Annoying things people do on trains

[JD PH]

toasty said:

An old guy opposite me was picking his nose on an early morning train and pulled out a swinger dangling from the tip of his finger.

After inspecting it for a couple of seconds, he gobbled it up.

I almost barfed all over him but just sat there quietly retching.

Filthy git.

[JD PH]

Get2Jaime said:

Small ball shaped piece of wet snot flies across the train and lands on my trousers

For about the seventh time this thread...

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Yiliterate said:

I saw an interesting variation on this a while back...instead of patting the seat, the operative had simply placed three or four empty cans of Special Brew on the little table in front of him; maniacal grin maintained though. Worked a treat

The question is, was he an alcohol fuelled mentalist OR was he a straight laced businessman that has simply developed an incredibly effective system for travelling in comfort on the railway?! In my head it is the second one and he nearly packs away his empty cans (or "props") into a bag before he leaves the train. Maybe.

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Hackney said:

So he's "pastie man" then, for a while there I thought he was very pale.

PH pedantry at its finest. Take 1,000 PH points Sir!

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idiotgap said:

drivetrain said:

JD PH said:

Earlier this year I got stuck on a train into London...

And THAT, dear boy, is the root of your problem.

The only time I need to catch the train would be from Carlisle down into the badlands (Preston's not too bad but any farther south and...aaaargh!!)

Perhaps locating to a more civilised part of the country would be your solution?

Surely most of this thread would be more suited to the the council thread, perhaps a council thread for southerners would be appropriate?

Incidentally... He did move substantially further North.

Maybe this was the final straw and I hadn't realised it until now?! (Although I do still commute into London by train on occasion so clearl I didn't move far north enough!)