioner was a nice touch.

Don't the lounge staff do anything?

 

[Beano]

For my sins I've been challenged by QF staff in the WLG lounge for talking loudly on the phone (only once ever). It depends if anyone complains and how vigilant the staff are.

 

[Astroboi82]

As I’m currently sitting in a lounge and watching the family next to me let their son run around and annoy half the people here while making constant loud noise and neither parent has done a thing about it. This is definitely it !

 

[Beano]

Is any lounge worse than others, say Virgin vs Qantas vs Air New Zealand etc.?

 

[daft009]

As I’m currently sitting in a lounge and watching the family next to me let their son run around and annoy half the people here while making constant loud noise and neither parent has done a thing about it. This is definitely it !

Think you have to be careful here... In one way it's better the kid tires himself out while on the ground as doing the same in the air is much worse. Them doing nothing about it specially if the other pax are visually annoyed is not acceptable.

 

[nutwood]

As previously commented, my pet hate is other people's loud phone calls. Classic example yesterday in the men's toilet. Guy getting his time and motion stuff together by combining his conversation with relieving the pressure on his bladder. Really?! Talking in a men's loo is verging on sacrilegious, what awaits this guy on the other side?

 

[Philjbod101]

With respect to people talking loudly on the phone or even just conversationally, I’d ban Americans... only kidding, well, mostly I love Americans, I work with Americans, I have American friends and went to an American school as a child, my daughter just returned from an exchange program in the US but seriously folks, ‘inside voices’ please. (moderated out? possibly racist? - sorry, still learning the rules )

 

[Philjbod101]

As previously commented, my pet hate is other people's loud phone calls. Classic example yesterday in the men's toilet. Guy getting his time and motion stuff together by combining his conversation with relieving the pressure on his bladder. Really?! Talking in a men's loo is verging on sacrilegious, what awaits this guy on the other side?

For loud telephone conversations, I like to join in, especially on those, last-minute calls while waiting to take off by somebody sitting inches from you when you can hear both sides of the conversation! If the call was intended to be private you wouldn’t be holding it loudly in public, as I have pointed out to someone more than once in reply to their objection, they tend to hang up quickly. For the guy in the toilet... a comment of the confidence of somebody to use the phone while at the urinal, loud enough for the person on the other end to hear, may have quickly brought the call to a close.

 

[drron]

In the MEL J lounge 2 weeks ago an extended family with 2 very young sons who liked to throw their food around.No calling out by parents and when they left the table and surrounding floor was a pig sty.

 

[Beano]

In defence of families, I have often sat beside a group of adults and children in Sydney F lounge and the children are most behaved. It is the adults on their phones who are the annoying factor.

 

[nutwood]

In defence of families, I have often sat beside a group of adults and children in Sydney F lounge and the children are most behaved. It is the adults on their phones who are the annoying factor.

As long as they don't actually throw the food at me, I'll trade the loud phone caller for the food fighting kids any day! I don't have to clean the carpet but I do have to listen to the prat.

 

[Cossie]

People that don't use utensils when piling their plates with food, same goes for buffets anywhere really.

 

[Beano]

As long as they don't actually throw the food at me, I'll trade the loud phone caller for the food fighting kids any day! I don't have to clean the carpet but I do have to listen to the prat.

Totally agree.

 

[mbeder]

People that don't use utensils when piling their plates with food, same goes for buffets anywhere really.

My worst! Especially when some people feel the need to touch 2-3 bread rolls before selecting one. Or using their fingers to take a block or two of cheese. Or a handful of nuts at the bar.
I once called a guy out about this in an overseas lounge, he just looked at me as if I was crazy. His wife on the other hand, shamed him by laughing at him and smiling at me. Vindicated! But I steered clear of the plate of cheese that he had his grubby paws on.

 

[rginoz]

I took this photo in the LHR British Airways Business Lounge in Terminal 5, in 2018. I'm still a bit lost for words....

 

[TonyHancock]

It is amazing what people do discuss in lounges.Quite a while ago in the Imperial lounge of the Cavalieri hotel in Rome sitting next to us was one of the owners and a senior management fellow from Blackstone who had just taken over Hilton.The owner was complaining about all the freeloader plats taking over the lounge and they wanted to get a new area for elites and have the Imperial lounge just for guests of the Imperial floor and suites.

Indeed, you don't get those sort of conversations at the Holiday Inn, Dunstall Park.

My particular pet peeve in lounges, be they airline or hotel, is everybody else, but particularly those Qantas Platinum types.

 

[Stanley Lambchop]

Indeed, you don't get those sort of conversations at the Holiday Inn, Dunstall Park.

My particular pet peeve in lounges, be they airline or hotel, is everybody else, but particularly those Qantas Platinum types.

I never thought I would see a reference to the Dunstall Park Holiday Inn on an Australian Frequent Flyer forum!!

 

[Denali]

I love people watching so find lounges fascinating, I usually find at least one person having what should be a very confidential phone call in public. By memory one lounge visit involved someone on the phone talking to the office and getting a blow by blow description of the police arriving to raid/arrest someone.

Only once did I have to tell someone to stop shouting and use ear plugs (Changi J lounge).

For things I hate, people taking their shoes off and putting it on the furniture. Yes, come my house and take your shoes off if you want but dont put them on my chairs so dont do it in public spaces (can a lounge be considered a type of cafe as they serve food) where you are a guest.

 

[Flying Fox]

Classic example yesterday in the men's toilet. Guy getting his time and motion stuff together by combining his conversation with relieving the pressure on his bladder. Really?! Talking in a men's loo is verging on sacrilegious, what awaits this guy on the other side?

People taking or making phone calls in the toilet is gross.

I have always wanted to simply grab their phone from their hand and flush it down the toilet. I've never been brave enough to do it.