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This behaviour is so bad on London (above ground) trains, if they ever do 'crack it' and roll out mobile signal to the Underground, those tiny carriages will be
by throw567643u8 9mo ago
This behaviour is so bad on London (above ground) trains, if they ever do 'crack it' and roll out mobile signal to the Underground, those tiny carriages will be unbearable.
- p10jkle 9mo agoThere already is signal on many underground lines, and it’s pretty rare that people are playing things out loud in my experience?
- hereonout2 9mo agoIt's because phones speakers aren't loud enough to be audible over the sound of the tube itself! It is noticeable on buses and overground when people play things out load, but to be honest quite rare in the grand scheme of things.
- LightBug1 9mo agoThat's true. I made several complaints about that to TFL before capitulating and just settling for noise-cancelling headphones. Never been happier. The clincher was noticing that the drivers themselves had access to ear defenders ... TFL said that that's because they're down there for extended periods of time. Sounds reasonable but I'm not buying that as a way out of not fixing the issue and exposing my ears to the worst bits of the tube. Also has the ancillary benefits of blocking out those rare times (for me) when people do have their phone on speaker or are having a chat I'm uninterested in.
- fennecbutt 9mo agoWelcome to the UK where citizens are so apathetic they don't care about aging infrastructure or government money being siphoned away.
- throw567643u8 9mo agoMy daily train to/from London Bridge to West Croydon is borderline unbearable.
- cm2187 9mo agoLondon, increasingly common. I’d say a third of the time when I take the tube. Combine that with people making loud calls, 100% of the time. But I find people imposing their music or tiktok videos more obnoxious than a builder discussing his next job a bit loudly.
- LightBug1 9mo agoA third of the time? Sorry, nonsense. I use the tube several times a day and it's a real rarity. I do worry about the tube becoming a cacophony of phone calls, but really? Everyone message now anyway so I reckon that'll be a rarity too.
- cm2187 9mo agoIt may also be highly dependent on which direction you travel. When you travel east from the city, you get totally different demographics than when you travel west.
- LightBug1 9mo agoReally? What do you mean?
- immibis 9mo agoThey mean more immigrants live in certain neighbourhoods.
- LightBug1 9mo agoI've not noticed that correlation at all. I just wanted to see who was brave enough to actually speak their racism or whether they'd just suggest it in a cowardly way.
- throw567643u8 9mo agoRace and culture are different things.
- Mindwipe 9mo agoThere's literally already signal on half the Underground, has been for six months to a year, and as someone who gets the tube twice a day I've literally never seen someone do voice call. Literally ever.