1/n I’m on a long train trip again!
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@anna safe travels! Hope the journey improves
@ravenlb Thanks!
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3/n Train manager: "In a few minutes we will arrive in Arnhem. Special announcement to all the pickpockets in my train: please get off my train here, without anything extra."
4/n Of course the couple in front of me and the man behind me are yapping to each other and their phone. Consequently, I've now had Stuck In The Middle With You stuck in my head for the last 30 minutes or so.
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4/n Of course the couple in front of me and the man behind me are yapping to each other and their phone. Consequently, I've now had Stuck In The Middle With You stuck in my head for the last 30 minutes or so.
@anna This is a nice version of that song!
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@anna This is a nice version of that song!
@anna They did a live rendition in London as well.
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1/n I’m on a long train trip again! I’m almost out of data, and have a ton of work to do, but will try to share interesting updates if they arise.
Before the internet starts mansplaining trains again:
- yes, I’m aware of the existence of quiet cars,
- yes, I book my seats in advance, and in those quiet cars if available,
- yes, I know that I can book 1st class tickets and do so depending on availability and other factors.In fact, I’ve been on my train for only 30 minutes and am already regretting paying an extra 20 € for first class. One of the passengers here is exceptionally disgusting, he’s sitting opposite of me, and it’s busy enough that I cannot really move.
@anna some people do make you wonder if humanity has evolved and share your struggle with people's behaviours on trains... had to listen to the ins and outs of football for two hours or so whilst enduring a long journey the other day. Hope your day gets better.
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4/n Of course the couple in front of me and the man behind me are yapping to each other and their phone. Consequently, I've now had Stuck In The Middle With You stuck in my head for the last 30 minutes or so.
5/n The guy next to me just told the phone-calling guy behind me to respect the quiet zone. I think we have an early contender for the award of Ideal Fellow Traveller today!
#DeutscheBahn #QuietZone #RuheBereich #LatourOnTour #Travelogue #Trains
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@wnd I normally do that whenever I walked out of the station! Despite having had a small collaboration with ProRail through work, I've never been inside that building.
This is clearly a grave injustice that must be rectified, so if anybody at ProRail is reading along: please reach out so we can explore collaborations!
@anna I have had the pleasure of a guided tour, eaten edam toasties in the canteen and admired the bat dropping under the bell-towers. The joys of European rail data regulation events.
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5/n The guy next to me just told the phone-calling guy behind me to respect the quiet zone. I think we have an early contender for the award of Ideal Fellow Traveller today!
#DeutscheBahn #QuietZone #RuheBereich #LatourOnTour #Travelogue #Trains
6/n In a tragic turn of events, the guy next to me just lost his lead in the Ideal Fellow Traveller competition by making a phone call
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@venite I've got some bad news:
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@venite I've got some bad news:
@anna BETRAYAL
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6/n In a tragic turn of events, the guy next to me just lost his lead in the Ideal Fellow Traveller competition by making a phone call
️ 7/n My next connecting will be in about 2 hours. Just noticed that my connecting train is delayed by 15 minutes. I only have 12 minutes for the connection after that. Will I get Deutsche-Bahned? Place your bets now.
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@anna They did a live rendition in London as well.
@ElBeeToots Nice! Thanks for sharing!
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1/n I’m on a long train trip again! I’m almost out of data, and have a ton of work to do, but will try to share interesting updates if they arise.
Before the internet starts mansplaining trains again:
- yes, I’m aware of the existence of quiet cars,
- yes, I book my seats in advance, and in those quiet cars if available,
- yes, I know that I can book 1st class tickets and do so depending on availability and other factors.In fact, I’ve been on my train for only 30 minutes and am already regretting paying an extra 20 € for first class. One of the passengers here is exceptionally disgusting, he’s sitting opposite of me, and it’s busy enough that I cannot really move.
@anna Risking being a mansplainer to give a recommendation: (Active) noise cancelling headphones made public transport a lot more enojoyable for me. Just having a podcast or some music (doesn't need to be loud or anything) together with the ANC removes the basically all environmental noise. Also very nice for other situation with potentially many people or annoying background music like e.g. grocery shopping. If you've never tried that, I highly encourage you to give it a try. And sorry if that is obvious to you/has been recommended many times before. Just trying to be helpful
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7/n My next connecting will be in about 2 hours. Just noticed that my connecting train is delayed by 15 minutes. I only have 12 minutes for the connection after that. Will I get Deutsche-Bahned? Place your bets now.
8/n One man making a conference call, two other men yapping at each other, guy next to me on his fourth phone call. Sad to report that silence is too much to ask of a 1st class quiet zone.
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1/n I’m on a long train trip again! I’m almost out of data, and have a ton of work to do, but will try to share interesting updates if they arise.
Before the internet starts mansplaining trains again:
- yes, I’m aware of the existence of quiet cars,
- yes, I book my seats in advance, and in those quiet cars if available,
- yes, I know that I can book 1st class tickets and do so depending on availability and other factors.In fact, I’ve been on my train for only 30 minutes and am already regretting paying an extra 20 € for first class. One of the passengers here is exceptionally disgusting, he’s sitting opposite of me, and it’s busy enough that I cannot really move.
The reason why I don't travel on Dutch trains. Really. Either they're late, packed, or there's some idiot typing so hard on his laptop that the ceiling lights come down, not to mention buds with the power of a 1200-watt bass amplifier or jerks who stare at you the whole journey. Bad ROI.
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