Lounge Rant
 

So I was recently at The Bridge lounge and right after I come out of the washroom, some guy who was a lounge patron, not a bartender or CX customer service agent suddenly grabs me by the arm and confronts me because I was constantly looking at a girl and smiling at the same time and he threatens to have me kicked out. Kicked me out for what?! I always smile at people at the lounge :D All I could say in my head is really?! WT* dude :rolleyes: I mean I wasn't doing anything wrong. I wasn't even bothering anybody. He didn't get me kicked out. I guess he was just jealous or something. What a twit. Anyways, thought I'd share it.

that's bizarre, I take it he wasn't a CX staff but rather a lounge patron?

...on the topic of lounge rants, line out the door again this morning for breakfast in the Wing F for the Haven. On a Sunday morning! I was only there because my gate was below, but seriously how can there be so many people in the lounge? Makes me want to go out of my way to avoid the Wing. Just for observation purposes, I walked over to the J side. Jam packed.

assuming your side of the story is indeed correct :cool::) in my book threatening behaviour and/or language and taking by an arm is reason enough to involve police, especially if nothing outside of glances and smiles was done. That individual needed to be placed quickly in his place, and often a tour to the nearest police station is a humbling enough experience.

Yep. A lounge patron who was probably drunk.

considering u're in an airport you want to fly (and not to be a witness) otherwise i would have called that assault...

Wow, you show great restrain, I would of done some Wing-Chun moves on him and tell him to mind his own business. Geez, I smile and chit-chat with girls in the lounge all the time, it's call being friendly, geez.

As for another poster said lounge is a zoo. Yeah, for the first time in my flying experience with CX I had to bail out of Wing because it was too crowded, I made the mistake of going to Bridge which was more crowded, so I bail out of that and went to G16, finally, some breathing space...

was he the boyfriend or something?

You could have said "actually, I was smiling at you" with a wink!

Some people have creepy smiles... My wife just pointed out to me yesterday that there was this creepy guy smiling at her. At the end, my wife informed the lounge attendant. The lounge attendant told my wife that this guy constantly get such comments from other guests. But he means no harm. The attendant doesn't know how to tactfully tell this guy about his creepy smile.

By the way, this is at the first class portion of The Wing. Probably not the OP...

So it's better to just "Avoid eye contact and stop with the creepy smiles"

I agree - time to involve the police.

Really? You must live a very feather-bedded life if you regard some drunk guy grabbing your arm and mouthing off as grounds to waste a load of police time (and yours, and his). The police should be used for more important things.

It is not about pressing charges. As a preventive measure, police should be involved before anyone else would get hurt. Unlike US police who would probably handcuff anyone disturbing the peace in an airport, HK police would likely only give that person a warning and escort him out of the lounge (and perhaps lead him to a place where he can cool off or recover soberness).

Well, the girl was around my age (20's) I assume the twit was around 40 something so go figure. The girl was actually Filipino and me being Filipino as well, Filipinos tend to have that kind of trait where they would always smile, look at each other and just talk. I did get a conversation out of her right afterwards and she didn't seem to be creeped out our anything. She was smiling too. And the one of the bartenders was also Filipino, so we had like a quick "3 way" conversation. Whenever I am on holiday, thats just my trait I guess where I would just smile at someone and have a conversation. I made friends over the years just by doing that so no harm done at all.

And my smile was no where creepy in my opinion. It wasn't even a smirk. It was basically a happy face with a nod. :)

I could've pushed the guy back or got the staff involved but didn't bother. I was already going on a quick holiday and didn't need additional stress. I just wanted to get a way for a few days and just chill out. I'm that guy that doesn't really cause a scene especially in a business class lounge where everybody is professional. Might of have a different outcome if it occurred inside the subways or buses of New York.

Exactly , ^^ we are not in the USA ...

spot-on reply. I wonder why lounge personnel haven't been proactive, a drunkard in the place is a huge annoyance. Just call the police to escort him out and sweat all the alcohol in a safe place.

Could have been the father? :cool::D

also spot on, back in Empire's mainland police does not usually talk with their mouth, they let tasers and revolvers do the job :)