Quiet coaches on trains

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The guard has just made a lengthy and detailed announcement telling people not to use their mobile phones in the quiet coaches. All fine. But why is talking on the phone not allowed when we have at least three sets of very loud (face to face) conversations and one crying baby in the carriage?

I wish the quiet coach was replaced by one with compartments. Have been on them in Germany and they are wonderful.

Just been on a train where a loudmouth was talking in detail on the phone about a business deal he'd just done, and how the client was 'hard work'. I felt like finding the client online and telling them what he was saying about them! Then he rang up to do some kind of transaction on a business account, thus sharing the account details and password with everyone on the train ...