Rail Users Ireland Forum - View Single Post

Oisin88 · 21-07-2006, 17:27

I was taking the train home from work last week from Tullamore to Dublin. It was a friday afternoon and each set of seats had 3-4 passengers. Getting near the end of the train was a huge red bag taking up 2 seats and a girl sitting opposite.

I told her she would have to move her bag (I treat the 1500 Galway to Dublin as MY office)

She told me to sit in the seat beside her, so I did.

Then her phone rang. She explained to the person on the other end of the phone that she was sent home from Galway BECAUSE SHE HAD SHINGLES!

Luckily I was going home from work. As I work in a hospital, if I had just spent an hour sharing the same cubic meter with somebody with an infectious disease, I'm not sure I'd be allowed near the patients!

Problem was the huge bag taking the seat I should have been in. People just don't want to sit away from their personal possessions.

21-07-2006, 17:27	#26
Oisin88 Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Dublin Posts: 608	Infectious disease in a bag I was taking the train home from work last week from Tullamore to Dublin. It was a friday afternoon and each set of seats had 3-4 passengers. Getting near the end of the train was a huge red bag taking up 2 seats and a girl sitting opposite. I told her she would have to move her bag (I treat the 1500 Galway to Dublin as MY office) She told me to sit in the seat beside her, so I did. Then her phone rang. She explained to the person on the other end of the phone that she was sent home from Galway BECAUSE SHE HAD SHINGLES! Luckily I was going home from work. As I work in a hospital, if I had just spent an hour sharing the same cubic meter with somebody with an infectious disease, I'm not sure I'd be allowed near the patients! Problem was the huge bag taking the seat I should have been in. People just don't want to sit away from their personal possessions.