On 16 Nov 2005 11:49:16 -0000, Andrew Yarnwood wrote:

I have a proposal for dealing with (punishing) people who make loud
business phone calls on trains (or any other public transport). ("I'm
on the train ... buy! ... sell!")

Record the calls or make some note, especially if there's anything
that sounds confidential, and publish transcripts or summaries on the
web or a newsgroup.

Comments?
Suggestions?
Does a site or newsgroup already exist for this?


Just convert all services to Pendolino operation... Mobiles don't seem
to work well, if at all, on them...

Andrew Yarnwood wrote:
I have a proposal for dealing with (punishing) people who make loud
business phone calls on trains (or any other public transport). ("I'm
on the train ... buy! ... sell!")

Record the calls or make some note, especially if there's anything
that sounds confidential, and publish transcripts or summaries on the
web or a newsgroup.

It's human nature te get frustrated because you can only hear one side
of the conversation. Yet over it, it's no different from people who talk
loudly.


--
Marc
Visit http://www.iMarc.co.uk/ for contact information..

Andrew Yarnwood wrote:
I have a proposal for dealing with (punishing) people who make loud
business phone calls on trains (or any other public transport). ("I'm
on the train ... buy! ... sell!")

Record the calls or make some note, especially if there's anything
that sounds confidential, and publish transcripts or summaries on the
web or a newsgroup.


A far worse menace these days are the idiots who play music on their
phones via the loud speaker. It's worse than the walkman/Ipod tinny
hissing noise as these people really do think everyone else wants to
hear their (normally 'urban') music.

I should really get together some MP3s of very loud classical music to
counteract it, either that or develop a portable antinoise generator

Meeeee wrote:
Andrew Yarnwood wrote:

I have a proposal for dealing with (punishing) people who make loud
business phone calls on trains (or any other public transport). ("I'm
on the train ... buy! ... sell!")

Record the calls or make some note, especially if there's anything
that sounds confidential, and publish transcripts or summaries on the
web or a newsgroup.



A far worse menace these days are the idiots who play music on their
phones via the loud speaker. It's worse than the walkman/Ipod tinny
hissing noise as these people really do think everyone else wants to
hear their (normally 'urban') music.

I should really get together some MP3s of very loud classical music to
counteract it, either that or develop a portable antinoise generator


And it is NEVER anything good; it's always noisy and obnoxious and
completely and utterly senseless. This is why I avoid public transport
during school starting/finishing times or during the holidays. Doesn't
always work though unfortunately. Worse still is that crazy frog.
Working in the music section in a supermarket means I had that rammed
down my neck for weeks on the promotional video, followed by the bus
trip to/from work from some low intellects who would play it repeatedly
for a good half hour and still find it funny after the 50th time.

Jamie

Meeeee wrote:
I should really get together some MP3s of very loud classical music to
counteract it, either that or develop a portable antinoise generator

I have a CD of Olivier Messiaen organ music kept in the car for just
that reason*. If an XR3i with bowel-worryingly aggressive speakers
pulls up alongside, "music" going "thud, thud, thud" in such a way that
you can hear it from the next county, I just roll back the roof
(Citroen C3 Pluriel) and let M Messiaen do his worst.

I suspect there are probably specific by-laws prohibiting the playing
of Messiaen on trains, though.

Richard

* I do rather like it, as well.

Andrew Yarnwood wrote:
I have a proposal for dealing with (punishing) people who make loud
business phone calls on trains (or any other public transport). ("I'm
on the train ... buy! ... sell!")

Record the calls or make some note, especially if there's anything
that sounds confidential, and publish transcripts or summaries on the
web or a newsgroup.

One particularly obnoxious person managed to get me to react. Only one
so far.

This person had been conducting some business for some time (they had
some very borderline case for something or other, and definately
wouldn't take no for an answer, and it sounded vaguely like there was
some kind of fraudulent claim or application going on), and the whole
carriage was getting rather tired of it. I'd couldn't even get away from
it by listening to some music - the person's voice was that piercing.

Anyway, some poor old lady decided to ask the woman politely to stop.
The woman completely ignored her, and continued her debating via the
phone. She didn't even acknowledge that the old lady was trying to
communicate with her. It got to the point where the old lady tapped her
on the shoulder, just to get some kind of acknowledgement that she was
there - at which point, the woman on the phone accused her of assault.
The old lady tried valiantly to argue her corner, but when she wasn't
physically in contact with the woman, she was ignored, and when she was,
she was accused of assault. So eventually she gave up.

The rules of this game appear to be: be as annoying as possible to the
woman, but without any physical contact. I can work with that :¬)

An ordinary walkman in-ear style earpiece, dangled within 1-2cm of the
phone mic seemed to work quite well. Small, easy to maneuver, easy to
place accurately. No danger of actual contact. She tried to stonewall me
too - but this was to my advantage, not hers, as I'm sure the other
person had no idea what she was saying. I was quite content to listen to
the song. The challenge is to pick something with a strong riff, some
memorable changes, and not something that can be easily filtered out -
i.e. not just typical clubbers' noise.

For added effect, the other earpiece can be dangled next to the free
ear, so she can't clearly hear what the other person is saying either.

Five minutes, and she was off the phone. Never said a word to me. The
old lady did though, she was most thankful :¬)

James Moody
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I have the fortunate ability to stop people on their mobile phones quite
easily!
Might have something to do with the fact I am a 6' 10" rugby player who
works out in the gym 5 times a week !
They take 1 look at me and usually end their call pretty quickly.
Cant think why?
--

Aaron

Nozomi Warrior 2005 wrote:
I have the fortunate ability to stop people on their mobile phones quite
easily!
Might have something to do with the fact I am a 6' 10" rugby player who
works out in the gym 5 times a week !
They take 1 look at me and usually end their call pretty quickly.
Cant think why?
--

Aaron

sad pathetic individual with a massive chip on his shoulder !!

Andrew Yarnwood wrote:
I have a proposal for dealing with (punishing) people who make loud
business phone calls on trains (or any other public transport). ("I'm
on the train ... buy! ... sell!")

Record the calls or make some note, especially if there's anything
that sounds confidential, and publish transcripts or summaries on the
web or a newsgroup.

Comments?
Suggestions?
Does a site or newsgroup already exist for this?

I've had these in my bag for a while, never used one in anger though
)

http://www.coudal.com/shhh.php

--
Doug
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