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.

Yes, that's what I mean. I don't understand why you would go into a quiet carriage and have a chat at length however hushed!

Seems a tad uncharitable. Not something I would do myself.

Asking someone to keep it down or turn down volume of music they’re listening to through ear phones - fine

waking someone up and telling them to stop snoring is cruel and will have likely seriously made this person feel embarrassed and small

op you might look up to someone like this. I just see them as thoughtless and unpleasant

I have empathy with (possible) health issues AND admire confident people

both things can be true at the same time

If you are travelling during the day, the chances are that that is exactly the time they are being paid to work. I don't see the problem with this.

You admire someone who woke someone up and humiliated them by telling them to stop snoring.

Each to their own but I’d have looked at the woman and thought “twat”

So much virtue signalling on MN lately.

I’d rather hear snoring than the loud Bollywood film I was subjected to recently. Never heard of headphones?!!

Seems to me to be both mean and wrong.
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• No phone calls
• Use all electrical equipment in silent mode
• Headphones should be at low volume so the noise can't be heard by others
• Conversations with fellow passengers should be quiet and with consideration for others.
• Please be aware of the noise you are contributing and respect the space.

Anyone not observing the rules may be asked to stop or move to a different carriage.*

Self evidently, if he was asleep he could not be aware.

Snoring wouldn't bother me - I don't use the quiet carriage expecting silence. She was a bit of a tit.

My Mum once told me about a woman who said this to a pair of old ladies having a loud conversation in the quiet carriage. While my Mum admired what the woman did she is not the kind of person who would say anything and the old ladies spent the rest of their journey loudly slanging off the woman. I would have told the conductor if they came along.

Someone is sleeping and we're now advocating for waking them up with sanctimonious, ridiculous comments about a "quiet carriage" and painting this as courageous?

What is this world we have created?

Not necessarily! I don't snore normally but turnes out I snore when I fall asleep seated. Only know about it because I took nap next to dh.

No way! We’ve just booked first class to Brighton! I was hoping to just read my book quietly. I must have been living under a rock 🤭

Ignore that post - first class is no noisier than other carriages! You'll no doubt have someone working at their laptop, a couple of phone calls, a bit of chat - just the usual stuff 😊

Hardly selfish to snore. 🙄 As annoying as it is, most people cannot help it. It's incredibly arrogant and rude and nasty to just poke at someone you don't know (on a train) to wake them up because they're snoring. Good grief!

Yes, they are probably noise sensitive .

I thought that too! 😆

I think I'll make up a little laminated note in big capital letters saying "This is a quiet carriage, please observe" or something like that. Then shove it in the offender's face with a wry grin or grimace depending on my mood. No verbal interraction required. Hmph. Better take my Hrt on time that day!

Ah thanks. Yeh I don’t mind that. Not much I can do anyway is there. I definitely won’t be kicking anyone x

No, I don't want to talk to them, that would be too noisy...