Ivor Jones wrote:

Sit in the quiet carriage.


But there isn't room for *all* of us in there..! The whole train should be
phone-free. As should buses for that matter.

And what about standing in queues at the ATM - they should be mobile
free zones.

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.

Comments?
Suggestions?
Does a site or newsgroup already exist for this?

I've had these in my bag for a while, never used one in anger though
)

http://www.coudal.com/shhh.php

--
Doug
"Doug's cool. He's metal " - Fnook
Ignore the old spamtrap work address; mail me on: doug at fruitloaf dot
net
http://suicidegirls.com/?hungrydoug

One plan would be to allow you to book the quiet carriage (or a loud
one) on qjump / thetrainline etc. I want to be able to use my mobile on
the train, but I invariably get allocated the flippin' "quiet carriage"
which even without the mobiles seems pretty noisy to me.
Regards
Kevin

"GazK" wrote in message
ups.com...
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.

Incorrect. Anyone, and I do mean anyone, who acts in a fashion resulting in
other peoples' journeys being adverseley affected should not travel. If
they're a kid, then it's their parent's fault. Kids do not have carte
blanche to run around ****ing everyone else off. No-one's saying they
should remain mute, but if they're being noisy, there's no excuse.


wrote:
Evil, good but evil.

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

wrote in
:

One plan would be to allow you to book the quiet carriage (or a loud
one) on qjump / thetrainline etc. I want to be able to use my mobile
on the train, but I invariably get allocated the flippin' "quiet
carriage" which even without the mobiles seems pretty noisy to me.

Even if you're in the quiet carriage, that doesn't stop fellow passengers
from talking loudly to each other or eating noisy (and smelly) foods from
bags that rustle or which crunch when eaten.

The other day when I went up to London, there was also a guy who was built
like a brick ****house (and therefore whom no-one was going to argue with)
who proceeded to play with the ringtones on his mobile phone for most of the
journey from Didcot to Reading. Every few seconds he pressed a button and it
gave a musical ringtone for a couple of seconds, making him grin and
chuckle. He never seemed to tire of doing this.

"Ivor Jones" wrote in message
...


"Jon" wrote in message
et
declared for all the world to hear...
Suggestions?

Sit in the quiet carriage.

But there isn't room for *all* of us in there..! The whole train should be
phone-free. As should buses for that matter.

There should be a "Noisy carriage", with the rest of the train being silent.
That way screaming kids can go **** phone users off. Everyone wins.

Ivor

"Andrew Yarnwood" wrote in message
...
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.

Comments?
Suggestions?
Does a site or newsgroup already exist for this?

Discuss their conversation like it's an episode of Coronation
Street/Eastenders/Whatever, staring intently at them, hanging off their
every word. I did that to some lady on the bus who decided she wanted to
hold a conversation on her phone AND her husband simultaneously (he was 4
rows away, at the back of the bus). My wife and I were taking the **** out
of her for a minute or two before she hung up. Stupid woman.

I don't know but it never ceases to amaze me why all the really noisy
and annoying people seem to make a bee-line for the Quiet Carriage.
When I was commuting through South Wales on FGW recently it was
typically the noisiest place on the train. Ggggrrrrrr!

Andy

James Farrar wrote:
I must say, I'm impressed by the way that three different people made
substantively the same comment so close together


It's not great minds thinking alike, I can assure you of that much.

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:31:14 -0000, "Ivor Jones"
wrote:

But there isn't room for *all* of us in there..! The whole train should be
phone-free. As should buses for that matter.

Yes dear. Some of us are on that train not for the pure pleasure of
travel, but because we're rushing around trying to make a living.
Customers need attention NOW. Or they go elsewhere. It's a
privilege to have employment now. Let us get on with it.