Why is a lady on my train setting her hair on fire?

[Sprogonthetyne]

She's sat with a lighter setting the ends of her long hair on fire, then putting it out. No idea why, is this a thing? The whole train stinks if burnt hair and I have exchanged puzzled looks with several other passengers.

Sealing split ends? I vaguely remember this from the school bus in high school.

Surely it's a non-smoking train?

How very British not to speak up!

😬

split ends used to be a way of getting rid of them not a good way though

I would say a MH issue.

Do it - fine.

Do it on a train - not fine.

Have a word with the train manager. It's a fire risk.

Well even if that is a thing for sealing hair it’s pretty rude to do it in public

Ask her

Is it braids ?

Report her to the train manager as a fire risk
What happens if she sets herself on fire?

Oh god yes we did this just as we were lighting up our Regal kingsize !

Jeez. Pull the alarm at the next station!

Geez that is a bit of a risky way to sort out split ends.

I say this as someone whose hair set fire (accidently) when I leaned across the table and the candle set my hair on fire. It was not a pretty scene.

DO NOT PULL THE ALARM

Do something!! Before you are asking mn how to extinguish a blazing woman.. There is a text service I believe to report stuff on trains. Or go to the buffet carriage /first class and find someone...

Now that would be very British - AIBU to ask how we extinguish a woman who's on fire on the Kings Cross to Liverpool train 😂

Text 61016 British transport police before she sets herself or the carriage on fire

WheneverI'm on trains we get the announcement of "if you see something that doesn't look right, text the British transport police". Google that number and text them.

If she’s doing it because she’s unstable she could start setting fire to other things. I think I would report it to someone working on the train. Leave your seat quietly and find someone rather than calling them over.

Alert somebody. She could be sorting her split ends but it’s not normal behaviour. Especially not on a busy train.

Is she still doing it? Are you on a long distance train or somewhere where she'll get off in a minute? Agree texting British Transport Police is a good idea, see it, say it, sorted, or is it sort it and all that...

Any updates OP?

61016 see it say it sort it

She may be sealing the ends of her braids to stop them unravelling. I once caught my daughter doing that and had a panic! She ought not to do it on a train.

Pretty sure this would come under Health and Safety. You should have reported her immediately.

That happened to me one too! Nice to know I’m not the only one 😁