First Class Lounge Etiquette 101
Jun 7, 2014, 3:23 am
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First Class Lounge Etiquette 101
Just follow this easy guide!
Step 1: Bring your screaming, tired child into the lounge.
Step 2: Sit right in the middle of the room.
Step 3: Ignore your screaming, tired child for AN HOUR.
Sorry, just had to vent. :-)
I know traveling with kids is hard, but still...
Step 1: Bring your screaming, tired child into the lounge.
Step 2: Sit right in the middle of the room.
Step 3: Ignore your screaming, tired child for AN HOUR.
Sorry, just had to vent. :-)
I know traveling with kids is hard, but still...
Jun 7, 2014, 8:09 am
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This is in the Lounge itself rather than an aircraft so there wouldn't be a flight crew involved. Regardless I would approach the parent and failing that, Lounge staff and failing that still asking for the manager.
Jun 7, 2014, 8:45 am
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Pedantism noted. My intent, as you obviously noted, was to suggest that the OP should have complained to the People In Charge of the lounge and/or the offending offspring. "Venting" or "ranting" in anonymous internet forums after the fact is pointless.
Jun 7, 2014, 8:51 am
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*shrug* I sympathise with his need to rant. If it makes his day a little better by getting it out of his system (virtual audience or not) then so be it. Our suggestions to complain to the folks in charge were constructive and if the OP did that next time perhaps his situation would be resolved. In that sense, I don't think it was too pointless whether we thought the solution was obvious or not. In either case, I wasn't trying to pick an argument with you so you have my apologies if I've offended.
Jun 7, 2014, 10:50 am
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There's a few lounges that have family rooms, those tend to be the best. I have seen a parent with a kid refusing to cooperate ask to use a conference room. The lounge staff seemed to be more than okay with that solution.
Jun 7, 2014, 11:37 am
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Stupid parents and entitled kids. See. This too often. Airlines need to ask them to leave.
Staff should have handled this. Not club guests.
Staff should have handled this. Not club guests.
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Jun 7, 2014, 3:00 pm
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As for step 3, I'm sorry, but at times there isn't much you can do. Did (s)he actually try to calm down the kid?
Jun 7, 2014, 3:30 pm
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Well.... what's wrong with steps 1 and 2? I've flown paid domestic first with my kid a few times and I'm sorry to break it, he's a paying customer just like everyone else.
As for step 3, I'm sorry, but at times there isn't much you can do. Did (s)he actually try to calm down the kid?
As for step 3, I'm sorry, but at times there isn't much you can do. Did (s)he actually try to calm down the kid?
Jun 7, 2014, 3:42 pm
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As for step 3, I'm sorry, but at times there isn't much you can do. Did (s)he actually try to calm down the kid?
Jun 7, 2014, 4:31 pm
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Jun 7, 2014, 4:34 pm
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Ding ding ding. @:-)
I was taken into lounges when I was a toddler, but my parents always made it clear to me that if I made so much as a peep, they'd whisk me out of there.
Jun 7, 2014, 4:34 pm
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But but but...I've PAID! My darling little Reign-Beau Jesse can do whatever he wants, we can't stifle his creativity by setting boundaries now, can we. It takes a village...
Jun 7, 2014, 6:15 pm
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Sure there is, leave mate.