Rude Passengers

[the_traveler]

Maybe amtrak should set up a swear jar for extra money. They could buy new rolling stock off that guy LOL

... and maybe eliminate the need for subsidies!

 

[Tumbleweed]

We were on the Northbound SM in February....a young man with his pants worn very low was challenged by the Conductor.....he was told he had three choices.....

1. Pull your pants up so I can't see your butt crack.

2. Pull your shirt down so I can't see your butt crack.

3. Get off my train.

The guy started giving him some lip......we were delayed about an hour waiting for the police at an unscheduled stop. The guy was not seen again.

 

[the_traveler]

Or his butt crack?

 

[BLOND37]

what i love and happens at least once a trip (LOL).. in the QC.. someone blah blah on phone or to another passenger.. someone near them will quietly get their attention and point at the QC sign..

 

[amamba]

We were on the Northbound SM in February....a young man with his pants worn very low was challenged by the Conductor.....he was told he had three choices.....

1. Pull your pants up so I can't see your butt crack.

2. Pull your shirt down so I can't see your butt crack.

3. Get off my train.

The guy started giving him some lip......we were delayed about an hour waiting for the police at an unscheduled stop. The guy was not seen again.

Was it really worth delaying an entire train of pax over low hanging pants? That seems a little crazy to me.

 

[TVRM610]

We were on the Northbound SM in February....a young man with his pants worn very low was challenged by the Conductor.....he was told he had three choices.....

1. Pull your pants up so I can't see your butt crack.

2. Pull your shirt down so I can't see your butt crack.

3. Get off my train.

The guy started giving him some lip......we were delayed about an hour waiting for the police at an unscheduled stop. The guy was not seen again.

Was it really worth delaying an entire train of pax over low hanging pants? That seems a little crazy to me.

Agreed. Something similar happened last time I rode the Crescent, during the layover in ATL, one of the passengers was upset with the "assigned seating policy" and the Conductor told him if he didn't sit down and be quiet she would have him taken off the train. He wouldn't, so she had Atlanta police come to the station and escort him off. Now honestly, the guy was being disrespectful and causing a bit of a scene but I still think it was a bit of a power play. In our case I don't think it delayed us since they were having trouble with one of the locomotives anyway, but if we had waited just for that I would have been quite annoyed.

 

[amtrakwolverine]

what i love and happens at least once a trip (LOL).. in the QC.. someone blah blah on phone or to another passenger.. someone near them will quietly get their attention and point at the QC sign..

But does it work LOL

 

[DET63]

We were on the Northbound SM in February....a young man with his pants worn very low was challenged by the Conductor.....he was told he had three choices.....

1. Pull your pants up so I can't see your butt crack.

2. Pull your shirt down so I can't see your butt crack.

3. Get off my train.

The guy started giving him some lip......we were delayed about an hour waiting for the police at an unscheduled stop. The guy was not seen again.

Was it really worth delaying an entire train of pax over low hanging pants? That seems a little crazy to me.

Something that Mr. Baggy Pants was probably counting on. It appears he counted wrong.

 

[RailFanLNK]

I like your style Hadley! One of the reasons I'm really beginning to dislike coach is the non-stop yapping on the cellphone in a volume that is twice as loud as a regular converstation. Last trip I took on the Zephyr we boarded at 3:30am and listened to a dumb *** talk on his phone from LNK to OMA. About 80 minutes worth at 4am with absolutely no regard that the full coach was all trying to sleep. Coming back from CHI on our honeymoon listened to a guy non-stop from CHI-Ottumwa talk like he was "so in love" with "baby, baby" and "I'm gonna kiss my phone now and pretend its your lips" kinda crap for 5 hours. I was ready to vomit but remembered I was on a train and not a plane so had no vomit bag handy. :angry2: If I speak on my cellphone its in a very quiet tone and I try to find a place where I'm not disturbing anyone. I doubt the obnoxious guy lost money due to his secretary, its just probably an ass that loves to be "in control".

 

[Ispolkom]

I like your style Hadley! One of the reasons I'm really beginning to dislike coach is the non-stop yapping on the cellphone in a volume that is twice as loud as a regular converstation.

