Did I handle this situation wrongly? Man at train station

[Allthewayinbatterycity]

I was in the waiting room at a busy station and a lad who looked to be in his early 20s was standing at the door with his hands down the front of his trousers. I looked to make sure it wasn't pockets but it definitely wasn't.

I am just a bit fed up of what I've seen recently from predominantly men on public transport. Loud sniffing/snorting every 2 seconds, farting, burping, spitting. Most are not like this but it's hard to take the train these days without any of the above.

Anyway I said to the man quietly, why do you have your hands down your trousers in a public area, that's disgusting.
With hindsight I should've just reported him to the train staff. He started shouting at me and I just walked off. But as I say I maybe should've just reported it.

Ask him why he can't warm his hands in his pockets or wear gloves please

@H0P I have, believe me, we've had these conversations. It is not easy to get through to a 16 year old, but I do try. I'm not saying I approve.

I cannot even imagine a situation where a woman has her hands down her trousers in a public place. I have certainly never seen it but I have seen plenty of young men with their hands down their trousers in the street.

Perhaps someone needs to tell them that an effective and less gross way to warm your hands, if you don't have gloves, is to put them under your armpits.

Actually, I agree that alot of this behaviour on the part of young men is about copying the stance of rappers that they admire in a way that suggests that they are carrying a weapon. Definitely, something that I would report to Transport Police, if I suspected they really were concealing a weapon.

Exactly this

That sounds good. Where I am from police or similar authority wouldnt even realise why people would report such things.

How do you know who they vote for

Maybe their parents didn’t pick them
up on it when they were younger?!
Mum of boys here and they all go through a bit of stage of it, thankfully my older ones have grown out of it but I seem to be saying ‘take your hands out of your trousers’ a lot to our 5 year old.
I think it’s a combination of a comfort thing and habit 🤦‍♀️

I voted unreasonable only because I think for your own safety you shouldn’t have said something. It’s absolutely disgusting and you would have been right to report him to staff.