Readers share their experiences of noisy fellow travellers and neighbours
Thank you to Hannah Ewens for her article (‘Do you mind listening to that with headphones?’ How one little phrase revolutionised my commute, 27 July). I agree 100%. The situation has become intolerable and travel on public transport is hell. Bus companies already ask people not to smoke, drink alcohol or carry on e-scooters. Can’t they add “No phones on speaker”? I have often felt like throwing someone’s phone out of the bus window, but I’m too scared to even say anything in case I get a mouthful of abuse, or worse. But something must be done so the rest of us can hold on to our sanity.
Bela Cunha
Greenford, London
• Hannah Ewens’s article must ring a bell with many a traveller. I am reminded of the wonderful account by Sandi Toksvig of an occasion when a group of young men were making thorough nuisances of themselves on a train. She approached them, saying in her cultured headmistress voice: “Now that will do!” It worked.
Bob Caldwell
Badby, Northamptonshire
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