How many useless phone calls can a person make?
Jan 15, 2018, 7:08 am
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How many useless phone calls can a person make?
The guy sat close to me in the lounge is on no8 - everything from the weather to tax registration and to b*tching on other people. None of it is hugely loud but still, and whenever he is not on his phone, he listens to BBC news without his headset on (which he keeps for his phone calls so that one only hears his annoying voice at least). Surely he could use the headset for those or wait till he gets in the UK?
I'd soooo love for quiet zones to be introduced in lounges. Pretty please.
On the plus side, the lounge attendant is intent on refilling my Champagne glass every few minutes, probably out of sympathy.
I'd soooo love for quiet zones to be introduced in lounges. Pretty please.
On the plus side, the lounge attendant is intent on refilling my Champagne glass every few minutes, probably out of sympathy.
Jan 15, 2018, 7:09 am
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The guy sat close to me in the lounge is on no8 - everything from the weather to tax registration and to b*tching on other people. None of it is hugely loud but still, and whenever he is not on his phone, he listens to BBC news without his headset on (which he keeps for his phone calls so that one only hears his annoying voice at least). Surely he could use the headset for those or wait till he gets in the UK?
I'd soooo love for quiet zones to be introduced in lounges. Pretty please.
On the plus side, the lounge attendant is intent on refilling my Champagne glass every few minutes, probably out of sympathy.
I'd soooo love for quiet zones to be introduced in lounges. Pretty please.
On the plus side, the lounge attendant is intent on refilling my Champagne glass every few minutes, probably out of sympathy.
Jan 15, 2018, 7:36 am
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If he's not being obtuse/loud, I don't really see anything wrong (other than listening to the news without a headset). I personally find lounges to be terribly boring for the most part, and will happily pass the time by making calls to friends for a quick catch up if possible.
Jan 15, 2018, 7:48 am
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Where pointless, overly-noisy calls are concerned “I’m in the lounge, just waiting for my flight” has seemingly superseded “Can you hear me okay ? I’m on the train”
The newer version is probably perceived by the culprits as more fashionable. Both can be equally irritating.
Jan 15, 2018, 7:59 am
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I miss having a mobile phone signal jammer.
Someone I know used to have one when living in China and Hong Kong - where the locals frequently speak at the top of their lungs on their mobiles, on the subway, tram, bus, etc. Just a press of a button and the signal goes dead, leaving the speaker literally dumbfounded.
Jan 15, 2018, 8:00 am
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i gave him an unhappy grin on the bbc news jingle and he stopped that a few minutes later. Regarding the persistent calls, even though they very much annoy me, I do not feel that I have any legitimate right to ask someone to not make them. It isn’t forbidden and who am I to decide that discussing Scottish weather could have waited till he was on his own.
I have no interest in imposing my own silent preferences on others which is why I specifically asked for quiet areas in lounges as a solution so that people who want to continue to use them for excited conversations or listening to something loud can continue doing so whilst the rest of us who wish for silence can benefit from specific areas where this is enforceable.
I have no interest in imposing my own silent preferences on others which is why I specifically asked for quiet areas in lounges as a solution so that people who want to continue to use them for excited conversations or listening to something loud can continue doing so whilst the rest of us who wish for silence can benefit from specific areas where this is enforceable.
Jan 15, 2018, 8:20 am
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@orbitmic: Just tell him.
I had a similar guy watching Youtube at full volume in the CX lounge. Got up. Walked over and told him to either use headphones or mute his laptop. I received a snarky reply and the guy was visibly angry that someone dared to say something but it was quiet after that.
I had a similar guy watching Youtube at full volume in the CX lounge. Got up. Walked over and told him to either use headphones or mute his laptop. I received a snarky reply and the guy was visibly angry that someone dared to say something but it was quiet after that.
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Jan 15, 2018, 9:29 am
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Pretty please
I seriously think a lot of people would benefit from that, including noisemakers. I suspect some noisemakers feel somewhat bad about their noise-making activities and they can make noise to their heart's content if they have a noise-making booth.
Can we also get a noise-making area on aeroplanes as well though, please?
