Keith Anderson wrote:
> On Fri, 9 May 2008 12:53:06 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne,
> _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> >Tim C. wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 8 May 2008 07:58:05 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.ukDavid Horne, _the_
> >> chancellor wrote:
> >>
> >> > And being disturbed by another driver tanking it past you. Yup.
> >>
> >> The motoring equivalent of the twat sitting next to you in the train with
> >> his/her PC/MAC beeping all the bloody time. or the tss tsst tss of music
> >> from walkman headphones.
> >
> >The quiet coaches here are generally fine. I usually sit in them.
>
> One amongst many plus point about living in Germany is mobile phone
> etiquette. Every now and again there are the shouters**, but by and
> large people seem far more considerate in terms of phone use in public
> places. I noticed the difference on a trip to the UK late March/early
> April this year - back to the Land of the Loud-Mouthed.
You're probably right but people being loud with mobile phones here is
not as bad on trains (in regular 'non quiet coaches) as it used to be.
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