There seems to be a developing trend to smoke in the showers of lounges for many airlines but particularly QF domestic, both QC and J.
Over the past year at least 3 or 4 times now l have gone to take a shower at some point in my journeys to walk into a recently vacated clean shower room only to smell the definate odour of stale or fresh smoke residule.
I have seen ash in the bottom of toilet bowls or on the dry shower floor near the drain and the tip of buts stuck just showing in the top opening of the safe needle dispensers. At one point even still stuck in the plug hloe of the basin.
But the final straw for me was sitting in the Bne j lounge on Sat evening when a well known Bne bussiness identity who was talking on his mobile phone seated behind me was trying to end a phone call quickly when his flight was called.
He was telling the person on the other end with a giggle that he had to "duck into the shower" for a quick "durrie" and had to go. As he got up he was telling the other end he does it "all the time" and that "nobody ever checks" because he stands under the inward air vent. Anyway he said as he walked off "everyone does it" and thats one of the reasons why he "loves the lounge"
Now whilst the lounge was quiet and there weren't many about in ear shot, l was still a bit dumbfounded by his brazeness.
As l sat back and thought about it, things started to fall into place in my head. It certainly matched my experiences over the last couple of years.
Is the lounge showers really a haven for smokers to have an airside last cig before or between flights.
Do smokers really see this as a airside lounge benifit that they can get away with.
I have never seen QF doing anything about it before. Do they even know, and maybe choose not to act.
Am l the only one who has experienced this.
Over the past year at least 3 or 4 times now l have gone to take a shower at some point in my journeys to walk into a recently vacated clean shower room only to smell the definate odour of stale or fresh smoke residule.
I have seen ash in the bottom of toilet bowls or on the dry shower floor near the drain and the tip of buts stuck just showing in the top opening of the safe needle dispensers. At one point even still stuck in the plug hloe of the basin.
But the final straw for me was sitting in the Bne j lounge on Sat evening when a well known Bne bussiness identity who was talking on his mobile phone seated behind me was trying to end a phone call quickly when his flight was called.
He was telling the person on the other end with a giggle that he had to "duck into the shower" for a quick "durrie" and had to go. As he got up he was telling the other end he does it "all the time" and that "nobody ever checks" because he stands under the inward air vent. Anyway he said as he walked off "everyone does it" and thats one of the reasons why he "loves the lounge"
Now whilst the lounge was quiet and there weren't many about in ear shot, l was still a bit dumbfounded by his brazeness.
As l sat back and thought about it, things started to fall into place in my head. It certainly matched my experiences over the last couple of years.
Is the lounge showers really a haven for smokers to have an airside last cig before or between flights.
Do smokers really see this as a airside lounge benifit that they can get away with.
I have never seen QF doing anything about it before. Do they even know, and maybe choose not to act.
Am l the only one who has experienced this.