Lounge showers

[blueflamenco]

When travelling with my boyfriend and requesting showers we have been asked on numerous occasions and at different lounges whether we would like the one room.. After travelling for usually 13+ hours, no - I don't want to share a shower. Aside from that - I find it more than a little off putting for them to ask in the first place. There is certainly no PDA that could indicate that we are even in a relationship so it seems rude to assume we suddenly wish to bath together? To really top it off - this has been done in front of other travelers who seem to get a good smirk out of the awkwardness of the whole thing. Does this happen to others? Do many people elect to share a shower? Perhaps I'm overreacting about the whole thing..

 

[Sprucegoose]

Overreacting I would say....a simple no thanks would suffice.

 

[RB]

Never been asked if we want to share! Maybe I am looking too old for that

 

[blueflamenco]

^^ I was hoping age had nothing to do with it but perhaps I'm wrong. It seems as though not many people have shared this experience which leads me to question why I have more than once. Perhaps an overreaction to be upset regarding a seemingly harmless incident however this along with a host of others like it point to a lack of respect towards passengers who don't quite fit the mould.

 

[JetLagged]

... passengers who don't quite fit the mould.

Don't bother whether you fir the mould or not - there are plenty of us around who have been glad to have smashed the mould many years ago!

 

[casanovawa]

I'd be easy about it, whether i either wanted to or not... depends how many showers they have and what the load of people in the lounge that it might make sense, but anyway as i said, wouldn't really bother me whichever way i chose to do it... i've only ever had QP membership once for one year and been travelling alone, so situation never arose...

 

[Mal]

I don't really see an issue with the question being raised - many couples would be more than happy to shower in the same room (No different to their current living arrangements! ). But the question is probably asked based on stereotypes, so certain types of couples wouldn't be asked, and work colleagues or friends travelling together might get asked incorrectly.

If couples choose to shower together, that does free up showers for other patrons to use. So sharing showers is good.

 

[Sprucegoose]

Not quite sure what the 'mould' is here, but really a shower is a bloody shower!!

 

[tuapekastar]

Not replying from experience as I have not been in that situation but sounds like you may be overreacting a little to someone who is trying to 'help'. Not something worth getting upset about IMHO.

 

[blueflamenco]

I don't really see an issue with the question being raised - many couples would be more than happy to shower in the same room (No different to their current living arrangements! ). But the question is probably asked based on stereotypes, so certain types of couples wouldn't be asked, and work colleagues or friends travelling together might get asked incorrectly.

If couples choose to shower together, that does free up showers for other patrons to use. So sharing showers is good.

Quite right. Not only does it free up showers but it reduces the amount of cleaning/refitting required.

However I do tend to think the question should be reserved for when there is a clear Mr & Mrs situation... but perhaps I need to loosen up a little.

 

[Australian]

yep, agreed - i wouldn't worry about it ... if anything, i feel it would be easier to say "no thanks", than to request that you share a shower together ... :/

on a business trip with junior female colleague, we were asked if we would 'mind' being put in a shared twin together as there was a booking mix up and a new room would take 2-3 hours (!?) ... er, "no thanks - we'll wait".

 

[anat0l]

Incidentally, has anyone here ever shared a shower suite with their partner (I mean this in the most general sense of the word)?


To answer the OP, although I haven't had the experience before (as a single-not-looking and very rarely traveling in a party more than one ), I'd say it's not much to get agitated about. First time is odd, subsequent times comical. I'd be tempted just to laugh and brush the offer off with a facetious comment, e.g. "No, we'll take two please - my other half here takes waaaaaaay too long in the shower and I'm not waiting that long!"

In some cases it's not really bathing together - it could mean one bathing after the other. Or, another way to do it is one takes a shower whilst one waits outside. When one is done, send a signal to the other (e.g. unanswered phone call) and swap out (this is a good technique when showers are in high demand - you can keep your suite for longer, although you need to make sure to get two sets of towels).

When people choose to smirk or laugh at the supposedly "awkward" position you are in, that is a problem with them if anything else.

 

[serfty]

Generally SWMBO and shower separately; once we utilised a Cabana (at the Wing) jointly; but there is plenty of room to move in those.

 

[The Rok]

I have never been asked that, but I have alway been in Virgin lounges here and abroad.

On a side note, I have made a complaint in Perth, Sydney AND Melbourne about their showers. The water alternates from freezing cold to BOILING hot without notice, its not uncomfortable, its dangerous.

It seems the same plumber got the job for all Virgin lounges...

 

[simongr]

The only place we have had the opportunity to do this was at the AA arrivals lounge in LHR and we used separate showers. They are actually not big enough for two people.

On the "freeing up space" argument - assuming people shower separately even if using the same shower the time savings would be pretty small surely?

 

[anat0l]

Generally SWMBO and shower separately; once we utilised a Cabana (at the Wing) jointly; but there is plenty of room to move in those.

In those cabanas, one can have a shower and one can have a bath.

On the "freeing up space" argument - assuming people shower separately even if using the same shower the time savings would be pretty small surely?

Well, the main thing is that when shower suites are in high demand, it saves time because you can guarantee that as soon as one finishes, the other will be availed to a shower suite. Of course, this depends on how quick the shower suites are used, but at least by using the same suite the use by both of you is guaranteed (there is no guarantee that you'll get the job done faster).

Particularly on those connections of 90 minutes or shorter, having that guarantee is better than chancing how fast the showers will be used and hence whether being in the queue separately is going to be fast enough.


The only overall 'issue' with sharing a suite is one of...err, how can I put this as genteel as possible..."modesty".

 

[TonyHancock]

On the few occasions Mrs H and I have traveled together we have never been asked if we wanted to share a shower.

To be fair it would probably be pretty obvious to the attendant though, Mrs H has a mean stare and it is constantly directed at me!

 

[Australian]

Incidentally, has anyone here ever shared a shower suite with their partner (I mean this in the most general sense of the word)?

... has anyone here ever shared a shower suite with their partner (I mean this in the most general sense of the word)?

 

[Princess Fiona]

I always get my 3 girls to share a shower suite when we travel as a family, otherwise the eldest would stay in there until the next flights boarding
I prefer to freshen up alone

 

[thewinchester]

I wouldn't have thought most shower suites were large enough to share with two people, let alone Princess Fiona's three daughters.

The largest showers I've encounters are the QF Int J at SYD & SIN. The SIN ones could fit two pax in the shower quite easily - but I never have a female travelling companion with me who could help try this out!