10menwent2mow Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Currently on the LNER 0752 from Aberdeen to Edinburgh. Thought I'd plonk myself in the quiet coach for a bit of peace. Cue 4 women getting on at Stonehaven proceeding to have the loudest conversation about how their daughters have just started uni. They've booked seats in the quiet coach as well. If you want to talk inane drivel then f**k off to another coach. c***s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10menwent2mow Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Oh there's no chance of that. They're all posh Edinburgh ya ya ya types. Which makes it 1,000 times worse. It's daughter oneupmanship at its worst. I'd actually swap them for a few squawking hen party right now. Why would you book seats in the quiet coach to yap inane drivel. Don't even have headphones to drown them out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 54 minutes ago, 10menwent2mow said: Currently on the LNER 0752 from Aberdeen to Edinburgh. Thought I'd plonk myself in the quiet coach for a bit of peace. Cue 4 women getting on at Stonehaven proceeding to have the loudest conversation about how their daughters have just started uni. They've booked seats in the quiet coach as well. If you want to talk inane drivel then f**k off to another coach. c***s. How did they react to your advice? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10menwent2mow Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 How did they react to your advice?They've realised the error of their ways between Arbroath and Dundee and there is now blissful silence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 (edited) On 9/29/2018 at 18:10, Black Dug said: Bike wankers - it is not acceptable to barge your way past rush-hour commuters with your manky bike and take up valuable train space while you sweat and glower at anyone who come within a few feet of your shitey midlife crisis. An ever-increasing breed, it seems. I've never understood the rationale behind bringing a mode of transport onto another mode of transport, especially when you know the train's going to be rammed...it's like turning up on a flight to London and trying to bring your own microlight on the plane. Why not cycle in the whole way? I get it when punters are taking bikes on the train to like Balloch or somewhere - go to the end of the line and strike out into the countryside, but these ones are clearly going to work. I suspect at least some of them get the train in and cycle the last 300 yards into work to look like they're doing their bit for the environment. Edited October 6, 2018 by Hillonearth 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Could be worse 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Well done 10men, sorting that out. i travel a lot on public transport and advise others: take a book or other reading material for avoidance of conversation attempts, earphones attached to a loud music source to manage 10men's situation, and a noseclip (optional.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 1 hour ago, 10menwent2mow said: 1 hour ago, Bold Rover said: How did they react to your advice? They've realised the error of their ways between Arbroath and Dundee and there is now blissful silence. ^^^He moved. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10menwent2mow Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 ^^^He moved.Nah. Someone else must've said something to them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 2 hours ago, Hillonearth said: An ever-increasing breed, it seems. I've never understood the rationale behind bringing a mode of transport onto another mode of transport, especially when you know the train's going to be rammed...it's like turning up on a flight to London and trying to bring your own microlight on the plane. Why not cycle in the whole way? I get it when punters are taking bikes on the train to like Balloch or somewhere - go to the end of the line and strike out into the countryside, but these ones are clearly going to work. I suspect at least some of them get the train in and cycle the last 300 yards into work to look like they're doing their bit for the environment. I commute for 80 miles, cycling 3 miles at one end and one at the other. For Uber w****r points, my bike folds in half and fits on the racks. I am so, so very sorry if this hurts your delicate feelings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 3 minutes ago, coprolite said: I commute for 80 miles, cycling 3 miles at one end and one at the other. For Uber w****r points, my bike folds in half and fits on the racks. I am so, so very sorry if this hurts your delicate feelings. Get one of these. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drs Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 4 minutes ago, coprolite said: I commute for 80 miles, cycling 3 miles at one end and one at the other. For Uber w****r points, my bike folds in half and fits on the racks. I am so, so very sorry if this hurts your delicate feelings. What a c**t! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 1 minute ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Get one of these. That’s my bike! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 3 hours ago, 10menwent2mow said: 3 hours ago, Bold Rover said: How did they react to your advice? They've realised the error of their ways between Arbroath and Dundee and there is now blissful silence. Maybe they're just in a state of shock after seeing what Arbroath is like. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dug Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 I commute for 80 miles, cycling 3 miles at one end and one at the other. For Uber w****r points, my bike folds in half and fits on the racks. I am so, so very sorry if this hurts your delicate feelings. Nah, you're saved from the coming reckoning by fact of your bike being able to fit on the rack* *unless you don't use the rack...then you're in the sea with the other bike wankers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 4 hours ago, coprolite said: That’s @Bairnardo's bike! FTFY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 9 hours ago, coprolite said: I commute for 80 miles, cycling 3 miles at one end and one at the other. For Uber w****r points, my bike folds in half and fits on the racks. I am so, so very sorry if this hurts your delicate feelings. I had no idea we had an ice road trucker in our midst. For what it's worth I'm specifically talking about my commute which is about six or seven miles through suburbs and town centre...and probably would be quicker cycling the whole way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason King Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 This morning the woman in front of me to get off the train was clearly in a hurry as she was hammering the door open button from the moment the train stopped - she then proceeded to hit the close button as she alighted. We all then pointed and laughed at her in the platform queue for a ticket as we sauntered through the gates - karma is a bitch. Especially as she'd got on at the same station as me and that had a working ticket machine this morning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Yesterday my carriage was treated to the spectacle of a guy air drumming to whatever was on his headphones all the way into town. I initially assumed what he was listening to was in a metal idiom - there certainly seemed to be a lot of double bass drum work involved - but my suspicions were confirmed when he broke into a silent blastbeat which in the absence of sound looked like a cross between some sort of seizure and Kermit Frog introducing somebody onto the Muppet Show. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 20 minutes ago, Hillonearth said: Yesterday my carriage was treated to the spectacle of a guy air drumming to whatever was on his headphones all the way into town. I initially assumed what he was listening to was in a metal idiom - there certainly seemed to be a lot of double bass drum work involved - but my suspicions were confirmed when he broke into a silent blastbeat which in the absence of sound looked like a cross between some sort of seizure and Kermit Frog introducing somebody onto the Muppet Show. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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