Antisocial behaviour on buses: Have we given up?

[bramling]

A not exactly small chunk of it comes from lazy parents who would rather play their kids Peppa Pig on a tablet and scroll their own phone than engage with them about the journey. This is going to breed a generation of absolutely awfully behaved adults, unfortunately. If you're not even willing to engage with your kids when travelling because your own phone is your priority, perhaps don't become a parent? Once you do, your kids are your everything.

The problem is it isn’t just kids that do it. Theres just as many adults who go round playing stuff out loud on their devices.

It’s so rare nowadays to see anyone actually looking out of the windows on trains, which is quite sad really.

 

[sabanda]

Had a mother and her son (14 ish) come into first class on a Waterloo-Weymouth train recently. After their tickets were checked, he proceeded to pull out a Bluetooth speaker and start blasting out a playlist which must have been deliberately put together to include the most obnoxious music ever composed. The mother tried in vain to get him to stop, pointing out that people were trying to work - his reply was that "they should move to the quiet carriage then". Luckily the guard had more success.

 

[Tetragon213]

Playing music loud on a bus is a very regular occurrence on a Birmingham bus. There are 2 going as i type this.

I can concur. It's especially grating when I'm trying to catch up on a bit of sleep en-route, and can hear that crap through my headphones.

Though on my route, the sound du jour is AI-slop videos stealing from AI-slop reddit non-stories.

 

[Hyebone]

Well, Classic is actually quite a good thing for calming down situations - many McDonald's restaurants use this in the evenings to reduce anti social behaviour. Maybe the buses should pipe this over the speakers?

Nothing like a bit of Mozart to calm me down in Rotherham Interchange... Does nowt!

I'd suggest sitting next to them and playing some Aqua or Vengaboys

Now that I can get behind. I'll add the likes of Steps and Girls Aloud for a laugh.

 

[BuhSnarf]

Nothing like a bit of Mozart to calm me down in Rotherham Interchange... Does nowt!

My local one in Leicester has had it for a number of years but looks like more have also done it recently with a recent article from the BBC. I did note whilst Googling that it's also common place in McDonalds all over the world too.

Classical music helps cut Chesterfield McDonald's trouble

Police say playing the likes of Mozart and Bach had a role in helping cut calls to the control room.

www.bbc.co.uk

But apparently other companies have done similar, so it must have some effect!

London Underground (Transport for London): 2003–2007 test run playing classical music in select tube stations, officials reported significant drops: robberies fell by 33%, vandalism dropped by 37%, and verbal assaults on staff decreased by 25%.

Northern Rail: The rail operator reported that piping classical music (inspired by Handel, Beethoven, and Mozart) across 48 locations in Northern England led to a decrease in large groups loitering and improved customer safety perceptions.

 

[Hyebone]

I did note whilst Googling that it's also common place in McDonalds all over the world too.

Shoutout to my local! Antisocial behaviour is awful in the town centre. Me and my fellow nerds play Pokemon GO in town on a weekday evening, we see it all.

All I can say is at least the Surron riders aren't getting on buses!

 

[Jimini]

But apparently other companies have done similar, so it must have some effect!

London Underground (Transport for London): 2003–2007 test run playing classical music in select tube stations, officials reported significant drops: robberies fell by 33%, vandalism dropped by 37%, and verbal assaults on staff decreased by 25%.

Pretty sure it was first trialled at West Croydon bus station back in the early 2000s. Remember noticing the difference on my old daily commute through that neck of the woods! 2002 maybe?

 

[Cdd89]

I've had it suggested that one way to get them to pack it in is to sit next to them and put Classic FM on full volume, then agree to turn yours off if they turn theirs off. I'm too well behaved for that though

When I used to drive, I used to blast Radio 3 when stopped next to people blasting rap/drum n bass/techno music with the windows down.

It was often foiled by the fact that Radio 3 spends most of its time broadcasting silence.