Annoying things people do on trains

[untakenname]

The new Thamelinks trains have been steadily driving me up the wall the past couple of months, mainly the canned announcements using the most punch-able nasal voice 'see it, say it, sorted' repeating every five minutes which is especially bad depending on where seated as they seemingly spent no money on the audio set up, the next carriage repeats with a two second delay which after half an hour drives you up the wall.
Another thing is the temperature of the trains, does it need to be 40 degrees inside when half the commuters are nearly passing out standing in their Canada Goose jackets?
I don't mind the seats on the new trains that other people are seemingly complaining about, far preferable to the older ones imo.

[ambuletz]

valiant said:

Morons who think it's acceptable to try and squeeze their full sized bike onto an already busy train.

Buy a fking Brompton like normal people you fking idiots

have you ridden one? those brompton things are horrible to ride.

[schmunk]

ambuletz said:

have you ridden one? those brompton things are horrible to ride.

No they're not.

[anonymous-user]

ambuletz said:

wormus said:

The bloke who shouts "CAN YOU MOVE DOWN PLEASE" when the train, which is already packed like a cattle truck pulls into the station.

ive' told people afew times to do it when i can clearly see there's tons of space down the isle.

Well then. Is that the Isle of Man or Wight ?

[rambo19]

Robbo 27 said:

My wife was on the train, in the quiet carriage, when a Made in Chelsea lead person got on and talked loudly on his phone for 15 minutes, loads of tutting all around but nobody said a word, being English. One person went and got the guard, he asked the MIC to put his phone away, an heated argument followed, neither backed down, this went on for half an hour.

Another person tapped the guard on the arm and said

'It was quieter when he was on the phone'.

And that is the problem, nobody says anything.

[Greys0n]

when someone takes off shoes, it's disgusting
or eat eggs in the train ugh

[blueg33]

People who sit in first class with a standard ticket, and then when tickets are checked say they didn’t realise. The words First Class are all over the place on the carriage.

Mind you, on occasion the arguments with the guard are sometimes entertaining.

You can always spot the people with the wrong ticket.

[cbmotorsport]

A women got on our train to London on Sunday, dressed in lycra and pushing a grubby looking road bike, she selected a booth of 5 seats, and propped the bike up on the bank of three seats (actually on top of the seat cushions), and sat opposite it with her feet on the seat. 0 fks given.

2 stops later a couple got on with a push chair, and had to sit apart because she was being a selfish bh. Really annoyed me.

[schmunk]

Greys0n said:

when someone takes off shoes, it's disgusting
or eat eggs in the train ugh

On my packed commuter train this morning there was a middle-aged man standing in flip flops, with his trainers and socks next to him ready to put back on. This was presumably for some manner of medical condition, which makes it worse...

[toastybase]

blueg33 said:

People who sit in first class with a standard ticket, and then when tickets are checked say they didn’t realise. The words First Class are all over the place on the carriage.

Mind you, on occasion the arguments with the guard are sometimes entertaining.

You can always spot the people with the wrong ticket.

Classic pistonheads haha

[blueg33]

toastybase said:

blueg33 said:

People who sit in first class with a standard ticket, and then when tickets are checked say they didn’t realise. The words First Class are all over the place on the carriage.

Mind you, on occasion the arguments with the guard are sometimes entertaining.

You can always spot the people with the wrong ticket.

Classic pistonheads haha

[NDA]

blueg33 said:

People who sit in first class with a standard ticket, and then when tickets are checked say they didn’t realise. The words First Class are all over the place on the carriage.

Mind you, on occasion the arguments with the guard are sometimes entertaining.

You can always spot the people with the wrong ticket.

I found I became a ticket snob in approximately 3 seconds after buying a 1st Class season ticket. I am pathetic.

Secondly, on my route, I am invariably wrong about who hasn't got the right ticket. It is always a 40 something well dressed chap pulling either the 'there's nowhere else to sit' or the 'I didn't realise' routine.

[Sa Calobra]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

When I lived in London I used to get the train out of London with my bike. On one particular Sunday the train company had screwed every toilet door shut and a pregnant woman needed the loo. Collectively (including the ticket collector who explained embarrassingly it was common now on weekend (slam door) trains so they could avoid paying to clean/have cleaners at quieter times...anyway collectively we removed the screws from the toilet door.

[Europa1]

blueg33 said:

People who sit in first class with a standard ticket, and then when tickets are checked say they didn’t realise. The words First Class are all over the place on the carriage.

Mind you, on occasion the arguments with the guard are sometimes entertaining.

You can always spot the people with the wrong ticket.

It's a good job the words "First Class" are all over the carriage, because on the trains I use regularly (Cambridge-Kings Cross), apart from an antimacassar on the seats there is rock all to differentiate it from steerage.

[Buster73]

Someone in your reserved seat then they ask in a whinging voice “were am I going to sit “

Had one businessman with his laptop near to tears when I asked him to move to another seat once.

Pathetic.

[anonymous-user]

Yesterday, Monday morning 07:30 am and a man sits next to me wearing a man bun, filthy jeans and coat. Opens a can of Scrunpy Jack, and starts drinking it. From the smell of him, not his first either. I could have cried.

[AstonZagato]

Europa1 said:

It's a good job the words "First Class" are all over the carriage, because on the trains I use regularly (Cambridge-Kings Cross), apart from an antimacassar on the seats there is rock all to differentiate it from steerage.

I'm in the First Class most days on that line. Usually the only way to get a seat regularly.

[mattnovak]

AstonZagato said:

Europa1 said:

It's a good job the words "First Class" are all over the carriage, because on the trains I use regularly (Cambridge-Kings Cross), apart from an antimacassar on the seats there is rock all to differentiate it from steerage.

I'm in the First Class most days on that line. Usually the only way to get a seat regularly.

On occasion, I also use this route. Maybe three times a month. We should coordinate!

[FN2TypeR]

I need to travel from Aberdeen to Huddersfield at the end of April and thought that I might take the train, something that I haven't done for years; I have a kindle and I'll buy a few beers to help pass the time, it shouldn't be that bad.

I have read this thread (really bored on nightshift) and have just booked my usual Friday red eye flight, sack that.

[AppleJuice]

People who don't move after you have politely asked them if you may get up from your seat so that you can alight as it's your stop, forcing you to squeeze past them with all the elegance of a man who is struck with the worst case of pins and needles whilst drunk, before tripping up over their microscopic be-wheeled suitcase and emotional support hamster wheel.