MLL Shower Mishaps
Jul 16, 2018, 12:19 pm
#16
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: YVR
Posts: 39
As in big, fat shards of glass and not the little bits that tempered glass would make? A cheap product for sure and a stupid oversight/screwup to make by using such a product in a bathroom area. Regardless at least you're okay and have a story to tell.
Jul 16, 2018, 12:26 pm
#17
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: YYZ
Programs: FOTSG Tangerine Ex E35k (AC)
Posts: 5,612
Well that's good news. I would press this in any of the above three conditions. But I don't think I've ever used a MLL shower, only UA ones 
I'm assuming it was safety glass that tends to be less dangerous, if it wasn't, well that's a AC safety complaint, in my opinion
Jul 16, 2018, 12:28 pm
#18
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Programs: FOTSG
Posts: 413
The only issue I've ever had in a MLL shower was one day last summer in the YYZ Int'l MLL. The shower water wasn't cold enough!
Normally the water not being cold would be the exact opposite of a problem. But in that particular case, I had been outside for most of the day in the Ontario heat and humidity and was looking forward to a nice freezing shower to cool down and relax before my Rouge redeye to MAN. No such luck!
Normally the water not being cold would be the exact opposite of a problem. But in that particular case, I had been outside for most of the day in the Ontario heat and humidity and was looking forward to a nice freezing shower to cool down and relax before my Rouge redeye to MAN. No such luck!
Jul 16, 2018, 1:07 pm
#19
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SFO
Programs: AC SE MM, BA Gold, SQ Silver, Bonvoy Tit LTG, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond
Posts: 44,324
There were definitely tons of tiny little pieces of glass everywhere.
Jul 16, 2018, 1:37 pm
#20
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Halifax
Programs: AC SE100K, Marriott Lifetime Platinum Elite. NEXUS
Posts: 4,568
That sounds like tempered glass. I wouldn't want to walk on it, or pull a pants full of it up my leg, but if it turned into little nodules, its not going to slice through your bone like a regular glass will.
Jul 16, 2018, 3:29 pm
#21
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: YVR
Posts: 39
Jul 16, 2018, 3:36 pm
#22
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SFO
Programs: AC SE MM, BA Gold, SQ Silver, Bonvoy Tit LTG, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond
Posts: 44,324
Jul 16, 2018, 4:02 pm
#25
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SFO
Programs: AC SE MM, BA Gold, SQ Silver, Bonvoy Tit LTG, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond
Posts: 44,324
Jul 16, 2018, 5:04 pm
#26
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: YVR
Posts: 39
Jul 16, 2018, 5:12 pm
#27
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SFO
Programs: AC SE MM, BA Gold, SQ Silver, Bonvoy Tit LTG, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond
Posts: 44,324
Jul 16, 2018, 8:34 pm
#28
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: YVR
Programs: Bottom feeder Star Gold
Posts: 2,652
It was tempered glass. We can safely assume the lounge was built conforming to municipal/provincial code and inspected as such, and was not a cheap bathroom install by a ramp worker's wife's cousin Harb.
Anybody having difficulties working their way through the above scenario would certainly die of starvation in a basic fun-day-out escape room.
Cow's lucky here, he was travelling with a friend and can call the concierge. Consider how many of us travel often alone and without concierge access; having no towel or a wet one really isn't acceptable and as evidenced here it's not exactly a one off. Combined with the latest incident it sounds like AC should really initiate a "Press for aid" type button that could be pressed if one is unable to dry themselves or in extreme cases is showered in glass. I mean, stuff happens. It's unfortunate but in a hotel one can always call down to the desk and that's not really an option in a lounge. Luckily, no injuries and previous incidents were resolved due to travelling with a friend.