The "Quiet Coach" on Trains

[PinkRobots]

I’m sure you’re all well-aware of what my rant will be...

Why on earth do loud people book seats in the quiet coaches on trains?!? I genuinely don’t get it! There are 7 coaches where you can go and chit chat as you please! Why not sit there?!?

I’m currently on a “quiet coach” and despite the corona panic it has several people merrily chatting away about panic buying! Arrrtghhhh!

IDK, I have been booked into a quiet coach before despite not asking to be (I don't like quiet coaches, the pressure to be quiet enough for others makes me stupidly anxious!), maybe they were too?

You can't book specifically for a non quiet coach.

Also, and I know there is disagreement on this, I always understood quiet to be no electronics, not no talking whatsoever.

YABU Quiet coach doesn't mean no talking allowed - it means no phones etc

But if you were booked in accidently, why wouldn’t you move to another coach? The train I’m on today isn’t very busy; I’m sure that there’s plenty of seats in the other coaches.

You can book a non quiet coach - you can choose any seat you like!

In fact, here are the LNER rules. No electronics and quiet conversations. They were never supposed to be silent.

www.lner.co.uk/the-east-coast-experience/the-east-coast-standard/quiet-coach/

Yeah, it can be to do with the booking system. People who don’t ask to be in the quiet coach get put in there. I’ve seen threads where people traveling with little kids have been booked on the quiet coach and then having to put up with other people being shitty with them.

We have a funny story re this
We once got put in the quiet coach with a 2 year old. (You can book the quiet coach but you can’t ask not to be in it)
We got some filthy looks and the women in front of us kept making loud remarks about kids shouldn’t be allowed in the quiet carriage
After about 5 remarks the bloke to the side turned to her and said “the wee lad has not made a sound its you annoying everyone hen”.

She stood up and stalked off with her husband following meekly behind and did not return for the rest of the train journey
My DS slept all the way

I think some rails say “hushed conversations” but most are generally have consideration for others. Either ask them to shush or ask a worker to enforce their rules, but low levels of talking really wouldn’t bother me, it’s quiet not silent after all.

YABU surely you have other things to worry about that people talking

Presumably the people on your coach aren't shouting because if they were you'd have a word with the guard. If normal conversation on public transport is a problem for you, maybe get noise cancelling headphones? Or say your affirmations or something? I mean, you need to find a way to cope with this.

I always get the gaggle of women going to the local city for a day out or shopping who don't understand that the quiet coach means we don't care about their families, croquet or latest surgery - not to mention that they always bring fucking picnics with crinkly wrappers.

Dub

love this

Oh God, not ... WRAPPERS???!!😮😮😮

I can’t believe that I’m swimming against the tide here!

In most cases, there are seven coaches that you can make noise in, and just one where you’re asked to keep noise to a bare minimum! I’d be embarrassed to go into the quiet coach and chat!

YANBU OP

There are just far too many ignorant shouty bastards everywhere.

@PinkRobots no you're not, it drives me fucking nuts too. I know people don't always choose to be in there but move elsewhere or shut the hell up.

The selfishness of "well I don't want to be quiet so I'll do what I want" drives me mad. I wear noise cancelling headphones anyway but I can often still hear people talking.

I’m currently on a “quiet coach” and despite the corona panic it has several people merrily chatting away about panic buying! Arrrtghhhh!

But you are allowed to talk in the quiet coach.

There's never been a 'no talking' rule in quiet coaches -- it just means mute your phone, don't play music/film/electronics in general at an audible volume. Did you think it was like an old-fashioned library where a sneeze is frowned on?

They are inconsiderate selfish fools, no idea why people are defending it so vehemently. It's called the "quiet coach". It's always been etiquette to keep noise to a minimum in the carriage.

I suffered three hours of two men taking endless work calls opposite me in a quiet coach. Didn't fancy getting into a row so shut up, but if it happens again, I will complain.

I'm getting bored of the people who think we should not do AIBU/complain unless it's about CV. There are other things going on in our lives.

YANBU! Regardless of the rules as written every bugger knows what the quiet coach is for. And having a long chat is NOT it!

Drives me bonkers. I minute high-level meetings across the country for a living, and use my train journey out to read the papers and the journey home (usually at least a couple of hours) to type up my first draft - I specifically book the quiet coach for this as I'm usually travelling back in work time. I'm one of those annoying people who wouldn't hesitate to ask someone to speak quietly.

It says keep conversation to a minimum on Virgin / Avanti, chatting at normal volume constantly for two hours is not keeping to a minimum.