Train passengers know they are annoying

Survey finds train passengers know when they are being annoying. Picture: Cameron Richardson Source: The Daily Telegraph

BACK at work? Hate the train ride? It's not just you. Don't bother telling off the man who is picking his nose. A survey has found that passengers know they are annoying. But they don't really care.

The survey of 2000 people completed by O2 Money found eight out of ten Britons admit they can be annoying on the train - by playing music too loud through headphones and leaving bags on seats.

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Thirty per cent of people admitted they fall asleep and snore. Twenty per cent regularly read other people's newspapers over their shoulder and 25 per cent admit that they put their bag on the seat next to them to stop other people sitting there. 

Also high up on the list of annoying train habits were nose-pinching odours, drunks and people who over-share at the top of their voices.

Passengers who do these things know they are wrong. But it seems the train is a dog-eat-dog world where normal rules of behaviour change. 

One in four people surveyed confessed they don't have anywhere near the consideration for other passengers they should do. We think that figure should actually be higher.

James Le Brocq, spokesman for O2 Money said: "Many of us travel on a train from time to time and see things that niggle us - it's always worth a quick check to make sure you're not the one doing something that would niggle someone else.

"Peace and quiet and personal space are of course things we all like and we can take offence when we don't get those things, while someone not freeing up a seat or lacking consideration can be seen as rude.

Here’s the list of the things train travellers do that they know are annoying. 

The top 20 annoying train habits according to O2 Money. 

1.     Playing music too loudly over headphones

2.     Smelling bad

3.     Drunken behaviour

4.     Talking loudly with friends/colleagues

5.     Kicking the back of your seat constantly

6.     People forcing themselves on, when others still getting off

7.     People standing over you/ breathing down your neck

8.     Parents not controlling kids, even when they're grabbing at your face

9.     Putting feet on seats

10.   Eating food that smells strongly

11.   People playing ringtones/music through speakers

12.   People talking boastfully because they know others can hear

13.   People who don't give up their seat for others who need it more

14.   People who just expect you to move and don't say excuse me

15.   Coughing or constant clearing of the throat

16.   Putting bags on seats

17.   People falling asleep on you

18.   Noisy games consoles

19.   People snoring loudly

20.   Eating noisily

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