By a stroke of lucky, a friend of mine was taking a flight 5 minutes before my flight to New York. We decided to have a late dinner in the first class Cathay lounge – he recently got a gold/platinum status in one of the One World Alliance memberships. Naturally, we, being immature little kids who discussed various inappropriate subjects during power breakfast at the Mandarin Grill, got super excited to go. As we were entering the lounge, we noticed this 40ish year-old white European male arguing with the lounge attendees. He was so angry that Cathay Pacific did not upgrade him from Business Class to First Class. He demanded to know if anyone has received a free upgrade on his flight, then started yelling at the attendees’ because he’s a Marco Polo member etc. etc., he should be upgraded.
Hong Kong really is a place about luxury. People get angry when they don’t get upgraded to first class! Business classes are considered “inadequate.” I wonder sometimes, will I become one of them? Just a few days ago, I went to the Mandarin again for breakfast with someone. He kept on complaining about the wait staff, how the coffee came late, how the food was not exactly what he ordered, etc. He is a good friend so I don’t wish to judge. But the spoiled nature of Hong Kong is always difficult to predict.
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