Train etiquette

[Drago]

Weirdest thing I saw on a train was a deceased person. In had to be careful not to drip ketchup from my bacon roll on him while I waited for BTP to come and clean up their mess.

Next weirdest thing was a cross dresser. I've no issue with that if that's someone's thing, but this was a big, hefty feller with stubble in a badly fitting dress, almost as if he was doing it for a bet.

 

[DaveReading]

Next weirdest thing was a cross dresser. I've no issue with that if that's someone's thing, but this was a big, hefty feller with stubble in a badly fitting dress, almost as if he was doing it for a bet.

On the TransPennine Express, presumably.

 

[raleighnut]

Weirdest thing I saw on a train was a deceased person. In had to be careful not to drip ketchup from my bacon roll on him while I waited for BTP to come and clean up their mess.

Next weirdest thing was a cross dresser. I've no issue with that if that's someone's thing, but this was a big, hefty feller with stubble in a badly fitting dress, almost as if he was doing it for a bet.

Sure it wasn't a mirror.

 

[nickyboy]

Fairy nuff. I've not done enough pan-European travelling to make meaningful comparisons, but I suppose I would expect the prevalence of public harassment to correlate broadly with the state of women's rights and their cultural status. It seems to me that the UK is in no position to criticize other nations for the phenomenon of seedy train w*nkers...

I am on the London - Manchester train this afternoon and will keep a beady eye out for onanstic behavior. Hopefully not in the seat next to me

 

[perplexed]

A mobile phone jammer on a train is very handy indeed. So I'm told ,

I wanted to 'like' this 20 times...

 

[Globalti]

As the young woman sitting opposite me about 15 years ago, make a series of completely pointless calls to friends and works contacts and start every conversation with "I'm on the train!" I knew the conversations were pointless because I was able to hear every single word of them.

Oh, and don't forget to stick your chewing gum under the arm rest in case anybody else wants to chew it.

 

[Melvil]

Thanks for the advice. I have kissed, hugged and shaken hands with everyone on my train before taking my seat and speaking loudly on my mobile phone whilst maturbating furiously. All good so far. Everyone is being very quiet.

 

[Drago]

As the young woman sitting opposite me about 15 years ago, make a series of completely pointless calls to friends and works contacts and start every conversation with "I'm on the train!" I knew the conversations were pointless because I was able to hear every single word of them.

Oh, and don't forget to stick your chewing gum under the arm rest in case anybody else wants to chew it.

A mate of mine tells a tale. He used to commute to London daily on the train. In the mid nineties GSM mobile phones were still an expensive rarity. Every day for weeks this guy would been in the same carriage chuntering away, clearly showing off his expensive new mobile phone

This went on for a while, but matters came to a head when another passenger collapsed with a presumed heart attack. The passengers begged the chap to call an ambo on his mobile, but he irrationally refused. In the end a couple of the passengers overpowered him and got the phone off him so they could make the call, only to find the phone that this chap had been waffling away on was in fact a toy.

 

[classic33]

On the TransPennine Express, presumably.

First or Arriva?

 

[classic33]

I wanted to 'like' this 20 times...

Buy one, they're better than you think.

 

[Drago]

Where could one theoretically obtain such a device?

 

[Globalti]

In the end a couple of the passengers overpowered him and got the phone off him so they could make the call, only to find the phone that this chap had been waffling away on was in fact a toy.

Check Snopes for that particular tale!

 

[ianrauk]

A mate of mine tells a tale. He used to commute to London daily on the train. In the mid nineties GSM mobile phones were still an expensive rarity. Every day for weeks this guy would been in the same carriage chuntering away, clearly showing off his expensive new mobile phone

This went on for a while, but matters came to a head when another passenger collapsed with a presumed heart attack. The passengers begged the chap to call an ambo on his mobile, but he irrationally refused. In the end a couple of the passengers overpowered him and got the phone off him so they could make the call, only to find the phone that this chap had been waffling away on was in fact a toy.

Yeah heard that from others too.
Amazing what people take and make isn't it?

Edit: beaten to it by @Globalti

 

[Drago]

Just checked Snopes (had to google it first). Can't find it. I was told it c.1994/1995ish from a gent who reckoned he'd witnessed it. Either way, its funny.

I must stress that I've never witnessed this myself, and don't own a toy mobile phone!

 

[classic33]

Where could one theoretically obtain such a device?

Fact not theory
They're only mobile phone jammers for you, WiFi jammer not needed.

Shop in Leeds, along with one in Manchester used to sell them. You've a ten minute walk out from Manchester Victoria, headed out towards Bury will get you the home address.