excuse me, this is the quiet carriage

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...said a woman on the train yesterday afternoonto a man who was loudly snoring away.

how I admire her! I wish I had the courage.

Did she kick him in the shins to wake him? Good for her. I was on a train recently where a woman bollocked a grown man for watching videos on his phone without headphones. It wasn’t even the quiet coach, even better!

That’s a bit unfair, imo. He wasn’t deliberately being loud…

The poor guy can't help snoring. It's not the same as being inconsiderate with tech noise.
I think was is ok to point out kindly and politely that he was snoring. But not to link it with the quiet carriage, which has nothing to do with involuntary noises.

Am now imagining her shushing someone who was gasping in pain from a heart attack.

Thats actually really nasty

How rude of her. Hopefully he was too deeply asleep to hear her.

They’d probably expect (silent) clapping and cheering… being an arse on the phone or with tech, yes appropriate, for snoring? Public berating? Nah.

I hate the sound of snoring so well done her.

I am on a commuter train. It is nice and peaceful until a man gets on and starts typing loudly on a lap top. I want to kill him. Not an ideal start to Monday morning.

What a silly moo. Imagine waking up someone for snoring on a train. 🥴

I thought you were going to say how awful it was she said that!!!😅😅😅Poor guy!!!

I avoid the quiet carriage if I can. I find the people in there very stressed and ready to kick off at the slightest noise.

You admire someone who was a total dick to a stranger on a train? Why, exactly?

Great she was a bully and you wish you were too.

I wonder how many women feel safe enough to fall asleep on public transport.

The woman was being reasonable. People do know that they snore. If they plan to have a nap then don’t go into the quiet carriage.

I wonder how many women feel safe enough to fall asleep on public transport.

Me! I like a little snooze if it's an early start or a long journey. I might not actually get to sleep but I will certainly appear to.

Maybe he dozed off unintentionally 🤷‍♀️

Then he won’t mind being woken up.

Exactly. If you snore like a pot bellied pig and easily fall asleep while traveling, don’t sit in the quiet carriage. For goodness sakes.

Well he was sleeping so technically doing what it says in the tin - being quiet.

he can’t help snoring! I think it’s cruel to embarrass someone like that.

I would have told her to STFU and that she’s the one making the most noise.

Rude woman.

Oh yeah, and of course you’d love to advocate physical violence toward a woman snoring publicly too wouldn’t you? 🙄

Why couldn't she have just woken him up and told him he was snoring instead of trying to embarrass him.

There’s walking someone up gently and there’s being a total dick about it.

If this was a woman snoring and woken up by a man I bet the responses would be very different!

This man obviously didn’t know he snores or he may not normally snore and did due to illness or sitting position.

A quiet carriage does not mean a silent carriage.
You’re still going to hear people moving about, coughing, doors opening, talking to the train inspector, the train moving etc.

If you are that triggered by noises then you need to wear ear defenders to block out any noises.

That was incredibly rude of her.

Why are there so many train threads on MN at the mo? As long as you are not offending any one else on a train, I just don't get the obsession of policing the behaviour of everyone else on public transport.