LOL, I've never been confused with a clown. And I don't even remember the last time I changed a CL TV channel. I agree with your point, though, because I have seen people walk in the lounge and proceed to change the TV channel without even asking those already present if they were watching the program that was on. If you travel enough, like most of us have, you'll see all types.

I'm not sure this is true.. before I get into this I had to laugh at the "legal" number :rolleyes: and I guess you get arrested if you try to bring in two guests.. I guess our lawmakers are now moving into making club lounge laws LOL.. moving right along, I think it goes property by property.. if there are two registered guests in a room; I don't believe that counts against the guest limit in general.

i have seen properties call down when I've just checked in and bee lined it right for the lounge and I'm not on their list. one thing that surprises me is that they can't look this stuff up on the computer themself

Maybe it's just the VOLUME of the call....I don't care if people are on the phone, just keep the volume down...i don't want to hear how much your deal just earned you.....

some people CAN keep it down....i saw someone on a phone the other day...had i not actually seen the phone, i wouldn't have known he was talking on it..........

Remember when we were all kids, our parents used to say "inside voices???"

Sheesh I'm telling my kids that every day now :eek:

There are a lot of times I can't go 1hour without using my phone. I'm not super important (just pretty important :)) but a big part of my work is very time specific, so waiting an hour is out of the question if something comes up. Our business is all over the world, so I might have to take a call I didn't plan on at 2pm then another at 4:30pm then another at 8pm then another at 3am, etc. I have no control or ability to plan.

I do, however, agree with your first point. I am not capable of talking in a loud voice on my phone around other people. I can't talk in an airline lounge, on a plane, in a CL, in a hotel lobby, on a train, or anywhere where people can hear me. I do, therefore, consider it quite rude when people who are capable of having conversations others can hear choose to do so and do so in a loud loud way. When I have a call during dinner I normally adjorn outside, even in cold weather. My date tends not to care for that, but it is much less rude that blabbing away IMHO.

Of course my dislike of hearing other people's conversations pales in comparison to my dislike of people who talk on speaker. I just want to drop my laptop bag on these people and scream, "... IS WRONG WITH YOU!!?!?!?!?!".

Yeah, aesthetics are a really difficult thing to pin down ( & unwise to argue about ), but universals do exist such as a speedo on the wrong person. It's like pornography - you know it when you see it ;)

I had an experience at the Marriott Playa Andaluza resort where one of our bags did not initially make it to Spain with us & I had almost nothing to wear the first two days ( we learn after this trip to divide your things between bags). It was October & finding a bathing suit in a local store proved a difficult undertaking. I could find lots of speedos for @$19 but no regular trunks. I finally found a pair which cost $65. There was not way I was wearing a speedo as I know my wife would never let me forget it.


Now this is a common sense guide to conduct. But I think it increasingly falls on generationally indifferent ears.

As an aside, I'm surprised at how vehement feelings are about lounge TV sacrilage. I myself am a more solitude-minded person. I travel to get away from talking heads ( and folks who speak from other parts of their anatomy :eek: ). As in all public situations, one has to cede some portion of their individuality. But I detest a loud TV and see it no differently than someone yacking loudly on a mobile. I'm thankful for MP3 players which allow one to zone out apart from the ranting masses.

Barry

Honestly, I've never seen a rule about additional people in the lounge. I always assumed none were allowed.

My general assumption has always been that the lounge is for the member and the legal occupants of his/her room. Is there any actual rule?

Not a Marriott wide rule TTBOMK. The reason I say that is have received letters at RCC and Sydney Harbour Marriott, both of which said I was allowed one guest.

Lounge tangent: The Sydney Harbour Marriott letter also said all food and drink were to be consumed in the lounge. They did object when I attempted to take a bottle of water (just one) back to my room and would not allow it. The same letter said children were not allowed in the lounge after 5, but when asked why they were selectively enforcing their rules they could not provide a valid reason why they allowed children in the lounge. And the lounge was packed every evening, and since I don't drink alcohol and travel alone, those were two reasons why I wanted to take the water back to my room. FWIW, they did allow many people to take coffee out of the lounge. I don't understand the difference. My solution about the water was to drink what I wanted and then they could throw away what I didn't want at the time. I ended up using more bottles of water than I would have if they had allowed me to take it back to my room. I kind of annoyed me, but didn't ruin my trip as you can tell since this stay was back in December and if it had, I would have posted about it previously.