Etiquette while commuting on public trasport

Japan has scumbags but operate in the shadows, not kicking the shít out of a bus shelter.

While on holiday in Australia last years I used the train from the Blue Mountains into Sydney a few times. It has a mix of normal and quiet carriages. What I noticed was firstly respectful people were of the quiet carriages and how quick people were to speak out if somebody didn't respect it. On one occasion a person took a mobile phone call and after less than a minute another passenger told her quite pointedly that this was a quiet carriage and the she should continue her call somewhere else.

Same can be said for all public spaces .. can’t understand how anyone can have their phone on loud speaker.

I genuinely think that in most case they just don’t realise ?

Also .. constant sniffing and sneezing !!

Oh.. On a train recently and the guy across from me ..’very dramatic inhale and then exhale straight across into my face’ ..
happened a few times until I asked him to stop .

Himself and his BF were all eye rolling at each other

The presence of a sign might embolden others to tell them to use their headphones.

I did see an interaction once where a woman with a child asked a late teenage/early 20's girl if she'd wear her headphones (on the seat beside her) rather than blaring out her "tunes" on loudspeaker and the response was "It is a public bus. I can play it if I want".

Most people are probably not aware that it is actually against the rules. I'd be confident enough that that lady would have either pointed to a sign if available, or went up to the driver if it was clear that it was actually against the rules.

You tend not to see much smoking on buses. As it is clear that it isn't allowed and most wouldn't tolerate it.

Indeed they are, I think the Savoy had one installed about 20 years ago.

I also believe it was challenged very recently in court by a person claiming the Cell Phone Radio waves were causing her distress and discomfort. (This person went as far to paint the inside of their home with EMF Shielding Paint) And that she had to right not to be subjected to those waves…

There was a person on newstalk a few month ago that openly claimed they used a battery powered one.

I know you can broadcast up to a certain range without Comreg coming at you, but jamming a licensed range is forbidden.

I also know they are checking, we had a faulty TV in work that was jamming Cell Signals.

There has been a poster campaign in recent months against it but it's more like "don't be a jerk, turn down your phone" rather than outlining how it's not allowed.

It will jam everything in range, which is why they are illegal

And as @bk mentioned, Bus and Rails systems are now dependent on cell uplink.

Car parking in Dublin was anarchic in the 1980s and drivers suddenly found manners when car clamping was introduced.

We (the Irish) are indeed a wild and lawless people until a law is consistently enforced and then we become Teutonic in our compliance.

As are most modern cars, so you'd potentially be affecting other vehicles passing by at the same time!

Just doing a quick check in to confirm my original suspicisions that using the transport sucks and driving is truly a million times better.

Its is

Yes it is worth the threadban to say that. One needs to stop accepting poor options in transport and not just in Ireland. Hoping that scrotes will behave or that rules will be enforced on trains/cars is silly. Car is king.

The only thing is a Bus is a much cheaper option than the private car, so suck it up and put up with the mild if short lived discomfort of sharing the same space with all the undesirables society has to offer..

Its the same if you take a Ryanair flight to some Sun destination with groups of persons that have bellies full of alcohol in them…

I admit it is very unpleasant on PT, however it's the only option for many people.

Until we get something like Transport Police in this country then it will remain as unpleasant as ever.