The train is not your kitchen or living room!

I HATE people who talk on their cell phones on the train. I don't mind quick calls like "I'm on the 5:35" or "do you need me to pick up dinner," but whole conversations? No way. I mean, I really don't need to hear you tell your friend about what a prick your boss is (and is that appropriate, really? You never know who's on the train) or relay the story of your dog's irritable bowel syndrome. A woman sat next to me last night who proceeded to have a 15-minute conversation with someone. I have no idea what it was about, because it was in Chinese. And that was annoying too because, let's be honest, Chinese is not exactly a meluflous language.

Another train pet peeve? People who sprawl out over more than 1 seat. I don't mind the 4 guys who play bridge, because really they're just taking up 4 seats. But then there's their audience, on all sides of them, who take up the full bench as they lean over to watch the bridge proceedings. And there used to be a girl who would flip a seat over, spread her things around and eat a full breakfast on top of that. So she essentially had 4 seats for her little solo coffee klatsch. HATE. And the woman who used to flip a seat and then propped her bare feet up across from her. She's physically occupying 2 seats, and then essentially rendering the other 2 seats uninhabitable because, really, who wants to sit next to that?