Annoying things people do on trains
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david-j8694 said:
Sa Calobra said:
TameRacingDriver said:
I don’t get the train often, but when I do, I’ll watch whatever I want. I wont be going out of my way to show everyone else what I’m watching, unlike you who seemed to be going out of their way to watch what was on his laptop. If you had words with me, I’d be telling you to p
s off, frankly.
It's not hard to do. It reflects perfectly on the window next touch like a projector, people behind say 2-3 people depending if you sit in a aisle seat or if someone is stood up walking towards. If my 7yr old saw and mentioned it or I noticed you'd be turning your porn/fetish/violence off and apologising before moving off with your bags to another carriage. s off, frankly.
Got a train into Leeds pre covid, at York a lady got on, found her reserved seat and then went on a conference call with her work colleagues, she then let the whole carriage know where the venue for the forthcoming conference was going to be, who the important speakers were going to be, the running order for the day and VIP slots, what catering company had been booked for lunch supply after telling her colleagues she had managed to batter them down on cost, lots of peoples work emails verbally given over her call, the crowning bit was at the end of her call she announced the conference title 'Combating Cyber Crime' Ended the call and then phoned one of her children to remind them to get to school on time!
If there was ever a person more not suited to their profession it's her!
If there was ever a person more not suited to their profession it's her!
On the train home from work at the moment today, is the busiest I've seen it in the past two years.
Had some guy on the train in today on hold music for at least twenty minutes then he ended up speaking to the call operative for literally a minute before the signal cut out and he had to repeat the process.
Had some guy on the train in today on hold music for at least twenty minutes then he ended up speaking to the call operative for literally a minute before the signal cut out and he had to repeat the process.
Zetec-S said:
david-j8694 said:
Sa Calobra said:
TameRacingDriver said:
I don’t get the train often, but when I do, I’ll watch whatever I want. I wont be going out of my way to show everyone else what I’m watching, unlike you who seemed to be going out of their way to watch what was on his laptop. If you had words with me, I’d be telling you to ps off, frankly.
It's not hard to do. It reflects perfectly on the window next touch like a projector, people behind say 2-3 people depending if you sit in a aisle seat or if someone is stood up walking towards. If my 7yr old saw and mentioned it or I noticed you'd be turning your porn/fetish/violence off and apologising before moving off with your bags to another carriage. s off, frankly.
Pedro25 said:
Got a train into Leeds pre covid, at York a lady got on, found her reserved seat and then went on a conference call with her work colleagues, she then let the whole carriage know where the venue for the forthcoming conference was going to be, who the important speakers were going to be, the running order for the day and VIP slots, what catering company had been booked for lunch supply after telling her colleagues she had managed to batter them down on cost, lots of peoples work emails verbally given over her call, the crowning bit was at the end of her call she announced the conference title 'Combating Cyber Crime' Ended the call and then phoned one of her children to remind them to get to school on time!
If there was ever a person more not suited to their profession it's her!
If there was ever a person more not suited to their profession it's her!
they would almost certainly be fired from my firm if anyone had reported that!Zetec-S said:
david-j8694 said:
Sa Calobra said:
TameRacingDriver said:
I don’t get the train often, but when I do, I’ll watch whatever I want. I wont be going out of my way to show everyone else what I’m watching, unlike you who seemed to be going out of their way to watch what was on his laptop. If you had words with me, I’d be telling you to ps off, frankly.
It's not hard to do. It reflects perfectly on the window next touch like a projector, people behind say 2-3 people depending if you sit in a aisle seat or if someone is stood up walking towards. If my 7yr old saw and mentioned it or I noticed you'd be turning your porn/fetish/violence off and apologising before moving off with your bags to another carriage. s off, frankly.Had my share of listening to crap on trains and buses , was once a woman talking in polish on speaker phone for nearly half hour .on the plus side it started off a interesting conversation with someone nearby who initially implied how rude she was .through covid people who didn’t make any attempt to wear a mask and then coughed was more annoying
It is partly down to rather small sized seats provided by our train overlords, however, now it’s busier, space invaders are a real problem.
The other day I sat on an aisle seat, another passenger was in the window seat, spilling way over onto my seat, and then started having a go at me accusing me of manspreading even though my legs were well within my seating area, and hers were not.
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That I hate!
I forked out an alarming £488 for a return between Cheltenham and York yesterday mainly to avoid issues like that on a train I knew would be busy.
Back in the old days 1st class was 2 x standard now its 2.5 x standard fare hence £488. ironically as I was booking it a pop up appeared offering me flights to LA for £398!
When i got to the train I had issues with people who can't read sitting in my reserved seat - FFS its not hard. If the display says "Reserved between Cheltenham and York" - guess what its reserved between Cheltenham and York and you should find another seat, like the ones marked "Available"
That I hate!
I forked out an alarming £488 for a return between Cheltenham and York yesterday mainly to avoid issues like that on a train I knew would be busy.
Back in the old days 1st class was 2 x standard now its 2.5 x standard fare hence £488. ironically as I was booking it a pop up appeared offering me flights to LA for £398!
When i got to the train I had issues with people who can't read sitting in my reserved seat - FFS its not hard. If the display says "Reserved between Cheltenham and York" - guess what its reserved between Cheltenham and York and you should find another seat, like the ones marked "Available"
blueg33]reshamst said:
That I hate!
I forked out an alarming £488 for a return between Cheltenham and York yesterday mainly to avoid issues like that on a train I knew would be busy.
