Page 2 | To hate people having full conversations on the phone on the train

Ernestinepine · 2026-05-09T12:00:49+00:00

On a three hour journey. One woman was on the phone to her colleague for about 30 minutes. Hung up: and now on another call. another woman on the phone having a drawn out conversation. i don’t want to hear peoples ongoing chat.

bippyboppy · 09/05/2026 22:36

Plummagic · 09/05/2026 14:07

I love listening to other peoples sagas.

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Same.

XenoBitch · 09/05/2026 22:26

TicklishNewt · 09/05/2026 22:24

They're never quiet. Then you spend the entire journey feeling cross. Might as well sit in the normal carriage.

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Yep, I swear drunken parties and people with noisy kids choose the quiet carriage on purpose.

TicklishNewt · 09/05/2026 22:24

XenoBitch · 09/05/2026 22:21

I never said everyone was like me.
I struggle to tune other people out too, but if I am on a train alone, my anxiety gets really bad so I talk on the phone to my mum for the journey.

If you struggle with noise, then go in the quiet carriage.

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They're never quiet. Then you spend the entire journey feeling cross. Might as well sit in the normal carriage.

XenoBitch · 09/05/2026 22:21

TicklishNewt · 09/05/2026 22:19

Some of us can't tune things out easily. Not everyone's like you you know

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I never said everyone was like me.
I struggle to tune other people out too, but if I am on a train alone, my anxiety gets really bad so I talk on the phone to my mum for the journey.

If you struggle with noise, then go in the quiet carriage.

TicklishNewt · 09/05/2026 22:20

Guavafish1 · 09/05/2026 21:57

On the phone or talking in person can both be annoying!

quiet carriage is probably the best

No one's quiet there these days.

TicklishNewt · 09/05/2026 22:19

XenoBitch · 09/05/2026 21:55

I don't care. It is background noise that is no different to someone chatting to the person next to them.

Tune it out.

Sometimes, a train journey is the only chance someone has time to sit down and catch up with someone.

Some of us can't tune things out easily. Not everyone's like you you know

suburburban · 09/05/2026 22:09

ToKittyornottoKitty · 09/05/2026 16:22

It’s inconsiderate in your opinion, not everyone’s. Talking on the phone in public where it’s not quiet anyway and lots of people are talking, is not inconsiderate. Maybe you should work
on being more tolerable of others.

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It is so inconsiderate

I don’t want to hear people on the phone on train, do they not want some privacy Conversations in person are different

Imupforthat · 09/05/2026 22:07

It’s hell. I was once on a similar length journey and got stuck in the window seat next to a lad having a four way FaceTime chat in 3 different languages.

Thankfully the train was relatively empty so I shifted and he had the cheek to look affronted. So, so selfish though in a tiny space. A one on one would have been bad enough without the four way chuntering on about nowt. What’s wrong with a good book or a podcast?

In such circumstances I wish I was brave enough to introduce myself to the group and start offering unwanted advice. Or play and sing along to shit music “altogether now! There’s no oooonnneee quite like grandmaaaaa”. Knowing my luck though I’d be the one having a difficult conversation with the BTP following complaints.

MaryBeardsShoes · 09/05/2026 22:01

Plummagic · 09/05/2026 13:06

What about people who have conversations with people they are travelling with?

That’s allowed because nosey parkers can hear the whole story. 😂

MaryBeardsShoes · 09/05/2026 21:59

Ernestinepine · 09/05/2026 13:38

Forgot to bring headphones!!! I personally think a long phone convo on a train is really inconsiderate to fellow passengers: we don’t all want to hear your business.

a quick call: fine; but don’t need to hear an entire saga

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Unfortunately if you use public transport, the public are likely to be there!

Guavafish1 · 09/05/2026 21:57

On the phone or talking in person can both be annoying!

quiet carriage is probably the best

XenoBitch · 09/05/2026 21:55

I don't care. It is background noise that is no different to someone chatting to the person next to them.

Tune it out.

