Another train annoyance....

[MrB]

This week has seen a succession of quiet journeys until one arrives at Benfleet and a mass of idiots board, pull the strings on their backs and don't stop jabbering until they get off.

Anyway, I've noticed an alarming trend developing. After projecting their voice as loudly as possible around the carriage to talk into a phone that is 2cm from their mouth, on three occassions this week these one way conversations have been closed with the line:

Anyway, I've got to go, I'm getting off the train.

What? Why should that stop your conversation? Were you really only talking for the last 40 minutes to annoy everyone else? Are you not in close enough proximity to other people in the street to persistently p1ss them off for long enough to make them want to kill you with any available blunt object? Surely it's not because you've run out of witty conversation and banter with your equally intelligent friend? GRRRR....

Rant over :guns:

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

This week has seen a succession of quiet journeys until one arrives at Benfleet and a mass of idiots board, pull the strings on their backs and don't stop jabbering until they get off.

Anyway, I've noticed an alarming trend developing. After projecting their voice as loudly as possible around the carriage to talk into a phone that is 2cm from their mouth, on three occassions this week these one way conversations have been closed with the line:



What? Why should that stop your conversation? Were you really only talking for the last 40 minutes to annoy everyone else? Are you not in close enough proximity to other people in the street to persistently p1ss them off for long enough to make them want to kill you with any available blunt object? Surely it's not because you've run out of witty conversation and banter with your equally intelligent friend? GRRRR....

Rant over :guns:

Thought this was going to be a story about Suicide Bombers for a second!

 

[Mad Cyril]

I believe there is a definite correlation between how early you travel to work in the morning and the politeness of your fellow commuters.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

I believe there is a definite correlation between how early you travel to work in the morning and the politeness of your fellow commuters.

There definitely use to be a correlation between what time you travel and what newspaper you read.

 

[davewebbsbrain]

This week has seen a succession of quiet journeys until one arrives at Benfleet and a mass of idiots board, pull the strings on their backs and don't stop jabbering until they get off.

Anyway, I've noticed an alarming trend developing. After projecting their voice as loudly as possible around the carriage to talk into a phone that is 2cm from their mouth, on three occassions this week these one way conversations have been closed with the line:



What? Why should that stop your conversation? Were you really only talking for the last 40 minutes to annoy everyone else? Are you not in close enough proximity to other people in the street to persistently p1ss them off for long enough to make them want to kill you with any available blunt object? Surely it's not because you've run out of witty conversation and banter with your equally intelligent friend? GRRRR....

Rant over :guns:

Ahhh, have you no friends to talk to on the trainy wainey:D

 

[Slipperduke]

Every time I get on a train I remember how much I ****ing hate people

 

[Mr. Benedict]

Every time I get on a train I remember how much I ****ing hate people

Travelling by train is sh!t, and I am glad that I do not need to use one for my journey to work! :p

 

[MK Shrimper]

Every time I get on a train I remember how much I ****ing hate people

Slipperduke in mad axe rampage shocker!

 

[Dan]

God bless Mp3 players and in-ear earphones, thats all I can say!

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Every time I get on a train I remember how much I ****ing hate people

Slipper in "works from home, turns into mad recluse" shock!

:eek:

 

[WestRoadShrimper]

What? Why should that stop your conversation? Were you really only talking for the last 40 minutes to annoy everyone else?

You should've realised by now that the answer to that is 'Yes' :D

 

[* ORM *]

I'm toying between whether inane phone conversations are as bad as the ignorant pricks splutterings, sniffing and doing a bloody good job of trying to spread their germs around as far as possible.

 

[MrB]

I'm calmer now as I had a lovely quiet journey home. Asleep by West Ham and stayed zonked till Benfleet. Lovely.

 

[* ORM *]

Still not as good as the old days on that line. Bloody hell - just realised it's 21 years since I moved from the dark side ! Lovely old and very warm trains in the winter with fast trains first stop Benfleet on the way home. Asleep well before Barking then you couldn't fail to wake up at Benfleet, especially if you sat by the door.