Commuting by train - don’t know how people do it
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I’m on my way back to Portsmouth after a few days in London.
As someone who aspirationally thought London working would be ok in my 20’s/ 30’s as I near my forty’s and recently enduring 6 hours worth of train rides over the past month I don’t know how folk do it.
I’d say the delays or strikes haven’t impacted our journeys but it’s the other passengers. Now there’s people from all walks of life but 2 of the trains have been blighted with what can only be described as dick heads playing TikTok or some form of soundcloud with s
t dance music.
I’m not looking to get into an altercation so I’ll just sit here with my iPods in but it’s been so loud that I can hear it (btw I’m in the quiet carriage)………
What’s wrong with my generation that they didn’t teach their kids manners
As someone who aspirationally thought London working would be ok in my 20’s/ 30’s as I near my forty’s and recently enduring 6 hours worth of train rides over the past month I don’t know how folk do it.
I’d say the delays or strikes haven’t impacted our journeys but it’s the other passengers. Now there’s people from all walks of life but 2 of the trains have been blighted with what can only be described as dick heads playing TikTok or some form of soundcloud with s
t dance music. I’m not looking to get into an altercation so I’ll just sit here with my iPods in but it’s been so loud that I can hear it (btw I’m in the quiet carriage)………
What’s wrong with my generation that they didn’t teach their kids manners
I used to commute and I loathed it - this was even before the advent of smart-phones and unlimited data. Cramped, expensive and uncomfortable with frequent delays. It's no exaggeration to say that I miss not one second of it!! That said I've gone on the Rocky Mountaineer and loved it - looking to do more, similar, journeys. Conclusion? It's the tts who add the 'icing' to the st-pie of commuter travel..
ts who add the 'icing' to the st-pie of commuter travel..These made 10 years of commuting bearable
In ear headphones (block out the sound)
Good tv show or games downloaded to phone
Learning where to stand to be first off the train / near to steps etc
Look up platforms on rail nerd websites before they are announced ‘officially’
But yeah, it’s st.
In ear headphones (block out the sound)
Good tv show or games downloaded to phone
Learning where to stand to be first off the train / near to steps etc
Look up platforms on rail nerd websites before they are announced ‘officially’
But yeah, it’s s
t.It seems to get a bit worse nearer Christmas. In the last week I had -- drunk guy on the District Line shouting weird stuff and stumbling about. At one point two foot from my face and the guy sat opposite me looking worried. I had my improvised knuckle-duster ready in case. Nothing happened. -- Idiot trying to vape next to me and I told him could he stopped vaping and he then stared at me for the rest of the journey. -- Guy spitting on the bus and sitting next to people randomly - driver didn't do anything. I have also been in Helsinki and Singapore this year, and I know London is not the worst place in the world by far, but it sure seems like a backward sh8thole compared to these two Cities. Helsinki is so full of trustworthy people they don't even have ticket barriers.
fido said:
Guy spitting on the bus and sitting next to people randomly - driver didn't do anything. I have also been in Helsinki and Singapore this year, and I know London is not the worst place in the world by far, but it sure seems like a backward sh8thole compared to these two Cities. Helsinki is so full of trustworthy people they don't even have ticket barriers.
Yep , I just don’t get the low social standing of the UK in general regarding public transport. The selfishness is off the scale ,and the level of aggression directed back at you if you should try and educate the knuckle draggers is scary, so not worth the hassle. I’d say that overall the UK is one of the least pleasant countries to travel in these days. People is why I don't use public transport unless absolutely necessary. Every time I use it, there's always some kind of problem mainly the people but often the lack of convenience (works, delays, whatever, I don't care).
It's one of the reasons why I prefer staycations, seeing as I can't afford a private jet!
It's one of the reasons why I prefer staycations, seeing as I can't afford a private jet!
I walked past a young (ish) couple in my seaside town this evening, with a push chair, and the lad was listening to rap music fairly loudly on one of those blue tooth speakers.
I kind of get the motivation for ‘looking cool’ but on what fking planet does that look remotely aspirational?! He just came across like an absolute wker who listened to ste music.
And his missus was a munter
I kind of get the motivation for ‘looking cool’ but on what f
king planet does that look remotely aspirational?! He just came across like an absolute wker who listened to ste music.And his missus was a munter
fido said:
It seems to get a bit worse nearer Christmas. In the last week I had -- drunk guy on the District Line shouting weird stuff and stumbling about. At one point two foot from my face and the guy sat opposite me looking worried. I had my improvised knuckle-duster ready in case. Nothing happened. -- Idiot trying to vape next to me and I told him could he stopped vaping and he then stared at me for the rest of the journey. -- Guy spitting on the bus and sitting next to people randomly - driver didn't do anything. I have also been in Helsinki and Singapore this year, and I know London is not the worst place in the world by far, but it sure seems like a backward sh8thole compared to these two Cities. Helsinki is so full of trustworthy people they don't even have ticket barriers.
Interested in your improvised knuckle duster.Around WW2 there was a secret service type / MI5 band of operators and they were taught how a matchbox sized solid object could be swung with your right hand, across your body using your waist to pivot…much the same as a boxer would punch. The object was aimed at the muscle on the jaw bone and had a very high reliability of a knock out once practiced. It is interesting that an iPhone is about the right size to replace that object and is solid enough to do that job.
It’s one of the saving graces of the tube not having signal/wifi (mostly) and also being fking loud. Means people don’t play ste TikTok’s on speaker and if they do play music on the speaker the shrieking of the tube drowns it out.
I don’t mind public transport but I’m rarely on any form of it for more than 10-20 minutes and probably only once or twice a week.
king loud. Means people don’t play ste TikTok’s on speaker and if they do play music on the speaker the shrieking of the tube drowns it out. I don’t mind public transport but I’m rarely on any form of it for more than 10-20 minutes and probably only once or twice a week.
Earlier in the week I travelled to Newcastle on the Azuma from London. Full of foreign tourists on their way to Edinburgh. Nice people, well behaved but some of the food they were eating! At one point they pulled out a bag of crackers that smelt of rotten fish guts, I nearly vommed.
On the second leg of the same journey one of the bruvs in the next carriage performed his best drill rap down the phone to his adoring fans, all on loudspeaker.
I hear they are putting up the prices in the new year too, presumably to pay for the “entertainment”.
On the second leg of the same journey one of the bruvs in the next carriage performed his best drill rap down the phone to his adoring fans, all on loudspeaker.
I hear they are putting up the prices in the new year too, presumably to pay for the “entertainment”.
Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 23 December 17:54
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