T250 has a very valid point
TBH I find them incredibly tedious - BUT - if we went back to the "lounges" of the early 70's you'd go mad - there was literally nothing to do - and these days you are incarcerated for +2 hours cp maybe 30 mins back then
Plus I can remember the "chairs" air-side at Gatwick being old aircraft seats. Lady H thinks the ones at Manchester were from DC-3's............