Concierge Lounge Etiquette -- Using Cell Phones
Feb 7, 2026 | 10:18 am
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For ready reference and implementation. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdu3a2arXdw
duck://player/Cdu3a2arXdw (copy & paste if using DuckDuckGo)
https:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxanne_(The_Police_song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdu3a2arXdw
duck://player/Cdu3a2arXdw (copy & paste if using DuckDuckGo)
https:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxanne_(The_Police_song)
As an alternative approach with comparable effect, I start on my iphone an app like Sonic that generates sound, set it to 3000-3500 Hz, turn speaker on, up the volume, and put on earphones (off) to save my ears.
They usually change seat or, in case of walk&talkers, just walk away 😉
Feb 7, 2026 | 11:57 am
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Better in my books to risk a little confrontation than doing nothing and then complaining about it to strangers on the internet...
Oh, and someone should edit the title of this thread...I'm pretty sure it's etiquette that is at question here, not edicate, unless I'm missing something.
Oh, and someone should edit the title of this thread...I'm pretty sure it's etiquette that is at question here, not edicate, unless I'm missing something.
Last edited by SP03; Feb 7, 2026 at 12:03 pm
Feb 7, 2026 | 5:04 pm
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Feb 7, 2026 | 5:43 pm
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Entirely depends on the hotel. If staff aren't proactively warning noisy guests, it is quite possible that there is no rule against noise. Lounges with expectations of quiet usually make it known. The fact that the lounge attendant didn't want to get involved suggests the lounge has no expectation of quiet and it would be up to you to ask the other guests to accommodate your preference for a quiet environment. I don't think we can do much to generalise which lounges expect quiet and which don't, but in my experience, whether a lounge permits children is a good indicator of whether guests are expected to be quiet.
Personally, I've come to expect noise in lounges and it doesn't bother me much. The noisiest lounge experiences I have had did not involve phone calls, it involved groups of people in the lounge together. Phone noise is especially annoying though... better to have a noisy group than a noisy phone call.
Personally, I've come to expect noise in lounges and it doesn't bother me much. The noisiest lounge experiences I have had did not involve phone calls, it involved groups of people in the lounge together. Phone noise is especially annoying though... better to have a noisy group than a noisy phone call.
Feb 7, 2026 | 8:19 pm
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Feb 7, 2026 | 10:41 pm
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