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Quiet coaches in trains.

I love the quiet coach, I travel quite a bit on trains around the UK and always go quiet if I can. Great chance to switch my phone off and just look at the greenery and urbanity whooshing past the window, looking for cows and church steeples and narrow boats, it's a delightful thing.

Anyone who dares to disturb that railway reverie with a halfalogue on their latest business dealings, are looking at getting a Wookey glare, a finger wag, or even words. Not acceptable, not on my watch!! :mad:

That's phone convos in public, which are scientifically proven to diminish the cognitive abilities of people forced to listen, whilst ironically also often revealing the stark lack of cognitive ability in the twats doing the yapping.

I also recently told a young man off for singing with his earphones on, on the tram. He had all the wrong notes, in entirely the wrong order, and I jabbed him and told him so. I was in a fucker of a mood at the time, true, but discordant singing in public on a tram to Eccles during rush hour on a Friday should definitely be classed as common assault.

He stopped singing. I hope forever. :thumbs:
 
I was on a train the other day and a man got on and opened a big fuck off box of fried chicken, and started chowing down. The stench hit everyone in the carriage at the same time.

A bloke sitting near me turned to the woman opposite Colonel Sanders, and said: "Would you like to sit here, in a non-smelly area, I'm getting off at the next stop?"

And the lady said "No, I'm fine, thanks anyway..."

And it struck me that I'd witnessed passive aggression by proxy, which was a new one on me - naughty!!

Colonel Sanders was oblivious of course, too busy eating and being greasily revolting in that "God I could shoot you" kinda way. :hmm:
 
Once I'd bought a crab sandwich from Marks to eat on the train (intercity). Went to eat it after we'd set off only to realise I'd forgotten how strongly fishy crab smells. It stunk the carriage out. :oops: :D

It was a lovely butty though.
Before the liquids ban I travelled from Brindisi (or perhaps Bari) on Ryann Air With a leaky Tupperware box filled with octopus in some pungent tomatoey sauce. I first noticed the aroma coming out of the toilet but didn't actually realise that I was responsible till we disembarked.
 
I don't sit in quiet carriages anymore because other people are vile and wind me up. A normal carriage is OK with headphones on.
I seldom meet anyone who I think the world would not be better off without. Never more so than on trains.

Having said that, I tend to favour the non-quiet carriages these days, as I can more easily sneak a few crafty puffs on my vape without the noise attracting attention.
 
On the very few occasions I use a train I always head for the quiet area. The racket in the other areas is intolerable, the noise in the quiet area barely sufferable.
 
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