People Reading On the Luas.

Joebits

They walk on reading, the Luas is Jammers at this stage. Head still down.. continue to read as people are shoulder to shoulder. Walk off and continue reading...

For eff sake, put the book down for 5 minutes.

Do people not enjoy reading while relaxing? Instead they prefer to do so on a stuffy Luas? I know I don't like to read while walking. Maybe that's cuz I'm a guy and guys can't multi task..

Seriously....put the book down... is it that good a book??

Dravokivich

Have you seen the kind of people on the luas? I'd rather stick my face into a bunch of words then look at'em too...

fonecrusher1

um???....Are you having a go a people for reading in public?



Crumbs!

I don't get it.

Are you suggesting they put down the book and look around the stuffy Luas carriage at all the tired and uncomfortable people around them or out the window wishing they weren't on the damned thing?

Reading would be a form of escapism from their awful surroundings.

Read on, readers!

super_furry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvs2g5Nj0NI

battries not included

Joebits wrote: »

They walk on reading, the Luas is Jammers at this stage. Head still down.. continue to read as people are shoulder to shoulder. Walk off and continue reading...

For eff sake, put the book down for 5 minutes.

Do people not enjoy reading while relaxing? Instead they prefer to do so on a stuffy Luas? I know I don't like to read while walking. Maybe that's cuz I'm a guy and guys can't multi task..

Seriously....put the book down... is it that good a book??

book off!

Dudess

Joebits wrote: »

They walk on reading, the Luas is Jammers at this stage. Head still down.. continue to read as people are shoulder to shoulder. Walk off and continue reading...

For eff sake, put the book down for 5 minutes.

Do people not enjoy reading while relaxing? Instead they prefer to do so on a stuffy Luas? I know I don't like to read while walking. Maybe that's cuz I'm a guy and guys can't multi task..

Seriously....put the book down... is it that good a book??

Hilarious how this actually appears to genuinely bother you...

Why are we reading this?

fonecrusher1

Joebits wrote: »

They walk on reading, the Luas is Jammers at this stage. Head still down.. continue to read as people are shoulder to shoulder. Walk off and continue reading...

For eff sake, put the book down for 5 minutes.

Do people not enjoy reading while relaxing? Instead they prefer to do so on a stuffy Luas? I know I don't like to read while walking. Maybe that's cuz I'm a guy and guys can't multi task..

Seriously....put the book down... is it that good a book??

Can't read ^

alwaysadub

Strangest rant i've read in a while!

OutlawPete

I buy a newspaper* especially for my Luas trips.

*An After Hours approved newspaper of course.

*eadaoin

this is exactly what i do on the luas, it's what makes the journey bearable!

otherwise i have nothing to help block out the various horrors that come with being packed in so closely with so many other people, mainly body odour, bad breath, people who don't hang onto the bars so they fall over and elbow you when the luas jolts forward and people thinking they can squash me into a corner cause i'm short.

Joebits

Bookers!!

epgc3fyqirnbsx

That's the beauty of reading, it can be enjoyed anywhere and offers escapism. A nice offering when you're packed into a smelly carriage

Pherekydes

OutlawPete wrote: »

*An After Hours approved newspaper of course.

Red top?

OutlawPete

Pherekydes wrote: »

Red top?

Good lord no, I wouldn't buy The Sun, The News Of The World, The Sunday World, The Hearald, The Mirror, Daily Mail, The Express, The Independent, The Star etc etc.

I buy the newspaper that After Hours approves of and only that newspaper.

GizAGoOfYerGee

In my day, we didn't even have a Luas.

Joebits

There should be a carriage especially for these readers.

A carriage for old people so you don't have to give up your seat.

A carriage for smelly homeless people who never saw the LYNX ads.

And then a carriage for those girls who yap on and on about how much of a Jerk STEVE IS and how JACINTA Should have never got impregnated by TOM(HER BROTHER).

Hey look on the brightside: NEW LUAS LINE THIS WEEKEND!

robbie_998

i'd much rather read than look at your ugly mug for my whole trip.

Joebits

robbie_998 wrote: »

i'd much rather read than look at your ugly mug for my whole trip.

I'm a Brad Pitt impersonator..

El Weirdo

super_furry wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvs2g5Nj0NI

Exactly what I thought of when I read the OP.

robbie_998

Joebits wrote: »

I'm a Brad Pitt impersonator..

oh jeez i had no idea at all !

in that case i'd still much rather read than look at your ugly mug for my whole trip.

m@cc@

Joebits wrote: »

They walk on reading, the Luas is Jammers at this stage. Head still down.. continue to read as people are shoulder to shoulder. Walk off and continue reading...

For eff sake, put the book down for 5 minutes.

Do people not enjoy reading while relaxing? Instead they prefer to do so on a stuffy Luas? I know I don't like to read while walking. Maybe that's cuz I'm a guy and guys can't multi task..

Seriously....put the book down... is it that good a book??

She was sick of your creepy glares, the book was a cover.

Dravokivich

Pherekydes wrote: »

Red top?

preferrably no top actually

rua327

I'd say something if they were reading animal porn or something. Jesus, get over it. Bring a book and mind your own business... joking

fonecrusher1

I have a newspaper i pretend to read with two large holes cut into it so i can maintain an eerie unblinking stare with the person sitting opposite me.

O O

Taco Corp

I wouldn't mind people reading. It's the ****ing idiots that keeps bags on their backs when the luas is packed. Really pisses me off

The_Minister

I was reading the collected tales of Saki while on the bus to and from college today - had myself a good chuckle and just ignored the weird looks I got from the older lady with a deathgrip on her handbag.

starbelgrade

Joebits wrote: »

They walk on reading, the Luas is Jammers at this stage. Head still down.. continue to read as people are shoulder to shoulder. Walk off and continue reading...

For eff sake, put the book down for 5 minutes.

Do people not enjoy reading while relaxing? Instead they prefer to do so on a stuffy Luas? I know I don't like to read while walking. Maybe that's cuz I'm a guy and guys can't multi task..

Seriously....put the book down... is it that good a book??

That's one for the "stupid fucking words & phrases" thread if ever I saw one.

Pherekydes

OutlawPete wrote: »

Good lord no, I wouldn't buy The Sun, The News Of The World, The Sunday World, The Hearald, The Mirror, Daily Mail, The Express, The Independent, The Star etc etc.

I buy the newspaper that After Hours approves of and only that newspaper.

So the Metro, then.

Fremen

Books are for losers. I like to pick one person on the luas and spend the trip trying to make really intense eye contact with them.

Y'know, just to feel that human connection.

starbelgrade

Fremen wrote: »

Books are for losers.

Yes. No-one ever learned anything from books.

WindSock

super_furry wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvs2g5Nj0NI

I had someone ask me similar to this not but a couple of weeks ago. ''What do I need to read books for, he asked. Or rather, stated. Has a degree from the University of Life or some bollocks.

mcmoustache

Fookin' readers!

up for anything

Fremen wrote: »

Books are for losers. I like to pick one person on the luas and spend the trip trying to make really intense eye contact with them.

Is that while you rub your crotch rhythmically under cover of an AH approved newspaper? If so, I didn't really enjoy the intense eye contact we had the other day.

Mr Benevolent

I love reading on the train, it takes you away from the guy telling everyone he's on a train. Just finished Pride & Prejudice, very good.