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Apr 17, 2014, 3:25 am
#31
Join Date: Jan 2012
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In Larnaca lounge there was a man walking around with his laptop using a skype connection. He was "showing" the other person around the lounge bit by bit and explaining everything loudly in great detail.
"Look! This is the red wine. They have othello which is a dry red from Cyprus and this is another red called.............etc". After ten mimutes going through every beverage he moved on to the newspapers & magazines.
I was too enthralled to be annoyed.
"Look! This is the red wine. They have othello which is a dry red from Cyprus and this is another red called.............etc". After ten mimutes going through every beverage he moved on to the newspapers & magazines.
I was too enthralled to be annoyed.
Apr 17, 2014, 3:36 am
#33
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Not in a lounge and not on a phone, but recently I was having lunch outside somewhere and a guy was having a job interview with a woman. He was sat almost 10 meters away but I could hear every word he said. He was tooting his own horn like you would not believe and divulging many 'secrets' about his current employer as well. Bad mouthing them too.
After 10 minutes I had enough and I got up, set down at their table and mentioned that I worked for his current employer's competitor (not true, but hey...) and that I was extremely grateful for the information he broadcasted. I then congratulated the girl he was having the interview with on finding someone who would be so vocal about his achievements in his new employ...
Not sure how the interview ended but they left after another 5 minutes.
I know. I'm bad.
After 10 minutes I had enough and I got up, set down at their table and mentioned that I worked for his current employer's competitor (not true, but hey...) and that I was extremely grateful for the information he broadcasted. I then congratulated the girl he was having the interview with on finding someone who would be so vocal about his achievements in his new employ...
Not sure how the interview ended but they left after another 5 minutes.
I know. I'm bad.
Apr 17, 2014, 3:40 am
#34
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Apr 17, 2014, 3:51 am
#35
Join Date: Oct 2013
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Best Walker Talker encounter I ever had was a very sharp looking older lady in the CCR pacing back and forth on the terrace. It became clear that she was speaking to her university aged son, and I'll never forget her telling him, "Well, Her Majesty The Queen is adamant that you must attend medical school. She has promised to help you find a position when you graduate, and has demanded that I report back on your decision when next we take tea together."
I figured holding my peace was the best bet in that case.
I figured holding my peace was the best bet in that case.
Apr 17, 2014, 4:12 am
#37
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: 16 Miles From ABZ
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[QUOTE=henkybaby;22718104]Not in a lounge and not on a phone, but recently I was having lunch outside somewhere and a guy was having a job interview with a woman. He was sat almost 10 meters away but I could hear every word he said. He was tooting his own horn like you would not believe and divulging many 'secrets' about his current employer as well. Bad mouthing them too.
Brilliant!
Brilliant!
Apr 17, 2014, 4:46 am
#38
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: London-etc
Posts: 3,893
Not in a lounge and not on a phone, but recently I was having lunch outside somewhere and a guy was having a job interview with a woman. He was sat almost 10 meters away but I could hear every word he said. He was tooting his own horn like you would not believe and divulging many 'secrets' about his current employer as well. Bad mouthing them too.
After 10 minutes I had enough and I got up, set down at their table and mentioned that I worked for his current employer's competitor (not true, but hey...) and that I was extremely grateful for the information he broadcasted. I then congratulated the girl he was having the interview with on finding someone who would be so vocal about his achievements in his new employ...
Not sure how the interview ended but they left after another 5 minutes.
I know. I'm bad.
After 10 minutes I had enough and I got up, set down at their table and mentioned that I worked for his current employer's competitor (not true, but hey...) and that I was extremely grateful for the information he broadcasted. I then congratulated the girl he was having the interview with on finding someone who would be so vocal about his achievements in his new employ...
Not sure how the interview ended but they left after another 5 minutes.
I know. I'm bad.
Apr 17, 2014, 5:12 am
#39
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: London
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"Dave? Hi. It's gate4lounge calling from the lounge at Gatwick. Listen, there's a bloke in here on the phone to someone about that tamping wopples deal. It sounds as though the other party is extremely happy with the price our client's agreed to [pay/accept], so we may want to get that reviewed. Could you let Jen know? The guy sounds like a complete plonker, so he might well be talking out of his ****, but it's probably best to check it out just in case."
How about a thread based (similar I think to one they run in Time Out in London) of the most absurd snippets of conversation heard in BA premises? Current recent favourite is "what's auto-erotic about an artichoke?" heard a couple of weeks ago on my way to Eat in T5. Was seriously tempted to stalk.
Apr 17, 2014, 5:23 am
#40
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My Dad made Ł20k on the back of an overhead conversation about a takeover on a train out of Marylebone once (I think the man had assumed said carriage was empty).
How about a thread based (similar I think to one they run in Time Out in London) of the most absurd snippets of conversation heard in BA premises? Current recent favourite is "what's auto-erotic about an artichoke?" heard a couple of weeks ago on my way to Eat in T5. Was seriously tempted to stalk.
How about a thread based (similar I think to one they run in Time Out in London) of the most absurd snippets of conversation heard in BA premises? Current recent favourite is "what's auto-erotic about an artichoke?" heard a couple of weeks ago on my way to Eat in T5. Was seriously tempted to stalk.
Also...are you sure in these shady grey days it wasn't an arty choke?
Apr 17, 2014, 5:48 am
#41
Join Date: Mar 2010
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I will always give the benefit of the doubt and try to move away if I get annoyed. A guy was talking on the phone in the Spa, the staff asked him to be quiet but he refused and stopped his massage and walked off.
Apr 17, 2014, 5:56 am
#42
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Apr 17, 2014, 7:16 am
#45
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Definitely one of my pet hates. I don't think I've ever taken a call in a lounge and if I absolutely have to do it on the train, I go to the vestibule area, whether I'm in a quiet carriage or not.
I sometimes want to shout at people "Just because your phone rings, what makes you think you have to answer it?"
I also dislike loud conversations. The worst place for them is on an early morning flight when trying to sleep. Maybe I'm just antisocial but I don't have a single colleague I would want to sit beside on a plane at 6am and have a chat (and it's usually colleagues).
I sometimes want to shout at people "Just because your phone rings, what makes you think you have to answer it?"
I also dislike loud conversations. The worst place for them is on an early morning flight when trying to sleep. Maybe I'm just antisocial but I don't have a single colleague I would want to sit beside on a plane at 6am and have a chat (and it's usually colleagues).