What exactly is a "Chair Hog?"

What do you consider a "Chair Hog" to be?

Rosie O'donald

Someone that reserves a chair by the pool and hardly sits in it such as the people that put their stuff on a chair at 7:00AM and leave and don't come back until after lunch. Similarly, the one person that goes to the theatre and claims an entire row of seats for people that are still in the dining room or the casino.

Not to be the Chair Police, but I think that leaving for more than a half an hour is wrong, too. So I voted for #1 & #2.

Not to be the Chair Police, but I think that leaving for more than a half an hour is wrong, too. So I voted for #1 & #2.

Not to be the Chair Police, but I think that leaving for more than a half an hour is wrong, too. So I voted for #1 & #2.

I almost voted for 1 and 2 but i think it depends on how long you are gone really if i go back to my room to get my camera or something then thats ok or if i grad a burger from JR or YADDA YADDA

I think its time that matters

CHAIR HOG.....someone who sits down next to you poolside, falls asleep, snores and grunts so loud you swear a PIG was lying next to you.....LOL:rolleyes:

How many times have you wandered the deck aimlessly at 9am, searching through row after row of chairs with unused towels, hats, or even shoes sitting on them--only to be told by the one person in 10 chairs that "these are ALL saved" ? :(

Looking around at the 2 toddlers in the pool you just KNOW they aren't reading Jackie Collins!

I nearly throttled a woman one morning that screeched at me for having the nerve to set my bag down on an unused chair she was saving--only to have her girlfriend/sister/mom tell her 5 minutes later that everyone had decided to go to Snowball Jackpot Bingo!

Just a little courtesy please folks! We can all get along if we abide by those elementary school rules: treat others as you wish to be treated. ;)

MouseMan--you were on my last cruise, huh? hee hee

Thanks! 1 & 2.

If you are gone a half hour or more you are a chair hog.

I voted #1 and #2 but I also believe that some people become chair hogs - i.e. doing the right thing only to never have a chair available thus becoming a chair hog. Yep, too much coffee and not enough food today!

If you are gone a half hour or more you are a chair hog.

This is exactly what i was thinking you can do all the swimming drink ordering potty runnung you want in 1/2 hour its the time not the activity

but i will be honest with you

Ive been on 7 cruises now all rci and have never had an issue

I am an early riser and have seen people "claim" a number of chairs with towels and head off to breakfast.

I don't lie in the sun (being from Palm Beach) as I know the dangers, but just to have fun I remove some of the towels from the chairs and wait for the reaction.

Usually there is no confrontation, as the "saved" chairs are never tried to be reclaimed. Other times..............

Not to be the Chair Police, but I think that leaving for more than a half an hour is wrong, too. So I voted for #1 & #2.

Would you prefer "Chair Hawk" instead?

If you are gone a half hour or more you are a chair hog.

I agree with that--If you're gone for that long, you just have to find a new one when you get back.

Someone who is up at 6 am-throws towels on 8 chairs and isn't seen at all until noon - at which point one person comes but won't share any of the other chairs although no one is in them for the entire day - with the exception of maybe 5 minutes. People ask and they are rude =oh no I can't share!!!! I always want to grab the towels and let them be billed for them.

If you are gone a half hour or more you are a chair hog.

Yup, I disagree. We have particpated in the RCCL-run pool activities - many of which last about a half hour - and we have no choice but to leave our stuff on the chair for that long. Come to think of it, I have gone swimming in the pool for more than a half hour too, and of course left my stuff on a lounge chair - is this chair hog behavior?? By many folks' black-and-white 'half hour rule', I suppose it is, but what other choice is there? To all those self-proclaimed chair-hog police out there, would you stop and ask where the person was for the half hour before confronting them?

No, Jacquelyn. If I saw an empty (but toweled or shoed) chair, and chose to sit down, if someone came back and said, "Oh, I was in the pool (and you are dripping wet)", I would graciously rise and give you back your chair. We would both be happy. I would be using the chair when YOU were NOT in it, and YOU would get it back when you actually NEEDED it.

It's called simple courtesy, in both directions.

