The 41 Most Annoying Things About Train Travel
1. ringing mobiles, all the while, with polytones more annoying than a summer song on a loop.
two. The volume of people's voices , which is automatically and exaggeratedly amplified upon reaching the wagon.
3 . Inevitably, we find out conversations that do not interest us at all . (No ma'am, I don't care that she left her new coat on top of the dresser she has next to her bed and that her husband didn't want to bring it to the station this morning).
Four. Those who spend the whole trip snorting because they are annoyed by the polytone of mobile phones and people who talk loudly, but don't say so, they just snort . That is also annoying.
5. The silence , which does not exist, not even in the silence car (created to put people who snort).
There are people who really want to talk.
6. The audio from your seat it almost never works.
7. And if it works, you can only tune in to the piped music channel . When you arrive at your destination you will know all the hits of the summer by heart or you will be an expert in classical music. There are no more options.
8. Headphones to listen to the movie could not be more uncomfortable. The best thing is that after an hour and a half you have gotten used to the sensation of pain in your ears. The worst, when you have to take them off; you'd rather rip your ear off entirely, including the earpiece.
9. that above the movie sucks.
10. Or even worse: animated , but from before; if they were from Pixar or Dreamworks there would be no complaint.
eleven. yes it's the same movie that you will have to swallow on the return trip.
Silence on the train does not exist.
12 . Seat headrests are never at head height. After two hours, the stiff neck is insured.
13. That we have to share armrest.
14 . And that with luck, because most of the time the one next to you leans before you and he acquires it by right until the end of the journey. And he is already.
fifteen. Your seat pan is always broken or is released every time the one in front moves. The sustaco it gives you is not for the faint of heart.
16 . The space between seats is so close that for not losing posture you don't even get up to go to the bathroom.
17. Almost better, because after several hours, the hygiene of the WC begins to shine by its absence.
The lack of space...
18. There are seats that are so used that they do more noises that an old bed . Even without moving.
19. That there are people who want to talk already from the queue to do the chek-in at the station.
twenty. Yes, coincidentally one of them will be the one who sits next to you on the train and he will spend the whole little trip talking nonstop.
twenty-one. Being next to parents who pass their child , that she hasn't stopped crying and/or screaming since she got on. Poor thing, it's not his fault. But neither do you.
22. That the children shout inconsolably I want it! I love you! I love you! every time the food cart passes by and the parents don't even blink -if they knew what you want...-.
23. That there is no coverage.
24 . That your battery runs out for trying to find coverage.
25. Then, you look like a madman for the plug of your seat to charge the mobile and you realize that there is no…
In summer, it is better to bundle up.
26. Having to lock yourself in the bathroom to charge the mobile and hide by pulling the chain several times.
27. Since you're here, you take the opportunity to do 'your things' but you can't, because the height of the water is not designed for people like you , short, and balancing when your underwear is around your ankles has never been your thing.
28. Passengers taking off their shoes. There is no need to insist on this point.
29. Those who take the opportunity to cut their nails. Why do it at home, in private, with all the free time they're going to have on the train?
30. The ones that are ultra scented ; they may not know that strong odors never got along with closed places.
31. And less in winter, with heating regulated in degrees Fahrenheit inside the wagon.
There are passengers who are super perfumed.
32. Air conditioning in summer: t I am sure that if you don't wrap up warm enough for a snowy day, you will get off the train with a bad cold. Even if it's August.
33. the food cart / drink / press / every time you walk down the aisle. If you fall asleep, try not to invade this space or you will run the risk of waking up without an arm, a foot or a head (the good thing, that you get rid of the torticollis caused by the headrest).
3. 4. It face what is food on board.
35 . If it were cheaper, many tupperware would be avoided, like the one in breaded steaks and fried peppers that takes out the one in the next seat -why are there people who think that a train trip is like a day at the pool?-.
36. It expensive that is the drink.
37 . still always the beer runs out in the cafeteria car.
38. And when you go back to your seat you do not clarify with the system of opening and closing doors between wagons. Who has invented them? Do you want to test our patience? Ah, but isn't all of the above enough?
Travel to Darjeeling
39. People who prepare in advance and he goes out to the hall with his suitcase 30 minutes before arriving at the station, as if they were afraid they were going to be locked up there.
40. The rest of the car follows by inertia, which generates an endless queue of people, suitcases and packages without owner or control.
41. That wouldn't happen if they remembered that doors take forever to open when arriving at the station; no, we are not at the airport nor are we waiting for the finger. But that doesn't matter.
Follow @\_noeliasantos
*You may also be interested in...
- 44 things to do to not get bored on long journeys - 30 signs for which you should go on a trip - 37 types of travelers that you will meet in airports and airplanes - All humorous articles