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?

MandMm

19th Apr 2011 06:15pm

Ideally everyone should be aware of the space around them. If you want to stop in the shopping mall, you move to the side so you don't interfere with the human traffic. In regard to school children on the train- even though they are paying a 'portion' of the fare, I think that they are entitled equally to a seat as anyone else. If anyone is blocking the door on the train, it's as simple as saying 'excuse me' in a polite way. I have never had anyone not move aside after politely asking. People soemtimes are distracted, or unaware that they are in the way. They don't deliberately get in your way, and if they do, just be polite and ask them to move.
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