don't even start me on the bloody
"quiet carriage" on the train.

Should just be called the 'stress you out' carriage. Basically a place for people who enjoy provoking others to get a bit of practice.

There is a bloody sign with pictures on the wall stating that you shouldn't use your phone in this carriage. Please note that there are no exemptions specified for 'only a quick call', or a call to arrange a lift, or a call made whilst the train is stopped in a station.

And, of course, the idea is that it's self-regulating. But it's a tremendous social dilemma - how far does one's own part of the collective responsibility extend? It's fairly obvious that you yourself should obey the rule, and ask the people next to you to desist if they are breaking it. But what if it's someone two or three rows down? Someone who is too far away to speak to at a normal volume? Is it your job to get up and walk over to tell them off? What if the people closer are ignoring them, and therefore the malefactor can legitimately question your right to the moral high ground by using the defence that "it's not bothering them, so you're the one with the problem" ...

Absolute nightmare. Plus, of course, the law is not on the side of the quiet person in the quiet carriage, because no law exists to cover it. If I was a cunt, I'd definitely sit in it and be noisy, just so that I could tell anyone who complained to jog on.
(slowly play it cool, Trig, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 1:19, 4 replies)

Yes, yes, yes
But for me, the biggest annoyance are people that don't make calls or have audible iPods, but the people who choose the quiet coach for a REALLY LOUD conversation ALL THE FUCKING WAY FROM LONDON TO YORK. Non-fucking-stop.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:23, closed)

I love
farting loudly in the quiet coach.

Then when someone does the tut-tut noise, I say do you mind not tutting so loud it's the quiet coach.
(magic the cat will someone please think of the kittens, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:27, closed)

Been there, done that.
If it's someone in sight of me, I ask them, very politely, if they had "realised that they are in the quiet carriage". This works very well, because it gives them a way out. You're not getting aggressive, you're not accusing them of flouting the rules, you're just asking if they have noticed a sign on the wall. Invariably they say "Whoops, sorry" to save face and everybody is happy.

If it's someone out of sight (and therefore pretty loud if I can hear them) I simply shout "Quiet Zone!" at the top of my voice. This invariably gets laughter all round and the offender, not knowing who did it to them, squirms and shuts the fuck up.
(ubergeekian, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 19:00, closed)

Which Line?
Not C2C is it?
(Suck it and Sea, Wed 10 Oct 2012, 8:21, closed)