Well said, and I also applaud Hadley. I cannot tell how many times I've been woken in coach on #8 by idiots on their cellphone at the crack of dawn telling their interlocutors that 1) they're on the train, 2) no, they don't know where they are (Ramsey, usually), and 3) no, they don't know when they will arrive in Minneapolis (the train doesn't stop in Minneapolis). Why did you call then, idiot? It's enough to drive me to a roomette when I think coach will be busy.

Was it really worth delaying an entire train of pax over low hanging pants? That seems a little crazy to me.

You have to draw the line somewhere, otherwise really bad things will happen, like people wearing white shoes after Labor Day.

 

[had8ley]

I never went to Georgetown School of Foreign Service to learn how to be a diplomat but...the other day I was on # 20 and a booming voice permeated the H room. I walked down the hall and in room 6 is an obvious Brooklyn accented slob tearing his secretary up on his cell phone with almost all four letter words. All the other roomette occupants had shut their doors~ one even stuffed pillows and blankets against the door and window. I interupted this monster, of course his door was wide open, and told him we were getting ready to go through a tunnel and he would lose reception. After scolding his gal he hung up. There was no tunnel, but how would my fellow posters have handled this joker ??? hboy:

I would have told him his mother was in the next room with a bar of soap which she is going to use to wash out his mouth.

Sorry...but this clown was a Joe Palooka who probably ate barbed wire for breakfast. He probably ran his mother off years ago with his dastardly behavior. I don't know if the Devil himself would have given him a shovel to keep the fires going.I had one thing in my favor~ he had to get up to get to me and I probably could have run the length of the train before he did so; but then it would have been "throw Hadley from the train" !!! :help:

 

[BLOND37]

what i love and happens at least once a trip (LOL).. in the QC.. someone blah blah on phone or to another passenger.. someone near them will quietly get their attention and point at the QC sign..

But does it work LOL

well no.. lol.. my last trip -prolly that happened, didnt work, cuz the conductor dude or whatever got on the PA system and made a polite but stern announcement..

 

[Peter KG6LSE]

Iam going to vent for a few here

,,

jamming is ILLEGAL.. as a Ham operator a EET and a emergency service officer Its so stupid to jam and its a crime that I wish was life in prison for .

simple . I work for the CAP and I am required to carry my phone If I am on duty .

My job is to take direct phone calls from the air force rescue coordination center AFRCC and dispatch CAP teams to a incendent .

And Yes I have done my duty from a train .

I have a VZ and have had no dead zones where I was on the CZ so it was OK for me to do my duty that day ..

If my phone is not active I can't take calls and yes for 24H at a time the ENTIRE state of CA depends on me doing my job !

I have only 30M to find some one to take the mission .

and those missions include missing commercial jets . wild fires and DHS stuff .

I am very passionate on this as I had someone almost DIE in my arms many years ago cause My ham set was jammed by a pissed off Ex ham that lost his call ..."LID".

I have bean asked as a EET to make jammers and I refuse as its a professional obligation to do no harm with the knowledge I have gained .

Say that little jammer blocks a needed EMS phone call the person who owns it is LIABLE for the DEATH of a person(s) !!!

and because trains often go by roads and other modes of transportation you could jam a town near by and cause a issue there.

end of vent ..'

AMTRAK has a really easy way to stop cellphones and is simple and legal

is called a Faraday cage.

you can get RF proof windows and doors and a train is a tin can anyways . it would be easy to make a RF tight train car .

 

[lepearso]

I had an interesting experience on the City of New Orleans in '09. Going northbound in coach, I had to listen to a young punk talking on his cellphone. For about 15 minutes he told the other party that he was going to kick his @$$ when he got to Chicago. He said it over and over and over again. The conductor approached him and told him to end the conversation immediately or he would be removed from the train. He hung up and was quiet the rest of the night. The next day, on the southbound City of New Orleans, I was in the sleeper and overheard a man down the hall cursing his wife by calling her every name in the book. After five minutes of hearing this I went looking for the conductor. When I found him, another passenger was already telling him about the problem. He went down the hall with the sleeping car attendant and told the man that he would be taken off the train if he didn't clean up his language. The sleeping car attendant went room to room and apologized to the other passengers. The rest of the trip went smoothly and without incident. I thought both incidents were handled properly!

