ppl who listen to ur conversations on the tram...

[vickista]

...i hate it. it feels weird especially wen u no there listening. and it makes me feel like i shld tlk bout something they'll be interested in. and when they laugh at ur convo or react to it i feel really stupid and loud.:o

this dude was doing it today and it was nb coz he was really hot, and he seemed to enjoy the convo but its wierd wen older ppl do specially older men it creeps me out. but in the train its different to the tram dont you rekon?

[Kid Presentable]

Don't talk so fucking loud then. You're teenagers, everybody thinks you talk too loudly. They aren't looking because their focus is curiosity; it's the polite way of saying "Shut the fuck up.".

[Lyman Zerga]

are out to shampoo my crotch

[Ace42X]

this dude was doing it today and it was nb coz he was really hot, and he seemed to enjoy the convo but its wierd wen older ppl do specially older men it creeps me out. but in the train its different to the tram dont you rekon?

I can relate. I remember I was on the train home frm college with my friends, and we were talking about that day's Prime-minister's Questions, and a guy o nthe train (with a monocle no less!) put down his newspaper and started talking to us about it. It was interesting.

In today's world of social alienation, I think it is important that we remember that we are all part of a global society, and that there is nothing wrong about forming temporary social bonds with the random people we come across. There is no reason not to address a bored person on a train, and there is no need to stick to inane phatic drivel (eg THE WEATHER to all us brits) in order to do so.

It bothers me that more people do not feel eager, or even merely comfortable, striking up a conversation of substance with a stranger. Yes, in the street, its a bit inconsiderate, but when you are on a train staring out the window, what reason is there not to?

I think the world would be a better place if we all reached out and talked more.

[Kid Presentable]

I can relate. I remember I was on the train home frm college with my friends, and we were talking about that day's Prime-minister's Questions, and a guy o nthe train (with a monocle no less!) put down his newspaper and started talking to us about it. It was interesting.

In today's world of social alienation, I think it is important that we remember that we are all part of a global society, and that there is nothing wrong about forming temporary social bonds with the random people we come across. There is no reason not to address a bored person on a train, and there is no need to stick to inane phatic drivel (eg THE WEATHER to all us brits) in order to do so.

It bothers me that more people do not feel eager, or even merely comfortable, striking up a conversation of substance with a stranger. Yes, in the street, its a bit inconsiderate, but when you are on a train staring out the window, what reason is there not to?

I think the world would be a better place if we all reached out and talked more.
Not to teenagers. I would reach out, touch them on the shoulder and say: "Nobody gives a fuck."....

[zorra_chiflada]

i bet a dollar that vickista wasn't talking about parliamentary question time.

[Kid Presentable]

I like talking to some strangers. But centre-of-the-universe pubertal revelations aren't my area of expertise these days.

[hitmonlee]

i like listening to one side of phone conversations on the train/bus and guessing what they are talking about.

and if you are talking loudly on the tram and say something funny/stupid, its hard not to hear and laugh.

ps. teenagers take up too much room

[zorra_chiflada]

i hate teenagers on the bus, they're rude and annoying.

[Kid Presentable]

ps. teenagers take up too much room

YES! And they're prone to slacking.

[Medellia]

I was in a theater waiting for a movie to start once, and my friend and I were talking about the trivia they show before the previews. One of the things was about Pulp Fiction and I said "I've never seen that all the way through" and the guy in front of us (which was weird to begin with, because we wer the only three peopl there) turned around and started talking about how terrible Pulp Fiction was and how Taratino is a hack and blah blah blah. Then he started talking about movies he DID like, like Blue Crush. He also told us the CGI in Scooby Doo was "impeccable". Then he told us his name was Perry and then I think he left to go to the concession stand, or something. The conversation just kind of ended there rather abruptly.

I'm sure I've had better conversations with strangers, Perry was just the most memorable. He wasn't even really rude, or scary, just a bit odd.

[Kid Presentable]

I was in a theater waiting for a movie to start once, and my friend and I were talking about the trivia they show before the previews. One of the things was about Pulp Fiction and I said "I've never seen that all the way through" and the guy in front of us (which was weird to begin with, because we wer the only three peopl there) turned around and started talking about how terrible Pulp Fiction was and how Taratino is a hack and blah blah blah. Then he started talking about movies he DID like, like Blue Crush. He also told us the CGI in Scooby Doo was "impeccable". Then he told us his name was Perry and then I think he left to go to the concession stand, or something. The conversation just kind of ended there rather abruptly.

I'm sure I've had better conversations with strangers, Perry was just the most memorable. He wasn't even really rude, or scary, just a bit odd.
Impeccable.....hahaha...man I'm losing it...:D

[vickista]

i bet a dollar that vickista wasn't talking about parliamentary question time.

damn right i wasnt! (no offence med)

but i no us teenagers can be loud and rude and annoying sumtimes but it wasnt like that today i was good! i spoke at normal volume there was no screaming no gigling no wtf? really loud and then going all quiet. this dude was kool though but its the freaky ones i hate, i was once asked by somewierdo wheather i was of the legal age for sexing and if so would i like to fuck him, and all i was doing was minding my own fucking business i want even tlking or nothing.

[Medellia]

Impeccable.....hahaha...man I'm losing it...:D
Heh, I almost choked on a french fry when I read this.

[vickista]

I'm sure I've had better conversations with strangers,


strangers like perry r ok coz there harmless:p but yeah i love strangers u can say anything and they'll believe u and u dont have to see them ever again so they wont no u fed em any bull.

i onced convinced sum random that i was a russian exchange student who had been deported from america bcoz my father was a cosmonaught.(thats wrong spelling soz)

[enree erzweglle]

It's one thing to overhear the conversation (which you sometimes can't help) but it's another thing to overhear and then make comments or join in, uninvited.

Today at the gym, a trainer was walking her client through a series of stretches on the rubber ball and this sort of know-it-all woman came over and corrected her (the trainer) and then showed the trainer's client stretches that she said would be more appropriate. (!)

[YoungRemy]

get off your cel phone! its common courtesy...

I dont want to hear about who someone is dating or what they did that day....


if you must talk on a cel phone in public, make it quick, to the point, and quit the jabber...

[Pres Zount]

Vikista, if you talk like you type I would hold your head out the tram window.

[abcdefz]

I'd definitely say: if you don't want people to listen, either speak softly or wait until you're somewhere more approporiate before making or accepting a call. If someone's openly looking at you while you're on a cell (and they're not flirting or pointing out that you're on fire or something), it's a sure bet that you're talking too loud.

[Echewta]

Vikista, if you talk like you type I would hold your head out the tram window.

trm wndow, get it right Zount.

[vickista]

Vikista, if you talk like you type I would hold your head out the tram window.

well i speak much better than i type, so you needent worry.

but i was NOT being LOUD and i was NOT on my phone so i dno but yeah, even when i got off the tram he gave like a goodbye kinda look so mmm.