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Pet Peeves
CellarDweller:
there's so many different ways to donate things, there's less and less that needs to be thrown away.
Jeff Wrangler:
Two pet peeves, both related to train travel.
The first is people who talk loudly into their phones so that half the car can hear them. I once learned far more than necessary about the relationship between some guy sitting directly behind me and his girlfriend. Then there was the entitled young woman (overweight, very short haircut, hair dyed green and purple) who boarded the train in Lancaster (as did I, of course). She sat two rows in front of me across the aisle and carried on a very loud conversation into her phone. Finally I flagged down a conductor and asked him to ask her if she could keep it down. He did, she replied, "Sure," then went right on talking just as loudly as before.
As for the second, I suppose everyone knows how passenger cars are laid out--two seats together on both sides of the car, with an aisle down the center. What might not be known is that Amtrak cars have a power outlet in the car wall at each set of seats. Yesterday for about half the ride home, I was by myself, seated in the window seat. Then some entitled Gen-whatever took the aisle seat, opened her laptop, and reached right across me to plug in the power cord. "Sorry," she said, "I have to charge this." I kept my cool and merely said that I was getting out at Philadelphia (the train ran through to New York City), and would she like to change seats so she would be right next to the outlet? I did, however, say that I didn't like the cord across my legs. She just said, "Oh, thank you," and we changed seats. This is not the first time this has happened.
southendmd:
Amtrak's quiet car is a wonderful thing, but I suppose it's only on Acela, not on the regional trains.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 12, 2024, 05:29:15 pm ---Two pet peeves, both related to train travel.
The first is people who talk loudly into their phones so that half the car can hear them. I once learned far more than necessary about the relationship between some guy sitting directly behind me and his girlfriend. Then there was the entitled young woman (overweight, very short haircut, hair dyed green and purple) who boarded the train in Lancaster (as did I, of course). She sat two rows in front of me across the aisle and carried on a very loud conversation into her phone. Finally I flagged down a conductor and asked him to ask her if she could keep it down. He did, she replied, "Sure," then went right on talking just as loudly as before.
As for the second, I suppose everyone knows how passenger cars are laid out--two seats together on both sides of the car, with an aisle down the center. What might not be known is that Amtrak cars have a power outlet in the car wall at each set of seats. Yesterday for about half the ride home, I was by myself, seated in the window seat. Then some entitled Gen-whatever took the aisle seat, opened her laptop, and reached right across me to plug in the power cord. "Sorry," she said, "I have to charge this." I kept my cool and merely said that I was getting out at Philadelphia (the train ran through to New York City), and would she like to change seats so she would be right next to the outlet? I did, however, say that I didn't like the cord across my legs. She just said, "Oh, thank you," and we changed seats. This is not the first time this has happened.
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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: southendmd on January 12, 2024, 06:17:21 pm ---Amtrak's quiet car is a wonderful thing, but I suppose it's only on Acela, not on the regional trains.
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They also have them on the Keystone trains that run back and forth between Harrisburg and New York City. I suppose they also have them on all the Northeast Corridor trains.
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