There's nothing worse than people who think the rules don't apply to them, like the woman one guy on reddit complained about who insisted on talking on the phone in a train's quiet car. Fortunately, she became the target of group revenge plan, conducted with all the subtle poetry you'd expect from someone with the username abCEEdeeznuts.
I take the train to work each morning and then again to get home. I like to sit in the quiet car because it allows me to think and do a little extra work each day. On the train ride home today a woman in front of me kept talking on the phone even after people nicely asked her to be quiet. The conductor also came through and informed her she was on a quiet car.
Several riders decided it wasn't worth it and switched cars.
The conductor couldn't get her to shut up? What is his job even? Refusing to give up, abCEEdeeznuts realized the only way to win this battle was to fight annoying with annoying.
The seats we are in have very little support so someone behind you could push your seat and you'd feel it. I decided I had enough and slouched far enough so both of my knees were firmly in the back of her seat pushing fairly hard. She cocked her head around and told me to put my knees down. I closed my eyes and fake slept.
Something bothering you, sweetie?
She got up and moved to a different seat. There was a person behind her and guess what he did? Knees to the back of the chair. People started catching on and she chose a seat with no one behind her. Another rider changed seats behind her and she got some more knees.
The conductor came through again and was unaware of our little revenge. She got up and told him that people were putting knees into her back and stalking her to each spot. The conductor put his index finger to his lips and said "Shhhh, this is a quiet car."
She moved to a new train car.
There's a real lesson here: nothing is impossible when strangers work together to hate one person. Isn't life beautiful?
