Rant: The morning train used to be a quiet zone, now it's a phone call free-for-all

I swear, before the pandemic, my 8:05 AM train into the city was mostly people reading or just looking out the window. Now, at least three people a car are having full-volume work calls before we even leave the station. It's like the line between the office and the commute just vanished. Anyone else's route gotten way louder with people treating the train like their personal conference room?

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the_elliot2mo ago

You're right, @jordanl82, that quiet time to get your head together is completely gone. It's not just rude, it shows how the work day has expanded to fill every single space we have. We've lost a basic shared respect for public quiet.

jordanl822mo ago

Wait, they're starting calls before the train even moves? That's a whole new level of rude. The whole point is that quiet time to get your head together before the day starts. Now it's just more noise and stress from the second you sit down. It feels like basic manners just got left behind somewhere.

keith2641mo ago

Ngl, I used to be the person who'd jump on a call before the train even left the station. Thought I was being productive or whatever. But reading this makes me realize I was probably just adding to everyone else's stress without even noticing. That quiet time really is the only buffer between home and the office, and now it's just gone. Yeah, I gotta admit I was part of the problem. Gonna start waiting until we're actually moving from now on, even if I gotta stare at the ceiling for ten minutes.