I had pretty miserable flights recently due to noise and I am feeling very put off about my next one.
Jan 15, 2018, 9:44 am
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You all surprise me. You are collectively quick enough to sound off here, but faced with the slightest actual confrontation every one backs down. Posting it here, Sweetheart, Love you though I do will always get my sympathy for I always try to be kind to those less fortunate than me. (
) (you know how kind I am to CIHY as one day we will all be like him unless we have a little luck and lots of decent moisturiser.)
Pucci's tip. When he finally ends his call, butt in and give your opinion, anything that shows that you were listening. Now if he says how very dare you listen into my calls, you just say that since he was publicly broadcasting you thought that this was a comunnal conversation and that you could all join in. If he told me that I was extremely rude, I would say that of course I was but my Mother brought me up not to eat in the street, talk loudly anywhere, or to lift my skirt over my head in front of strangers.
If you think that I would not hesitate for one second to do the above, then prepare for a shock. You and I should go traveling some time. Would you like that Poppet? You could always pass me off as your Glam Gran (I'm assuming that you're under 40 or the arithmetic won't work)
Remember that fact that no one has faced them down emboldens them.
) (you know how kind I am to CIHY as one day we will all be like him unless we have a little luck and lots of decent moisturiser.)Pucci's tip. When he finally ends his call, butt in and give your opinion, anything that shows that you were listening. Now if he says how very dare you listen into my calls, you just say that since he was publicly broadcasting you thought that this was a comunnal conversation and that you could all join in. If he told me that I was extremely rude, I would say that of course I was but my Mother brought me up not to eat in the street, talk loudly anywhere, or to lift my skirt over my head in front of strangers.
If you think that I would not hesitate for one second to do the above, then prepare for a shock. You and I should go traveling some time. Would you like that Poppet? You could always pass me off as your Glam Gran (I'm assuming that you're under 40 or the arithmetic won't work)
Remember that fact that no one has faced them down emboldens them.
Jan 15, 2018, 9:47 am
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We live in a 'me' society. What bothers you or I is of no interest whatsoever to someone in their 'me' world bubble. Look around you and observe how manners, politeness and consideration for others has disappeared from much of societal norms today. Especially when it comes to cellphones.
For example, if you ask a friend to meet you for lunch to 'catch up' on what you've both been up to lately, do you answer calls or texts while you are having lunch with that person? If you do, what you are telling your friend is that whoever is on the phone is more important than your friend sitting at the table with you. If that weren't true, you wouldn't be allowing an interruption to your time together.
Cellphones are a tool and like any tool, can be used or misused. Most people don't seem to understand that. They're too busy doing 'it's all about me'.
For example, if you ask a friend to meet you for lunch to 'catch up' on what you've both been up to lately, do you answer calls or texts while you are having lunch with that person? If you do, what you are telling your friend is that whoever is on the phone is more important than your friend sitting at the table with you. If that weren't true, you wouldn't be allowing an interruption to your time together.
Cellphones are a tool and like any tool, can be used or misused. Most people don't seem to understand that. They're too busy doing 'it's all about me'.
Jan 15, 2018, 12:02 pm
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Some quiet zones would be good. But 90% quiet zones? No thanks! It’s a lounge...not a morgue!
Saying that Mr ‘’I’m so important everyone needs to hear my pedestrian conversations’ needs more than a Look of Disapproval.
Saying that Mr ‘’I’m so important everyone needs to hear my pedestrian conversations’ needs more than a Look of Disapproval.
Jan 15, 2018, 12:04 pm
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Very surprised to see that this thread is about lounge behavior. When I clicked, I was sure others also just received their cell phone bills for December and marveled at the number of calls they made in a futile attempt to receive assistance from BA during the "snow" melt down. Dozens in my case.
Jan 15, 2018, 12:16 pm
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I would be very surprised if a quiet zone would make any difference. The vast majority of people who are causing the problem in the first place are too self important to observe their surroundings and read any notices asking them to behave in a particular way. That will probably result in those who believe they are in a quiet zone to get more annoyed when the peace is broken, and might result in more breaches of the peace in the long term.
