Busy airport lounges..
Discussion
Vertus said:
The article mentions Crohn s disease. I have *diagnosed* Crohn s disease and I would never dream of doing this. I just make sure I know where the toilets are at all times in any given airport (particularly if it s an early morning flight)! Ridiculous that you can self-diagnose .
Snap, and fully agree.Also, our daughter is awaiting testing for ADHD / AuDHD, and yet we've always managed to keep her occupied and calm across 1-2 trips abroad per year. And the queues at theme parks, although that DOES tend to be a little more tricky due to all the noise.
All that said, I'm fully aware that there are people with more serious 'hidden disabilities' and with more severe neurodiversity that DO need it (I work with one person whose teenage son is clearly further along the spectrum and I suspect they WOULD need the help / the quiet / the assistance). And I'm rather nervous that the self-serving freeloaders are going to f
k it up for that group.Have not seen anyone wearing a lanyard in an airport lounge. Suppose they could take it off. Also suppose its down to airline policy and they have to pay for the access (the airline that is).
IMO they are busy because they are diluting the status required to enter plus in addition many "new" airlines all have to share commercial lounges as they dont have their own.
I.e 1903, escape etc. You have all the middle east, far east and US airlines sharing in some airports. The A380s have a lot of business class seats. Add into that the people with credit card perks and then those that just pay.
Virgin had the right idea to have their own dedicated lounge at LHR.
IME most generic lounges are rubbish now. Yes its somewhere to sit and get free (cough) drinks and a bit of very average food but thats about it. An hour tops is my MO. If I dont make it, I dont make it. The LHR Clubhouse is even a bit crap compared to what it used to be.
As for queue jumpers - does not bother me - the plane goes when it goes. Being on first is not anything special. Being off first is a perk though!
I was flying out of an EU airport a few months ago and we were in the queue at the gate, which was closed. A guy came along and asked were we EU or non EU. My wife said she was EU and showed her passport. He then asked were we travelling together - I said unfortunately.. (LOLs)
Anyway he said ok can you go and stand in that line there - which had 2 or 3 people in it. We did. There was a woman in an airport wheelchair and her carer kind of off to the side and an airport helper type person, she looked at us and said "this is for disabled only".... I just shrugged. She then said we needed to go to the back... my wife did not take this well and went off and got the guy who told us to stand there - who she then asked to explain to her that he had told us to stand there - we were just doing what we were told. She was fuming and started ranting about brexit!! Then after about 10 mins of waiting they let us through the gate doors but asked her to wait - she started literally screaming "I have never felt so ignored as a disabled person" at the top of her voice. /cool story
There are some very odd people out there. They think the world revolves around them and that no matter what they need to be treated as special. Suppose these lanyards will be helpful for some people but will be abused by many. Not much you can do just the system being abused which they will probably eventually try and stop.
I did see a guy wearing an autism lanyard in down town Beijing a few weeks ago. I did wonder to myself just what he thought it was going to achieve given 99.99% of people would have no idea what it means? Wasn't even with a tour group or anything, just him and another guy wandering along.
IMO they are busy because they are diluting the status required to enter plus in addition many "new" airlines all have to share commercial lounges as they dont have their own.
I.e 1903, escape etc. You have all the middle east, far east and US airlines sharing in some airports. The A380s have a lot of business class seats. Add into that the people with credit card perks and then those that just pay.
Virgin had the right idea to have their own dedicated lounge at LHR.
IME most generic lounges are rubbish now. Yes its somewhere to sit and get free (cough) drinks and a bit of very average food but thats about it. An hour tops is my MO. If I dont make it, I dont make it. The LHR Clubhouse is even a bit crap compared to what it used to be.
As for queue jumpers - does not bother me - the plane goes when it goes. Being on first is not anything special. Being off first is a perk though!
I was flying out of an EU airport a few months ago and we were in the queue at the gate, which was closed. A guy came along and asked were we EU or non EU. My wife said she was EU and showed her passport. He then asked were we travelling together - I said unfortunately.. (LOLs)
Anyway he said ok can you go and stand in that line there - which had 2 or 3 people in it. We did. There was a woman in an airport wheelchair and her carer kind of off to the side and an airport helper type person, she looked at us and said "this is for disabled only".... I just shrugged. She then said we needed to go to the back... my wife did not take this well and went off and got the guy who told us to stand there - who she then asked to explain to her that he had told us to stand there - we were just doing what we were told. She was fuming and started ranting about brexit!! Then after about 10 mins of waiting they let us through the gate doors but asked her to wait - she started literally screaming "I have never felt so ignored as a disabled person" at the top of her voice. /cool story
There are some very odd people out there. They think the world revolves around them and that no matter what they need to be treated as special. Suppose these lanyards will be helpful for some people but will be abused by many. Not much you can do just the system being abused which they will probably eventually try and stop.
I did see a guy wearing an autism lanyard in down town Beijing a few weeks ago. I did wonder to myself just what he thought it was going to achieve given 99.99% of people would have no idea what it means? Wasn't even with a tour group or anything, just him and another guy wandering along.
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