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?

Goulah

23rd Mar 2017 08:29pm

I have a friend who has a rather warped sense of humour. She has been a commuter for about 50 years and amuses herself with a smile and a retort as follows to the person who:

Snuffles all the time: "would you like one of my tissues?"
Talks very loudly on the phone: sings nursery rhymes loudly in the ear of the person on the phone
Chats to friends about their goings-on with their boyfriends: "gee your sex life is so much more interesting than mine"
Stands inappropriately close when she is sitting down: "would you please remove your groin from my face".
Will not stand up for her: "may I sit on your lap?"

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