To hate having my ticket checked?

[HaydeeofMonteCristo]

I suspect I am being very unreasonable. I have no objection whatever to buying a ticket BTW.

I travel alot on trains for work, often long/ longish journeys and all different.

My job is quite stressful plus I have dcs 7 and 1. Dh works even longer hours than me so we are always busy. I also suspect I am an introvert by nature.

On trains I really like to just zone out, whether it be into a book, mn, playing a game or just my own thoughts. It really bugs me when the collectors intrude on my thoughts with "tickets please", especially when they shout it as they come into the carriage expecting everyone to wait with their tickets out til they come to you.

The obvious response is, how else will they know if people have paid. There are barriers at every station. But I guess I'm not really saying they shouldn't do it, just wondering if anyone else hates it.

I am never rude about it, just show my ticket in silence quite a lot.

Is it weird to see time on the train as really precious quiet time?

To recap, I'm not really saying they shouldn't do it, just wondering if anyone else hates it.

Their job. Too many typos.

Having thought about this at work today, I inwardly swear when the gas meter reader turns up and when the postie knocks with a parcel and I have to get out of my cosy bed after a late shift.

I never betray my feelings and in fact adore my postie who is an absolute star and goes out of his way for us. So I guess I'd have to say, op, yanbu as long as it is genuinely completely internal.

I still hate it when people won't even look up momentarily from their phones though, and think that's rude.

There aren't barriers at our local station, nor at several others along the line. If they didn't check the tickets on the train, then some people would take advantage and travel for free all the time.

Thanks bumdance (great name BTW) and I will think of you now whenever they come round. Will try to be as smiley and nice about it as you are with your postie.