Train Ettiquette

Posted by: LT17

22nd Feb 2011 12:10pm

I commute to and from work every day on the train. It's only a 25 minute journey when it stops at all stations, so it's quick and should be a painless exercise.

However, I'm wondering if anyone else is frustrated with the following types of behaviours on the train, or whether it is just understood and unnoticed, that these simple gestures of kindness no longer exist

- People pushing in front of you to be first on the train, just as the train arrives, when you have been waiting patiently at that spot for some time
- Men sitting next to you with their legs spread far apart, so they take up half of your seat.
- High School students who pay a portion fare and still sit down
- People talking loudly on their mobiles
- People who have sat the entire trip, not waiting until those who have stood the entire trip get off the train.

Am I the only one?

Martin

16th Mar 2011 10:53pm

There was a discussion on the general rudeness of people today, in this morning's "Life Matters" (ABC- Radio National). Basically the argument was that sometimes people just don't realize that they're being rude, and that you can deal with it by asking them to move over ( in the case of men with legs), or stand up ( in the case of school students).
There's also the cultural influence : in Japan and China (and other countries I bet), you have to push to get on or off the trains. It always irritates me when I stand back behind the yellow line and someone comes up on the outside lane and parks themselves right in front of the door, effectively blocking people getting off. That's just bloody rudeness! But I guess people are tired, and manners require effort that just seems too much.

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