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The Scourge of Airport Noise

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Re: The Scourge of Airport Noise

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Post by sixstringtheory »

chronic73910 wrote: post #16
asimpleusecase wrote: post #2

This is a major reason that people pay for premium lounge access, it is not the food, nor the booze but the quite that is the true luxury.

> This is a major reason that people pay for premium lounge access, it is not the food, nor the booze but the quiet that is the true luxury. Not true for middle-class lounges such as Centurion, Priority Pass, and most airline lounges (Polaris, Flagship, Senator, Singapore, etc). Most go for food or drinks. The lounges are often crowded and loud with silverware, plates, kids, and TVs. For elite lounges such as the Pri…

Oh god, TVs in public places is another one. Automotive service, doctor office waiting areas… I need to start carrying around a universal remote.

Re: The Scourge of Airport Noise

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Post by langsoul-com »

I'd say one of the bigger issues is due to how legal everything has become.

Most of those air cabin PA announcements are necessary to legally cover their asses. I doubt am airline would want to find out what happens in court if they didn't give those ps announcements.

Re: The Scourge of Airport Noise

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Post by ipython »

But without the in flight PA announcements how else would you be aware of the special offer for the branded airline card?

I almost feel bad for the attendants slowly walking down the aisle afterward sadly holding up the offer paperwork after the announcement while everyone sits there annoyed waiting to land.

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Post by passerby1 »

TillE wrote: post #9
psd1 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What you, and TFA, are talking about is specifically stupid announcements. Those are not necessarily connected to dense housing.

It's also not true. Thick walls do wonders (eg, old apartment buildings in Germany are very quiet). It's only a problem with cheap construction.

Need to mention the punishments and fines in Germany for making noise. Switzerland has even more strict rules (and very angry neighbours, I assume).

Re: The Scourge of Airport Noise

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Post by ipython »

spiggytopes wrote: post #8

'Your call is important to us.' Yeah, but clearly not important enough to justify hiring enough staff. This drives me crazy!

But don’t forget, “today we are experiencing higher than normal call volume”- yeah today and the other 364 days of the year…

Re: The Scourge of Airport Noise

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Post by andra_nl »

spiggytopes wrote: post #8

'Your call is important to us.' Yeah, but clearly not important enough to justify hiring enough staff. This drives me crazy!

Yeah, for me that one's right up there with every cookie-cutter cookie-prompt on every website.

"We care about your privacy"

no. you. do. not.

Please don't pretend.

Re: The Scourge of Airport Noise

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Post by zakary »

quickthrower2 wrote: post #11
WirelessGigabit wrote: post #5

Kinda the same as 'please listen carefully as our menu options have changed' and 'we're experiencing higher than usual calls'. Or all the texts I get about remindeds of appointments followed by asking for reviews. It's like every channel is being abused to get us to do something. And I fail to pick out the important ones. Side note, with people wanting more dense housing, noise levels will go up.

The existence of levels of menu options itself is puzzling. Is there really 50 different bank customer service specialisations such that someone who can do more than one of them is like asking for an astronaut surgeon?

The true goal of most customer service systems like that is to make you decide it’s not worth the hassle and give up. Viewed from that perspective I think labyrinthine phone systems make a lot more sense.

Re: The Scourge of Airport Noise

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Post by tigen »

TillE wrote: post #9
psd1 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What you, and TFA, are talking about is specifically stupid announcements. Those are not necessarily connected to dense housing.

It's also not true. Thick walls do wonders (eg, old apartment buildings in Germany are very quiet). It's only a problem with cheap construction.

There also are cultural norms and/or enforcement around stuff like loud cars or trucks. I visited Asian cities recently and did not notice offensive noise. No crazy/rowdy yelling people, quiet buses.

I slept in quieter neighborhoods but they were still dense.

Re: The Scourge of Airport Noise

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Post by maxweylandt »

WirelessGigabit wrote: post #5

Kinda the same as 'please listen carefully as our menu options have changed' and 'we're experiencing higher than usual calls'. Or all the texts I get about remindeds of appointments followed by asking for reviews. It's like every channel is being abused to get us to do something. And I fail to pick out the important ones. Side note, with people wanting more dense housing, noise levels will go up.

Noise in cities is primarily driven by cars. Densification if done right could even make things quieter (e g. Reduce stroads and have more bicycles)
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