Carol

Just sit and face the concequences. If someone starts to screech that indicates that they know they are doing wrong and got caught. If a person is civil to me, that's what they get in return. They turn into an ambulance siren and they get tuned out. I liked it better when you reserved a chair for the entire week. But, people complained about paying for a deckchair so they turned to the present system. Maybe it's time to go back to reservations through the deck steward.

I have had pretty good results obtaining a chair on the cruises I have been on. If you want to see real chair-hogging in action, go to Las Vegas. We were at the Mirage a couple of weeks ago, and the Hogs had it down to a science. We observed (from our room) a parade of folks going to the pool area at the 8:30AM opening time. People were fully clothed (NOT IN SWIMWEAR) and placing towels, sandals and magazines in ALL the chairs. Of course, no chairs were available after this charade was perpetrated. It was really obnoxious seeing people saving 10 chairs at a time and then leaving to go back to bed or breakfast.

I even e-mailed the Mirage after our return, relaying our disgust that they allow and condone this behaviour. I got an assurance that it was a recognized and on-going problem with their pool staff. I suggested they charge, as do beach resorts, for the chairs. Maybe this would prevent some of the rude and selfish behaviour of some guests. I am awaiting a response.

I would be using the chair when YOU were NOT in it, and YOU would get it back when you actually NEEDED it.

 

It's called simple courtesy, in both directions.

Are you serious? Is this what's done now... lying on someone else's lounge chair while they are swimming :confused: ? Do the rest of you guys do this too? Would you lie on my towel, too? If not, what would you do with it... put it on the dirty floor? Crumple it up by your feet? Where would you put my stuff while you are lying on the chair? And don't you think it would be more of an inconvenience for you to gather up all your belongings and move again once I come out of the pool? Maybe I am in the minority here, but I find this behavior horribly presumptuous and rude.

Just a thought. If you are not in your chair, are you not in the pool or surrounding area to view someone trying to obtain your chair? If not, I suggest you have neglected protecting it and it is up for grabs. Just my opinion.

Are you serious? Is this what's done now... lying on someone else's lounge chair while they are swimming :confused: ? Do the rest of you guys do this too? Would you lie on my towel, too? If not, what would you do with it... put it on the dirty floor? Crumple it up by your feet? Where would you put my stuff while you are lying on the chair? And don't you think it would be more of an inconvenience for you to gather up all your belongings and move again once I come out of the pool? Maybe I am in the minority here, but I find this behavior horribly presumptuous and rude.

No, Jacquelyn, you are grossly misunderstanding and assuming the worst. This is a risk of faceless internet communication, of course. You are, perhaps, jumping to the CONFRONTATIONAL conclusion, rather than the mild and cooperative one I was outlining.

If I see that a chair has been unused for half an hour, with only a shoe on it, I may choose to gently put that shoe under the chair and lie down upon the chair. If indeed the shoe's owner returns at some point, soon if it is you, apparently, and courteously requests the chair back, pointing out, Cinderella-style, that the shoe is indeed yours & fits your dainty foot, I will graciously get up and find another chair.

If you do not return for ANOTHER half hour beyond the half hour I have already observed the chair being unused, I may or may not graciously give it up at your request.

Reasonable people acting reasonably generally don't have difficulty getting along. It takes two to cooperate.

And yes, I do agree with an earlier post that suggested "cubbies" so that people can place their belongings there, rather than on a chair, when all they really want to do is stow their stuff somewhere while they are in the pool or hot tub. Right now, the only options for placing your things while in the water is on the ground or on a chair.

Carol

If I see that a chair has been unused for half an hour, with only a shoe on it, I may choose to gently put that shoe under the chair and lie down upon the chair. If indeed the shoe's owner returns at some point, soon if it is you, apparently, and courteously requests the chair back, pointing out, Cinderella-style, that the shoe is indeed yours & fits your dainty foot, I will graciously get up and find another chair.

All sarcasm aside, I think most of us that would "take" a chair (chair hog police?) can recognize the difference between a used chair and just a saved one.

I think that the half hour rule that is being talked about is crazy. I don't want to be in the pool and have to watch my chair to see if someone is taking it. I'm on vacation not on a chair watch. The ones that get me are the people that get a chair in the shade and one in the sun for their tanning. I have watched people do that.