10 Things I Dislike in Airport Lounges

Sitting in Doha with nothing to do for the next 4 hours, can’t even go for a walk, I was thinking about the things I dislike the most in lounges.

1. WiFi that needs the most absurd user name and password such as “ftG7#jy4g&h”. Thank goodness you connect automatically here.

2. WiFi that needs a new voucher after 1 hour. ZRH note please!

3. Wash basins with a magic eye to work the water. As soon as you cup your hands to wash your face, it cuts off. After much gesticulating it reluctantly comes back to life.

4. Premium lounges so full there are no seats available – as when I arrived at 7am. Doha please note. Though it is now almost empty.

5. Lounges where they serve Alcohol but not pork. Chicken sausages – yuk!

Can’t think of anything else just now, but I’m sure fellow posters will help complete the list!

11) Wifi that is so slow you wish you hadn’t bothered spending 5 minutes typing in the password (Skyteam Lounge, LHR T4)

12) Lack of powerpoints / plugs for electrical devices. Fellow passengers then forced to trail electrical wires across the floor, between seats and across walkways creating “death zones” for anyone walking back with a side plate piled high with crudities.

13) No flight announcements / too many flight announcements / too many flight announcements that are inaudible / just one flight announcement that was inaudible, but was your flight.

Nice one Canucklad, but I’ve got to pass the time somehow! Thanks for the good wishes.

21) Watching child-like tantrums from DYKWIA travellers trying to ask for something they are not entitled to (like access to a better lounge).
22) Fellow travellers in busy lounges that make no proactive action to share limited space, and then give you the evil-eye-stare when you ask to share the rather limited space available
23) Poor cleaning of plates, glasses and trays
24) Loud conversations among a small group of DYKWIAs or perhaps even worse, making calls on phones to tell the world where they are
The list goes on

Feel your pain LP, had to kill 5 hours at IST on Tuesday morning after an 11 hour flight from HK. Without lounge access, found the bar and nursed 2 Effes beers. Yuk

Me, my mate,a Canadian and a bloke from Scandinavia were the only 4 drinking alcohol at 8 in the morning. Brilliant !

26. Serving spoons and forks that do anything but leave a mess
27. Too small spoons for the sauces
28. No small bowls into which to put the sauces

31) Wines and champagne that are served at the wrong temperature.
32) Lack of shower amenities and/or poor towels.
34) People who need four seats when the lounge is busy.
35) Unwrapped food that others can finger – BA biscuits spring to mind.
36) Food items not topped up in a timely manner.
37) Lounge dragons who make access difficult when you are clearly entitled to it. (I’m thinking of you LH).