mukaumedia
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« Reply #165 on: January 08, 2010, 18:05:15 » |
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The problem is the same as any 'anti-social' behaviour: it's always down to whether or not we have the courage to challenge the offender and ask for what we need. I sometimes do but sometimes I feel intimidated and don't.
When I have, I've never yet been abused or attacked - even though the offender usually has some reaction to being asked to stop.
I agree with others here that the slapping of the PC keys is the worst. It's a kind of insane, frantic, angry sound that (for some reason) really puts me on edge. I hate it.
It's really difficult for any of us, train manager and customer alike, to challenge people who are deliberately or unconsciously breaking the 'quiet carriage' rules - and it isn't helped that the 'request' by FGW▸ is inconsistent and badly communicated.
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« Reply #166 on: January 08, 2010, 18:36:29 » |
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I once dropped a mobile phone into a fellow passengers glass of beer......it was friday wine club and I'd more than a few en route to hereford (thankfully being picked up).
A couple of request and a TM‡ request and the prat was still unrepentent.....so I took direct action
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Ditched former sig - now I need to think of something amusing - brain hurts -I'll steal from the master himself - Einstein:
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love"
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« Reply #167 on: January 08, 2010, 18:50:30 » |
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I once dropped a mobile phone into a fellow passengers glass of beer......it was friday wine club and I'd more than a few en route to hereford (thankfully being picked up).
A couple of request and a TM‡ request and the prat was still unrepentent.....so I took direct action
Well done.  (claps hands) I wish I'd been there! You should have filmed it...  |
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mukaumedia
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« Reply #168 on: January 08, 2010, 20:45:32 » |
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Next time I hear someone shout "I'm on the train...", I'm going to add "...in the quiet carriage" at the same volume  |
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« Reply #169 on: January 08, 2010, 21:02:21 » |
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Now that would be funny if we all did that every time someone said "I'm on the train" from the quiet carriage.. People would soon become to scared to do it |
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« Reply #170 on: January 08, 2010, 21:03:39 » |
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Next time I hear someone shout "I'm on the train...", I'm going to add "...in the quiet carriage" at the same volume Good plan. Followed by the the dropping of the phone into the nearest (preferably hot) beverage. |
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mukaumedia
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« Reply #171 on: January 09, 2010, 23:45:50 » |
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...lols except on the First Class journey to Paddington I was on the other week. No hot beverages for 'health and safety reasons' which turned out to be they'd run out of paper bags to put the drinks in. |
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« Reply #172 on: January 10, 2010, 10:54:06 » |
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Not a good idea to be carrying hot drinks minus paper carrier, The water from the stills boiler is extremely hot and the movement of an hst at speed and the cup tops have a nasty habit of flying off, ........Train Managers, Senior Conductors, Conductors no such thing its just a fancy title.... according to the GE/RT 8000 Rule Book Modules they are all GUARDS.
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All postings reflect my own personal views and opinions and are not intended to be, nor should be taken as official statements of first great western or first group policy
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« Reply #173 on: January 10, 2010, 12:58:49 » |
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No hot beverages for 'health and safety reasons' which turned out to be they'd run out of paper bags to put the drinks in. Of for *************! If you spill hot tea, YOU should take responsibility, not go on "where there's a blame, there's a claim .com". Train Managers, Senior Conductors, Conductors no such thing its just a fancy title.... according to the GE/RT 8000 Rule Book Modules they are all GUARDS.
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« Reply #174 on: January 13, 2010, 16:57:32 » |
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The other day I was on a coach (NOT the quiet carriage) and had my MP3 player on and was asked politely by a man in front of me to turn it down. I obliged by turning it off and suggested that there was a quiet carriage on the train where he could listen to the sound of silence to his heart's content. He didn't move So if someone moans about the volume of my MP3 player they don't pay any attention to my human rights either!  |
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« Reply #175 on: January 13, 2010, 17:39:15 » |
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Hmm. I make no comment on the human rights issue, or indeed the rights and wrongs of this particular situation, but technically the byelaws were on his side. Byelaw 7, under "Conduct and Behaviour": 7. Music, sound, advertising and carrying on a trade
(1) Except with written permission from an Operator no person on the railway shall, to the annoyance of any person:
(i) sing; or
(ii) use any instrument, article or equipment for the production or reproduction of sound. NB my emphasis |
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« Reply #176 on: January 13, 2010, 18:34:26 » |
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Sorry, if he could hear your music:
a- it's antisocial and selfish.
b- it's causing irreversible damage to your ears.
No need to turn it off, just down a sensible and considerate volume.
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« Reply #177 on: January 13, 2010, 19:14:50 » |
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This is the counter productive aspect of labelling a 'quiet carriage' - people wrongly assume they can make as much noise as they like in other carriages...
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« Reply #178 on: January 13, 2010, 19:27:40 » |
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I noticed today that in the Volo carriage, the volume is set just right. I could hear no other user as I walked ddown the carriage and the volume was set just right to enable you to hear when a PA▸ starts.......well at least with my headphones.
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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« Reply #179 on: January 13, 2010, 20:44:14 » |
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Lets get the amplifiers out *trout hides as he realises this post was not in the lighter side...!!  * |
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