Loud Woman Kicked Off Train

[MA-Caver]

Wed May 18, 10:01 am ET Loud cell-phone talker removed from quiet car by police


A woman who was escorted off an Amtrak train by police last weekend after she allegedly refused to stop talking loudly on her cell-phone has the Internet cheering her fate.
Civilians and quiet-car champions are supporting her ejection for violating policy at high volume during the 16-hour journey. It doesn't help her cause that she became belligerent when confronted about it by one of her fellow passengers.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelo...phone-talker-removed-from-quiet-car-by-police

It's one thing to be yapping on the cell phone with a family/friend and annoying others besides you... but for 16 hours? I wonder if they got it right? I mean she sat there for 16 hours without getting up, going to the bathroom?
Either way loud yakky people are annoying and they do need to be told to STFU sometimes. Funny thing is that she said that SHE was being wronged.

KOMO News reports that Lakeysha Beard says she felt "disrespected" by the incident, though passengers said it was Beard who was being rude by refusing to stop yapping while sitting in one of the train's designated quiet cars.

When asked to be quiet she got belligerent or "aggressive" as the article states

I think a easier solution would be a device that knocks out cell phone reception in those cars alone... you want to chat ? then leave the car and go to where you can get reception. Otherwise just like in the theaters and other quiet places... turn the damned thing off and just... relax for a while.

 

[granfire]

lol, I read that this morning...and I, too was struck by the 16 hour talk marathon...she must have awesome batteries in that cellphone of hers!

(and no, those cell phone addicts take the conversation to the john with them...however pleasant the thought is for the other side....)

Yep, I think the tide is turning and people wish for better manners in public again...
(I wonder if she told complaining passengers that her conversating was private...)

 

[Flying Crane]

(and no, those cell phone addicts take the conversation to the john with them...however pleasant the thought is for the other side....)

Whenever I'm in a public restroom and someone is in there talking on their cell phone, I always make sure to flush a couple times.

 

[Bob Hubbard]

Cops Remove Nonstop Cellphone Talker From Amtrak

(Pretend phone is vibrating and answer it) Hello? Hello? I can't hear you. (Louder) I can't hear you - some ******* is shouting on his cell phone on the train and it's too loud to hear you. I said some *******...what does he/she look like? (Look at offender closely and describe him/her into your phone, again loudly). Yes, he/she does look like an (expletive)."
People laugh, the talker is shamed. Win/Win.

 

[LuckyKBoxer]

well they said her cellphone was not a superphone, she was using the trains phone charging stations to stay charged.
Also the car was a "Quiet Car" which is specifically designed to not have that kind of nonsense.
I have never been on a long distance train ride, or in a quiet car, so I am not exactly sure of the situation, but I would think that Quiet is there for a reason.

 

[Omar B]

I saw that yesterday and found it pretty funny.

I've been on a long train ride, from NY to Toronto with my dad for fun. Quite liked it, not as cramped as one would assume. But I can see how in a confined car, like any confining space, would be annoying.

I remember when they just introduced the quite car and it was a big deal for the NY to DC morning commuters.

 

[stone_dragone]

Rant....

Slap the ***** (hard) and tell her to get off the damn train (and the twinkies and ho-hos while she's at it).

[edit] Rest of the rant was incompatible with good order and discipline

Rant complete. Thank you for your time.

 

[sfs982000]

There is something that is just so hilarious about this whole thing. Unfortunately I smell a lawsuit coming.

 

[Ken Morgan]

No different then smoking in a non-smoking area to me. If you wish to use this car, these are the rules, if you don't agree with the rules, don't use the bloody car then.

 

[Bill Mattocks]

Whenever I'm in a public restroom and someone is in there talking on their cell phone, I always make sure to flush a couple times.

I do more than that. Just sayin'...

 

[WC_lun]

I wonder why it is so very hard for some people to understand rules are for everyone, not everyone else. In this case a quiet car means, well quiet. Can't be quiet then get your butt out of the car.

 

[granfire]

I wonder why it is so very hard for some people to understand rules are for everyone, not everyone else. In this case a quiet car means, well quiet. Can't be quiet then get your butt out of the car.

But you are you....

and other people, some, a select few....think the rules are for them that other people....and what better place to have a nice phone conversation than in a otherwise quiet room....

(I am with you though....)

 

[Carol]

well they said her cellphone was not a superphone, she was using the trains phone charging stations to stay charged.
Also the car was a "Quiet Car" which is specifically designed to not have that kind of nonsense.
I have never been on a long distance train ride, or in a quiet car, so I am not exactly sure of the situation, but I would think that Quiet is there for a reason.

Yup. The "Quiet Car" is a no-cell-phone car. Its marked as such.

Amtrak provides power outlets and wifi for their riders, plus a train ride doesn't have the low-oxygen environment of a plane. During the business day it isn't unusual to see people doing business from their seat (laptop in front of them, cell phone in hand) just as they would in the office. The Quiet Cars were designed for people that want to get away from the chatter.

It doesn't mean a person in a quiet car is cut off from their cell -- all they have to do is walk to a place where cell phone use is permitted, such as the dining car.

 

[Kenpo Missle 47]

people always find something to complain about now in days and will even make stuff up to get you to stop what you doing ? drama drama drama

 

[Flying Crane]

I do more than that. Just sayin'...

it's implied.

 

[MA-Caver]

It doesn't mean a person in a quiet car is cut off from their cell -- all they have to do is walk to a place where cell phone use is permitted, such as the dining car.

Yeah true but some people like to eat in peace too ya know? heh.

 

[David43515]

I think a easier solution would be a device that knocks out cell phone reception in those cars alone... you want to chat ? then leave the car and go to where you can get reception. Otherwise just like in the theaters and other quiet places... turn the damned thing off and just... relax for a while.

I seem to recall reading last year about a couple of churches in California that had installed cellphone jammers that had a range of about 60 feet each, effectively creating a dead space in the chapel where you couldn`d get a signal. Seemed like a great idea, and it`s private property after all, right? Wrong. The FCC came down on them like a ton of bricks. Jamming radio frequencies is apparently a federal offense that they get very, very upset about. I can`t recall if the fines were waived when they removed the jammers or not.

 

[sfs982000]

i do more than that. Just sayin'...

lol