Coffee and commuting etiquette

[TomB]

Dear Aunty P11,

I have an etiquette dilemma I hope you can help me with. Was on a very very packed DART this morning (see post in other thread), and as I was manouvering myself on I had the following exchange with a fellow commuter -- a well spoken bloke in his late twenties. It went something like this

He: "Watch your ****in' coffee!"
Me: "Oh, I'm sorry, did I spill it?"
He: "No, but you might do"
Me: "I'm sorry?"
He: "Look, this is not a canteen, right? You can't just come on with your coffee like that"
Me: "Oh, so I didn't actually spill anything on you"
He: "No"
Me: "Well, I apologise theoretically, then"

(wish I'd thought of more elegant comebacks but there you go).

In my defence, it was one of those polystyrene cups with a little hole in the top you can drink out of. And I was holding it pretty close to my body, so I don't really think anyone was in danger. In fairness it was unusually jammers this morning because of delays -- it's not normally that crowded.

So my question is, was he right? Is it bad form to bring coffee on to a crowded DART?

[sean]

Wouldn't be too keen to try it myself, in a jammed train what with people standing and pushing back and forth and so on, in my view a person should only carry drinks in a secure container.

That doesn't mean it's wrong, and I think that guy was a little rude. Ok, a lot.

[Mark Gleeson]

Me thinks Tom is loosing it, the DART commute is not working out

Hot liquid on a crush loaded train is not a good combination, but then again I don't drink coffee so I probably don't understand the addiction

[PaulM]

I voted that you were ok as I need coffee to function. However hot drinks on crowded trains is kind of bad.

Answer: F'd if I know.

[Kevin K Kelehan]

What an ignorant tosser;

'You might'

The sky might fall in if you wait long enough.

I have no problem with people drinking coffee on trains and buses. As long as the container has a sealed covered top. Done it hundreds of times myself on commuter trains all over the world. Can really make the trip more relaxing, especially in winter.

Hey I just had a slightly impulsive, somewhat fully thought out idea. Why don't we get plastic reusable coffee mugs (likes the ones from Cafe Sol with insulated body and sealed lid) with the P11 logo and website addy on the side and sell them on the website? Bet we would sell hundreds of them.

I would buy some.




__________________________________________
CIE CAN'T GET A BUS TO CONNECT WITH A TRAIN

WE ARE PUBLIC TRANSPORT "CUSTOMERS". GOT IT?

For Over 60 Years, the Cosy Relationship Between the Political Appointees and Union Officials Sitting in the CIE Board Room Failed to Produce Something as Basic as a User-Friendly Public Transport Map of their Bus and Rail Network.

Replacement Buses and Trains aren’t Everything. Good Customer Service Costs Very Little and Requires no Ministerial Order.