Tube chat badges.

[Tashyboy]

For anyone that's travelled on the London ug. It's a bit like getting from A to B in a hearse. No eye contact, no talking, no pleasantries like good morning good afternoon etc etc. It is a painful journey. Most folks have there head stuck in there phones rating someone's shepards pie (which they took a photo of ) what they ate for dinner last night with 12 likes. Or rating there best pals primark blouse.
Anyway someone has come up with an idea that you can now wear a badge so you can talk to other like minded people who like the ancient art of communication that is called talking.
Thats not enough for some folk though, the miserable gits are moaning ( on social media) that no one has thought about " the rest of us " who have to listen to this idle chatter.
So let's get this right, since music was installed on mobile phones and ave had to listen to dr dre killing his Bessie mates dog with a stick of rhubarb. Or coz you have had your headphones in and been deaf to hearing someone say "excuse me I wanna get off the train". Your now upset coz someone wants to talk. Miserable sods.

Rant over am off for a bath.

 

[irip]

Tashy in the nicest possible way mate, your stark raving mad, bat crap crazy but you make me smile every time i read your posts.

I think the saying its a fine line between madness and genius was coined just for you, dont stop mate :thup:

 

[Tashyboy]

Tashy in the nicest possible way mate, your stark raving mad, bat crap crazy but you make me smile every time i read your posts.

I think the saying its a fine line between madness and genius was coined just for you, dont stop mate :thup:

Am alright now ave had me bath. Cleansed the body and mind. Breathe breathe.

 

[CheltenhamHacker]

Tashy, you might be a pleasant happy go lucky chap, but that means nothing to me. I don't want to hear you chatting to some random on the tube as I'm on my way to work. There is a reason it's quiet, that's the way the majority of people want it.

 

[louise_a]

My best friend, who is from Kent, has been living up here for 10 years and is still struggling to get used to the fact that random strangers will speak to her when she is out and about.

 

[Deleted member 18121]

I think if you travel on the tube during the day (ie not rush hour am or pm) then it is a bit more lively, normally due to it being full of tourists etc

But if you are there during rush hour I'd expect near on silence and tbh that's exactly how I want it. At 6am I have no interest in having a nice chat with someone.....same goes for on the way home, I've normally had a hectic day at the office and just want to get home in peace to see my family.

 

[Tashyboy]

I think the general idea is if you both have a badge, then you both can talk. If not you don't just talk to anyone coz you have a badge. Mentioned this to Missis T and she said she can remember the day we were on the tube and a bloke said " your from up North aren't you" Missis T said "yes, can you tell from our accents". He said "no, it's coz your talking.

 

[hors limite]

Bit of a tangent. As a young lad from up north in about 1970 I started work in the City. On my way to work on a crowded tube I stood up to offer my seat to a lady of a certain age - she looked at me as though I was off my rocker.

 

[guest100718]

2 blokes were talking about world of war craft on my train this morning... shut it.

 

[Rooter]

2 blokes were talking about world of war craft on my train this morning... shut it.

did they have beards and long coats on a warm day? i think i know the type...

 

[Deleted member 18121]

Bit of a tangent. As a young lad from up north in about 1970 I started work in the City. On my way to work on a crowded tube I stood up to offer my seat to a lady of a certain age - she looked at me as though I was off my rocker.

I don't think that's a north/south thing....there are just a lot of very arrogant, ignorant, self important people around these days.....the kind of people that are more than content to walk 3 or 4 abreast across the path at you and expect to get out of the way or be shoulder barged.

I think manners are becoming a long last art. But like I tell my son (who's 3) - manners cost nothing.

 

[guest100718]

did they have beards and long coats on a warm day? i think i know the type...

Yeah a couple of beardys

 

[Robster59]

I think this proves that there are some miserable, unsociable buggers down south.
I'm from North West England and now live in Glasgow. Chatting to anyone and everyone is just what people do in both these regions.
What I don't understand is people objecting to other people talking. Maybe it's the volume of talking that aggravates but to be annoyed at people being sociable baffles me.

 

[guest100718]

I think this proves that there are some miserable, unsociable buggers down south.
I'm from North West England and now live in Glasgow. Chatting to anyone and everyone is just what people do in both these regions.
What I don't understand is people objecting to other people talking. Maybe it's the volume of talking that aggravates but to be annoyed at people being sociable baffles me.

Its commuter ettiquette.....

 

[Deleted member 18121]

Its commuter ettiquette.....

Exactly. A lot of people want to spend their commute reading, working, sleeping etc

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Classic north / south divide. I remember my auntie, from Liverpool, being completely freaked out the first time she went on the tube. She was used to getting on a bus and chatting to the person sat next to you. Not on the tube. Miserable bunch. Be friendly, engage with fellow humans, smile.

 

[Alex1975]

Ummm, no talking on the tube please. It is for quiet contemplation and checking out hot woman.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Tashy.......I'm sending you a load of letter H's as they seem to be missing from your keyboard

HhHhHhHhHhHhHhHhHhHh

:rofl:

 

[Tashyboy]

Tashy.......I'm sending you a load of letter H's as they seem to be missing from your keyboard

HhHhHhHhHhHhHhHhHhHh

:rofl:

Cheers drive for show👍 😡 That's two used, sorry three, nope sorry four. Grrrrrrr.

 

[Robster59]

Its commuter ettiquette.....

Only for the miserable buggers. And show me where this etiquette is written down.