Originally Posted by
chad3
you'll be lucky to find prepared food in T5 arrivals lounge after 12.00 these days - it depends whether the supervisor is around but I've passed the supervisor making an "early dart" around midday and the catering staff swing into action immediately the lift door closes and clear the food and close the kitchen immediately. This is especially at weekends
Indeed. I was somewhat irritated recently. I arrived at about 1330 off a late flight from SFO. All I wanted was a shower and a cup of coffee. I was allowed in (having been warned that they closed at 1400, which was fair enough), took until about 1355 (definitely that time as I checked) to get out of the shower (I don't move fast in mornings
). I moved to the coffee machine and was just putting the cup under the nozzle when the person who had admitted me touched my arm and tried to take the cup away mumbling at me in not instantly understandable English they "we are closed". I stood my ground very firmly indeed: I can drink coffee in 5 minutes.
The situation was redeemed (can you redeem an abstract noun?
) when a lady who was obviously one of the other lounbge "dragons", whio was at a table with her colleagues having coffee, came over and disengaged the man. She apologised and said that he was concerned as he had another duty to go to immediately. I finihsed th ecoffee in lightening quick speed, thanked her profusely and left. It was an example of the best and the worst, I thought.
(And yes, there are more important things in life, which is why I did not bother to share the experience until it fitted into this thread...)