Annoying passenger bingo

[Failed Unit]

My top two are the music that can be heard half way down the coach from tinny headphones, I just hope that they get repaid by deafness later in life.

The people in the rush house that put thier bags on the window seat and themselves on the aisle seat. The seem put out when some tells them to shift it as the train fills up. They normally tut a lot, move the bag onto thier lap and get the new passenger to sit by the window. I will normally target such a passenger ahead of someone that is just sat on the window seat. If they want a seat to themselves go first class.

I notice the comments about families in the quite coach, it doesn't happen that much now but when they were new things you didn't have a choice about where your seat was going to be reserved and I used to hate when I got put in the quite coach. I guess I am also an annoying passenger as when I am on a long distance journey often buy my under 5 a ticket so they don't need to sit on my knee for a long journey. I have even gone first class with them, but do move into the vestival should they kick off. I felt on one journey I had spent most of it next to the power car trying shut them up!

 

[vitesse]

The people in the rush house that put thier bags on the window seat and themselves on the aisle seat. The seem put out when some tells them to shift it as the train fills up. They normally tut a lot, move the bag onto thier lap and get the new passenger to sit by the window. I will normally target such a passenger ahead of someone that is just sat on the window seat. If they want a seat to themselves go first class.

I must confess to that one myself, however normally just before rush hour, there is some logic to it however as I'll be getting off at Stratford, last stop before london liverpool street and it saves me having to climb over people to get my bag off the rack and then climb over people to get to the door. However, as the train starts to fill up, the bag comes off the seat (without needing to be asked) and put on lap to allow someone to sit down.

 

[37372]

Why shouldn't solo passengers use a table? They have just as much right to a table seat as anyone does, if they want one.

If a group of 3 or 4 people want seats round a table then they should reserve them.

My local TOC doesn't do seat reservations. Therefore when myself and friends travel on the train, we can't always sit together.

I agree about being able to sit around them, but having someone listening to everything said results in long periods of silence.

 

[Chris-P]

My local TOC doesn't do seat reservations. Therefore when myself and friends travel on the train, we can't always sit together.

I agree about being able to sit around them, but having someone listening to everything said results in long periods of silence.

Well, you *are* on a train, it's a public place. Often when I travel on my own, I'll get a table (most of the time when booking advance tickets I'll specify table as well), as I have more room to read or put my stuff. There is no rule against it, on a quiet train you'd likely be able to find a table elsewhere and on a crowded train you can't expect to sit next to each other anyway. On a medium filled train, it's just tough, and you can't really expect people to move just because you get on with your bunch of friends...

 

[GodAtum]

If you where travelling on your own and getting off in a few stops would you sit down? It was busy but I managed to get a seat next to the window so other people could sit next to me but when it was my stop and tried to get up the guy sitting next to be tutted and moved his legs. Should I of sat on the isle seat instead?

 

[Failed Unit]

If you where travelling on your own and getting off in a few stops would you sit down? It was busy but I managed to get a seat next to the window so other people could sit next to me but when it was my stop and tried to get up the guy sitting next to be tutted and moved his legs. Should I of sat on the isle seat instead?

If you are travelling on the 1700 London - Edinburgh service I would definately sit down even if I was only going one stop, (if I was getting on at London or Newcastle there would be no way I would stand)

Joking aside, it is your choice where you want to sit and if you decide to sit down or not. No-one else can make judgement on you unless you are sitting in a priority seat an are preventing someone who needs it from using it.

I find the table seat comment amusing, on many service in the peak people take the airlines first and then go for the tables. This results in a person on the table alone, but why leave an area for 4 people free and have 2 people sat next to each other on an airline seat when they don't know each other?

 

[Chris B]

My main pet hate is mothers/parents in general who bring their screaming babies/brats under the age of 5 into the Quiet Coach of a AXC/Virgin Train. I sit in the quiet coach so I can get some reading done or in general have a bit of peace and quiet without paying for 1st class. They seem to think that Quiet Coach = "Quiet place to bring my baby, hoping it will sleep as the coach is quiet, when in fact it won't and it will cry and annoy every passenger in the coach". And then they act offended/angry when you either evil them or point out politely that its the QUIET coach, and that there are tonnes of available seats elsewhere in the train, including a buggy space in Coach B designed for wheelchairs/baby buggies!

Oh God, that's my pet hate too......!!!! Absolutely spot on.

 

[adamp]

I only have one, and that is

...THE WHOLE BLAADY GENERAL PUBLIC

 

[Chris B]

The main things that annoy me are:

- People who travel alone that sit at a table. Ok if the train is pretty much empty it's no big deal but otherwise it's just annoying.

Why on earth not? There are 4 separate seats to a table - and if any are unreserved, then it's first-come, first-served, whether travelling solo or in a group.

- People who just plonk themselves down next to me and don't have the courtesy to say "excuse me, is anyone sitting here?" I always ask first.

