To not like the leg jiggler on the train?

[towhitowhoo]

First post on mumsnet so keeping this lighthearted.

I commute to London everyday for work and I'm on a train back home now. But unfortunately I've got a leg jiggler sat next to me. It's annoying me as I can feel the jiggling and I want him to stop. The train is full so I don't want to lose my seat either so cannot get off. Train etiquettes do not allow speaking to strangers so how can I get him to stop? Sigh.

Don't be too harsh - leg jiggling and toe tapping can be tactics employed by those with anxiety (like myself) as a grounding technique. Sorry it's annoying!

Ahh. The wee-wee dance. Perhaps he needs the loo.

Ask him politely to stop doing it? I've done that before, it's always worked and I've never had anyone snap at me or be rude.

I'd said anxiety related. You say it's a full train, he may have problems being in a confined space with a large amount of people. Could even be a tick, that he doesn't actually realise he is doing excessively. None the less, I'm sure it's annoying that it's also making you jiggle too.

I agree with you on this! Can't stand people jiggling their legs, it makes me feel sick

Do it right back to him?

He's stopped now. :)
And sorry, I did not realise it could be a sign of anxiety. I did once have someone tell me it was a sign of sexual frustration though. I know that's unlikely to be true but the thought has stuck and every time I come across a leg jiggler, that's what I am reminded of first!

He may be an aspie and stimming, as explained above it's part of coping a bit like having a fidget toy

I am so sorry - I am the queen of leg jiggling. I have had members of my family describe how they would like to murder me slowly..... But even as we speak I am jiggling away.

I would start jiggling back, they will realise.

I have restless leg syndrome. Believe me it's far more annoying to me than anyone else

He's started again. 🙄
But having read about it being a coping mechanism, I'm going to let it slide and try not to feel it too much.

LOL - I did wonder why my carriage is fill of blokes in the morning, maybe the jiggling is attracting the 'wrong' crowd!

I do that I just do it unconsciously when im.sitting for a period of time. I apologise on his behalf

It could be restless leg syndrome and the person maybe highly embarrassed I suffer from it and I get it in situations like on the train, the theatre or cinema it's an awful creeping irritating desire to move my leg and there's not much I can do to stop when it happens.

If he's a middle aged stubbly bloke it might be DH in which case, I'm sorry

Sit on him.

Exploded 😂😂

Dp does this and it drives me mad.

I actually sit on him when he keeps doing it.

I do it without realising. If it annoyed you and you asked me to stop I would (and I'd apologise for not realising I was doing it). But yes it can also be a coping method for those with anxiety. I just can't sit still for long periods of time (like longer than 5 minutes )

Mmm, seat next to jiggler or stand for rest of journey?

When I had morning sickness that leg jiggling by a fellow passenger or colleague at meeting would make me want to hurl.

It's over! I'm off the train. He got off at the same stop too 😬

Yeah sorry OP I'm with the leg jigglers mine is part of my ADHD.

Glad to see you made it through the journey without murdering him though

It would do my tits in too. But I'm also a sufferer of essential tremor so would be mindful it could be a leg tremor.

Sorry, that might've been my DH. He's the least anxious person in the world but he does this almost constantly and he never even knows he's doing it until I tell him.

I had an invigilator in an exam come up to me and told me that a student behind me had asked that I stopped because it was distracting her, pretty aggressively. What if I'd been doing it because of anxiety? I wasn't to be fair, I was just subconsciously doing It as I was bored as I had finished a while beforehand. I do think it's ok to ask if people mind stopping though.