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Old Mar 18, 2018, 11:32 am
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Originally Posted by GlasgowCyclops
I got the strangest look from someone in GF T5 one day. I "had" to call the office before my connecting because of something only I would know how to sort. There was this chap next to me and I asked "Do you mind of I use my phone, I don't want to disturb you here". He looked at me as if I was daft asking and said. "You can use your phone whenever you like???????"

I felt like saying, I was always told that in a communal places it is good manners to ask (like trains etc)
This just might be a British thing. Fellow travelers at LHR lounges often ask if it's okay if they make a phone call. I can't remember ever witnessing the same kind of politeness in the USA.
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