At the risk of sounding really grumpy, I have five simple suggestions for making train rides nicer for everyone:
– Please don’t cough/sneeze/sputter without covering your mouth. (And no, dipping your head toward your open newspaper when you sneeze doesn’t count as covering your mouth!)
– Please don’t prattle on to your wife, husband, best friend, colleague, boss, client, etc., via cell phone during the entire commute. Your fellow riders don’t care about your personal or work issues.
– Please don’t pile all your junk on the seat next to you when the train is crowded. Fellow passengers should be able to sit without having to ask.
– Please don’t play the tunes on your headset at full blast. You may not care about your hearing, but passengers care about theirs.
– Please let passengers out of their seats into the aisle when it’s their turn. People on airplanes seem to have mastered that courtesy better than Illinois train commuters.
