Plan for dealing with obnoxious phone calls on trains?
 

MIG wrote:
Carry a small, flask-like vessel of cold salty water, and when the
caller has finished the call, ask to borrow their phone...and place it
in said water.

No more calls on that journey



I had a Nokia 3310 which fell in the toilet (still not quite sure how).
For reasons of hygiene, I washed it very thoroughly, and then took it
apart as much as I could, thinking that the components are mostly
sealed in plastic and/or non-corrosive.

I then laid all the little, thoroughly-washed, bits out to dry for two
days.

Then I put it back together again, and it didn't work.

So the water may not need to be salty.

I had a similar experience with a previous phone (had been at the pub,
and I received a text message whilst relieving myself). After a broadly
similar proceedure, the phone worked again with no signs of ill-effects.

Robin

Plan for dealing with obnoxious phone calls on trains?
 

Not sure about "larger louts" (seems a bit fattist to me) but screaming
brats, or "children" as we call them, have as much right to be on a
train as you do (assuming they are not in the quiet carriage). With the
best will in the world, children sometimes make loud unexpected noises
and even responsible parents cannot - and indeed should not - expect
them to remain mute on a long train journey.


wrote:
Evil, good but evil.

Now can you come up with a way to deal with screaming brats and larger
louts.

Plan for dealing with obnoxious phone calls on trains?
 

MIG wrote:
Carry a small, flask-like vessel of cold salty water, and when the
caller has finished the call, ask to borrow their phone...and place it
in said water.

No more calls on that journey


I had a Nokia 3310 which fell in the toilet (still not quite sure how).
For reasons of hygiene, I washed it very thoroughly, and then took it
apart as much as I could, thinking that the components are mostly
sealed in plastic and/or non-corrosive.

I then laid all the little, thoroughly-washed, bits out to dry for two
days.

Then I put it back together again, and it didn't work.

So the water may not need to be salty.


A friend of mine had one of the 'Matrix'-style Nokia phones a few years
ago, and in a sudden shower, a raindrop landed right in the top speaker
hole! His phone didnt work...

I suggested salty water, as it would also short-circuit the phone, so
even drying it out wouldn't have an effect!

Plan for dealing with obnoxious phone calls on trains?
 

In message
Andrew Yarnwood wrote:

I have a proposal for dealing with (punishing) people who make loud
business phone calls on trains (or any other public transport). ("I'm
on the train ... buy! ... sell!")

Record the calls or make some note, especially if there's anything
that sounds confidential, and publish transcripts or summaries on the
web or a newsgroup.


I recall someone on this group[1] commenting that he overheard one of his
firm's competitors talking about a major contract in such detail on the train
that his company were able to trump the loudmouth's tender.

[1] Where are you Ian Batten?

--
Graeme Wall
This address is not read, substitute trains for rail.
Transport Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/index.html

Plan for dealing with obnoxious phone calls on trains?
 

In message . com, GazK
writes
Not sure about "larger louts" (seems a bit fattist to me) but screaming
brats, or "children" as we call them, have as much right to be on a
train as you do (assuming they are not in the quiet carriage).
I would disagree. Quiet and well behaved children (just like quiet and
well-behaved adults) have as much right as anyone to be there. Once
they start being unreasonably noisy then they become one of those
factors that put some people off public transport.

With the
best will in the world, children sometimes make loud unexpected noises
and even responsible parents cannot - and indeed should not - expect
them to remain mute on a long train journey.
I wouldn't expect them to remain mute either and I suspect no-one but
the grumpiest Grown Up would. But excessive noise (and the running
around) makes an otherwise pleasant journey intolerable.
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk

Plan for dealing with obnoxious phone calls on trains?
 

In article ,
Ian Jelf wrote:
I wouldn't expect them to remain mute either and I suspect no-one but
the grumpiest Grown Up would. But excessive noise (and the running
around) makes an otherwise pleasant journey intolerable.

OK. You've provided a convincing reason for controlling the bashers.
Now, what about children on trains?

--
Andy Breen ~ Not speaking on behalf of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Feng Shui: an ancient oriental art for extracting
money from the gullible (Martin Sinclair)

Plan for dealing with obnoxious phone calls on trains?
 

Absolutely. No one in their right minds would complain about pleasant
well behaved children, but travelling for hours next to a table of
screaming, fighting spoiled brats would certainly spoil most
traveller's day.

I suppose I should go anywhere near complaining about crying children
either. But thats annoying too, especially when accompanied by chav
parents who take no notice, chugging down litres of tramp juice for the
entire journey.

Plan for dealing with obnoxious phone calls on trains?
 

Back to the subject ...........

"Im on a train" comes the reply to the loud and tedious ring tone.

"So are we" shout the other 70+ occupants of the same air space!

As for screaming kids - my youngest - at the age of two - didn't like
to be kept waiting when there was food about. The Pullman car crew
delivered a porage oats so quick it was probably friction cooked on the
way.

She now prefers GNER over Virgin so she's kept up her standards

Plan for dealing with obnoxious phone calls on trains?
 

In message . com, GazK
writes
Not sure about "larger louts" (seems a bit fattist to me) but screaming
brats, or "children" as we call them, have as much right to be on a
train as you do (assuming they are not in the quiet carriage). With the
best will in the world, children sometimes make loud unexpected noises
and even responsible parents cannot - and indeed should not - expect
them to remain mute on a long train journey.

Then why are some children perfectly behaved?

Mike

Plan for dealing with obnoxious phone calls on trains?
 

"MIG" wrote in message
ups.com...
Carry a small, flask-like vessel of cold salty water, and when the
caller has finished the call, ask to borrow their phone...and place it
in said water.

No more calls on that journey


I had a Nokia 3310 which fell in the toilet (still not quite sure how).
For reasons of hygiene, I washed it very thoroughly, and then took it
apart as much as I could, thinking that the components are mostly
sealed in plastic and/or non-corrosive.

I then laid all the little, thoroughly-washed, bits out to dry for two
days.

Then I put it back together again, and it didn't work.

So the water may not need to be salty.

Having witnessed a Motorola bobbing up and down inside a pint, may I suggest
that lager-flavoured water can stop a phone from working. :)

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