SkyClub Etiquette
Sep 13, 2017, 7:13 am
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SkyClub Etiquette
Sitting in CVG SkyClub. Gentlemen has an earbud in, yet is speaking loudly into it as a speaker phone. It costs about $5 more to get earphones phones with integrated microphone and it spares us his one half of a boring conversation.
Sep 13, 2017, 7:19 am
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Are you implying that self-important "closers" in SkyClubs who use headphones with integrated microphones speak less loudly?
One could only dream.
My favorite are the super-important people who must walk and pace throughout the entire SkyClub as to make sure that EVERYONE gets in on the annoyance.
One could only dream.
My favorite are the super-important people who must walk and pace throughout the entire SkyClub as to make sure that EVERYONE gets in on the annoyance.
Sep 13, 2017, 7:53 am
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May i recommend noise cancelling headphones, especially Bose ones. One of the best investments for me, no more suffering from pax making 'i'm in the SC' calls, pax playing games, watching movies, video calls over loudspeaker, etcetera. You won't hear a thing.
Sep 13, 2017, 7:58 am
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Calls are one thing, but if someone is playing a game or a movie out loud, they're having words with a SC agent. I'm not afraid to call one over.
Sep 13, 2017, 8:21 am
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They actually sound good, don't require batteries, block out external sound, and can be slipped into an inside coat pocket.
Sep 13, 2017, 8:32 am
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Some of us *want* to be able to hear announcements in SCs (especially during IROPs), or even talk quietly to a traveling companion, or even make our own phone calls. Headphones aren't the answer for everyone.
Sep 13, 2017, 8:39 am
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People use phones in public places. Some cultures are a little more uptight about this -- it may not be considered acceptable to interrupt a dinner to take a call, for example -- but the OP needs to get over it.
Sep 13, 2017, 8:43 am
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The problem could largely be solved if at least the larger SCs had quiet zones which are enforced.
Sep 13, 2017, 8:48 am
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Sep 13, 2017, 8:54 am
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Instead, DL eliminates quiet zones (such as in the F/G lounge at MSP) or moves them to be smaller and less useful (in the old LAX T5 lounge) for no reason.
Sep 13, 2017, 9:28 am
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There is a 'quiet zone' at CVG crown room. The grouping of seats on the left side wall have a sign that does say "quiet zone'. But it does seem like there is always that one guy that has to walk and talk so he doesn't bother folks sitting near him, but has no problem standing where I'm sitting to share his 1/2 of the conversation with me.
Sep 13, 2017, 9:40 am
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NC headphones do not cancel out speech, only noises of a constant frequency. Noise isolating headphones, of which Bose QCx are not, will cancel out everything.
Sep 13, 2017, 9:40 am
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I agree with OP. I can't stand loud talkers on cell phones who have no sense of themselves.
At a lot of the tech companies with open-space style offices they have installed modern phone booths. There is no phone, they are for cell phone conversations.
It gives the person on the phone privacy and it keeps noise down for others. These would be a fantastic solution for Sky Clubs.
Here are a few pics from a google search of creative versions of these:
At a lot of the tech companies with open-space style offices they have installed modern phone booths. There is no phone, they are for cell phone conversations.
It gives the person on the phone privacy and it keeps noise down for others. These would be a fantastic solution for Sky Clubs.
Here are a few pics from a google search of creative versions of these: