well..well.. maybe I am a bit umbrageous if this is the right word but i have experienced quite an interesting situation today in the train and would like to share it with you.

I have been using public transportation since 3 years and seen a lot of impolite attitude in trams, trains etc.. (not surprisingly most of them done by young people. ) and I was also quite astonished that those young people never being warned by other passengers or so. they put their feet on to seats, throwing stuff to each other, playing music loudly even via mobile speakerphones that everybody can hear easily (attention here! ) etc. etc..

coming back to my experience today: I was in the train, sitting in a -non covered- place (so not one of those "silent areas") listening music with my earphones in a really moderate tune and suddenly realized a touch on my shoulder by a lady, looking quite angry and keep saying in the local dialect
"can you turn down the volume of that music?" .

OK I was really surprised to have such a reaction (comparing my situation to the ones I have written above)

I asked her "why?" then she said "BECAUSE I CAN HEAR IT! "

One can even hear the person talking to another at the very last row of the train if he forces himself to. anyhow, I did not longer argue and turned my music off but ever since morning I have been thinking about 2 things;

- would I ever experience such a reaction if I would be looking like a local guy ??

- what would happen if I would say "NO" ?? Does anyone have right to raise a complain to police or etc. just that she can hear the music that person next to him is listening to.

looking fwd to receiving your comments