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.


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"Jon" wrote in message
et...
declared for all the world to hear...
Suggestions?

Sit in the quiet carriage.

Yeah, that really works... 8-)

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In message ,
Brimstone writes
M. J. Powell wrote:
In message . com,
GazK writes
Not sure about "larger louts" (seems a bit fattist to me) but
screaming brats, or "children" as we call them, have as much right
to be on a train as you do (assuming they are not in the quiet
carriage). With the best will in the world, children sometimes make
loud unexpected noises and even responsible parents cannot - and
indeed should not - expect them to remain mute on a long train
journey.

Then why are some children perfectly behaved?

An interesting question.

I once had the experience of sitting in a large DSS waiting are for an hour
or more. There were several families with their children from several
different ethnic groups. It was the children from only one ethnic group that
ran around disturbing others; the one that engages in football hooliganism
and vandalism.

I'm not surprised. The low luminance families can teach the high
luminance families a lot about family values.

Mike

In message ,
steve writes
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:31:14 +0000, Ivor Jones wrote:



"Jon" wrote in message
et
declared for all the world to hear...
Suggestions?

Sit in the quiet carriage.

But there isn't room for *all* of us in there..! The whole train should be
phone-free. As should buses for that matter.

I never understand this. Should conversations also be banned. I assume the
motive is they you get frustrated by only being able to eavesdrop on on
half of the conversation - otherwise the 'campaign' would be about load
conversations not just phone conversations.

The point is that phone users speak more loudly than they would for a
normal conversation.

Mike

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

wrote:
Graeme Wall wrote:

In message
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!")



I recall someone on this group[1] commenting that he overheard one of his
firm's competitors talking about a major contract in such detail on the train
that his company were able to trump the loudmouth's tender.



There are mobile phone jammers available from electrical retailers, but
they cost up to £200.

Still, it would be worth the money just to watch the misery on the
callers face as they try and figure out why their call keeps cutting
out.

Try http://www.globalgadgetuk.com/yo50.htm

They are also illegal in the UK. For instance (from the same site)
"Note for UK customers: Cell phone jamming equipment is illegal to use
in the UK as it violates sections 1 & 13 of the 1949 telegraphy act, we
are therefore unable to supply cell phone jammers to any UK customer."

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On 16 Nov 2005 10:50:51 -0800, wrote:


Graeme Wall wrote:
In message
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!")




I recall someone on this group[1] commenting that he overheard one of his
firm's competitors talking about a major contract in such detail on the train
that his company were able to trump the loudmouth's tender.


There are mobile phone jammers available from electrical retailers, but
they cost up to £200.

Still, it would be worth the money just to watch the misery on the
callers face as they try and figure out why their call keeps cutting
out.

Try http://www.globalgadgetuk.com/yo50.htm

A friend of mine suggested a small device that transmitted the sound
of a low flying aircraft on bluetooth frequencies - it would be
exceedingly amusing to watch those with bluetootehed mobile phones
diving for cover - in the office :-)

One day we'll work out how to make one..........

G

Gavin Hamilton wrote in
:

A friend of mine suggested a small device that transmitted the sound
of a low flying aircraft on bluetooth frequencies - it would be
exceedingly amusing to watch those with bluetootehed mobile phones
diving for cover - in the office :-)

Just make it the sound of a fly buzzing around and watch everyone looking
around to try and find it so they can swat it :-)

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:55:48 +0000, steve
wrote:

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:31:14 +0000, Ivor Jones wrote:



"Jon" wrote in message
et
declared for all the world to hear...
Suggestions?

Sit in the quiet carriage.

But there isn't room for *all* of us in there..! The whole train should be
phone-free. As should buses for that matter.

I never understand this. Should conversations also be banned. I assume the
motive is they you get frustrated by only being able to eavesdrop on on
half of the conversation - otherwise the 'campaign' would be about load
conversations not just phone conversations.


I think it's got something to do with the large percentage of mobile
phone users who shout when of their phones. Having read the
contribution about outbidding a competitor after an overheard mobile
phone call I have to mention office smoking rooms - I've heard about
governments not paying multyi million pound bills, peoples intimate
private details, staff reviews - you name it I've heard it. Sit
quietly in the corner and listen is my motto. If my phone rings
(quietly and not a stupid tune) I leave the room.

G

On 16 Nov 2005 10:50:51 -0800, wrote:


There are mobile phone jammers available from electrical retailers, but
they cost up to £200.

Still, it would be worth the money just to watch the misery on the
callers face as they try and figure out why their call keeps cutting
out.

Alternatively just have a ride on one of Branson's trains. You'll get
the same without shelling out £200...