 

[tp49]

One of the few things I like about flying is that people can't talk on their cellphones during the flight.

 

[Ryan]

Iam going to vent for a few here

,,

jamming is ILLEGAL..

Try raging against something that people have actually advocated.

 

[rrdude]

One of the few things I like about flying is that people can't talk on their cellphones during the flight.

Domestically that is, it is my understanding that it is "just a matter of time" B4 cell phone usage will be allowed on US Carriers.

 

[amtrakwolverine]

Some cellphones seam to have a option that says airplane mode. Not sure what that does but mine has that.

 

[me_little_me]

Some cellphones seam to have a option that says airplane mode. Not sure what that does but mine has that.

It disables the transmission so you can use your cell phone to play games, look at pictures or anything that does not require external communication.

 

[rrdude]

Some cellphones seam to have a option that says airplane mode. Not sure what that does but mine has that.

My iPhone's "airplane mode" allows me to talk to the pilot and Air Traffic Controllers. I got them to swoop down and shadow the CZ from about 1,000 feet above last time I flew to Cali........ I'll post pics someday.

 

[JayPea]

I'm sure I'm hypersensitive to people who yap incessantly on their cell phones, mainly because I'm probably one of the few persons left on this planet who doesn't own one and don't want to. When I go on a trip somewhere, I want to get away from the blasted phone! And I know this is unfair on my part, but whenever I hear someone yakking away at the top of their lungs, I immediately assume that person thinks they're better than anyone else and are carrying on a conversation for show, just to let everyone around them know how important they are. Silly of me, I know, so that's why I admitted it right off the bat.

I remember one time in particular, I had boarded the Empire Builder in Spokane at 2AM or so, and the coach car was all abuzz about how rotten the coach attendant was. One obnoxious passenger proceeded to call her family in Grand Forks, ND, and griped and bitched and moaned and bellyached about him for what seemed like the entire length of the trip to Seattle (she actually got off in Everett, but I swear I could still hear her all the way to Seattle! :lol: ) She was at full volume, of course, and making worse, she was a chain smoker, and her voice made it sound like she was gargling with ground glass. Add to that her smoker's cough, right in my ear as she was seated one row from me. Needless to say, I didn't get much rest on the way to Seattle. I'm not sure the reason for her to call; the folks in Grand Forks could do nothing about a lousy car attendant.

I don't at all mind cell phone conversations as long as they are not carried on full volume, especially at night when trying to sleep. A little consideration goes a long way.

 

[the_traveler]

And I know this is unfair on my part, but whenever I hear someone yakking away at the top of their lungs, I immediately assume that person thinks they're better than anyone else

I am!

 

[oldtimer]

Some cellphones seam to have a option that says airplane mode. Not sure what that does but mine has that.

My iPhone's "airplane mode" allows me to talk to the pilot and Air Traffic Controllers. I got them to swoop down and shadow the CZ from about 1,000 feet above last time I flew to Cali........ I'll post pics someday.

To get them to do that you first have to wake them up!

hboy: :help: :blush:

 

[the_traveler]

Some cellphones seam to have a option that says airplane mode. Not sure what that does but mine has that.

My iPhone's "airplane mode" allows me to talk to the pilot and Air Traffic Controllers. I got them to swoop down and shadow the CZ from about 1,000 feet above last time I flew to Cali........ I'll post pics someday.

I hope it wasn't over Glenwood Canyon!

That's just pressing your luck!

 

[amtrakwolverine]

Some cellphones seam to have a option that says airplane mode. Not sure what that does but mine has that.

My iPhone's "airplane mode" allows me to talk to the pilot and Air Traffic Controllers. I got them to swoop down and shadow the CZ from about 1,000 feet above last time I flew to Cali........ I'll post pics someday.

Did you get pictures of the top secret pent house sweet that is only rumored to exist? h34r: h34r: