[Disturbing Trend] Barefoot guests in the club lounge
Feb 4, 2015, 9:48 pm
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Like others here, I, too, am baffled when I see a grown man come staggering into a Sheraton lounge in tattered sweat pants, the t-shirt he slept in, and hair shooting in all directions. But, I see it just about every single time these days. It's becoming the new norm, I'm afraid.
Feb 5, 2015, 5:26 am
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Feb 5, 2015, 9:26 am
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Not a chance in hell
In my personal life, I avoid walmart for disorganization and just a crappy environment. Opening the lounge to anyone deflates the experience and the reward we EARNED through loyalty.
Unless you were the father who had his 4 kids each leaving the lounge with 4 sodas and about a dozen bags of chips from the PVD Sheraton last week.
In my personal life, I avoid walmart for disorganization and just a crappy environment. Opening the lounge to anyone deflates the experience and the reward we EARNED through loyalty.
Unless you were the father who had his 4 kids each leaving the lounge with 4 sodas and about a dozen bags of chips from the PVD Sheraton last week.
Feb 5, 2015, 10:13 am
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If you think comped lounge guests don't hoard and run, well......I don't want to deflate your experience any further.
Feb 5, 2015, 10:17 am
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Feb 5, 2015, 10:35 am
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This again? Guys, it's a place to eat breakfast at a hotel, not the Harmonie Club. I typically will go in the t-shirt I slept in, shoes with no socks and a pair of jeans or shorts. Unshowered I might add. I go, I eat quickly, I leave. I don't have time to judge what anyone else is wearing or to care. If everyone would adopt that philosophy, we'd all be a lot happier.
Feb 5, 2015, 10:37 am
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This again? Guys, it's a place to eat breakfast at a hotel, not the Harmonie Club. I typically will go in the t-shirt I slept in, shoes with no socks and a pair of jeans or shorts. Unshowered I might add. I go, I eat quickly, I leave. I don't have time to judge what anyone else is wearing or to care. If everyone would adopt that philosophy, we'd all be a lot happier.
Feb 5, 2015, 10:46 am
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I don't get it that people are grossed out of this. I mean, you do swim in a pool where others' feet are in there.
Now from an etiquette point of view, I do see it as bad manners. Every place requires a form of dress code, and in a club lounge, it should be casual. Now barefooted is in no way casual. I actually don't know what is the dress code of being barefoot.
Now from an etiquette point of view, I do see it as bad manners. Every place requires a form of dress code, and in a club lounge, it should be casual. Now barefooted is in no way casual. I actually don't know what is the dress code of being barefoot.
Feb 5, 2015, 12:00 pm
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Not a chance in hell
In my personal life, I avoid walmart for disorganization and just a crappy environment. Opening the lounge to anyone deflates the experience and the reward we EARNED through loyalty.
Unless you were the father who had his 4 kids each leaving the lounge with 4 sodas and about a dozen bags of chips from the PVD Sheraton last week.
In my personal life, I avoid walmart for disorganization and just a crappy environment. Opening the lounge to anyone deflates the experience and the reward we EARNED through loyalty.
Unless you were the father who had his 4 kids each leaving the lounge with 4 sodas and about a dozen bags of chips from the PVD Sheraton last week.
Feb 5, 2015, 3:53 pm
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And that's the reason some lounges have a policy of only consuming food/drinks in the lounge. I've had GM's tell me stories about how a family (not that it's just families) comes in and completely wipes out the snacks on one swoop and takes them back to their room.
Feb 5, 2015, 4:58 pm
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Feb 5, 2015, 6:43 pm
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DYKWIA loungers LOL
sounds like a lot of DYKWIA's to me
Feb 5, 2015, 6:55 pm
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This again? Guys, it's a place to eat breakfast at a hotel, not the Harmonie Club. I typically will go in the t-shirt I slept in, shoes with no socks and a pair of jeans or shorts. Unshowered I might add. I go, I eat quickly, I leave. I don't have time to judge what anyone else is wearing or to care. If everyone would adopt that philosophy, we'd all be a lot happier.
Feb 5, 2015, 6:57 pm
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Interesting. In my experience, I'm the worst dressed one in Asian lounges. Typically, patrons are dressed to the nines there! I don't remember EVER seeing anyone dressed in loose fitting t-shirts there!
Feb 5, 2015, 7:08 pm
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No judging here, but would you do the same in the hotel restaurant? Methinks probably not. What makes the club lounge different? I'm not holding a hard angle here -- just trying to understand, truly. I can't begin to imagine stumbling out of bed in my sleep clothes and walking into the club lounge where 30 other people are eating breakfast. Maybe that's just my thing. Just seems like since I'm going to soon enough shower and get ready, why not wait to go out after I'm dressed and ready? Is that weird?