Sometimes, a train journey is the only chance someone has time to sit down and catch up with someone.

sugarpiebunnyhunch · 09/05/2026 21:52

IpDipDipMyBlueShip · 09/05/2026 21:48

It’s actually a very selfish thing to do?

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I suspect we might have some of the same demographic on this thread that let their kids use iPads without headphones when they go out for meals. They'd probably say that was normal and everyone should get used to it too... 🙄

IpDipDipMyBlueShip · 09/05/2026 21:48

ToKittyornottoKitty · 09/05/2026 13:10

Then put in headphones and don’t listen. I couldn’t imagine wasting energy over other people just existing as normal people around me. Talking on the phone to other people while traveling is a normal thing to do.

It’s actually a very selfish thing to do?

sugarpiebunnyhunch · 09/05/2026 21:45

ToKittyornottoKitty · 09/05/2026 17:57

Nope, ironic coming from someone being quite sensitive though!

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I beg your pardon?

ToKittyornottoKitty · 09/05/2026 17:57

sugarpiebunnyhunch · 09/05/2026 17:24

Sounds like I hit a nerve there…

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Nope, ironic coming from someone being quite sensitive though!

FastFood · 09/05/2026 17:55

Plummagic · 09/05/2026 13:06

What about people who have conversations with people they are travelling with?

It is a known fact that someone on the phone and two people having a conversation are not perceived in the same way at all.

It's like driving whilst chatting with the passenger and chatting on the phone. Totally different.

MabelRoyds · 09/05/2026 17:52

@Tessisme yes Exactly! Absolutely unaware! I wish it were funny, but there’s a constant stream of them, the Loud and Oblivious crew, we call them.

Flamingojune · 09/05/2026 17:52

I agree its annoying but i would just be grateful it wasnt some tinny electronic sound or a face time etc.

Tessisme · 09/05/2026 17:49

Many people seem to talk quite loudly on the phone. It’s not the same as an in person conversation at all. DP always sounds as if he’s trying to project his voice to the person’s actual location🤣 Anyone remember the Dom Joly sketch with the giant phone?

wafflesmgee · 09/05/2026 17:35

YABU
would you prefer everyone in silence staring at screens? this may be their only chance to catch up with their friends. It’s nice, if it bugs you get headphones nd listen to music

sugarpiebunnyhunch · 09/05/2026 17:24

ToKittyornottoKitty · 09/05/2026 16:22

It’s inconsiderate in your opinion, not everyone’s. Talking on the phone in public where it’s not quiet anyway and lots of people are talking, is not inconsiderate. Maybe you should work
on being more tolerable of others.

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Sounds like I hit a nerve there…

ToKittyornottoKitty · 09/05/2026 16:22

sugarpiebunnyhunch · 09/05/2026 16:09

If people were more considerate of others we wouldn't have to.

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It’s inconsiderate in your opinion, not everyone’s. Talking on the phone in public where it’s not quiet anyway and lots of people are talking, is not inconsiderate. Maybe you should work
on being more tolerable of others.

UhOhRatPoo · 09/05/2026 16:19

I live in a very multicultural area. I’ve noticed that certain nationalities are always talking loudly on the phone when out and about- the main ones I hear sound like slavic languages. Both male and female. My Colombian cleaner is never off the phone, she chats away to her daughter for hours on end via her headphones while she works (I have no issue with it).

I often think to myself “what on earth do they all find to talk about?”.

By comparison the British are traditionally much more guarded in public, so it stands out to us more when people do talk loudly on the phone, and also it is a different bystander experience when you can actually understand the conversation.

sugarpiebunnyhunch · 09/05/2026 16:11

Smartiepants79 · 09/05/2026 15:49

But it is normal now. And who said they were yelling??

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Are you telling me you've never heard anyone talking into a phone far more loudly than they need to be? It happens all the time. And just because things become 'normal' doesn't mean people have to accept them as OK. Society's become very selfish, should we all be accepting that as 'normal' too?