Back in the old days 1st class was 2 x standard now its 2.5 x standard fare hence £488. ironically as I was booking it a pop up appeared offering me flights to LA for £398!
When i got to the train I had issues with people who can't read sitting in my reserved seat - FFS its not hard. If the display says "Reserved between Cheltenham and York" - guess what its reserved between Cheltenham and York and you should find another seat, like the ones marked "Available"
Greshamst said:
It is partly down to rather small sized seats provided by our train overlords, however, now it’s busier, space invaders are a real problem.
The other day I sat on an aisle seat, another passenger was in the window seat, spilling way over onto my seat, and then started having a go at me accusing me of manspreading even though my legs were well within my seating area, and hers were not.
surveyor said:
Got to watch that with Cross Country. Available seats can become reserved mid-journey. I think with only 5 minutes advance booking.
Sometimes they only display the reserved nature of the seat as far as Birmingham. At Birmingham they get reset for the second half of the journey and you can find yourself turfed out. Ridiculous. Puggit said:
surveyor said:
Got to watch that with Cross Country. Available seats can become reserved mid-journey. I think with only 5 minutes advance booking.
Sometimes they only display the reserved nature of the seat as far as Birmingham. At Birmingham they get reset for the second half of the journey and you can find yourself turfed out. Ridiculous. CC trains are really cramped in standard, probably the worst long distance trains in the country
wormus said:
Greshamst said:
It is partly down to rather small sized seats provided by our train overlords, however, now it’s busier, space invaders are a real problem.
The other day I sat on an aisle seat, another passenger was in the window seat, spilling way over onto my seat, and then started having a go at me accusing me of manspreading even though my legs were well within my seating area, and hers were not.
Paying nearly £500 for a return shows just how dysfunctional the Railways are.
I turned down a job offer recently when I found there was no WFH even though it was a significant raise as when factoring in the cost of the tickets and time lost commuting it just wasn't worth it, pleased I did now looking back on all the strikes we've had recently.
One thing which hasn't been touched upon is the stupidity of the revised timetables, trains now come in batches so there will be three trains within four minutes but then gaps of nearly half an hour with no trains at all.
Pre Pandemic they used to be a lot more spread out over the hour.
This is the current timetable for my train into London:
I turned down a job offer recently when I found there was no WFH even though it was a significant raise as when factoring in the cost of the tickets and time lost commuting it just wasn't worth it, pleased I did now looking back on all the strikes we've had recently.
One thing which hasn't been touched upon is the stupidity of the revised timetables, trains now come in batches so there will be three trains within four minutes but then gaps of nearly half an hour with no trains at all.
Pre Pandemic they used to be a lot more spread out over the hour.
This is the current timetable for my train into London:
Edited by untakenname on Friday 20th January 10:09
Greshamst said:
wormus said:
Greshamst said:
It is partly down to rather small sized seats provided by our train overlords, however, now it’s busier, space invaders are a real problem.
The other day I sat on an aisle seat, another passenger was in the window seat, spilling way over onto my seat, and then started having a go at me accusing me of manspreading even though my legs were well within my seating area, and hers were not.
blueg33 said:
Puggit said:
surveyor said:
Got to watch that with Cross Country. Available seats can become reserved mid-journey. I think with only 5 minutes advance booking.
Sometimes they only display the reserved nature of the seat as far as Birmingham. At Birmingham they get reset for the second half of the journey and you can find yourself turfed out. Ridiculous. CC trains are really cramped in standard, probably the worst long distance trains in the country
surveyor said:
blueg33 said:
Puggit said:
surveyor said:
Got to watch that with Cross Country. Available seats can become reserved mid-journey. I think with only 5 minutes advance booking.
Sometimes they only display the reserved nature of the seat as far as Birmingham. At Birmingham they get reset for the second half of the journey and you can find yourself turfed out. Ridiculous. CC trains are really cramped in standard, probably the worst long distance trains in the country
t all the time!Pedro25 said:
Got a train into Leeds pre covid, at York a lady got on, found her reserved seat and then went on a conference call with her work colleagues, she then let the whole carriage know where the venue for the forthcoming conference was going to be, who the important speakers were going to be, the running order for the day and VIP slots, what catering company had been booked for lunch supply after telling her colleagues she had managed to batter them down on cost, lots of peoples work emails verbally given over her call, the crowning bit was at the end of her call she announced the conference title 'Combating Cyber Crime' Ended the call and then phoned one of her children to remind them to get to school on time!
If there was ever a person more not suited to their profession it's her!
Even now, with all the hyper-awareness of data security which pervades most organisations it’s incredible what information you can pick up on a train. I recall sitting opposite a lady who started a call. She thought she was being discrete in the references she used. However, I was able to work out she was senior in the tax team of one of the big4 accounting firms. A quick google confirmed she was a partner, and which office she came from. I could hear a one sided conversation about a transaction she was working on. She mentioned an industry, used first initials for company names and referred to certain CEOs and CFOs by their first names only. However it being a region I knew, that was enough for me to figure out what the transaction was, who was the target and who the purchaser, and I also heard a lot around transaction structure and some details on pricing. No listed companies were involved so it wasn’t price sensitive data, however I suspect her clients wouldn’t have been that impressed had they realised she’d just announced the deal along with current structure and pricing to some guy on a train. If there was ever a person more not suited to their profession it's her!
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