For goodness sake, people. Airport lounges are public places!
Posted by Joseph Thornley on April 12th, 2007
I’m sitting in the cubicle farm in the Air Canada lounge at Pearson waiting for my flight. All around me, people are conducting business on the telephone. Beside me a woman is talking about a BtoB customer and problems with the account. Three feet across the screen, a lawyer is talking to a client about a potential deal. And at the cubicle behind me, an executive is talking about terminating an employee.
They are all talking loudly enough for me to hear every word (even though I’d prefer not to). And they are all USING NAMES. I kid you not.
What is it about looking at a four foot high screen in front of you that makes someone think that you are in a private place?
Use discretion, people. Use some judgment please!
April 12th, 2007 » 6:19 pm
Lately society as a whole has been operating like each person is in their own little bubble where they can do and say what they want with little to no care for people around them. It’s only going to get worse, IMO. Many people are out of touch with society I think and the world around them.
April 13th, 2007 » 10:26 am
While sitting in the boarding lounge at the same airport yesterday, I watched a man who was obviously an executive at one of the nation’s larger publishing companies stalk back and forth in front of the gate blustering to himself. Only on further examination did one see the small microphone and earpiece attached to the phone in his hand. The conversation was alarming enough in its level of detail, but people were actually backing away from his frenzied pacing while he debated something with considerable enthusiasm. It was disturbing on a few levels!
April 13th, 2007 » 4:46 pm
Hey Danielle
Sounds like something that would have been funny to capture on video. Maybe next time.