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The last time someone I didn't know tried to talk to me on public transport I moved to another seat.
by cybrexalpha 3y ago
The last time someone I didn't know tried to talk to me on public transport I moved to another seat.
- lamp987 3y ago[flagged]
- wowdang 3y ago[flagged]
- BasedAnon 3y ago[flagged]
- Fnoord 3y agoDid they ask you to please remove your bag so they could sit next to you?
- sambazi 3y agoi hope you found the time to excuse yourself
- coldtea 3y agovery gracious
- teekert 3y agoWhere I live that’s considered pretty rude. You could however respectfully say that you’d rather listen to music or just say you prefer not to talk. Or just be short in your answers and don’t ask anything back. Most people get the hint quickly.
- MrVandemar 3y ago> Or just be short in your answers and don’t ask anything back. Most people get the hint quickly. Hah! As someone who used public transport for most of my life, I've suffered through more than my fair share of narcississtic self-obsessed extroverts who don't get the hint. And some people's tolerance for tedious conversation can be higher or lower. Mine's pretty low, so I know where the P is coming from. What's really rude is to waste people's valuable time and peace of mind.
- teekert 3y agoYou’ve asked people to stop talking to you and they didn’t?
- MrVandemar 3y ago"Or just be short in your answers and don’t ask anything back. Most people get the hint quickly." No I didn't ask people to stop talking to me. The point I'm making is that I often run into people completely impermeable to social-cues, body-language and other hints.
- hansoolo 3y agoWhat would you do in a totally overcrowded train or bus then?