To hate people having full conversations on the phone on the train

[Ernestinepine]

On a three hour journey. One woman was on the phone to her colleague for about 30 minutes. Hung up: and now on another call.

another woman on the phone having a drawn out conversation.

i don’t want to hear peoples ongoing chat.

Tbf I did think you made a valid point upthread about phone conversations sometimes being needed to mitigate anxiety. Plus you mentioned you speak quietly, in all honesty I don't think many people would have an issue with phone conversations on trains if they weren't so often held so loudly!

(Before anyone comes for me, I realise there are sometimes physical reasons why people speak loudly and I'm not referring to those people. I'm talking here about people who have main character energy and think the whole world wants to hear what they're saying! - see also radio DJs, but that would be a whole other thread. 😂)

For me personally I have really bad anxiety and struggle travelling alone ,if I feel overwhelmed ill phone a friend or loved one.

Same here.

Move seat if it bothers you so much..or bring sonething to cover/plug your ears.

I get really bad anxiety sittung near noisy passengers

I enjoy a chat on the train sometimes. Why not

I agree it's a bit annoying but unless they are being really loud it's not antisocial. Unlike people who have video calls or scroll through tiktoks on speaker on public transport. They have zero self awareness and there's a special place in hell for them - where silence reigns.

I don’t mind unless it’s in speaker/ FaceTime but it does piss me off that they never lose signal!

Im always shocked at some of the personal conversations that go on though. I’ve heard people being performance managed, someone ringing round to tell people his Mum had died and one young man telling his new girlfriend his sexual history because he wanted to be honest with her!

You could chose not to listen. Zone it out. Buy some earbuds and listen to music. Concentrate on a book.

I can't say I'm enthralled by other people's conversations but they're not difficult to ignore.

Yes, apparently it’s because our brains automatically try to fill in the gaps, which isn’t the case when two people are talking to one another.
I find it annoying when it’s a long call, too.

I've heard someone who was obviously a social worker have a very identifying conversation with a colleague about a young person on her caseload. I was gobsmacked that it was so indiscreet and so loud that I could hear every word several rows away.

I’M ON A BARGE!!!!!

I sat behind a girl on the bus last week who was on a facetime call to her Dad. Couldn't help overhearing all about the day she had at work, and the arrangements she was making to meet Pete at the house then they were going to go out for a bite to eat but hadn't decided where they were going yet. Oh and had he decided what to get for Andy's Birthday yet? Then she spoke to the dog, Polly was apparently stretched out in the window enjoying the sun. She couldn't wait to see her tomorrow.

Honestly I could go on. 😂

But it actually made me smile rather than annoy me. I very nearly popped over her shoulder to wave to Dad 😁

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