I’m a middle aged woman doing my middle aged woman thing: choosing to sit in the “quiet car” on my suburban train home in order to enjoy my 20 minutes of alone time reading my book.
There is a young girl loudly having a phone conversation on speaker sitting directly underneath the “quiet car” sign with the rules that prohibit exactly this. I feel a bit like Amy Santiago in 30 Rock, but I am irked! There are rules here.
One a scale of one to Karen, would you ever say anything?
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You’re not being a Karen by asking someone to follow the rules. She can talk as loud as she wants in any of the other cars, if she chooses to sit in a car that is specifically designated it is a quiet car, You are not out of line for talking to her about that.
say something either to the person or if there is an attendat flag them and ask them to be quiet. It called the quiet car for a reason.
I’m so weird. I’d put on my nicest face and point at the sign like maaaaaaaaaybe she just didn’t see it.
If she doesn’t take the hint, I’d probably come up with something weird to say to the person on the phone… like join the conversation, “Hey! How are you? We’re here on the train and your friend accidentally got on the quiet car, weird, right? So she’s gonna switch in a minute. But how are you?”
But I’m weird.
Grab the phone out of her hands, end the call, point at the sign.
(Yeah, I’d also be too scared to do that)
Amy Santiago in 30 Rock, you say?
Chime in on her conversation. She is in the quiet car having a convo on speaker. Sounds like she wants to share the conversation. If she says anything, point out she is having a conversation on speaker in the quiet car.