The Quietist Car?
Amtrak should rename it to The "Quiet" Car, with scare-quotes. Because... it's not that quiet.
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The "people theoretically aren't just yammering on their phones, but they occasionally do that, too" car
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I recall it being pretty strict in there on the NY to DC corridor back in 2013-2015. Is anything still sacred?
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I feel like it's gotten a lot less strict over the years. Phones go off with nary a hissing from other passengers.
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Sign of the times.
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An Amtrak conductor friend of mine told me about the time she had to zip-tie a passenger who tried to stab another rider with a pen for typing too loudly in the quiet car. I bet it was quiet in the car after that happened.
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I may or may not have been that passenger (though the sin that makes me near crazy is the little bell "ding!" that smart phones do when people get a message... it's feels like it goes straight to my brain stem)
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The only way to keep a quiet car quiet is to become an enforcer. Depending on my mood, I’ve played this role.
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I just stew and curse under my breath it is ineffective
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I get infuriated with talkers on quiet cars. There are at least six or seven other cars they can sit in....
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Are you on the 138?
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Monster Island is actually a peninsula.
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Her father is a retired Amtrak conductor. He told her that the most important thing she should carry were zip-ties. The only reason why she had them on her was because he gave them to her on her first day. She assumed her father was joking but surprise!
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