Rucksicht - Consideration

In my experience, most people on public transport have very little consideration for their fellow passengers. Or at least that’s how it seems when almost every journey I take, idiots shout at other idiots over the phone, music is played out loud on phones or just spills out of terribly insulated earbuds. And nine times out of five, it’s the very worst in big room club chunes or ‘S’ Club-cocking-Seven, whose name I’m certain doesn’t look anywhere near as grammatically correct as the way I just wrote it, even with my cheeky comic addition. It’s not just the young-uns acting up in front of their friends on local bus journeys - I often travel reasonably long distances by train with some very unreasonable people. Not only do most people horde the table space with their laptops and massive piles of paperwork or brag about huge deals they’ve just closed, they’ll give an incredulous stare any time your feet edge even a centimetre over that invisible demilitarised zone under the table, exactly halfway between our seats. I’m only moving for three seconds to ward off the thrombosis! In all honesty though, I’m actually sure that at least half the people on any given train are very kind and considerate, it’s just when some arse decides to let the entire carriage in on his side of the relentless slash-your-wrists-depressing phone conversation he‘s having, it sours your mood and somehow makes you certain everyone else is a prick too.