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People Have A Difficult Time Following Rules, Being Quiet
"Septa, for example, says riders shouldn't expect to hear a pin drop. 'It's the quiet car, not the silent car,' says Kim Scott Heinle, assistant general manager for customer service and advocacy. What helps is that conductors will hand 'shush' cards to riders who forget or didn't know the rules. The system lets conductors suspend quiet operations when needed, like before and after a sports event or during the Flower Show in Philadelphia, when many riders aren't regulars."
What happens if you get a full deck of Shush Cards?
@deepomega A friend of mine once got a "yellow card" from a bouncer at a pretentious, terrible club in England for how he was dressed. Apparently they'll still let you in but if you do it again, you're barred.
On Amtrak, you can pass the conductor a note squealing on your noisy fellow passemgers, and s/he will repeat the announcement that lays out the quiet car rules. (I am a snitch, not a vigilante.)
On MUNI, you are given the option of beating your head against the window until you collapse unconscious.
@Multiphasic But only if you're lucky enough to be near a window. Most mornings I just pray for a taller fellow-commuter to take me out with an elbow to the head.
Flower show get mad rowdy. Yo.
Septa instead of SEPTA? Patco instead of PATCO? But the LIRR stays unmolested? Someone must've switched the Wsj's style guide with the Necronomicon.
why not mandatory Cones of Silence on all riders, like those lamp shades dogs wear post-surgery? As for me, I'll be on the Suspended Animation platform, sleeping through the wait for an F-Train.