I tell you what, the constant on the cell phone thing can be annoying I know. But I got into an altrecation with an old guy on the commuter train one night.
It was later than normal - I think the 7.30pm train home ( the journey takes about 40 mins) - as I had been dong something after work.
Now the carriage was not empty, but had a good few people on it. But this guy could have got up and moved easily enough. And this was not a quiet carriage, I had 3 calls to make, one to Callum, to let him know what train I was on and when to pick me up. It took about 2 minutes.
The other 2 were my Mum & my sister - there were quick calls nothing major maybe 5 mins each. If I had had a friend with me I would have been talking in the same tone and volume. There was no bad language or inappropriate words or conversations.
And this old guy, maybe in his late 60's started tutting at me, it was clear he was annoyed.
So I asked if there was a problem. (while I was still on the phone to my Mum!) Very politely. And he went off at me. How he had paid to travel and speaking on the phone was this that and the other.
I explained (not as elequently as I would have liked looking back but I was flustered) that I held a season ticket and had paid full price to travel also and that this was not a quiet carriage (there is no such thing on this commuting train) that perhaps if he had a problem with my short conversations he should go on a train with a quiet carriage.
"Does it look like this train has a quiet carriage you stupid young girl?" he came out with.
I was so pisssed off. But I kept it polite but said that I was aware of that but perhaps if he had such a problem with my short calls he should should take an alternate form of transport in the future.
He was going off on one sayng you should make your business calls at your place of business. I said well not that its any of your business but these were short personal calls.
This guy in the seats across from me, stood up for me and was like "get off your high horse. Shes entitled to make any calls she wants. All the way if she wants".
My mum was like "ooh Kelda just call me when you're home. Dont rock the boat but I was like no. I am allowed to make calls as I want. I just have a rude man opposite me".
I did say to him at that point, "I'll be off the phone in a few minutes anyway". And he had the audacity to say "well make sure its only a few minutes"!
The other guy was like - "stay on that phone as long as you want" to me and 'You dont have the right to tell her that' to the old guy.
What an old dragon. That old guy REALLY annoyed me. GRRRRR!
The other guy got off the stop before me. And I said "thankyou very much" to him and he was like - "no problem - the guy is being uppity" right in front of him. I smirked the next 3 minutes from that station to mine when I got off!