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aspierail

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Whenever i get on a train most passengers are miserable i can understand if its delayed but if the trains are on time they are still miserable and i feel they need to get on with it as the rail services in this country is to a good standard
 
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davelew99

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I think that sums up people in britain in general!

Most people i see every day won't smile and always look quite miserable.

So what i do, is smile at everyone, when one person smiles back it immediately brightens my day :)
 

Bungle73

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Just because they're not smiling it doesn't mean they're miserable. Some of us don't like to go around with a silly grin on our faces all day.
 

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At least for me, I tend to get delayed or have a train cancelled whenever I go anywhere on the train - so that would be why I tend to look miserable when travelling.
 

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I think it's wrong to assume that everyone is automatically miserable just because they aren't grinning like maniacs. Personally I'm often quite happily enjoying my music/newspaper without a smile in sight - unless I read something amusing :)
 

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It is better to be quiet, thoughtful and peaceful, and be thought miserable than to be boisterous and noisy and make others miserable.
 

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I think it's wrong to assume that everyone is automatically miserable just because they aren't grinning like maniacs. Personally I'm often quite happily enjoying my music/newspaper without a smile in sight - unless I read something amusing :)

Agreed.

To be fair, I look really miserable in my railcard photo. So much so a guard actually told me this the other day - had to laugh at that one! :lol:
 

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Smiling can get you funny looks. I used to listen to a lot of podcasts, and it wasn't unknown for me to get to the point where I was shaking from the effort of stifling a loud guffaw.
 

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I feel like a prat when smiling but try and look as happy as I possibly can without smiling if you get what I mean. However I really don't see the point in smiling as it just gets me bad looks from others.
 

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No bloody wonder - you catch the same, overcrowded, sweaty & late train every day of the week and that should answer your question. Trains are a pain in the arse.
 

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My childrate bus pass for ages 12-15 had me with my eyes closed! :shock:

I've never had my eyes closed on a photocard but I always look a bit dazed - alas, I'm not very photogenic (unlike the EPB on my avatar :D)
 

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The majority of other passengers I encounter are generally miserable folk - I travel peak and off peak, some weekends, its worse when travelling out of Manchester Piccadilly at peak hours when there's delays.! People in the morning always seem knackered, when I accidentally pulled my earphones out my computer and 2 seconds of loud music were heard, the guy next to me almost $h!t himself, I had expected to be berate loudly. I was also the victim of being on 2 car EMT from Chinley to Warrington on Monday, 0803 service was short formed 2 car short! I just got on and squeezed myself down the aisle, when I still could barely move my feet at Manchester Picc, I was asked to move by passengers, despite the fact unless I spantaneously combusted on the spot, I couldn't move anywhere!

People in the evening just want to get home without delays and late platform changes. Last week when I kindly explained to a woman complaining at some random guy in a Northern Rail jacket about delays and not getting the correct response, what the actual delay was (signalling problems down at Hunts X last Thursday) she tutted and said they just make it up!

Commuters are a miserable bunch, for the crime of sitting in an empty luggage rack on a 156 this evening (no seats and I wanted to be out of the aisle) I was stared at by about 20 people for the 15 minutes I was there, one guy shaking his head.
 

Prodigy

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I just try and keep my head down, I don't wanna be miserable but the sight off other people being angry/miserable with everything makes me ****ed off.
 

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Commuters are a miserable bunch, for the crime of sitting in an empty luggage rack on a 156 this evening (no seats and I wanted to be out of the aisle) I was stared at by about 20 people for the 15 minutes I was there, one guy shaking his head.

Seems like an effective use of space to me ! They should have been happy you were out of the way rather than hovering over them in the isle.
 

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In Britain we tend to moan and gripe - in situations which in other countries would have people setting fire to the trains and storming the TOC head offices!
 

Chapeltom

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Seems like an effective use of space to me ! They should have been happy you were out of the way rather than hovering over them in the isle.

Not to mention the fact in the join between the 2 carriages there was a flow of water coming from the roof and anyone stood near the doors was getting wet!
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In Britain we tend to moan and gripe - in situations which in other countries would have people setting fire to the trains and storming the TOC head offices!

That's a nice way of describing France :lol:
 

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What about those signs that say "Smile: You're on Camera!"? Does that mean half of the passengers are disobeying the TOCs' direct instructions? :lol:
 

jamesr

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Come on... for most people, catching the train to work and back is a necessary evil, not an enjoyable part of their day. Members of this forum spend a lot of time discussing the joys of travelling to Mallaig, or Pwllheli, and back (and rightly so), but could anyone honestly enjoy the travel from Harpenden, or Chertsey, or wherever, into the City and back? I don't see it...
 
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