The Folly of Faulty Headphones

It's not often that this happens, but I was swept with a sense of satisfaction on the train yesterday, surrounded by the incessent 'hissing' of other people, whose headphones aren't working properly.

The story begins...
So. My train is delayed by 8 minutes. Not that late, really. Certainly not late enough to warrant the next announcement...

The annoucement. 'This train is now fast to Victoria. It will not call at Balham, Wandsworth Common, Clapham Junction or Battersea Park'.

Great. I've never had an express from my home station.

The driver announces 'This train is now FAST to Victoria. This train is NON STOP to Victoria'.

Clapham Junction approaches. Headphone people get up to get off.

The train speeds up. I can hear the announcement at the station 'Please stand away from the platform edge. This train is not scheduled to call...' but earphone people, still with the music pounding in their ears, don't hear it.

The confusion! The looks! The startled 'Wha..?' from them.
The passengers get an extra journey to Victoria.

I don't laugh. It's wrong. It's not nice.

I just take a moment to ponder on the folly of playing your music too loud.

hehe yep, oh the joys of being in the first or last carriage on the Northern line and seeing the confusion followed by the dash when pax have ignored the announcements and screens about short platforms.

hehe yep, oh the joys of being in the first or last carriage on the Northern line and seeing the confusion followed by the dash when pax have ignored the announcements and screens about short platforms.

Originally posted by Sealink
I don't laugh. It's wrong. It's not nice.

I just take a moment to ponder on the folly of playing your music too loud.

What? Are you crazy? I'd have bust a kidney laughing!

This is why I love the germans... They have a word for the delight in cases like this: schadenfreude

Originally posted by Sealink
I don't laugh. It's wrong. It's not nice.

I just take a moment to ponder on the folly of playing your music too loud.

What? Are you crazy? I'd have bust a kidney laughing!

This is why I love the germans... They have a word for the delight in cases like this: schadenfreude

[buns]

Ah, the joys of commuting in London[:(!]

I prefer to keep aware of my surroundings, so refrain from using music to keep me amused - invariably, the volume from neighbour's headphones provides sufficient distraction

buns

[buns]

Ah, the joys of commuting in London[:(!]

I prefer to keep aware of my surroundings, so refrain from using music to keep me amused - invariably, the volume from neighbour's headphones provides sufficient distraction

buns

Having now become a daily Northampton to Croydon commuter I've quickly learnt the benefit of not plugging in to your music until you're fairly certain the train is doing what you expect... Platform alterations are a favoured means of punishing those with their music too loud!

Having now become a daily Northampton to Croydon commuter I've quickly learnt the benefit of not plugging in to your music until you're fairly certain the train is doing what you expect... Platform alterations are a favoured means of punishing those with their music too loud!