Again, your choice, but don't expect others to....that seat beside you is a completely separate seat that doesn't, in any way, belong to you - so why on earth should anyone ask, if it is obvious it is empty?

Another pet hate of mine, are those who don't move their plonked bags on seat next to them when it's obvious others are looking for a seat - why on earth should one *need* to ask the next-dor passenger to move their bags. Consideration for others (as you yourself asks for in your post) ought to move them *without* being asked!

 

[Dai.]

Passengers who wonder up and down an unreserved train looking for their reservation.

Um.
Oops.
I apologise!

haha

 

[Vulcan]

Another pet hate of mine, are those who don't move their plonked bags on seat next to them when it's obvious others are looking for a seat - why on earth should one *need* to ask the next-dor passenger to move their bags. Consideration for others (as you yourself asks for in your post) ought to move them *without* being asked!

Or those who do the same with their feet on seats when there are people standing :-x

 

[Chris B]

Oh, you just sit on their feet......and look quizically at them when they object....

 

[Skie]

Single table seaters. Perfectly fine normally, but the ones who toss their coat on one seat, bag on another and then spread their laptop, newspaper and food across most of the table are the ones who need a slap. They usually even have the cheek to use both power sockets, which means if I want to use my own laptop (while staying confined to my quarter of the table) then I have to ask them to stop charging their mobile/ipod/crackberry so I can have some juice.

Oddballs who talk to anyone they can see/themselves/the PIS/Jesus. I had the misfortune of spending 15 minutes opposite one of these champs on the journey home one night last week. I'm completely shy, so having someone on a packed train sitting opposite me begin talking at me was not fun. I still had my headphones on, but quiet so I can still hear the outside world, but he carried on talking regardless. Saying that I was a happy person, that the woman sat next to him was a miserable cow (and how much of a boring old cow the PIS announcer was too). Then he began making his own loud announcements for each stop. All the while everyone on the train was cracking up and looking at either him or me, which made me giggle a bit and then the guy notices me and begins laughing maniacally. I think I was a more effective heater than the onboard equipment then, I went so red.

 

[Vulcan]

You've reminded me of another, people who sit down and put the contents of curries all over the table in front of them. Its as though they are showing off 'look at my expensive blackberry and laptop'. I often wonder if they are actually working on their laptops or they are just there for show. Some day i want to take my laptop on a train, sit there with Word open and in big letters 'LOOK AT ME, I'M COMPUTING ON A TRAIN!' and have a display dummy blackberry on the table as well

And in the morning people that get on with Starbucks (or similar) cups and leave them all over the tables and floor, despite the perfectly visible litter bins between the seats.

 

[Helvellyn]

Single table seaters. Perfectly fine normally, but the ones who toss their coat on one seat, bag on another and then spread their laptop, newspaper and food across most of the table are the ones who need a slap. They usually even have the cheek to use both power sockets, which means if I want to use my own laptop (while staying confined to my quarter of the table) then I have to ask them to stop charging their mobile/ipod/crackberry so I can have some juice.

I'd agree here. If you're the only sat at it, on a quiet train, then not harming anyone. But once other people sit on those seats around the table the first person should pull their stuff in. If other people are sat around the table, the first person there isn't entitled to sole use of said table!

Bikes on peak trains that bikes are barred from is another hate. Some bike users think the fact they cycle makes them holier than the rest of us. Well fine if you cycle, but if the train is barred to bikes due to it being the peak don't get uptight when you're asked to leave! And whilst folding bikes may be exempt from any bans, they are to be folded up - that's why they are exempt from the peak time bans!

 

[jon0844]

Today, me and the wife went into London. The train was rather packed, if you counted the bags on seats as people...

The wife said she was happy to stand, but I could see loads of potential seats - ALL with bags or coats on them.

In the end I decided that I didn't want to stand for 30 minutes, so I went to the nearest table with two spare seats and asked the lady sitting with her friend (each with a carry-on sized suitcase on a seat) if I could sit down and she just said 'I'm getting off at the next stop' and refused to budge! She then looked away as if I was no longer of any concern to her.

Stupidly, as the wife was already giving me evils for saying anything at all, I waited next to her and said 'For future reference, the luggage racks are down there' as the train came to the next stop and she stood up to leave - and mumbled something to her friend - presumably suggesting that I was some nasty man that had the nerve to want to sit down!

They both then proceeded to stand by the wrong set of doors allowing me to give them a nice wave as they then had to wait for everyone else that was getting off!

 

[Lampshade]

I was on a TPE a couple of months back, it was getting really full so the conductor actually announced that any passengers occupying seats with coats/luggage would either have to pay another fare or move the luggage. The standing passengers soon found a seat

Although I'm pretty sure it was an empty threat as you don't pay for a seat, sometimes a little 'persuasion' goes a long way.

