Annoying things people do on trains
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I can hardly believe what I've just witnessed. On a PACKED train out of London, full of families and tired looking folk, I've just witnessed some gopping, foul-mouthed TOWIE wanna-be discussing her conquest from last night over the phone. Except she didn't just call the equally annoying person, she decided to video called them. She also had her volume on maximum so we could hear her friend's opinion and decided to speak as loudly as possible.
A passenger sitting near her asked her to pack it in, which she ignored. Luckily we then went through a tunnel.
Got me thinking - what horrendous things have you endured whilst travelling by rail?
A passenger sitting near her asked her to pack it in, which she ignored. Luckily we then went through a tunnel.
Got me thinking - what horrendous things have you endured whilst travelling by rail?
Edited by JD PH on Tuesday 8th December 14:14
okgo said:
A new one that I can add that I didn't know was a 'thing' = using a touchscreen phone with huge fake nails, the tapping is enough to drive me insane!
Yes a thousand times over! Since when we're grotesque, massive talon like nails considered attractive?!? Dreadful video call woman today did this too, whilst simultaneously adjusting her hair every 0.06 seconds. Monkeylegend said:
You can't leave it there, we need to know all the gory details.
At the risk of sounding old, I genuinely only understood every third word and that was "innit" more often than not. And that's not even a word! Apparently the poor sod - that she presumably trapped somehow - was "bare ream" and "totally her bay" [sic], which genuinely means nothing to me. Perhaps it's simply a colloquialism that didn't make it as far as Surrey?Gargamel said:
Buy earphones, play music - relax.
+1, although she was shouting so loud in her annoying trampy voice I was worried about having my music on too loud in order to drown her out. I was therefore in danger of becoming one of the very people I (and by the sound of it several of you) hate!
fizzwheel said:
Getting up to get off at the next stop when the train is quite some considerable distance from the stop and the blocking up the aisle / vestibule ( see points above )
I had to laugh today - on the way to London this morning they did the "we are now arriving at London Euston" when we were still 25 mins away. Quite how some people thought we'd made the hour journey in 35 mins is beyond me. Anyway, the train was packed and a load of people stood up ready to get off the train... And in doing so effectively gave up their seats to the many people who had been standing for the first half of the journey.The look on their faces when the train manager apologised for the early call from the malfunctioning computer was priceless!
NDA said:
'Innit'. This word signifies that the narrator is eager for a response from the listener. It derives from the Latin 'est id quod est' and was in common usage in Rome amongst the followers of the Imperial Games.
'Bare Ream' suggests that she had recently visited a proctologist as she may be suffering with lesions around the fundamental orifice.
'Totally her bay' would appear to mean that she had recently visited a marina to find that her mooring had been occupied by a lesser yacht. Alternatively she may have been dividing shrubs as part of divorce settlement.
I do hope this helps illuminate the local patois
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Thanks, crystal clear now!'Bare Ream' suggests that she had recently visited a proctologist as she may be suffering with lesions around the fundamental orifice.
'Totally her bay' would appear to mean that she had recently visited a marina to find that her mooring had been occupied by a lesser yacht. Alternatively she may have been dividing shrubs as part of divorce settlement.
I do hope this helps illuminate the local patois
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Blayney said:
I already hate myself for this, but it's "bae". You know, because babe is too much.
edit - also reem. Don't know where that comes from. I think it basically means good or in this case perhaps good looking? I'm not sure.
That's one hell of a confession... But thanks for the info. At least it sounds like she was pleased with her victim!edit - also reem. Don't know where that comes from. I think it basically means good or in this case perhaps good looking? I'm not sure.
Edited by Blayney on Monday 7th December 01:57
OpulentBob said:
Judging by some of these stories, I'm glad I'm don't regularly embarrass, demean and humiliate myself by using public transport.
Considering the types of people PHers generally are, this thread is full of council-dwelling scumbags by the sounds of it. Work harder, people, and earn enough to be able to drive yourself.
A valid and compelling argument! Considering the types of people PHers generally are, this thread is full of council-dwelling scumbags by the sounds of it. Work harder, people, and earn enough to be able to drive yourself.
walm said:
Ardenconnel said:
You'll guess what industry I'm in by the responses. It is frustrating, massively. Can be very embarrassing too at times but the issue the railway has (in this country) is the challenge of running a modern railway on a Victorian infrastructure with few to any surplus rolling stock available.
Further issue is the service is so stretched during the week, the weekend is often the only time a lot of maintenance checks etc can be done, hence the shortened service.
Lame excuses from companies that run monopolies and don't need to give a flying fFurther issue is the service is so stretched during the week, the weekend is often the only time a lot of maintenance checks etc can be done, hence the shortened service.
k about customers.1. Invest in infrastructure - costs money.
2. Buy more rolling stock - costs money.
3. Do overnight maintenance - costs money.
Once you have conned the government into giving you a decade-long franchise you simply maximise profits by sweating the assets while ignoring franchise commitments with impunity.
It's a complete joke.
Take the
s who run the line I use: South West s.They are making a HUGE advertising push to highlight the EXTRA 57,000 seats per week they are bringing into service.
WOW!!!!
57,000 sounds LOADS - if you are a total moron.
They carry 230 MILLION passengers a year. 4.4m a week.
So 57,000 is an extra 1.3% capacity.
WOOHOO well done you utter knuckle-dragging f
ktards. Good on you for making fk ALL DIFFERENCE.It gets worse.
They also highlight that passenger numbers have doubled over the last two decades.
That's 3.5% CAGR.
So that WOOHOO EXTRA CAPACITY will be completely offset by extra customers within less than 6 months.
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kING ttS.aclivity said:
I quite like it - I do 10 minutes on the train (Wigan to Warrington), travel at around 110 mph on it, the M6 is never that fast! I do have 7 miles of cycling though - 2.5 miles to the station and 4.5 miles at the other end. I've had one delay, and Virgin Trains sent me £45 to spend on their service - more than a weekly pass cost!
Really?! Earlier this year I got stuck on a train into London for FIVE HOURS and got approximately 5/8th of bugger all in the way of compensation. We were eventually evacuated off the train, but by that point I'd lost the will to live (I'd been on the train for an hour when it broke down). The toilet looked like the scene from Transpotting.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-325310...I did however get a completely free child's size bottle of water for my troubles though. Every cloud and all that.
I started the claim process, but was eventually told that because it was such a big case (with so many claims) the compensation was likely to be both very small and very drawn out, so I didn't bother carrying on - I felt like my time and effort in making the claim would outweigh any compensation I got. Equally, given it was a mechanical issue with the actual railway network I feel like trying to get compensation might have been a bit churlish.
Perhaps more importantly, by not claiming I get to rant about it whenever the subject of trains come up.
Perhaps more importantly, by not claiming I get to rant about it whenever the subject of trains come up.
idiotgap said:
Also on the plus side, JD PH got talking to other stricken passengers, subsequently introduced me to one and I got a new cycling buddy out of it too, which was much appreciated!
Brilliant - are you still riding with him? I guess that was the real silver lining of it all!
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