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_elliot6d 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.

jordanl826d 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.