To think there should be rules about taking certain things on trains?

[RosesAreBetter]

We have just got onto the train and there is a man with a very large animal carrier ( roughly the size of a washing machine) which is full if ferrets!

And when I say full, I mean there has got to be two dozen of the things in there.

And it STINKS.

The entire train carriage stinks of ferret fecies and urine, and the train is full to the point of people standing.

I have heard several people complain to the conductor, but apparently there is no room for the man and his ferrets to stand in the bike area as it is full of bikes and people with pushchairs.

He has the carrier on top of one of the tables!!

AIBU to think there should be rules against bringing something that stinks to high heaven onto a busy train?
Not to mention how distressed the poor ferrets seem.

[arthurfowlersallotment]

It sounds really unpleasant but it is public transport after all.

[SoupDragon]

Ban people who use too much perfume too.
And aftershave
Plus those who use too little deodorant.

[Ithinkitsjustme]

Unfortunately some people smell that bad!

YANBU to think that there should be rules about carrying animals on trains, but where would you draw the line? I think that many people would think that they should be allowed to take their dogs on board, or their cats in pet carriers. What about the person who needs to take their pet iguana to the vet? etc. A carriage for animals could be in order, same as family carriages and no mobile phone carriages.

[WelshMaenad]

How else is a body meant to transport their ferrets?

[onetiredmummy]

In their trousers!

[Yokel]

I doubt it's 'urine and faeces' you're smelling OP. Ferrets just smell like that. I quite like it, personally. And I'd rather have ferrets than the filthy old sod I sat next to on a train once who had crapped himself. I wondered why there was a free seat next to him when loads of people were standing up. I had to hold my breath for 30 minutes!

[TunipTheVegemal]

In the olden days they would have gone in the guard's van, along with the bicycles, crates of chickens, unaccompanied toddlers and people in wheelchairs....

[WorraLiberty]

The ferrets are probably tweeting right now on mobiles phones, about how dreadful all those humans smell, packed into a train carriage....

[WelshMaenad]

I'm still a bit cross they wouldn't let that nice Welsh chap take his little pony on the train. I mean, they'd let on an Irish Wofhound...

[pictish]

Ach don't be such a misery. The train wasn't scheduled for you!

[sashh]

SoupDragon

Can I add to your list, the mothers of little girls attending the royal ballett school in Birmingham - you do not need to use half a can of hairspray, you certainly do not have to use it all in the carriage on the approach to Birmingham new St.

[BerthaTheBogBurglar]

In Thailand they have little signs on all the trains that say "No smelly fruit".

They mean durian fruit, which does, admittedly, smell like a gas leak. But still, I enjoyed the signs.

[RuleBritannia]

Yes, some people in this world have to transport their birds and animals by train. I had to help a woman onto a train once. She got on the train and I handed up to her six crates each containing chickens. I'm British so I'm naice abroad. She was extremely grateful.

[LadySybildeChocolate]

Ban people who paint their nails on the train, or have their music on too loud.

[MrsKeithRichards]

Berth have you smelt that smelly fruit they mean? I don't know it's name but it smells like something has died. Apparently it's delish but I couldn't get past the smell!!

[TheHeirOfSlytherin]

Ban skinky people as well as stinky ferrets please.

And people who sit right next to you even though there are loads of free seats.

[MrsKeithRichards]

How I missed half your post I dunno! Sorry!

[OneHandFlapping]

I've tried durian fruit - misled by the fact that they rave about it so much in Malaysia. It tastes like slimy onion custard.

[TyrannoWearsGoldKnickers]

Ban those sniffy business men with enormous knees and seemingly equally enormous ball bags who have to squish themselves in next to you, steal the middle arm rest and then OPEN THEIR LEGS AS WIDE AS THEY WILL GO whilst huffing and puffing and sniffing and getting out terribly important paperwork and clearing their throat then talking to 'Tony' loudly for half an hour on their mobile bloody phones.

Ban them. I hate them. They always sit next to me.

[TyrannoWearsGoldKnickers]

I would actually rather sit next to a piss soaked ferret than another fat bollocked man.

[NarkedRaspberry]

I'd like to be on a train and hear 'Carriage C is designated the Quiet Zone. Please refrain from using mobile phones or electronic equipment in carriage C. Carriage B is designated the Ferret Free Zone ...

[Frontpaw]

Aw the wee ferrets. I bet they smelled a great deal fresher than the loos on the train.

Can we also ban small children with ipads watching crappy disney films full blast (with singalongs) and people getting sloshed at 10am (with singalongs).

[CocktailsAndFriedChicken]

When I worked in a bank a customer would bring her three ferrets in each week with her.

[CocktailsAndFriedChicken]

Oh frontpaw IBU to want to ban me from my post night shift drinks although I don't sing

[Frontpaw]

But did the ferrets have a bank account?
Were they definately ferrets? Not stoats or mink?