 

[royaloak]

Another pet hate of mine, are those who don't move their plonked bags on seat next to them when it's obvious others are looking for a seat - why on earth should one *need* to ask the next-dor passenger to move their bags. Consideration for others (as you yourself asks for in your post) ought to move them *without* being asked!

I dont ask, I just sit on the seat, if there is a bag on it then I just sit on the bag, not my problem! Its amazing how quick the stuff gets moved

 

[jon0844]

I dont ask, I just sit on the seat, if there is a bag on it then I just sit on the bag, not my problem! Its amazing how quick the stuff gets moved

I'd have loved to do that, but the wife would have been too embarrassed to stay on the train!

If I was on my own, I think I'd have just moved her bag off the seat at that point as the gloves were off as soon as she looked at me like something she'd just trodden in.

Actually, in a true 'if only I'd thought of it at the time' style - I should have moved her bag next to the doors ready for her getting off at the next stop!

 

[Lampshade]

I really can't stand people who leave their luggage in the doorways and then go and get a seat. I was on a packed TPE (there's a surprise ) in April, from Preston going to Manchester. It was already packed having come from Edinburgh so realistically it was standing room only, on 185s this being the door areas. One guy dumped his suitcase in the door area and went and sat down, leaving everyone leaving the train to clamber over it. Between Chorley and Bolton other standing passengers were thinking the same as me - dump his suitcase off the train at Bolton. However, he must have read our minds as he stood up at Bolton and collected his suitcase.

Just the sheer selfishness of it - "I'll stitch everyone up but it's fine because I have a seat"

 

[ukrob]

I was on a TPE a couple of months back, it was getting really full so the conductor actually announced that any passengers occupying seats with coats/luggage would either have to pay another fare or move the luggage. The standing passengers soon found a seat

Although I'm pretty sure it was an empty threat as you don't pay for a seat, sometimes a little 'persuasion' goes a long way.

That is pretty standard on busy Virgin services out of Euston

 

[Helvellyn]

One guy dumped his suitcase in the door area and went and sat down, leaving everyone leaving the train to clamber over it. Between Chorley and Bolton other standing passengers were thinking the same as me - dump his suitcase off the train at Bolton. However, he must have read our minds as he stood up at Bolton and collected his suitcase.

If someone had done that you could see it turning to farce as station staff at Bolton call the police for an unattended suitcase. Meanwhile, back on the train the passenger is calling the police over the theft of his luggage. Tune in next week to see if the suitcase was destroyed or reunited with its owner!

 

[VirginTrainFreak]

If someone had done that you could see it turning to farce as station staff at Bolton call the police for an unattended suitcase. Meanwhile, back on the train the passenger is calling the police over the theft of his luggage. Tune in next week to see if the suitcase was destroyed or reunited with its owner!

lol what channel lol channel BTP?

 

[GodAtum]

Where are you supposed to put a suitcase if it cant fit in the overhead compartments and there are no luggage racks and no room in any of the wheelchair/cycle bays?

 

[Sir_Clagalot]

Passengers who bring huge suitcases that takes two people to lift and then dont fit the racks so get left in the vestibules! And those who instead of one decent sized case bring half a dozen small ones which take up twice as much room and takes them an age to get on and off

 

[jon0844]

People who have multiple bags, then have to step off the train at some point and put some down - then get back on and get more bags - must be taking an awful risk that they'll become separated from their luggage.

It seems that if you make a suitcase the size of a house, people will buy it and then proceed to try and put their house in it. I do wonder how these people ever intend to move them around - or when the railway will say enough is enough. Some of these bags are actually bigger than themselves, and take up more floor space than an actual person.

 

[Danielo]

I agree with most of the sentiments on here. Unfortunately that is the way our society is heading, where folk only care about a foot radius area around them.

I'd like to add two more gripes. Passengers who have to open up a newspaper on a tightly packed train.

Secondly, those that sit in first class without a valid ticket and get away with it. I commute using London Midland, and this happens all too often. I do not have a first class ticket, but I fully respect those that have purchased a valid ticket for this area. It is particularly annoying when youths of the hooded variety go and first class as their own private area. LM seem particualy bad at checking for these things.

 

[bnsf734]

You've reminded me of another, people who sit down and put the contents of curries all over the table in front of them. QUOTE]

I had visions of somebody coming on the train with a Vindaloo when I read that quote

I've seen some people with smelly fast food though, who stink out the coach then leave the train like a rubbish tip. I was on a 377 out of Portsmouth Harbourin the summer. 2 chavs sat up the coach with a sausage roll each. They got off at Fratton leaving Greggs wrappers and bits of Sausage roll all over the seats, carpet and table. Nice!

 

[Chris B]

Indeed, Folding bikes need to be folded - and then NOT unfolded until well clear of the train after alighting.....not set up in the vestibule prior to alighting....

 

[142094]

Isn't there a set limit on size and amount of luggage you can carry on a train? Might be a new cash cow for the TOCs to start charging for extra baggage.